Care Partners of Cook County, Grand Marais

$4,300

To develop marketing and outreach materials for services to older adults and their caregivers.

Citizens League, St. Paul

$35,000

Support for a community engagement effort focused on the issues of aging and housing in northeastern Minnesota.

Duluth Art Institute Association, Duluth

$5,000

To support the creation of a Program Director position.

Kairos Alive!, Minneapolis

$5,000

To support intergenerational arts programming in Aitkin county and the city of Duluth

Arrowhead Regional Development Commission, Northeast Minnesota

$25,000

To support work to improve the delivery of services to older adults and their care givers on the Iron Range.

White Community Hospital Foundation, Aurora

$5,000

To support the implementation of the Vial of Life program in the Hoyt Lakes area.

Moose Lake Schools - ISD #097, Moose Lake

$4,000

To engage older adults in helping boost academic achievement among young children through the Reading Pals program.

Proctor Public Schools - ISD #704, Proctor  $4,000

$4,000

To engage older adults in helping boost academic achievement among young children through the Reading Pals program.

McGregor KIDS PLUS / Something Cool, Inc., McGregor

$4,000

To engage older adults in helping boost academic achievement among young children through the Reading Pals program.

Hartley Nature Center, Duluth

$15,257

To provide resources to encourage the regular incorporation of nature play into early childhood education programs serving low-income children.

PreK-Grade 3 Team Grants, Northeast Minnesota

$19,993

PreK to Grade 3 Team Grants Program VIII, the 8th year of planning grants offered to northeastern Minnesota school districts and Indian Reservation teams that participated in the Early Childhood Summit in April 2015.

Wrenshall School - ISD #100, Wrenshall

$1,000

Support for kindergarten transition programming.

Duluth Head Start, Duluth

$5,000

To increase the cultural competency of Duluth Head Start staff and to pilot a Dads parent group.

Moose Lake Schools - ISD #097, Moose Lake

$4,134

To provide the Love and Logic training to parents in the Moose Lake area.

Lincoln Park Children and Families Collaborative, Duluth

$15,000

Support for early childhood programming in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Child Care Choices, Inc., St. Cloud          

$1,500

To support professional development of early childhood educators in northeastern Minnesota.

Duluth Early Childhood Family Education, Duluth

$1,010

To provide a support group for families of children with special needs.

Calumet Public Library, Calumet

$2,500

To provide enriching out-of-school-time programming in the Calumet area.

Duluth Public Schools - ISD #709, Duluth

$5,000

To provide supportive services to first-time parents with special needs.

Aitkin Public Schools - ISD #001, Aitkin

$30,000

To support out-of-school-time activities for Aitkin area youth.

GND Development Alliance, Duluth

$15,000

To support community enrichment programming in the Gary-New Duluth neighborhood.

Volunteers In Education Inc., Soudan

$20,000

To support the hiring of a new executive director.

Congdon Park School, Duluth

$3,000

To support transportation for afterschool programs to improve academic achievement.

Society of American Foresters Lake Superior Chapter, Cloquet

$1,000

To support the Forestry Field Day for 5th grade students.

Duluth Public Schools - ISD #709, Duluth

$4,950

Support for in- and out-of-school-time enrichment activities at Lowell, Piedmont, and Lincoln Park Schools.

South Ridge School, ISD 2142, Virginia

$4,500

Support for out-of-school-time activities in the Virginia area.

Harbor City International Charter School, Duluth

$5,000

To support the Literacy Intervention Program for high school students who are reading below grade level.

Nashwauk-Keewatin Library, Nashwauk

$3,000

To provide enriching out-of-school-time programming in the Nashwauk Keewatin area.

Children's Dental Services, Inc., Minneapolis

$10,000

To provide low-income children in northeastern Minnesota with access to dental care.

Human Development Center Foundation, Duluth

$4,800

To provide staff development training to improve services to children with mental illness.

SciMathMN, St. Paul

$1,500

To help improve the quality of STEM education in northeastern Minnesota..

Northeastern Minnesota Schools, 8 Schools / School Districts

$5,261

Grants made annually provide essential school supplies for students in need at schools where at least 40% of the student population qualifies for free and reduced price lunch.

Hill City KIDS PLUS, Hill City

$415

Duluth Public Schools - ISD #709, Duluth

$2,517

Aitkin KIDS PLUS, Aitkin

$366

International Falls KIDS PLUS, International Falls

$417

McGregor KIDS PLUS/Something Cool, Inc., McGregor

$408

Bovey/Coleraine KIDS PLUS, Bovey

$327

Bigfork Public School - ISD #318, Bigfork

$408

Mt Iron Buhl School District - ISD #712, Mt Iron

$403

University of Wisconsin Superior Foundation, Inc., Superior

$15,000

To support a paid career-ready internship program for low-income students from Minnesota.

Grand Rapids Human Rights Commission, Grand Rapids

$1,000

To support the first Indigenous People's Day in Grand Rapids.

SOAR Career Solutions, Duluth

$5,000

To provide gap funding for services to people exiting incarcertion.

Arc Northland, Duluth

$15,000

To provide support and advocacy for children with disabilities and their families.

Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless, St. Paul

$1,000

To provide scholarship opportunities for residents of northeastern Minnesota to attened the Minnesota Coalition for Homeless annual conference.

Second Harvest North Central Food Bank, Grand Rapids

$10,000

Support for the backpack program to provide food for children in need in Aitkin and Itasca counties.

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, Duluth

$60,000

To provide services to youth who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food Bank, Duluth

$4,500

To increase understanding about the dynamics of poverty to northeastern Minnesota organizations working on hunger relief.

Range Transitional Housing Inc., Virginia

$1,500

To support the northern St. Louis County Community Connect event.

Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless, St. Paul

$5,000

To support efforts to work with Native Nations in northeastern Minnesota to address issues of homelessness.

All Nations Indigenous Center Inc., Duluth

$5,000

To help in the formation and strengthening of an organization dedicated to addressing issues facing Indigenous people.

Lake Vermilion Guides League, Soudan

$500

In support of the 2nd “Annual Take a Wounded or Senior Vet Fishing” event.

United Way of Northeastern Minnesota, Chisholm

$6,250

Support for technology upgrades.

APEX, Duluth

$607

In support of the Transition/Succession Seminar held on May 18, 2015.

WDSE-WRPT, Duluth

$3,000

In support of public affairs programming in northeastern Minnesota.

Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, St. Paul

$550

To offer membership support for programs and activities in northeastern Minnesota.