Southwest Initiative Foundation

$2,700,000 in 2022

Southwest Initiative Foundation will manage the Archibald Bush Legacy Fund, an endowed fund to make post-secondary education accessible for high school students in Yellow Medicine East (YME) school district in Granite Falls, Minnesota. As administrator of the fund, SMPF will partner with a scholarship provider to award scholarships and other services to YME students seeking to pursue higher education opportunities, with an emphasis on students from underrepresented communities. The Archibald Bush Legacy Fund expands the Foundation's long-term commitment established by Archie Bush to education and the cities of St, Paul and Granite Falls, MN.

$207,000 in 2020

• Program: Community Innovation
• Term: 25 Months

To pilot a local network of employers from Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville and Redwood counties in Minnesota

$25,000 in 2018

• Term: 6 Months

Sponsorship of Grow Our Own Summit 2.0

$1,200,000 in 2017

• Term: 38 Months

Honoring Archibald Bush’s Legacy—Granite Falls Endowment and Project Funds

$20,000 in 2016

• Term: 6 Months

Sponsorship of Grow Our Own: A Convening on the Future of Southwest Minnesota’s Children

$7,500 in 2014

• Term: 6 Months

Recruit and provide support to attendees of bushCONNECT on May 12, 2014

$50,000 in 2012

• Term: 10 Months

Southwest Initiative Foundation Community-Based Leadership Network

$50,000 in 2006

• Term: 12 Months

For an initiative to advance renewable energy development

$224,000 in 1999

• Term: 42 Months

For a program to connect children with community activities and mentors