Who We've Funded

Saint Paul, MN — Toward a capital campaign for a new organizational headquarters

Brainerd, MN — For a full-time river sentinel network coordinator and for evaluation

Rochester, MN — For efforts that target infants and toddlers within a comprehensive school readiness program

Prior Lake, MN — Toward a capital campaign to centralize administrative and programmatic space

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

Pablo, MT — To develop students' critical thinking, communication, cultural understanding, and citizenship skills

Rapid City, SD — Toward wages and expenses for two new volunteer coordinator positions

McLaughlin, SD — To hire contracted engineering and development assistance for a capital project and to obtain operations support

St. Francis, SD — For the initial phase of a high school completion project

Oakland, CA — To support the Minnesota Clean Air Campaign

Sioux Falls, SD — To expand work with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender youth

Brookings, SD — For the We Are All Relatives multicultural character education program

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

Minnetonka, MN — For personnel involved with development and implementation of a program for at-risk teen mothers; a formal evaluation for development and improvement of the program; and one-year planning for expanded mental health services

Minneapolis, MN — Toward a capital campaign to improve buildings that house programs for homeless individuals and families

Saint Paul, MN — To develop information to guide community development planning that protects natural resources

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

Pierre, SD — To continue the Child Development Successor Program

Cambridge, MA — For administration, analysis, and report of a grantee perception survey

Minneapolis, MN — To support the Southeast Asian Kindergarten Readiness Program

New York, NY — To support the Center's programs

Saint Paul, MN — For the second phase of a new play development program

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

Saint Paul, MN — To support the Heartland Food Initiative

Devils Lake, ND — To renovate community spaces in a rental housing project for single adults with severe mental illness

Minneapolis, MN — To add a half-time managing director

Saint Paul, MN — Toward a capital campaign for a Tibetan community cultural center

Tougaloo, MS — To expand activities of the Historically Black College and University Network

Minneapolis, MN — To expand a pilot intervention program to identify and serve children exposed to violence

Minneapolis, MN — For start-up costs to implement a holistic outpatient treatment program that includes supportive and transitional housing components for chemically dependent adults

Belcourt, ND — To improve faculty skills in teaching Chippewa culture and using distance education, and for individual professional development opportunities

Saint Paul, MN — To support a consultant to guide new organizational activities

Saint Paul, MN — For a math and science program for minority children and girls in Roseville

St. Paul, MN — Toward a $3.6 million program to upgrade digital production and transmission equipment

Washington, DC — To support 39 United Negro College Fund member colleges and universities

Minneapolis, MN — To enhance student learning through innovative teaching and educational technology strategies

Minneapolis, MN — For the initial phase of an Ecosystem Science and Sustainability Initiative

Minneapolis, MN — To provide family education and support for African immigrants and refugees in an employment program

Minneapolis, MN — To expand its ensemble of professional singers and to increase rehearsal and preparation for performances

Minneapolis, MN — For transitional funding for a counseling center staffed by volunteer mental health professionals

Minneapolis, MN — Toward a comprehensive evaluation of a program serving young children with serious emotional and behavioral difficulties

St. Louis Park, MN — To support strategic planning for delivery of chemical dependency treatment services in response to changing regulations and funding

Austin, MN — To expand services to include citizenship, English as a Second Language (ESL), job skills, and community education

Callaway, MN — To complete the purchase and renovation of a new headquarters for Native Harvest, a food production program

Fort Thompson, SD — To provide services to children who are victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault

Saint Paul, MN — For a coordinator position for a children and youth project

Duluth, MN — For community and office space within a supportive housing project for homeless women

Minneapolis, MN — Toward an immigrant youth farming and nutrition education program

Minneapolis, MN — To develop a partnership between YouthLink and Project Foundation to enhance service delivery to homeless and runaway youth

To develop and implement a plan to increase individual donors

Minneapolis, MN — To support a document processing job training program for individuals with disabilities, immigrants/refugees, and Welfare-to-Work participants

Saint Paul, MN — To create 18 units of accessible, affordable housing in Fargo for very low-income adults with mobility impairments, traumatic brain injuries, and severe physical disabilities

Saint Paul, MN — For Oyate Nawajin, a culturally based mental health counseling and support program

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

Minneapolis, MN — For technical assistance, training, and related organizational development costs

Saint Paul, MN — For continuing support (Phase II) of Achievement Plus, a school reform effort to increase academic achievement in Saint Paul public schools

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

Minneapolis, MN — To develop faculty/staff learning communities for implementing and assessing a new core curriculum

LaCrosse, WI — To expand the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program in Winona, Minnesota

Bismarck, ND — To establish a new programming assistant position to support work in marketing and fundraising

Spearfish, SD — To improve student retention by improving teaching in core general education courses

Fairmont, MN — To implement a third crop strategy in the Blue Earth River Basin

Perham, MN — To expand a targeted academic support program for students academically at risk

Rapid City, SD — To broaden the donor base

Bismarck, ND — To establish a community dental clinic

Northfield, MN — For a faculty development program to improve student learning through writing

St. Cloud, MN — To provide project support while initiating a transition plan for a batterers' education program

Saint Paul, MN — To create a development plan

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

Minneapolis, MN — To expand services for Somali patients

Minneapolis, MN — To develop a script licensing program as part of the organizational effectiveness component of the Regional Arts Development Program

Minneapolis, MN — Toward a capital campaign to create 30 units of housing with supportive services for low-income adults living with HIV/AIDS

Atlanta, GA — To renew a faculty development program that emphasizes the scholarship of teaching and learning

Saint Paul, MN — To add clinical and administrative staff, which will increase insured Latinos' access to linguistically appropriate and culturally competent mental and chemical health services

Minneapolis, MN — To complete the transition to an independent organization and for financial planning

Bismarck, ND — To hire an energy coordinator to advance renewable energy efforts in North Dakota

Brookings, SD — To expand the Family Agriculture Really Matters educational campaign on water quality

Mitchell, SD — To develop a system and culture of assessment of teaching and learning

For continued operating support through the Regional Arts Development Program

Davis, CA — To plan a tribal college faculty development program

Saint Paul, MN — To integrate mediation and restorative justice services

Minot, ND — For capital to provide program space for battered women

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

New Ulm, MN — To develop a thrift store and warehouse space

Duluth, MN — To create a statewide network aimed at educating the public, promoting safer practices, and initiating new policies regarding children's environmental health

Minneapolis, MN — To start a voluntary ozone reduction program to improve air quality in the Twin Cities metropolitan region

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

Saint Paul, MN — To support additional staff and associated project development

Minneapolis, MN — For a consultant to provide Board fundraising and development capacity

Saint Paul, MN — To support an initiative to protect and improve the Mississippi River and tributaries in the Twin Cities metropolitan area

Shoreview, MN — To rebuild and expand the Saint Paul Farmers' Market

Minneapolis, MN — For a website redesign effort as a part of the organizational effectiveness component of the Regional Arts Development Program

Minneapolis, MN — For a program to help position the Northern Plains region as the continental leader in the energy economy of the future

Saint Paul, MN — Toward an ecological analysis that sets priorities for restoration of land in the Twin Cities' river valleys

Saint Paul, MN — To fund community and office space within supportive housing projects in greater Minnesota