Who We've Funded

Minneapolis, MN — Sponsorship of Social Venture Partners' 15th Year Celebration

Brookings, SD — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for South Dakota State University's work under South Dakota State University Extension

Sioux Falls, SD — In recognition of winning a 2016 Bush Prize for Community Innovation, this grant will advance the organization's charitable mission

Fargo, ND — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for South East Education Cooperative's work on competency-based education

Hutchinson, MN — Sponsorship of Grow Our Own: A Convening on the Future of Southwest Minnesota’s Children

Saint Paul, MN — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Springboard for the Arts to help advance its charitable mission

Minot, ND — Sponsorship of Motivate to Move

New York, NY — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Students for Education Reform's work in Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN — For further indigenizing, or bringing under control, Crisis Intervention Teams in Indian Country by integrating existing assets, strengths, cultural values and practices in the Native communities to improve the safety, health and well-being of the Native population

New York, NY — To support the work of the Center during 2016-2018

Duluth, MN — To develop a community-guided model of coordinated mental health care for youth and children

Bloomington, IN — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for The Language Conservancy’s work in MN, ND, SD and the 23 Native Nations that share the same geography

Spearfish, SD — To create a community collaboration centralizing the arts as an integrated asset for inclusivity, development and sustained outreach

Saint Paul, MN — To support the Itasca Project in 2016

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

Saint Paul, MN — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for Tiwahe Foundation to advance its charitable mission

Belcourt, ND — Technical assistance to build cloud-based technology and data collection tools to further 2015 Community Innovation grant activities

Minneapolis, MN — Sponsorship of the 2016 Fall Media Forum - No Stories About Us Without Us: The Power of Narrative

St. Paul, MN — Underwriting to support news and programming produced in 2017

Bismarck, ND — Sponsorship of Round Table for Building--Care and Respect Event (CARE)

Tucson, AZ — This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for the University of Arizona’s Native Nations Institute's work in MN, ND, SD and the 23 Native nations that share the same geography

Iowa City, IA — Support Rural Policy Research Initiative in bringing at least 10 people from North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and the 23 Native Nations to attend the Rural Policy Research Initiative Next Generation Rural Placemaking Summit in Iowa City, IA, October 12-14, 2016

Minneapolis, MN — Sponsorship of Cultivating Community Conversations for Change

Minneapolis, MN — A four-month planning grant for citizen engagement, education and empowerment among the citizens of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe to lead efforts from the ground up for governance reform.

Minneapolis, MN — Sponsorship of A Concert and Conversation with Gaelynn Lea

Vermillion, SD — To establish a professional development partnership school between Jolley Elementary and the University of South Dakota School of Education

Minneapolis, MN — To build a statewide problem-solving process on the issue of mass incarceration and the impact of the prison system on communities of color

Duluth, MN — Underwriting to support news and programming produced in 2017

Champlin, MN — Sponsorship of WE Day Minnesota to provide buses/access for attendees

Minneapolis, MN — Sponsorship of FLOW Northside Arts Crawl

Saint Paul, MN — Develop and present two concurrent bushCONNECT workshops titled “Identity-Driven Leadership: Engaging with Race and Power”

Washington, DC — To develop a Collaborative Process for Landscape Conservation in Western North Dakota

Buffalo, MN — In recognition of the Wright County Court Services wRight Choice project (Local Government Innovation Award winner - County Category)

Mankato, MN — Sponsorship of the YWCA Mankato Women's Leadership Conference

Minneapolis, MN — Sponsorship of EdTalks: Conversations about Issues in Public Education

Saint Paul, MN — Identify, recruit, engage and support a cohort of 15 leaders to attend bushCONNECT on May 4, 2015

Brooklyn Park, MN — To increase civic engagement within communities of color in the Northwest suburbs of the Twin Cities

Saint Paul, MN — To continue the creation and implementation of an evaluation plan for the Community Innovation Grant and Bush Prize programs

Rapid City, SD — Sponsorship of Creative Community Leadership Institute-Rapid City

For annual membership dues

Moorhead, MN — Sponsorship of 2015 National Philanthropy Day Education and Awards Luncheon

Sioux Falls, SD — To provide improved cancer care services to rural patients through community and provider engagement

San Diego, CA — Expand AVID programming to more students in schools in southern Minnesota and Bismarck-Mandan, North Dakota

Rapid City, SD — To provide support for the Black Hills Knowledge Network and the South Dakota Dashboard as common foundations of data and indicators to help community members identify, understand and act on issues that affect South Dakota communities

Sturgis, SD — Support school transitions to customized learning across South Dakota by working with a new group or cohort of schools every year for the next four years

Saint Paul, MN — In recognition of being selected to the 2015 Community Creativity Cohort

Roseville, MN — Co-create 90-minute Design Thinking activity for approximately 75 people for bushCONNECT on May 4, 2015

Eagle Butte, SD — In recognition of winning a 2015 Bush Prize for Community Innovation, this grant will advance this organization's charitable mission

Mankato, MN — To engage underserved families in designing and testing a children's museum model that is responsive to their needs, interests and challenges

Minneapolis, MN — Support of 'Imperative for Change,' a diversity and inclusion initiative of the Twin Cities Large Cultural Organizations Forum (TCLCOF)

Saint Paul, MN — Sponsorship of the North Star Summit: Mapping Economic Prosperity for Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN — To support five professional internships at nonprofit organizations

Moorhead, MN — To develop a community plan to address mental health care needs through the ReThink Mental Health Initiative

Minneapolis, MN — Develop and present the session “Changing The Way Community Engagement Is Done” three times at bushCONNECT on May 9, 2016

Minneapolis, MN — In recognition of being selected to the 2015 Community Creativity Cohort

Saint Paul, MN — Identify, recruit, engage and support a cohort of 15 leaders to attend bushCONNECT on May 4, 2015

Saint Paul, MN — To create an educational and career path for young people of color in the environmental science and natural resource fields

Saint Paul, MN — Identify, recruit, engage and support a cohort of 20 leaders to attend bushCONNECT on May 9, 2016

Minneapolis, MN — Identify, recruit, engage, and support a cohort of 15 leaders to attend bushCONNECT on May 4, 2015

Bismarck, ND — Identify, recruit, engage and support a cohort of 10 business leaders to attend bushCONNECT on May 9, 2016

Renner, SD — Dakota Rising Conference and Home Address Gathering

Philadelphia, PA — Minnesota Cultural Data Project General Operating ($11,000) and Minnesota Funders Group ($4,000) support

Duluth, MN — Sponsorship of Design Duluth: Exhibition and Panel Discussion

Dulth, MN — In recognition of being selected to the 2015 Community Creativity Cohort

Manning, ND — Sponsorship of Vision West ND Civic Leadership and Knowledge Transfer Workshop

Minneapolis, MN — Identify, recruit, engage and support a cohort of 15 leaders to attend bushCONNECT on May 4, 2015

Sioux Falls, SD — Sponsorship of Leading Together in Complex Times: The Art of Hosting Conversations That Matter 3-Day Learning Experience

Grand Forks, ND — Sponsorship of TEDxGrandForks: Roots and Wings

Brookings, SD — Identify, recruit, engage and support a cohort of leaders to attend bushCONNECT on May 4, 2015

Fargo, ND — Sponsorship of GROUP THINK

Rapid City, SD — In recognition of being selected to the 2015 Community Creativity Cohort

Sioux Falls, SD — Underwriting to support news and programming produced in 2016