The Otto Bremer Foundation awarded grants totaling $144,000 to two area nonprofit organizations.
Churches United for the Homeless in Moorhead was awarded $100,000 to relocate and expand the shelter.
The Communication Department at North Dakota State University was awarded $44,000 to improve human relations, addressing issues of ethnicism, racism, sexism and other forms of prejudice.
The foundation gives priority to programs that promote human rights and create opportunities for social and economic justice.
