Who We've Funded

Saint Paul, MN — Operate the Creative Community Leadership Institute (CCLI)

Fort Yates, ND — Sponsorship of the Dakota/Lakota Summer Institute

Saint Paul, MN — Identify, recruit, engage and support a cohort of 20 leaders to attend bushCONNECT 2020

Saint Paul, MN — To Support State/Tribal Relations Leadership Position

Bismarck, ND — Sponsorship of Main Street ND Summit

Bismarck, ND — To accelerate the adoption of Native education standards and curriculum in both tribal and non-tribal schools to provide a more culturally relevant and individualized education in North Dakota

Pierre, SD — To accelerate the adoption of Native education standards and curriculum in both tribal and non-tribal schools to provide a more culturally relevant and individualized education in South Dakota

Minneapolis, MN — Sponsorship of feMNist Day 2020

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

New York, NY — Sponsorship of The Native Alliance Corps Members and Alumni Leadership Summit

Fargo, ND — Sponsorship of CreativeMornings Fargo

Washington, DC — To support a scholarship program for 25 participants from Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota to attend the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival, June 26-30, 2019, in Aspen, Colorado

Cambridge, MA — Sponsorship of the 2019 CEP Conference: Stronger Philanthropy

Detroit, MI — Sponsorship of the Free Minds, Free People Conference

Camden, ME — To support a scholarship program for 50 participants from Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota to attend PopTech 2019 October 23-26, 2019, in Northport, Maine

Saint Paul, MN — To support the Itasca Project in 2019

New Town, ND — To unite MHA Nation community segments in Fort Berthold Reservation and overcome isolation

San Francisco, CA — Bush Foundation annual membership dues for Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy

Boston, MA — Leadership Funder Group Membership Dues 2019 and 2020

St. Paul, MN — Underwriting to support news and programming produced in 2020

Long Beach, CA — Sponsorship of the ConnectUP! MN Summit

Bismarck, ND — Sponsorship of the United Tribes Technical College Tribal Leaders Summit

Minneapolis, MN — Sponsorship of PEN 2019: Educating for Democracy: Navigating the Current and Channeling the Future of Progressive Education

Minneapolis, MN — Creation of a tribal administration handbook and journal articles on subjects that will support tribal management capabilities

Grand Forks, ND — Tribal community conversations to identify the need for and methods of improving the competency of Lay Advocates who represent parties in criminal and civil cases before six tribal courts in North Dakota and Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN — Minnesota Mayors Together designing conversation models for shared action

Duluth, MN — Underwriting to support news and programming produced in 2020

Washington, DC — To align the stewardship of Pine Ridge tribal lands with community needs and aspirations

Mankato, MN — Sponsorship of YWCA Mankato's It’s Time to Talk: Forums on Race

Minneapolis, MN — Sponsorship of YWCA Minneapolis Forums on Racial Equity: It’s Time to Talk: Forums on Race and It’s Time to Act

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

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

Minneapolis, MN — Sponsorship of EDTalks

Minneapolis, MN — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for African American Leadership Forum to help advance its charitable mission

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

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

Duluth, 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

Minneapolis, MN — Sponsorship of Native Priorities Day

Washington, DC — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Americans for the Arts to help advance its charitable mission in MN, ND, SD and the 23 Native nations that share the same geography

Saint Paul, MN — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Amherst H. Wilder Foundation to help advance its charitable mission

Dickinson, 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

Winona, MN — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Art of the Rural to help advance its charitable mission

Sioux Falls, SD — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Arts South Dakota to help advance its charitable mission

Bush Foundation annual membership dues for Asian American-Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy

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

New York, NY — Bush Foundation annual membership dues for Association of Black Foundation Executives

Oklahoma City, OK — To support the 2018 International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries and Museums, including a scholarship program for 50 participants from MN, ND, SD and the 23 Native nations that share the geography

Arlington, VA — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support to help advance this organization's charitable mission in MN, ND, SD and the 23 Native nations that share the same geography

Saint Paul, MN — Support for Avalon School to invest in the development of a network of schools that focus on learner-centered education

Bemidji, MN — To address structural oppression, institutional racism and systemic gaps in support for Indigenous and People of Color in the Bemidji area through the Healing for Justice (Gwekendam) process

Minneapolis, MN — Sponsorship of Twin Cities Startup Week

Sturgis, SD — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Black Hills Special Services Cooperative’s Technology and Innovation in Education division to help advance its charitable mission

Spearfish, SD — Sponsorship of Arts Education Conference: Building Community Through the Arts

Mankato, MN — In recognition of Blue Earth County’s Local Government Innovation Award as the overall winner for its Yellow Line Project (County category)

Minneapolis, MN — Racial Equity in the Nonprofit Sector

Bowman, ND — Sponsorship of FUSION Conference

Wagner, 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

Pierre, SD — In recognition of winning a 2018 Bush Prize for Community Innovation, this grant will advance the organization’s charitable mission to provide mental health and addiction treatment

Washington, DC — Sponsorship of LGBTQ Workforce Development Think Tank

Saint Paul, MN — Sponsorship of the second year of the “Powering Inclusion” series

Centerville, 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

Roseville, MN — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Charities Review Council to help advance its charitable mission

Saint Paul, MN — Sponsorship of Facilitating Racial Equity Collaborative's Overcoming Racism conference and Equity Oriented Leadership Institute

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

Saint Paul, MN — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Citizens League to help advance its charitable mission

Duluth, 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

Saint Paul, MN — Sponsorship of Coalition of Asian American Leaders' Education Series: Strengthening Education for Multi-Language Learners

Issaquah, WA — Sponsorship of 2018 Impact Summit - Community Indicators in Action

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

Minneapolis, MN — Mille Lacs County and Mille Lacs Band Conflict Mediation Support

Washington, DC — Bush Foundation annual membership dues for Council on Foundations

Bismarck, ND — Sponsorship of TEDxBismarck 2018

Renner, SD — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Dakota Resources to help advance its charitable mission

Dickinson, ND — Sponsorship of Rural Women on the Western Edge

Chaska, MN — Sponsorship of the 2018 Personalized Learning Summit