Who We've Funded

Little Canada, MN — To support efforts to strengthen Indian land ownership and management in Minnesota and the Dakotas through the work of the Institute for Indian Estate Planning and Probate

Takoma Park, MD — To provide organization development support to ecological health nonprofits

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

Moorhead, MN — To complete a leadership transition and increase programming and development capacity

Moorhead, MN — To establish a business center for child care providers in North Dakota

Detroit Lakes, MN — For the Children's Services Program in Becker County, on the White Earth Reservation, and in surrounding communities

Kyle, SD — For a new full-time success coach on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

Herrick, SD — To provide a culturally based alcohol, drug, and violence prevention youth program on the Rosebud, Pine Ridge, and Yankton reservations

Minneapolis, MN — To advance the development of community-based food systems in Minnesota and the Dakotas

Lanesboro, MN — Toward expenses for a curator and public relations coordinator

Saint Paul, MN — To add an assistant director and program manager for rural Minnesota

Toward the salary of a program coordinator and consultants to continue the Many Voices, Shared Vision program, which provides nonprofit management training to a cadre of emerging African leaders

Minneapolis, MN — To increase capacity and organizational stability

Minneapolis, MN — Toward a capital campaign

To hire a full-time associate director

Saint Paul, MN — To conduct the Meadowlark Project, a leadership laboratory on the future of the Northern Great Plains

Bismarck, ND — To support a 24-hour telephone crisis counseling program

Minneapolis, MN — To implement a management services organization and for leadership development costs

Minneapolis, MN — For the Micro-Enterprise Careership project

Minneapolis, MN — To hire a development director

Moorhead, MN — To link seventeen health clinics in northern Minnesota and to establish a paperless charting system

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

Minneapolis, MN — Toward a capital campaign

Minneapolis, MN — To support a part-time facilitator for a girls leadership program

Saint Paul, MN — For development of an infant and early childhood division

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

Saint Paul, MN — To develop and implement a pilot project to reduce barriers to gainful employment for people with criminal arrest records

Marine on St. Croix, MN — Toward organizational development

Duluth, MN — To develop systems to meet the mental health needs of Head Start children

Saint Paul, MN — To expand technological infrastructure and provide increased public access to cultural heritage resources as digital content in the Upper Midwest

Saint Paul, MN — For a conservation development program

Minot, ND — To provide assistance to the homeless and for administrative support

Saint Paul, MN — To develop a strategic plan and build financial management capacity

Washington, DC — Toward Preservation Leadership Training in the Bush Foundation region

Washington, DC — For the Minnesota Mapping Project to develop knowledge of Native projects and how they are funded

Minneapolis, MN — For a full-time psychologist in North Minneapolis

Saint Paul, MN — To provide culturally sensitive primary health care and education services

Saint Paul, MN — To expand services for homeless families by adding support staff

Bismarck, ND — For a plan to identify effective strategies to increase membership

Grand Marais, MN — To hire two full-time staff positions to manage programs, and earned and contributed income activities

Minneapolis, MN — For part two of a phased technology system planning and implementation project as part of the organizational effectiveness component of the Regional Arts Development Program I

Spearfish, SD — For volunteer recruitment and training, and for various technology enhancements

Duluth, MN — To implement an early childhood mental health initiative in greater Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN — To develop the NorthPoint Innovation Center to serve as the hub of community wellness efforts in North Minneapolis

Minneapolis, MN — To plan collaborations and to prepare for a capital campaign for Karamu House in North Minneapolis

Bellingham, WA — To add Native American perspectives to the curriculum, develop internet-based teaching technologies, and support advanced coursework to improve faculty teaching skills

Bemidji, MN — To implement a community-based partnership to help Native youth succeed in school and to prepare them for work

Kyle, SD — To improve academic advising, teaching, and students' success and retention rates

Saint Paul, MN — To fund a health disparities coordinator

Saint Paul, MN — To meet the employment needs of Oromo who have lived in the United States for five or more years

St. Louis, MO — To expand services in the Twin Cities

Saint Paul, MN — To begin a program of crisis services for mentally ill children and adolescents in Anoka County

Minneapolis, MN — Toward a capital campaign for a community medical clinic

Minneapolis, MN — To create a new marketing strategy for Mainstage productions of Pillsbury House Theatre

Saint Paul, MN — To continue a health care coverage expansion with hospitals throughout suburban Hennepin County

Minneapolis, MN — Toward a capital campaign to purchase a new facility

Monticello, MN — To implement a new management information system linking its four-state service area, including Minnesota and North Dakota

Duluth, MN — For a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program, a systems advocate, and a licensed therapist

Minneapolis, MN — For a case manager to provide special assistance for the hardest to employ

Minneapolis, MN — To support staff costs during the implementation of a new strategic plan

Rapid City, SD — To support a middle school to high school student retention program

Grand Forks, ND — For the North Dakota/South Dakota Regional Individual Development Accounts Collaborative

Grand Rapids, MN — For a marketing and development initiative

Saint Paul, MN — To provide customized training to raise provider competency levels among informal child care providers within culturally diverse communities

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

Fairmont, MN — For staff to carry out the Third Crop Initiative

Little Falls, MN — To strengthen the organization through leadership, organizational, and program development

St. Francis, SD — To continue the Freshman Academy, a high school attendance and retention project

Oakland, CA — For an environmental justice grassroots organizing program in Minnesota

Sioux Falls, SD — To continue support services for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth in Sioux Falls, and to expand to Rapid City

Saint Paul, MN — For a marketing initiative

Duluth, MN — To establish a prisoner community re-entry program in Duluth

Pierre, SD — Toward consultant expenses involved in an organizational assessment and strategic planning process

Brookings, SD — To launch a training plan for CASA volunteers and staff

Brookings, SD — Toward continuation of the South Dakota Institute for Infant Toddler Development and Care

Minneapolis, MN — To support staff costs for SEARCH's programs

Hutchinson, MN — For an initiative to advance renewable energy development

Saint Paul, MN — To plan and deliver services to artists and arts organizations in Greater Minnesota and the Dakotas

Hudson, WI — To match new contributions to the Partners for the Future campaign

Minneapolis, MN — For a pilot program to teach mind/body wellness skills to parents and children of families in a welfare-to-work program

Fort Yates, ND — To complete a health and wellness addition to the Porcupine District community center

Saint Paul, MN — Toward a project to conserve natural resources in developing communities

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 — To expand services to African immigrants with HIV/AIDS

Saint Paul, MN — To provide leadership, development, and management of the Minnesota Adolescent Parent Network

Minneapolis, MN — To plan a development initiative

Jamestown, ND — For capital and strategic planning

Minneapolis, MN — To expand school partnerships in science

Minneapolis, MN — Toward a capital campaign

Bismarck, ND — To help rural school districts develop cooperative arrangements to preserve effective education programs in a time of declining enrollments

Minneapolis, MN — To implement and evaluate a new model to reduce the risks of violence in the lives of children and families

Rapid City, SD — For an education program and board/staff development initiative

Minneapolis, MN — To continue a community outreach developer position

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

Hot Springs, SD — To develop a strategic plan for governance and fundraising, and to update technology for fossil mapping

Saint Paul, MN — For policy work and to build community around local food systems, farming, and energy

Roseville, MN — To expand supportive housing capacity for homeless young adults