Who We've Funded

Minneaoplis, MN — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Education Evolving to help advance its charitable mission

Washington, DC — Sponsorship of a training in Minnesota for leaders in the learner-centered field

Henderson, MN — Sponsorship of Transforming Education through Individualizing Learning

Fargo ND, ND — Sponsorship of Emerging Prairie Various Events

Brookings, SD — The Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Enterprise Institute to help advance its charitable mission

Woodbury, MN — Sponsorship of 'Nothing About Us Without Us,' a day-long professional conference for Minnesota youth and educators committed to making education more relevant for students

Minneapolis, MN — To assess the accuracy of current screening indicators as a predictor of successful tenancy and create more equitable, effective and accurate screening tools and an implementation plan

Minneapolis, MN — Support development and launch of FINNovation Fellowship for Impact Entrepreneurs

Longmont, CO — A 10-year program-related investment (PRI) to create capital lending pool for Native Community Development Financial Institutions

Rapid City, SD — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for First Peoples Fund to help advance its charitable mission in MN, ND, SD and the 23 Native nations that share the same geography

Flandreau, SD — To be a leader and learner as a member of Community Creativity Cohort 2, a 3-year participant-led capacity building effort to support organizations led by and serving people of color and Indigenous people, rural communities, and smaller cities and towns

West Fargo, ND — To be a leader and learner as a member of Community Creativity Cohort 2, a 3-year participant-led capacity building effort to support organizations led by and serving people of color and Indigenous people, rural communities, and smaller cities and towns

Eagle Butte, SD — To be a leader and learner as a member of Community Creativity Cohort 2, a 3-year participant-led capacity building effort to support organizations led by and serving people of color and Indigenous people, rural communities, and smaller cities and towns

Sioux Falls, SD — Underwriting to support news and programming produced in 2019

Finland, MN — To advance an interrelated food system that increases access to healthy foods and builds local wealth in Finland, Minnesota

Coral Gables, FL — Bush Foundation annual membership dues for Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities

Saint Paul, MN — Sponsorship of the Minnesota A+ Education Conference

Edina, MN — For GiveMN.org general operating support and for additional prize grants for Give to the Max Day 2018

Golden Valley, MN — Develop and present the session, 'Story Circle of Engagement: Sweet Potato Comfort Pie - A Catalyst for Caring, Healing, and Building Community' three times at bushCONNECT on October 1, 2018

Portland, OR — Bush Foundation annual membership dues for Grantmakers for Education

Washington, DC — Bush Foundation annual Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO) membership at the Leadership Circle level

Bronx, NY — Bush Foundation annual membership dues for Grantmakers in the Arts

Fargo, ND — To work at the Intersection of Hunger and Health to improve health outcomes for food insecure individuals

Rapid City, SD — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Great Plains Tribal Chairman's Association to help advance its charitable mission in MN, ND, SD and the 23 Native Nations that share the same geography

Rapid City, SD — Tribal Medical Center planning and development

Bemidji, MN — To build a regional workforce recruitment approach guided by local industry projections

Saint Paul, MN — To support the Governor’s Housing Task Force, which was charged with studying the best policy approaches to Minnesota’s affordable housing crisis

Minneapolis, MN — Support for Generation Next

Minneapolis, MN — Identify, recruit, engage and support a cohort of 25 leaders to attend bushCONNECT on October 1, 2018

Washington, DC — To provide and share data on how the Twin Cities Social Enterprise Ecosystem compares to that of other cities

Saint Paul, MN — Sponsorship of Skills-Based Challenge: A Community Experience

Cambridge, MA — Indian Country’s Next Horizon - national symposium on the future of tribal sovereignty and nation building

Bemidji, MN — To coordinate local transportation services for vulnerable people in the Headwaters Region

Sioux Falls, SD — To fund a coordinated social service system of care for low-income individuals called the Sioux Empire Network of Care

Saint Paul, MN — To be a leader and learner as a member of Community Creativity Cohort 2, a 3-year participant-led capacity building effort to support organizations led by and serving people of color and Indigenous people, rural communities, and smaller cities and towns

St. Cloud, MN — To be a leader and learner as a member of Community Creativity Cohort 2, a 3-year participant-led capacity building effort to support organizations led by and serving people of color and Indigenous people, rural communities, and smaller cities and towns

Bozeman, MT — Sponsorship of Strengthening the Circle Event on October 22-25, 2018

Bismarck, ND — Sponsorship of GameChanger: The Pursuit of Health & Happiness

Fargo, ND — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Impact Foundation to help advance its charitable mission

Minneapolis, MN — The Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Impact Hub to help advance its charitable mission

Bethesda, MD — To support a scholarship program for 25 participants from Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota to attend the 2018 SOCAP Conference from October 23-26 in San Francisco, California

Washington, DC — Bush Foundation annual membership dues for Independent Sector

Little Canada, MN — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for the Indian Land Tenure Foundation to help advance its charitable mission in MN, ND, SD and the 23 Native Nations that share the same geography

Minneapolis, MN — Support the Anishinaabe Citizen Engagement effort, providing an educational speaker series and survey of citizens

Little Falls, MN — Support the expansion of the Initiators Fellowship

Saint Paul, MN — Sponsorship of Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest Company of the Year and Titan Competitions

Saint Paul, MN — To support the development of an LGBTQ+ health curriculum in partnership with Minnesota-based medical training programs to ensure more health professionals emerge from degree programs equipped and ready to serve LGBTQ+ patients

Minneapolis, MN — To be a leader and learner as a member of Community Creativity Cohort 2, a 3-year participant-led capacity building effort to support organizations led by and serving people of color and Indigenous people, rural communities, and smaller cities and towns

Cincinnati, OH — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for KnowledgeWorks to help advance its charitable mission in MN, ND, SD and the 23 Native Nations that share the same geography

Devils Lake, ND — For a new college-linked Information Technology Apprenticeship Model in North Dakota, a public-private partnership to improve the growing state demand for skilled information technology professionals

Lanesboro, MN — To be a leader and learner as a member of Community Creativity Cohort 2, a 3-year participant-led capacity building effort to support organizations led by and serving people of color and Indigenous people, rural communities, and smaller cities and towns

Lindsay, CA — Lindsay Unified School District will support K12 schools in the Bush Foundation region in support of their transformation toward individualized learning models

Morton, MN — In recognition of Lower Sioux and the Redwood Area School District’s Local Government Innovation overall winner award for their partnership creating cultural resources and improves educational outcomes for Native students (Local Government and Native Nation Collaboration category)

Grand Rapids, MN — To be a leader and learner as a member of Community Creativity Cohort 2, a 3-year participant-led capacity building effort to support organizations led by and serving people of color and Indigenous people, rural communities, and smaller cities and towns

Duluth, MN — To develop an effective model of preventative strategies to eliminate sexual assault on major campus universities, using the University of Minnesota Twin Cities as a test site

Saint Paul, MN — To further the collaborative development of equitable workforce solutions through an exchange between employers and residents on the East Side of Saint Paul

Minneapolis, MN — Fund MEDA’s $1 Million Challenge national pitch competition and investment fund for entrepreneurs of color

Saint Paul, MN — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Metropolitan Regional Arts Council to increase the capacity of organizations in the Bush Foundation's region to make art and culture more central to problem solving

Saint Paul, MN — Technical Assistance to support the unexpected increase in construction cost for Community Innovation grant #17-60986, given for the GROW-IT Center, an innovative response to maximize an unused capital resource for university and community groups

Minneapolis, MN — To identify community-led solutions to decrease use of payday loans in Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN — Identify, recruit, engage and support a cohort of 25 leaders to attend bushCONNECT on October 1, 2018

Minneapolis, MN — Identify, recruit, engage and support a cohort of 25 leaders to attend bushCONNECT on October 1, 2018

Minneapolis, MN — Identify, recruit, engage and support a cohort of 25 leaders to attend bushCONNECT on October 1, 2018

Saint Paul, MN — To contribute additional funds to the Bush Foundation Individualized Learning School Start Up Fund

Saint Paul, MN — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Minnesota Council of Nonprofits to help advance its charitable mission

Minneapolis, MN — Sponsorship of ConnectUP! MN

Saint Paul, MN — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support to the Minnesota Education Equity Partnership to help advance its charitable mission

Fergus Falls, MN — Sponsorship of the 2018 MNwest Entrepreneur Summits (North and South)

Minneapolis, MN — Sponsorship of Environmental Ancestry Storytelling Project

Saint Paul, MN — Underwriting to support news and programming produced in 2019

Minneapolis, MN — To be a leader and learner as a member of Community Creativity Cohort 2, a 3-year participant-led capacity building effort to support organizations led by and serving people of color and Indigenous people, rural communities, and smaller cities and towns

Minot, ND — To identify short-term and long-term collective strategies to address the opioid epidemic and create a regional hub for treatment and family services for people addicted to opioids in the Minot North Dakota area

Bismarck, ND — To develop culturally responsive social-emotional learning implementation framework and delivery mechanisms in North Dakota