Aurora Institute

$10,000 in 2024

• Program: Philanthropic Participation Grant
• Term: 7 Months

Sponsor the 2024 Aurora Institute Symposium on November 3-5, 2024 in New Orleans Louisiana

$460,000 in 2023

• Program: Ecosystem
• Term: 36 Months

Aurora Institute is a national organization that lifts up promising ideas to transform public K-12 education in alignment with our education work. They produce research and reports about student-centered learning, and they lead and support legislative efforts at the state and federal level. They host a symposium each fall, which is the largest conference on this topic. Ecosystem grants provide general operating support for organizations that support others to solve problems in their communities.

$20,000 in 2021

• Term: 8 Months

The Aurora Institute Symposium 2021 will provide education leaders with the knowledge and tools to advance student-centered, personalized, competency-based learning in their communities. It aims to spotlight research on innovative practices, strengthen connections across the field, and provide a forum for policymakers to work together toward stronger education ecosystems

$35,000 in 2020

• Term: 6 Months

Sponsorship of Aurora Institute Symposium 2020 and to support scholarships for 12 Symposium participants

$310,000 in 2020

• Program: Ecosystem
• Term: 36 Months

This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support for the Aurora Institute to help advance its charitable mission in MN, ND, SD and the 23 Native nations that share the same geography

$205,000 in 2018

• Program: Ecosystem
• Term: 24 Months

This Ecosystem Grant provides general operating support to help advance this organization's charitable mission in MN, ND, SD and the 23 Native nations that share the same geography