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Opportunity Link is a Ventures Program formed through support of the Northwest Area Foundation.
The Northwest Area Foundation is dedicated to helping communities reduce poverty for the long term. It does this by sharing lessons learned from its programs and from the work of other communities and organizations. The Foundation provides financial resources and technical assistance that help communities create a climate and build the capabilities to achieve: asset identification and development; expanded economic opportunities that create living-wage jobs; increased community skills for planning, teaching, leading and implementing poverty reduction initiatives; and decision making that incorporates the voice and vote of broad segments of the community, including those of people in poverty.
The Foundation works on strategic efforts with a small number of rural, urban, and American Indian reservation communities, and organizations supporting these efforts, in its eight-state region: Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. These states were served by the Great Northern Railway, founded by James J. Hill. In 1934, Hill's son, Louis W. Hill established the foundation. The Foundation has approximately $452.5 million in assets.
For additional information, visit www.nwaf.org.
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