First Children’s Finance

$208,000 in 2020

• Program: Community Innovation
• Term: 43 Months

To increase the sustainability and supply of high quality child care in sovereign Native nations within the Bush Foundation region

$200,000 in 2016

• Term: 25 Months

To expand the Greater Than MN Project to North Dakota and additional rural Minnesota communities linking child care and rural economic development

$200,000 in 2013

• Term: 26 Months

The >MN Project' will address rural child care issues by developing regional child care plans in partnership with rural communities, creating business tools to sustain local partnerships, and establishing advisory councils to support the implementation of the plans.

$160,000 in 2007

• Term: 24 Months

To continue work on business infrastructure for quality and accessible early child care and education in the Dakotas

$160,000 in 2004

• Term: 24 Months

To expand child care businesses in North Dakota and South Dakota through a model that integrates financing, business development, and investment strategies

$160,000 in 2001

• Term: 23 Months

To expand business training and technical assistance to child care centers in greater Minnesota

$45,000 in 2000

• Term: 12 Months

To administer a capital loan program for child care

$90,000 in 1998

• Term: 24 Months

To help administer a fund to increase the supply of child care