What We're Learning

We are a learning organization and work to be smarter and more effective every year. We never lose sight of the reason we exist: to do the most possible good with the resources left to the community by Archibald G. Bush. Here we share the lessons we learn through our efforts, as well as the insights of our grantees and Fellows.

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Papers & Reports

The Bush Foundation launched a new Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) platform as well as an interconnected grantmaking system on January 1, 2016 after 18 months of planning, designing and testing with a dedicated technology consulting firm.

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Papers & Reports

An evaluation of the Native Nation Rebuilders Program from 2010–2019 with Native Governance Center and Bowman Performance Consulting.

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Our goal with bushCONNECT was to produce one big annual event that would inspire, equip and connect leaders from across sectors, disciplines, ideological divides, cultural communities and geographies.

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Papers & Reports

The Bush Foundation engaged Next Street to help us explore how best to support the capital needs of local social purpose businesses. 

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Papers & Reports

A collective vision for how to increase opportunities for Native student success.

Reflections from Bush Fellows and Grantees

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