This database contains a representative list of grants approved since 2004. Grants appear alphabetically by organization name, with most recent grants first. Unless otherwise specified, grants are for general operating support.
| Achieve Minneapolis Minneapolis, MN | $300,000 |
For the Minneapolis Public Schools' Arts for Academic Achievement program
http://www.achievempls.org
Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2004 |
| ACORN Housing Corporation St. Paul, MN | $60,000 |
For a program that assists homeowners who are victims of predatory lending and educates others to prevent them from becoming victims
http://www.acorn.org
Program Area: Children and Families
Year Approved: 2004 |
| ActionAid USA Washington, DC | $30,000 |
For a community banking program in the Quang Ninh Province of Vietnam
http://www.actionaid.org
Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2004 |
| The Adaptors, Inc. Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 |
For a movement theater company
http://www.margolisbrown.org
Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2004 |
| The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund New Orleans, LA | $40,000 |
For the Environmental Law Clinic's assistance to communities trying to reduce pollution from riverside petrochemical plants in Louisiana
http://www.tulane.edu/~telc
Program Area: Environment
Year Approved: 2004 |
| Aeon Minneapolis, MN | $200,000 |
For general operating support for a major affordable housing provider
http://www.aeonmn.org
Program Area: Region and Communities
Year Approved: 2004 |
| Africa 2000 Network-Uganda Kampala, | $145,000 |
For an agricultural management and microcredit program for women in Uganda
http://www.a2n.org.ug
Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2004 |
| African Assistance Program, Inc. Brooklyn Park, MN | $40,000 |
To provide employment assistance to African immigrants
http://www.africanassistanceprogram.org
Program Area: Children and Families
Year Approved: 2004 |
| African Assistance Program, Inc. Brooklyn Park, MN | $35,000 |
For a project to work with African immigrant and refugee parents to participate in the educational activities of their children
http://www.africanassistanceprogram.org
Program Area: Children and Families
Year Approved: 2004 |
| African Chamber of Commerce Minneapolis, MN | $40,000 |
To provide culturally appropriate financial management and education services for African refugees and immigrants
http://www.africanchambermn.org
Program Area: Children and Families
Year Approved: 2004 |
| African Development Center Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 |
To provide support to new and existing African-owned businesses in Minnesota
http://www.adcminnesota.org
Program Area: Region and Communities
Year Approved: 2004 |
| Alchemy Theater | $15,000 |
For a theater that supports African-American writers and actors
Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2004 |
| All Parks Alliance for Change St. Paul, MN | $20,000 |
For general operations in support of policy and advocacy work conducted by All Parks Alliance for Change
http://www.allparksallianceforchange.org
Program Area: Region and Communities
Year Approved: 2004 |
| Alliance for Metropolitan Stability Minneapolis, MN | $480,000 |
For the Smart Growth Organizing Project, an effort to support and advance grassroots organizing within a variety of smart growth sectors, and for general operations
http://www.metrostability.org
Program Area: Region and Communities
Year Approved: 2004 |
| Alliance of Early Childhood Professionals Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 |
For a pilot project to screen Somali children for school readiness
http://www.earlychildpro.org
Program Area: Children and Families
Year Approved: 2004 |
| American Farmland Trust Washington, DC | $150,000 |
To promote policies that enhance conservation and protection of farm land in the Upper Mississippi River watershed
http://www.farmland.org
Program Area: Environment
Year Approved: 2004 |
| American Indian Community Development Corporation Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 |
For pre-development costs associated with planning an American Indian centered transit-oriented development near the Franklin LRT station in the Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis
http://www.aicdc-mn.org
Program Area: Region and Communities
Year Approved: 2004 |
| American Land Conservancy San Francisco, CA | $50,000 |
To initiate the Middle Mississippi River Restoration Program
http://www.alcnet.org
Program Area: Environment
Year Approved: 2004 |
| Amherst H. Wilder Foundation St. Paul, MN | $70,000 |
To produce a book titled Culture Builds Communities: A Handbook for Building the Economic, Physical, and Social Vitality of Your Community Through the Arts
http://www.wilderresearch.org
Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2004 |
| Amherst H. Wilder Foundation St. Paul, MN | $27,500 |
For a transportation collaborative for summer youth programs in Frogtown and Summit University neighborhoods
http://www.wilderresearch.org
Program Area: Children and Families
Year Approved: 2004 |
| Angkor Participatory Development Organization Siem Reap, | $70,000 |
For community economic development activities for people living near the Angkor Archaeological Park in Cambodia
http://www.apdoangkor.org
Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2004 |
| APT Enterprise Development Gloucestershire, | $113,000 |
For a solar drying project for women in Tanzania
http://www.aptenterprise.co.uk
Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2004 |
| Arc Greater Twin Cities St. Paul, MN | $100,000 |
To train parents to train other parents to be able to advocate for their child's education
http://www.arcgreatertwincities.org
Program Area: Children and Families
Year Approved: 2004 |
| Artspace Projects, Inc. Minneapolis, MN | $100,000 |
For an organization that develops living and working space for artists
http://www.artspaceusa.org
Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2004 |
| Asian Media Access Incorporated Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 |
For a media education and film exhibition organization
http://www.amamedia.org
Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2004 |
| Athletes Committed to Educating Students Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 |
For an afterschool tutoring and mentoring program
http://www.aces4kids.org
Program Area: Children and Families
Year Approved: 2004 |
