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Council approves nonprofit grants but excludes outdoor recreation funding after AG-opinion concern
Summary
Council approved the city’s nonprofit grant allocations for 2025 but, after legal guidance referencing an Attorney General opinion, excluded a proposed $5,000 donation to Get Kids Outdoors for an outdoor fish-house program; Get Kids Outdoors’ representative urged the council the program is public and open to all.
The Crookston City Council approved a resolution allocating nonprofit grant funds for 2025 but removed a proposed $5,000 donation for an outdoor-recreation program after staff and the city attorney warned that an Attorney General opinion concerning donations to private recreational programs (cited in the record) raises legal risk.
Fred Carnell, representing Get Kids Outdoors, described the organization as a 501(c)(3) that provides outdoor activities with educational components for children and…
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