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The move is motivated in part by an effort to achieve more with existing resources.
After a Duluth-area flash flood inundated thousands of homes, and scores of businesses and nonprofits on June 20, three foundations stepped forward to support the recovery effort.
The board of trustees of the Mardag Foundation, a Minnesota Philanthropy Partners affiliate, approved 35 grants totaling $730,531 at its April 2011 meeting.
