MINNEAPOLIS (WJON News) -- A Waite Park non-profit has received a grant from a statewide organization.

The Women's Foundation of Minnesota has announced a total of $425,000 in general operating grants to 22 organizations through its Fund for Safety. Twenty-seven percent of the grants are in rural or Greater Minnesota.

The Terebinth Refuge in Waite Park has received $20,000 to continue support for trafficked and sexually exploited women.

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The Women's Foundation of Minnesota was founded in 1983 and it is the first statewide women's foundation in the country.

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