Report Criticizes How Minnesota Agencies Award Grants To Nonprofits

By Jonah Kaplan, CBS Minnesota

February 3, 2023

Minnesota state auditors have come out swinging in a new report, blasting what it called "pervasive noncompliance" among state agencies when it comes to following policies on giving out grants to nonprofits.

You pay your taxes, the state legislature decides how to spend it, state agencies then get to share it. The Minnesota Office of Grants Management spells out 13 policies for awarding money to public and private partners. They're not supposed to be suggestions.

Jodi Munson Rodriguez is the deputy legislative auditor who helped write this 98-page report

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