Emerging Prairie

18 Grants from 2016 - 2023

  • Total Amount Received: $1,468,850
  • Location: Fargo ND, ND

Emerging Prairie supports the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem in North Dakota. Programs include Prairie Capital Summit, which works to grow private capital investment in the Midwest; StartupBREW, a weekly event to support entrepreneurs in Fargo; and TEDxFargo. Ecosystem grants provide general operating support for organizations that support others to solve problems in their communities.

Grants received

$460,000 in 2023

  • Program: Ecosystem
  • Term: 36 Months

Emerging Prairie supports the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem in North Dakota. Programs include Prairie Capital Summit, which works to grow private capital investment in the Midwest; StartupBREW, a weekly event to support entrepreneurs in Fargo; and TEDxFargo. Ecosystem grants provide general operating support for organizations that support others to solve problems in their communities.

$20,000 in 2021

  • Term: 10 Months

Sponsorship of TEDxFargo, an event filled with speakers, performances, and adventures around Fargo; 1 Million Cups Fargo, a free weekly, national program to educate, engage, and connect entrepreneurs; Autonomous Nation, a conference bringing together professionals, enthusiasts, government officials, and leaders in the unmanned systems industry; and Cultivate, a conference for farmers and technology companies

$310,000 in 2020

  • Program: Ecosystem
  • Term: 36 Months

This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Emerging Prairie to help advance its charitable mission

$15,000 in 2020

  • Term: 6 Months

Sponsorship of TEDxFargo (Beyond Series)

$30,000 in 2020

  • Term: 8 Months

Sponsorship of various Emerging Prairie events including 1 Million Cups Fargo, Autonomous Nation, Lunch and Learns, and CuriousFargo

$30,000 in 2019

  • Term: 6 Months

Sponsorship of Various Events: 1 Million Cups Fargo, The Possibility Symposium, City Innovation Summit, and Lunch and Learn Series

$16,500 in 2019

  • Term: 12 Months

Identify, recruit, engage and support a cohort of 20 leaders to attend bushCONNECT 2020

$10,000 in 2019

  • Term: 4 Months

Sponsorship of Fargo Ideas

$205,000 in 2018

  • Program: Ecosystem
  • Term: 24 Months

The Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Emerging Prairie to help advance its charitable mission

$17,500 in 2018

  • Term: 10 Months

Identify, recruit, engage and support a cohort of 15 leaders to attend bushCONNECT on October 1, 2018

$30,000 in 2018

  • Term: 11 Months

Sponsorship of Emerging Prairie Various Events

$8,000 in 2017

  • Term: 5 Months

TEDxBrookings

$30,000 in 2017

  • Term: 7 Months

Sponsorship of Emerging Prairie Events

$90,000 in 2017

  • Term: 39 Months

Sponsorship of TEDxFargo

$16,850 in 2016

  • Term: 14 Months

Sponsorship of 'Possibility Symposium on Social Business'

$15,000 in 2016

  • Term: 12 Months

Sponsorship of 1 Million Cups Fargo and related events

$150,000 in 2016

  • Program: Ecosystem
  • Term: 23 Months

This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Emerging Prairie to help advance its charitable mission

$15,000 in 2016

  • Term: 6 Months

Sponsorship of TEDxFargo Events