Duluth, MN — Expansion and replication of intergenerational collaborations that enhance the vitality of towns and promote the well-being of participants of all ages
Pierre, SD — For alignment of K-12 exit/postsecondary entrance standards, communication efforts and professional development efforts around Common Core State Standards
Minneapolis, MN — Reinvigorate the University's land-grant tradition to assure common people have access to useful and practical knowledge and education
Saint Paul, MN — To solicit proposals from counties to perform a comprehensive child welfare field test. This test will aim to improve outcomes and save money. It will attempt to both identify and actually capture for repayment the savings generated by prevention efforts.
Washington, DC — Technical support and coaching for institution partners for the Bush Foundation's Teacher Preparation and Effectiveness Initiative 2011
Rapid City, SD — Support a seminar on Native nation building and tribal governance, programs, and economies on July 26-28, 2011 at Standing Rock Indian Reservation
Minneapolis, MN — One-time grant to enhance the capacity of the higher education partners to collect, compile, and analyze data. Permissible uses of the money include staffing, consultants, staff development, training, hardware, and/or software
Saint Paul, MN — One-time grant to enhance the capacity of the higher education partners to collect, compile, and analyze data. Permissible uses of the money include staffing, consultants, staff development, training, hardware, and/or software
Saint Paul, MN — Convene a study committee to develop a set of priority innovative and effective reform recommendations to impact Minnesota's systems of higher education
Rapid City, SD — Conduct up to four sessions in South Dakota communities where participants will learn about South Dakota data, increase their connections to other citizens, generate ideas to address tough problems, and influence decisions in their state and communities
[PW approved change from five sessions to four sessions--12/14/10]
Grand Rapids, MN — Build a cohort of 75 leaders in Mankato, Minnesota with continued funding for two retreats of the Blandin Community Leadership Program
Minneapolis, MN — Bush funding will be used for general operating support through the Regional Arts Development Program II (RADP II) to implement VocalEssence's five-year plan
Washington, DC — Technical support and coaching for institution partners for the Bush Foundation's Teacher Preparation and Effectiveness Initiative - Phase I
Minneapolis, MN — Increased access to diverse literary voices through continued operating support as part of the Regional Arts Development Program II (RADP II)
Duluth, MN — Improve organizational capacity of Duluth Art Institute to sustain, enhance and fulfill its mission by completing a strategic planning process
Minneapolis, MN — Partner with the Jeremiah Program as it engages with Fargo/Moorhead community members to determine whether its model of moving single mothers from poverty to prosperity is one the community can and wants to employ
Cass Lake, MN — Support a three-day Anishinabe Nation Building conference hosted at Leech Lake and organized by the Northern Minnesota Tribal Economic Development Commission, consisting of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians and White Earth Band of Ojibwe
Minneapolis, MN — Increased and expanded community engagement by re-thinking editorial capacity and new uses of technology through entry-year support as part of the Regional Arts Development Program II (RADP II). Milkweed will use Bush support to develop a new strategic plan and to develop an integrated technology plan as well as hire additional editorial capacity.
Saint Paul, MN — Business and evaluation planning for a partnership between MPR, the Bush Foundation, and community organizations to create broadcast, online, and social media networks that provide communities with increased information, storytelling, and illumination in support of community problem-solving
Minneapolis, MN — Increased community engagement with emphasis on developing new and deeper relationships with Latinos, the disabled, and specific constituencies within the theater's immediate neighborhood through continued operating support as part of the Regional Arts Development Program I
Minneapolis, MN — Increase the relevance of literary arts by nurturing a broad spectrum of voices, expression, and artistic endeavor through continued operating support as part of the Regional Arts Development Program I (RADP I). The Loft also requests that $100,000 of Bush support be positioned as a membership challenge match as a RADP I transition strategy.
Minneapolis, MN — Support the 'Expanding Rules of Engagement with Artists and Audiences and Fostering Creative Capital in our Community' initiative through continued participation in the Large Cultural Organization Development Fund II (LCODF II)
Minneapolis, MN — Implement a three-year capacity building plan, including the launch of a development and marketing program, that is directed toward securing a strong and long-term stream of contributions and earned revenues
Minneapolis, MN — More effective mental and chemical health treatment to 3,000 African Americans by providing clients access to dual diagnosis services; train 15 staff and mental health professionals at four community-based organizations to implement protocols/practices
Brooklyn Center, MN — Prepare 50 African immigrant and refugee young adults, ages 16-24, to enter the workforce with the necessary remedial education and vocational skills to earn a living wage through participation in the Youth Enrichment Program
Minneapolis, MN — To prevent recently arrived African families from becoming involved with the child protection system through continued support of a full-time family advocate position
Build the capacity of six Asian American-Pacific Islander organizations in Minnesota to effectively serve their communities through in-depth technical assistance and grantmaking as part of the National Gender and Equity Campaign
Windom, MN — Continued support for a part-time education/events position and publicity expense seeded by a prior Bush grant. The organization will sustain the position with increased earned and contributed income for diverse cultural and educational programming
Minneapolis, MN — Successful partnership with Project for Pride in Living sharing services and resources to keep a minimum of 85 residents with a history of mental illness, chemical dependency, and long-term homelessness permanently housed and receiving supportive services
Minneapolis, MN — To reduce the effects of long-term trauma among Latino children/families who have witnessed violence by implementing the Childhood Trauma Reduction Project, to hire/train staff therapists in evidence-based therapies, and to disseminate practices
Grand Forks, ND — Increase community engagement in performing arts programs by hiring an additional full-time staff position to provide administrative support, coordinate volunteers, and assist the executive director in theater operations and membership/fundraising efforts
Fergus Falls, MN — Increased artistic quality and focus, enhanced community partnerships and collaborations, and additional organizational capacity and planning for leadership transition through admission to the Regional Arts Development Program II (RADP II)
Minneapolis, MN — Develop the internal capacity to diversify funding sources to continue implementing the Plains Roadmap and Midwestern Governors Association Accords
Winona, MN — To increase audiences, broaden financial support, expand community educational opportunities, and contribute to economic and cultural development in the Winona area through hiring a full-time, on-site operations manager
Minneapolis, MN — Increased educational opportunities and community engagement through the Guthrie Theater's Kushner Celebration, a new 'festival' model to be tested with support from the Large Cultural Organizations Development Fund II (LCODF II)
Takoma Park, MD — To increase the effectiveness of ecological health organizations in the Dakotas and Minnesota to meet their missions through customized technical assistance, training, and coaching
Saint Paul, MN — Provide easier access for constituencies and generate new funding and fee-for-service opportunities by supporting the final production of three education products
Reduce delinquent behavior in 120 Latino students by providing mental health counseling at their schools through the In-School Student Support Services program
Pine Ridge, SD — Build the program and financial capacity of Lakota Oyate Wakanyeja Owicakiyapi, the first tribally chartered child and family welfare organization in the United States
Saint Paul, MN — Build sustainable systems that support very young children and their families, and improve professional practice in the field by deepening understanding of early child development among policy makers, foundations, and practitioners in MN, ND, and SD
Woodbury, MN — Strengthen staff and organizational capacity to support 17 volunteer-led chapters in Minnesota and the Dakotas through broader public outreach and increased success in raising funds from donors, particularly individuals
Minneapolis, MN — Provide healthy meals to three times more people living with a chronic illness than currently being served as a result of building a state-of-the-art kitchen
NOTE: This grant is contingent on raising all funds for the project.
Minneapolis, MN — 85% of 60 kindergarten through fifth grade students at Bethune School in Minneapolis will meet or exceed reading literacy and math skill goals with two years of continuous enrollment in the Academic Achievement Program; 60 kids improve with summer AAP
Minneapolis, MN — Help 15,000 children at high risk of school failure to become successful readers by 3rd grade by increasing from 240 to 600 the number of literacy tutors to work in 193 pre-K settings and elementary schools across Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN — To provide permanent housing for 30 long-term homeless, single women without children by paying for the salary/benefits of two new, full-time housing resource specialists