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Community Grant Awards
The Minneapolis Foundation and our funding partners awarded nearly $3 million in Community Grants between August 2005 and January 2006.
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Systems and Policy Change Grants
The following grants were made for systems and policy change activities within the Foundation's four funding goal areas:
- Affordable Housing
- Economic Opportunities
- Educational Achievement
- Health and Well-being of Children, Youth, and Families
All Parks Alliance for Change
$30,000
Grassroots leadership development and policy advocacy to expand the Manufactured Home Community Preservation Program
Centro Campesino
$50,000
General support for an organization which organizes rural Latinos/as, especially Latino/a migrant workers, to define and control the issues which effect their lives
Council on Crime and Justice
$175,000
A two-year grant for the Collateral Effects Initiative, policy advocacy to address the negative impacts of criminal records on employability and access to housing, education, and healthcare
Green Institute
$50,000
The Community Energy Program, creating an urban model of locally based energy generation and distribution using renewable energy sources
HOME Line
$50,000
Organizing tenants to advocate for a restructuring of local and state regulations so that condo conversion projects do not result in a net loss of affordable housing
Immigrant Development Center (no website)
$90,000
A three-year grant for organizing and expanding micro-enterprise opportunities for immigrant and refugee communities in the Fargo-Moorhead area, in collaboration with the City of Moorhead (Planning and Economic Development), Northwest Minnesota Sustainable Regional Development Partnership, and West Central Initiative
JOBS NOW Coalition
$125,000
The continuation of the Rural Route to Change project to promote living wage jobs for all Minnesota workers
Land Stewardship Project
$150,000
A two-year grant for the Farm Policy for the 21st Century Initiative, building public engagement and support for reform of local and national food and agricultural systems
Minnesota Coalition for Battered Women
$200,000
A two-year grant for a significant expansion of staffing to increase systems change capacity
Minnesota Community Land Trust Coalition (no website)
$50,000
A two-year grant for policy advocacy to protect existing affordable housing and provide for more permanently affordable housing held in Minnesota community land trusts
Minnesotans for an Energy-Efficient Environment
$50,000
Overall support for a statewide organization which has a leadership role in developing and advocating for sustainable energy policy
Organizing Apprenticeship Project
$100,000
A two-year grant for the transformation of a grassroots community-organizing nonprofit to address racial justice and racial equity issues across Minnesota
People Escaping Poverty Project
$40,000
Community organizing in the Fargo-Moorhead area on issues having a significant impact on low-income and new immigrant communities
Renewing the Countryside
$75,500
Expansion of the Green Routes initiative, a sustainable tourism initiative in Greater Minnesota
Somali Action Alliance
$50,000
Organizational capacity building, with a focus on the education of Somali children
Summit Academy OIC
$50,000
The implementation of the Quantum Opportunities Program as the "Ready for the World, Ready to Compete" program on the North Community High School campus in Minneapolis
White Earth Land Recovery Project
$150,000
A two-year grant for overall support for a unique model for creating sustainable Native American communities
Women's Foundation of Minnesota
$75,000
Research, educational, and advocacy activities that seek to create positive change for women and girls
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Capital Grants
The following grants were made for capital expenses. Capital grants are awarded only to Twin Cities metro area organizations.
Neighborhood House
$100,000
A capital campaign to build the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Center for Community Building which replaces Neighborhood House's old facility
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