Who We've Funded

Minneapolis, MN — For legal representation and coordination of ongoing planning

Minneapolis, MN — To expand green spaces along the Midtown Greenway

Minneapolis, MN — To strengthen and sustain programming

Saint Paul, MN — To continue building public health program capacity

Saint Paul, MN — For a development department audit process and additional database training as a part of the organizational effectiveness component of the Regional Arts Development Program I

Detroit Lakes, MN — To implement a pilot project to reduce the shortage of licensed psychologists practicing in rural communities in Becker, Mahnomen, and Otter Tail Counties in northwestern Minnesota

Saint Paul, MN — To expand its capacity to strengthen the nonprofit sector

Saint Paul, MN — To strengthen the efforts of an environmental coalition in improving water quality

Plymouth, MN — To develop a report on the state of fatherhood in Minnesota

Sawyer, MN — Toward an addition to a treatment center

Minneapolis, MN — To expand administrative capacity

Mounds View, MN — To complete institutionalization of statewide training for persons who apply pesticides

Brainerd, MN — To launch a lake stewardship program

Minneapolis, MN — To support UPbeat Metro and UPbeat Greater Minnesota educational programming

To create a publicly accessible and interactive online system for effective collaboration among stakeholders of healthy waters in the Mississippi River Basin and Gulf of Mexico

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

Saint Paul, MN — Toward a capital project to develop the Midtown Global Market

Minneapolis, MN — Toward a capital campaign to remodel clinic and counseling space for a multi-service agency serving persons without medical coverage

Cambridge, MN — To add staff to expand a transitional shelter program housed in 13 churches to a new geographic area

Grand Forks, ND — For continued operating support through the Regional Arts Development Program I

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

Moorhead, MN — To expand the Farm Breeder Club, which links organic farmers and University specialists in growing a variety of crops

Sioux Falls, SD — To hire a watershed coordinator to work with landowners, the City of Sioux Falls, and others to address linkages between land use, water quality, and public health concerns

Minneapolis, MN — To hire a communications director for an organization that attempts to influence public opinion about and provides services for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people

Minneapolis, MN — To hire a half-time marketing/community development director

St. Louis, MO — To support a merger between Parents as Teachers and MELD

Milaca, MN — To add a teen mentor position to raise awareness about dating violence in Mille Lacs County

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

Moorhead, MN — To engage the nonprofit sector in civic participation

Golden Valley, MN — For affordable auto repair services for low-income people

St. Louis Park, MN — To expand services of a supervised visitation program

Minneapolis, MN — To hire a full-time membership and literary associate and part-time administrative assistant

Fargo, ND — For strategic planning assistance, board development, and part-time administrative assistance

Saint Paul, MN — For a case manager to coordinate cases so that therapists can focus on resolving the sexual behavior and victimization issues of youth served

Saint Paul, MN — To continue development of the East Metro Children's Crisis Service Partnership

Saint Paul, MN — To continue work in school readiness, best practices, and grassroots organizing

Saint Paul, MN — For costs associated with improving profitability of manufacturing enterprises that employ people recovering from chemical dependency

Moorhead, MN — Toward planning for diverse cultural programming and capital campaign planning for a permanent Red River Valley exhibit

Oakland, CA — To build coalitions around clean energy policies in Minnesota

To strengthen the administrative, programmatic, and financial infrastructure of the organization

Minneapolis, MN — To support the transition of community-based restorative justice programs to the Restorative Justice Community Action Agency

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

Minneapolis, MN — To continue providing support to homeless youth residing at Seventh Landing

Minneapolis, MN — To support a leadership transition

Northfield, MN — For renewal of a faculty development program that focuses on the Center for Innovation in the Liberal Arts and other programs

Minneapolis, MN — To add a third speech/language pathologist

Agency Village, SD — To incorporate Dakota culture in the curriculum, improve the assessment of student training and teaching effectiveness, and support faculty professional development

Fort Yates, ND — For a tribal college faculty development program to improve student retention and success

Hopkins, MN — To implement a child safety initiative for child victims of domestic violence and abuse

Brookings, SD — To provide staff and support to strengthen the South Dakota Center for the Book

Sioux Falls, SD — For continued operating support through the Regional Arts Development Program I

For an early care and education project

Minneapolis, MN — For a capital campaign

Minnetonka, MN — To continue a mental health services expansion and to make modifications in the STEEP program to serve teens

Bismarck, ND — For additional administrative support and development expertise to prepare for a capital campaign

Roseville, MN — To increase ESL programming for Minnesota adult immigrants and refugees

Saint Paul, MN — To continue the Child Development Program for Infants and Toddlers

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

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

Washington, DC — To support From the Ground Up, a project to restore land in the Blue Earth Minnesota River Basin

To increase an administrator position from part time to full time for a human services and health community connections program

Saint Paul, MN — To hire a full-time, multi-lingual self-sufficiency facilitator

Minneapolis, MN — To continue the Southeast Asian Program, for a family worker position, and to expand capacity in the preschool

Rapid City, SD — To plan an education program

Minneapolis, MN — To sustain momentum at Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge near Crookston, Minnesota

Minneapolis, MN — To renovate the Ritz Theater in Minneapolis

Saint Paul, MN — To hire a full-time operations manager

Edina, MN — Toward a capital campaign

For continued operating support through the Regional Arts Development Program I

Mission, SD — For continued support in efforts to increase high school graduation rates

Tougaloo, MS — For recovery for victims of Hurricane Katrina at Tougaloo College

Fort Collins, CO — To expand a tree planting and solar energy program on the Pine Ridge Reservation

Minneapolis, MN — To hire an additional recruiter and internship coordinator for an intensive skill-development program for men with criminal convictions

Jamestown, ND — To develop a permanent faculty development center, a comprehensive faculty evaluation system, and a student/faculty research program

Bismarck, ND — To prepare students to find and use information effectively and to integrate the liberal arts in professional programs

Minneapolis, MN — To extend the Minnesota Early Literacy Training project

Sioux Falls, SD — To match contributions to the capital and endowment portions of The Greatest Gift Campaign

Saint Paul, MN — To continue and expand faculty/student collaboration in inquiry-based learning methodologies

Saint Paul, MN — To expand a youth conservation corps and establish a peer leadership program

Saint Paul, MN — To expand a youth program to the Twin Cities metropolitan suburbs

Saint Paul, MN — To realign existing resources to better serve member programs and increase impact, and to expand the scope of services

Sioux Falls, SD — To hire two managing directors for education and for the Visual Arts Center

Minneapolis, MN — To support the planning and implementation of technical assistance for court monitoring programs

White Earth, MN — For consultant and related expenses associated with setting up a traditional food program within a women's chemical dependency treatment center on White Earth

Minneapolis, MN — To expand decision-making tools and information for landowners and communities to develop wind energy projects

Saint Paul, MN — For a mental health component of services to women and children residing in a shelter for victims of domestic violence

New Orleans, LA — For recovery for victims of Hurricane Katrina at Xavier University

Rapid City, SD — To add an Operation SMART specialist to the staff to integrate technology into the curriculum and coordinate its implementation at all grade levels

Minneapolis, MN — Toward a cultural farming and nutrition program for youth

Moorhead, MN — To hire a behavioral management coordinator to develop and implement a state-approved training curriculum for mental health behavioral aides

Minneapolis, MN — To expand the Scaling Up for Success: Check and Connect Student Engagement Initiative in Minneapolis Public Schools

Saint Paul, MN — For a Greater Minnesota racial justice project

Minneapolis, MN — To expand the family stability program by hiring a second, full-time family advocate

Maple Plain, MN — For a local match to receive federal funding for a statewide program to finance equipment for persons with disabilities

Minneapolis, MN — To help teams of faculty improve their abilities to assess student learning

Sioux Falls, SD — For a matching capital grant to construct a new center for the visual arts

Minneapolis, MN — For a strategic plan

Minneapolis, MN — Toward a capital campaign for a new organizational headquarters