Who We've Funded

Saint Paul, MN — Develop more localized data resources in Minnesota Compass for rural areas, small towns and Indian Reservations

Whitesburg, KY — for general operating support

Arlington, VA — Capturing stories of local 'changemakers'

Columbus, OH — Technical Adviser, Data & Assessment

Rapid City, SD — For Black Hills Knowledge Network website enhancement and training materials to increase access to and usage of data indicators

Cold Spring, MN — Continued community conversation and Art of Hosting training in central Minnesota

Whitesburg, KY — National Rural Assembly convening around arts and culture

Eagle Butte, SD — Support for speakers for a two-day tribal council orientation

Saint Paul, MN — To complete the proposal sourcing efforts for an early childhood intervention program and document lessons learned

Saint Paul, MN — Higher Education Redesign

Saint Paul, MN — Fostering community conversations through innovative media

Montevideo, MN — To cover costs related to an Art of Hosting facilitator training event for 100 people in Western Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN — Bush funding will be used for general operating support through the Regional Arts Development Program II (RADP II)

Fort Thompson, SD — Community education on tribal constitution and Secretarial election

Minneapolis, MN — Conduct a pilot with the 2011 Bush Fellowship cohort to increase their understanding and connection to culture in order to more effectively engage with others in their communities to create positive change

Renner, SD — Dakota Rising Team-Based Community Leadership pilot

Morton, MN — 150th Memorial Horseback Ride and Reconciliation Project

Mantorville, MN — Implementing a multi-county human services delivery authority-mobilize phase

Minneapolis, MN — Building online engagement networks with Twin Cities Neighbors Forums - BeNeighbors

Chicago, IL — Energy and Environment Team Leadership Development in South Dakota

Fargo, ND — Media campaign to increase philanthropic contributions in North Dakota

Washington, DC — Technical support for the Bush Foundation's School Leadership Initiative

Saint Paul, MN — Bush Fellowships for elected and government officials with policy-making authority

Edina, MN — For charitable giving cards

Minneapolis, MN — To support the Start Early Coalition

Minneapolis, MN — For general operating support

Moorhead, MN — Build leadership capacity among low-income immigrant population residing in the Fargo-Moorhead area

Fargo, ND — Expand Giving Hearts Day in Western North Dakota

Bloomington, MN — Co-creating a Sustainable Healthy Tomorrow Through Stakeholder Engagement in Health Reform

Minneapolis, MN — A three-day Art of Hosting practicum for up to 40 alumni of Intermedia Arts' Creative Community Leadership Institute (CCLI) along with up to five members of Intermedia Arts' staff/board

Rapid City, SD — Expansion and replication of Collaboratives for Change that enhance the vitality of towns and promote the well-being of participants of all ages

Saint Paul, MN — To support a learning Community of Practice for Art of Hosting facilitators so they can connect and deepen their practice, find apprenticing opportunities to learn how to design trainings and receive support and opportunities to serve the community

To contribute to the support for educational achievement public policy

Minneapolis, MN — The Rural Arts Initiative - summer fellowships in two rural innovation sites for InCommons

Minneapolis, MN — for The Birchbark House Fund

Mankato, MN — To continue Minnesota's Teacher Performance Assessment (TPA) Pilot Initiative

Minneapolis, MN — Respectful Conversations Project

Saint Paul, MN — Support the Performance Management Leadership Institute for small- to mid-size nonprofits in Central and Northern Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN — Story circle small grants program and logistical support for convening a storyteller community of practice

Minneapolis, MN — for The Susan and Shirley Hagstrum Multiple Sclerosis Fellowship

Minneapolis, MN — Bush funding will be used for general operating support through the Regional Arts Development Program II (RADP II)

Washington, DC — for general operating support

Saint Paul, MN — Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute

Minneapolis, MN — To develop and deliver an organizational capacity building program for nonprofits in North Dakota (originally awarded to contribute to a loan fund to help Minnesota nonprofits compete for state and federal 'Pay for Performance' funding)

Bismarck, ND — Bush Foundation donor advised, non-permanent fund at the North Dakota Community Foundation

Grand Forks, ND — Bush funding will be used for general operating support through the Regional Arts Development Program II (RADP II)

Minneapolis, MN — Bush funding will be used for general operating support through the Regional Arts Development Program II (RADP II)

Duluth, MN — Build community-based intergenerational work experiences and leadership skills among college interns working in rural communities and on Indian Reservations

Saint Paul, MN — for general operating support

Saint Paul, MN — A gathering to introduce InCommons to new networks and create a dialogue around the importance of play in schools

Rapid City, SD — Community collaboration toward implementation of the Authentic Youth Civic Engagement (AYCE) plan, educating the community on the value of its youth, and building opportunities for youth voices to be heard

Red Lake, MN — Funding to support constitutional reform outreach, education and meetings

Staples, MN — Training and support of 22 HUD Planning Champions and documentation of community-based stories regarding implementation

Sioux Falls, SD — Media campaign to strengthen philanthropy in South Dakota

Agency Village, SD — Public forum with Native Nations Institute

Faulkton, SD — South Dakota Regional Systems Engagement Pilot Team - Faulk County

Pierre, SD — Bush Foundation donor advised, non-permanent fund at the South Dakota Community Foundation

Pierre, SD — For alignment of K-12 exit/postsecondary entrance standards, communication efforts and professional development efforts around Common Core State Standards

Hutchinson, MN — Southwest Initiative Foundation Community-Based Leadership Network

Bismarck, ND — North Dakota Public Health Team Leadership

Brainerd, MN — Intergenerational citizen leadership co-production model for providing public services and goods. (A collaborative public work initiative to engage and strengthen citizen leadership [focused on youth, University students and senior citizens] to solve community problems through co-production models for providing public services and goods.)

Cass Lake, MN — Cover the design, circulation and analysis, as well as other related costs, of a survey to assess interest in changing blood quantum requirements

Saint Paul, MN — Fund the 'Forever St. Paul Challenge' to support community engagement opportunities across Minnesota

New Town, ND — Travel costs for three staff members to attend the Native Nations Institute's Constitutional seminar in Tucson, AZ on May 1-2, 2012

Belcourt, ND — To purchase voting machines and strengthen the election process

Minneapolis, MN — Community media training along with news articles and public conversations about the New Normal

Minneapolis, MN — Ripple Effect Mapping Evaluation (Extension Center for Community Vitality)

Minneapolis, MN — Reinvigorate the University's land-grant tradition to assure common people have access to useful and practical knowledge and education

Saint Paul, MN — Fostering community conversations through innovative media

White Earth, MN — Support for the White Earth Nation's constitutional reform process

Wagner, SD — Executive Education Seminar for the Yankton Sioux Tribe Business and Claims Committee on March 20-21, 2012

Saint Paul, MN — Bush funding will be used for general operating support through the Regional Arts Development Program II (RADP II)

Minneapolis, MN — Convene and train 100 Arts Lab participants in the Art of Hosting facilitation skills

Minneapolis, MN — One-time grant to enhance the capacity of the higher education partners to collect, compile, and analyze data. Permissible uses of the money include staffing, consultants, staff development, training, hardware, and/or software

Saint Paul, MN — One-time grant to enhance the capacity of the higher education partners to collect, compile, and analyze data. Permissible uses of the money include staffing, consultants, staff development, training, hardware, and/or software