Who We've Funded

Rapid City, SD — For entry-year support through the Regional Arts Development Program II

Shafer, MN — To hire consultants to develop a strategic plan and for partial support of a new education/program coordinator position

Minneapolis, MN — To hire consultants to conduct research and develop an operational plan

Bloomington, MN — For a phosphorus reduction project in the Lower Minnesota River Watershed

Minneapolis, MN — For continued operating support through the Regional Arts Development Program I

Minneapolis, MN — Toward planning and development costs of the West Broadway Athletic Center in the Hawthorne neighborhood of North Minneapolis

Minneapolis, MN — To ensure that energy policy is embraced and enacted by governments and businesses in the Midwest

Houston, TX — To expand an ecological health community organizing and prairie restoration program for youth on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and for consultant expenses related to organizational capacity building

Minneapolis, MN — For an inmate mentor program

Minneapolis, MN — To continue environmental justice work in communities of color and low-income communities

Saint Paul, MN — For an after-school survival skills program for refugee youth

Minneapolis, MN — For a consultant to develop government contracts, and for an administrative assistant position

Minneapolis, MN — To assess education and outreach programs and to develop an operational plan

Moorhead, MN — For board strategic planning

Fargo, ND — To provide training and technical assistance to health and human service nonprofits in central and western North Dakota

Saint Paul, MN — For Phase III of Connected Counseling -- Raising Results for Students

Minneapolis, MN — To upgrade key communications and data/financial management infrastructure

Minneapolis, MN — To support interdisciplinary program initiatives and to strengthen institutional capacity

Minneapolis, MN — To expand its New Rules program

Rochester, MN — Toward a capital campaign

Gaithersburg, MD — For the Midwest Clean Air Campaign and for the Wilderness and Public Lands Program

Saint Paul, MN — For a membership/communications associate and for related program costs

Saint Paul, MN — For a new, full-time research analyst position

New York, NY — To continue work on outcomes measurement and capacity building for community development corporations in the Twin Cities metro

Saint Paul, MN — Toward a capital campaign

Duluth, MN — To increase the number of men involved in the prevention of domestic violence

Saint Paul, MN — To pay for consultants to engage the membership in a strategic planning process and evaluation of current programs

Saint Paul, MN — To hire a youth street outreach worker

Minneapolis, MN — To secure access to a medical respite shelter through an inter-county agreement

Minneapolis, MN — For the Micro-Enterprise Careership Pilot Project

Minneapolis, MN — Toward the salary and benefits of the new Pacesetter Program Coordinator and Business Consulting Services positions, consultant expenses, and new program start-up expenses

Saint Paul, MN — To improve completion rates of students in the Power of YOU program at three public colleges in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis Community and Technical College, St. Paul College, and Metropolitan State University)

Saint Paul, MN — To continue public health and communications objectives

Minneapolis, MN — For board development and organizational infrastructure refinement

Saint Paul, MN — To pay a consultant to conduct a market assessment and to create a business plan to deepen educational services to young children in Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN — To increase the capacity of victim advocacy programs to improve sexual violence prevention services and public policies

Saint Paul, MN — To support six Continuum of Care regions in rural Minnesota to assess needs and develop regional plans to end long-term homelessness

Saint Paul, MN — To support training for members and to increase citizen engagement

Plymouth, MN — To support salary expenses for a new position--policy and program director

Minneapolis, MN — For strategic planning to expand programming year-round

Saint Paul, MN — For a legal advocacy program

St. Cloud, MN — For a watershed stewardship program

Minneapolis, MN — For continued operating support through the Regional Arts Development Program I

Saint Paul, MN — For the Our Voices Matter Youth Advocacy Project

Saint Paul, MN — For a capital project

Yankton, SD — For a faculty development program to improve student writing and retention

Lake Andes, SD — To provide 24-hour staff at a shelter for battered women on the Yankton Sioux Reservation and for audio streaming of violence prevention content to the community and high school classrooms

Saint Paul, MN — To build capacity in staff and facility

Fargo, ND — To adapt evidence-based mental health treatments for treating Native American abused and neglected children and to train Native American clinicians on using these treatments

Lake Elmo, MN — Toward two programs: an analysis of the electric utility transmission system in Minnesota and a program to identify American Indian women and children most at risk of mercury contamination

Bismarck, ND — For a campaign to increase membership

Two Harbors, MN — To acquire and rehabilitate a building to house programs for victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault

Minneapolis, MN — For support of entry-year planning through the Regional Arts Development Program II

Perham, MN — For staff salaries and benefits for a communication center providing employment counseling services

Moorhead, MN — To strengthen organizational capacity

Minneapolis, MN — For Amplifying the Commons through Art

Minneapolis, MN — For a director of development and communications

Raleigh, ND — Toward a capital campaign

Fargo, ND — For a new membership coordinator and to increase fundraising

Minneapolis, MN — For a volunteer coordinator position

Saint Paul, MN — For improvements to its technology infrastructure

Saint Paul, MN — To implement a pilot intervention project with women in treatment centers

Rapid City, SD — For a capital grant to expand the Dahl Arts Center

Pine Ridge, SD — To complete an inventory process at the Heritage Center

Fargo, ND — To support two half-time outreach consultants in Minnesota and North Dakota to complete a comprehensive plan for land and water management in the Red River Basin

Minneapolis, MN — To expand a community conferencing program in North Minneapolis

Rochester, MN — To hire a full-time marketing director

Plainview, MN — For staff professional development, consultant, and meeting expenses

Hawley, MN — For two program staff positions

Backus, MN — To expand a solar power assistance program for low-income families

Collegeville, MN — For a matching grant toward the scholarship endowment portion of a capital campaign

Saint Paul, MN — For a matching grant to support starting a new business model under the Large Cultural Organizations Development Fund II

To provide partial funding for the programs necessary to implement the National Great River Park

St. Francis, SD — To provide emotional, cultural, and academic support for underachieving students

Pierre, SD — For staff to administer a community savings account program

Brookings, SD — To continue the South Dakota Institute for Infant Toddler Development and Care

Sioux Falls, SD — To evaluate a marketing plan and ways to reach younger audiences as part of the organizational effectiveness component of the Regional Arts Development Program

To expand the Early Childhood Education and Care Project

Minneapolis, MN — To upgrade data management systems and staff, ticket sales processes, and patron relations

Saint Paul, MN — Toward a capital campaign

Hopkins, MN — For board training and development, and for a part-time associate

Saint Paul, MN — To develop and pilot a family support services program for MFIP families at risk of child maltreatment

Bismarck, ND — To support the Child Development Successor Program in North Dakota

Pierre, SD — To continue the Bush Child Development Successor Program

Saint Paul, MN — Toward a capital campaign

Minneapolis, MN — To develop and implement an experiential learning program in sustainable agriculture

Minneapolis, MN — To support a community health organizer position

Minneapolis, MN — For a staff expansion

Minneapolis, MN — To support a strategic planning process

Minneapolis, MN — For additional staff for a program serving homeless youth

Minneapolis, MN — Toward a new executive director position

Saint Paul, MN — To develop and/or adapt a model of care for children who are torture survivors

New York, NY — To support the work of the Center during 2007-2009

Minneapolis, MN — To help hire a Chief Operating Officer

Saint Paul, MN — To facilitate participation of RE-AMP members from the Bush region at the annual meeting

Minneapolis, MN — To integrate Minnesota and North and South Dakota into a tri-state chapter of the Nature Conservancy