Trainings

Nonprofit

Successful nonprofit organizations remove employment barriers, enhance local economic development, provide critical safety-net services and increase civic participation. The Foundation’s nonprofit programming aims to improve the fiscal health and management of nonprofit organizations; increase the quantity and quality of nonprofit services; and strengthen board members’ abilities to contribute to the organizations they serve.

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Business

The Initiative Foundation’s business trainings are shaped by your feedback. From building basic business credit to bookkeeping to marketing your venture, we’ve taken your feedback and have enlisted experts in the field to offer free or small-fee workshops. Review our offerings and consider signing up, because when your business is humming, the local economy is humming right along with you.

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Upcoming Trainings

Rural Business Success: AI for Small Business

In partnership with the North Central Small Business Development Center (SBDC), the AI for Small Business workshop is for entrepreneurs who want…

Subject: Business
Location: Pine City
Start Date: April 10, 2025

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Grant Writing 101

This beginner-level workshop is intended to help build new capacity for nonprofit organizations and local units of government. This intensive, hands-on training will help aspiring…

Subject: Nonprofit
Location: Staples
Start Date: April 17, 2025

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St. Cloud Nonprofit Lunch & Learn

Join the St. Cloud nonprofit community for lunch and an exclusive Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) State of the Sector briefing! Emily Steinmetz, Minnesota Council…

Subject: Nonprofit
Location: St. Cloud
Start Date: May 22, 2025

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Brainerd Area Nonprofit Lunch and Learn

Collaborate for Impact: Building Stronger Nonprofit Partnerships Discover how collaboration can help your nonprofit do more with less! Join us for this Lunch and Learn…

Subject: Nonprofit
Location: Brainerd
Start Date: June 4, 2025

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Grant Writing 201

This intermediate-level intensive workshop is geared toward nonprofit staff or long-term volunteers with grant writing experience who are ready to take the next step in…

Subject: Nonprofit
Location: Little Falls
Start Date: August 7, 2025

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Fall 2025 Fundraising Summit Day 1

Fall 2025 Fundraising Summit Day 1: Fundraising Fundamentals: Build a Sustainable Revenue Pathway Are you ready to strengthen your nonprofit’s fundraising game? Whether you’re new…

Subject: Nonprofit
Location: Little Falls
Start Date: September 30, 2025

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Fall 2025 Fundraising Summit Day 2

Fall 2025 Fundraising Summit Day 2: Making Events Profitable: Maximizing Return On Investment (ROI) & Strengthening Corporate and Donor Relationships Registration will open July 2025.

Subject: Nonprofit
Location: Little Falls
Start Date: October 1, 2025

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Fall 2025 Fundraising Summit Day 3

Fall 2025 Fundraising Summit Day 3: Turn Minnesota’s Biggest Giving Day Into a Springboard for Year-End Success Minnesota’s Give to the Max Day on Nov.

Subject: Nonprofit
Location: Little Falls
Start Date: October 2, 2025