Publications & learnings archive
Find the publications, learning papers and more that we’ve published through the years.
Annual mailer
Each year, we highlight the news, information and stories from the year.
2024 mailer
2023 mailer
2022 mailer
Notes from Jen
Jen Ford Reedy is president of the Bush Foundation and regularly shares her perspectives on the strategic direction of Bush and larger philanthropic field. View her past notes below.
Equity and open grantmaking | Mar 22, 2022
Philanthropy’s role in systems change | Jul 19, 2022
Reflecting on 10 years at the Bush Foundation | Oct 17, 2022
Where we’re headed | Mar 2, 2021
Upping our commitment to community-based philanthropy | Jun 17, 2021
What reparative action means to us | Dec 14, 2021
Investing in you | Feb 4, 2020
Investing in community problem-solving | Mar 3, 2020
Turning optimism into action | Apr 8, 2020
Supporting staff to grow and go | May 11, 2020
Building from tragedy: commitment to making our community better | May 30, 2020
Black lives matter | Jul 9, 2020
Learning, relearning and unlearning | Oct 12, 2020
Doing more good | Feb 11, 2019
Queer eye for leadership | Mar 19, 2019
Cultivating our board of directors | Apr 13, 2019
Goals for a decade: revisited | May 21, 2019
Managing up for leadership | Jul 9, 2019
Equity in practice | Sep 18, 2019
Embracing the not-simple in all of us | Feb 13, 2018
Leadership in context | Feb 27, 2018
Leadership development on $0 a day | Mar 20, 2018
Sharing progress and spreading optimism | Jun 18, 2018
The opportunity in Native-focused philanthropy | Jul 11, 2018
Working backward from impact | Aug 7, 2018
Philanthropy that’s better for everyone | Sep 18, 2018
bushCONNECT + how change happens | Oct 25, 2018
Venturing out from our bases | Nov 13, 2018
Bush learnings
We regularly publish information about what we’re learning and how we approach our work. Below is an archive of past learning papers and information.
Lessons from the process of creating the Native Governance Center
Five-Year Reflection: No Moat Philanthropy
Five-year reflection: Aligning board and staff
Five Year Reflection: Communications as Program
Five Year Reflection: (Internal) Talent Management for (External) Impact
Planning Ahead to Ensure User Adoption of New Technology
Lessons Learned from the Leadership Network Grant Program
Lessons Learned from the Community Creativity Cohort
Using Data to Improve Teacher Preparation
Lessons Learned from the Native Nations Initiative
Lessons Learned from 2014 Bush Fellowship Selection Process
Lessons Learned from the Bush Foundation/Minnesota Philanthropy Partners Shared Facilities Project
Lessons Learned from the Teacher Effectiveness Initiative
Lessons Learned from the InCommons Initiative
Five Year Reflection: The Bush Approach
Reports & other publications
2018 Native nations investment report
2020 Native nations investment report
Investing in Native communities
Native education advisory group report
Southern Prairie Community care process evaluation
Teacher effectiveness initiative report
Regional scan of individualized learning (combined)
Bush Fellow: Farhiya Farah on “Bridging the chasm”
Bush Fellow: Malini Srivastava on “Making the impossible possible”
Bush Prize: Characteristics of community innovation (Wilder Research)
Bush Prize: Practices for community innovation (Wilder Research)
Anniversary editions
To celebrate our 60-year history in 2013, we published this collection of highlights as told by those who knew Archie and Edyth Bush, by the four presidents who led the Bush Foundation and by organizations and people who powered our impact.
bMagazine
We shared the stories of the people and organizations making our region better for everyone in bMagazine. We sunsetted the publication after the 2020 issue.
Giving Strength magazine
Find past publications of our Giving Strength magazine.