Media Kit
Branding & Assets
Whether you’re a member of the media, a partner gearing up to promote a shared event or training, or a grantee getting ready to promote your Initiative Foundation award, this is the place to find general information, our brand assets, and guidelines for their use.
We Make it Easy
Get our logos or download a grant promotion kit to meet your publicity needs. All we ask is that you follow a few simple guidelines.
Brand Guidelines
Our guidelines provide background for the Initiative Foundation’s brand identity and parameters to be mindful of when working with the core elements of the identity system.
Logos
Download a pack of our standard logos. Please follow our guidelines when using our logo in your designs. Contact us if you have questions or if you should need another logo format.
Grant Promotion Kit
This comprehensive pack contains the brand guidelines and standard logos you’ll need to successfully promote your grant award to the public. Have photos to showcase your grant-awarded project or program? Upload them today.
Media Contacts
The Initiative Foundation has broad expertise when it comes to lending, business startups, early-stage entrepreneurship, nonprofit development and more. Contact Bob McClintick, marketing and communications director, or Allison Norgren, marketing and communications specialist, to get connected to a Central Minnesota expert.
Initiative Foundation News
Apply Now: Fellowship for Social Entrepreneurs
Current and aspiring business owners who are working to create positive community change and who reside in and serve the 53 counties and six Native… Read More
Long Prairie Enterprise Academy Class Graduates 10
The Initiative Foundation is celebrating the graduation of 10 entrepreneurs who are dedicated to building their homegrown business ideas in the Long Prairie area. These… Read More
$500,000 Gift Lifts Cambridge Family Shelter Project
Cambridge, Minn.—A $500,000 gift from the Memorial Hospital Foundation is propelling New Pathways, Inc., closer to breaking ground on a permanent family shelter in Cambridge. Read More
Foundation Awards $343,000 in 1st Quarter Grants
The Initiative Foundation and its Partner Funds delivered 74 grants during the first quarter of 2025 for a total of $343,000. The Initiative Foundation awarded… Read More
Foundation Receives Grant for 5 Regional Main Street Projects
The Initiative Foundation has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED)’s Main Street Economic Revitalization Program to… Read More
Fellowship Ramps Up Recruitment for 2026-27 Cohort
The Initiators Fellowship is recruiting for its 2026-2027 cohort. Launched by the Initiative Foundation and its Minnesota Initiative Foundation partners, the two-year program provides a… Read More
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