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 — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Minneapolis Foundation’s work with LatinoLEAD to help advance its charitable mission
Saint Paul, MN — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support to the Minnesota Education Equity Partnership to help advance its charitable mission
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
Albuquerque, NM — NACA-Inspired Schools Network will work with K12 schools in the Bush Foundation region in support of their transformation toward individualized learning models
Washington, DC — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for the National Congress of American Indians to help advance its charitable mission in MN, ND, SD and the 23 Native Nations that share the same geography
Pine Ridge, SD — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for the Native Youth Leadership Alliance to help advance its charitable mission in MN, ND, SD and the 23 Native Nations that share the same geography
New York Mills, 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
Bemidji, 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
Washington, DC — Technical Assistance to continue the support to further develop a multi-tribal power authority and to plan workforce development of a utility-grade wind power installation
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
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
Kyle, 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
Winona, 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 — To continue the work of Community Innovation grant #34128, given to solve the need for better access to affordable, culturally competent, quality early childhood education services in the Cedar Riverside neighborhood (West Bank)
Redwood Falls, 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)
Staples, 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
Washington, DC — This support is for at least nine arts and culture changemakers from North Dakota, South Dakota and the 23 Native nations in the Bush Foundation region to attend Salzburg Global Seminar's Young Cultural Innovators program
Sisseton, 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
Agency Village, 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
Fort Yates, 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
Nashville, TN — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Social Enterprise Alliance Twin Cities to help advance its charitable mission
Brookings, SD — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for South Dakota State University's work under South Dakota State University Extension
Saint Paul, MN — In recognition of City of St. Paul’s Local Government Innovation Award as the overall winner for its Equity Strategic Action Planning for Neighborhoods led by the District Councils (City category).
Saint Paul, MN — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Springboard for the Arts to help advance its charitable mission in MN, ND, SD and the 23 Native Nations that share the same geography
Minnetonka, MN — Technical assistance to support increased capacity for Community Innovation grant #17-63421 to accelerate key project strategies by studying a leading edge model and by receiving structured consultation to implement it
North Branch, MN — In recognition of Sunrise Township’s Local Government Innovation Award as the overall winner for its collaboration & citizen engagement to bring broadband to the township (Township category)
Red Wing, 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
Jamestown, 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
Spearfish, 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
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
Porcupine, 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
Belcourt, 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
Tucson, AZ — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for the University of Arizona's Native Nations Institute to help advance its charitable mission in MN, ND, SD and the 23 Native Nations that share the same geography
Notre Dame, IN — The University of Notre Dame will support six private K-12 schools in the Bush Foundation region in support of their transformation toward individualized learning models
San Francisco, CA — An impact investment to support social businesses in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and the 23 Native nations that share that geography
Saint Paul, MN — To create the Venn Foundation Program-Related Investment Fund (a donor advised fund) to start and grow businesses that are intentionally solving social problems in the region ($250,000) and for general operating funds for underwriting work ($75,000)
Austin, 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
Callaway, 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
White Earth, 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 — This grant is to acknowledge this institution's participation in building a community of practice among K-12 institutions practicing individualized learning
Rapid City, SD — Black Hills Knowledge Network/South Dakota Dashboard to provide a common foundation of data and indicators to help community members identify, understand and act on issues that affect South Dakota communities
Brooklyn Center, MN — Support for the first Big Picture Learning Twin Cities to maintain coaching and development support from Big Picture Learning Network
Indianapolis, IN — To support a scholarship program for 50 participants from Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota to attend the 2017 MCON Conference June 5-6, 2017, in Washington, DC
Eden Prairie, MN — In recognition of the Innovation in Water Resource Management-Vacuum Dredge Box for Sediment Removal project (Local Government Innovation Award winner - City category)