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Recipient
Mark A. Wilmes
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000

Creative Support for Individuals-Round 2

Lincoln
Lyon
Pipestone
Recipient
Maya T. Washington AKA Maya Washington
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000

Creative Support for Individuals-Round 2

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
St. Louis
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Mike Hazard
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,995

Creative Support for Individuals-Round 2

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
St. Louis
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Open Arts Minnesota
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 2

Blue Earth
Brown
Faribault
Hennepin
Jackson
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
Nicollet
Pipestone
Ramsey
Waseca
Recipient
Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 2

Becker
Clay
Norman
Otter Tail
Traverse
Recipient
Kimberly J. Nelson
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000

Creative Support for Individuals-Round 2

Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Murray
Pipestone
Redwood
Rock
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Cultural Awareness Organization AKA Worthington International Festival
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 2

Blue Earth
Cottonwood
Dakota
Hennepin
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lyon
Martin
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Ramsey
Rock
Recipient
Theatre L'Homme Dieu
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,500

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 2

Becker
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Hennepin
Itasca
Kandiyohi
Marshall
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pipestone
Pope
Ramsey
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Todd
Wadena
Recipient
Pipestone Performing Arts Center
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,800

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 2

Lincoln
Lyon
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Rock
Recipient
DLCCC, Inc. AKA Historic Holmes Theatre
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 2

Becker
Clay
Clearwater
Dakota
Hubbard
Mahnomen
Norman
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Roseau
Todd
Wadena
Recipient
Arts and Mentoring Project AKA AMP
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,999

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 2

Pipestone
Recipient
The Rourke Art Gallery Museum
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,600

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 2

Becker
Clay
Grant
Hennepin
Mahnomen
Norman
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Steele
Stevens
St. Louis
Traverse
Wilkin
Recipient
Frank J. Meuschke
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,952

Creative Support for Individuals-Round 2

Beltrami
Blue Earth
Carver
Hennepin
Kittson
Otter Tail
Pipestone
Ramsey
Rock
Stearns
Recipient
Open Arts Minnesota
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Blue Earth
Brown
Cottonwood
Faribault
Hennepin
Jackson
Le Sueur
Martin
Nicollet
Pipestone
Ramsey
Waseca
Recipient
Kicks Band of Fargo Moorhead
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$16,500

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Becker
Clay
Norman
Otter Tail
Wilkin
Recipient
Norman County Developmental Activities Center
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$29,416

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Mahnomen
Norman
Polk
Recipient
Kimberly J. Nelson
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Creative Support for Individuals-Round 2

Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Murray
Pipestone
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
KAIROS ALIVE!
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Aitkin
Beltrami
Cass
Cottonwood
Hennepin
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Mille Lacs
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Ramsey
St. Louis
Swift
Wabasha
Wadena
Recipient
DLCCC, Inc AKA Historic Holmes Theatre
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 2

Becker
Beltrami
Cass
Clay
Clearwater
Dakota
Douglas
Grant
Hennepin
Hubbard
Mahnomen
Norman
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Stevens
Todd
Traverse
Wadena
Washington
Wilkin
Recipient
The Rourke Art Gallery Museum
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$23,600

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 2

Anoka
Becker
Clay
Douglas
Hennepin
Hubbard
Norman
Otter Tail
Polk
Ramsey
Roseau
Stearns
Stevens
St. Louis
Traverse
Wilkin
Recipient
Department of Public Transformation
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 2

Big Stone
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Dakota
Hennepin
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Meeker
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Kicks Band of Fargo Moorhead
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$16,027

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Becker
Clay
Norman
Otter Tail
Wilkin
Recipient
Aliza Novacek-Olson
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Creative Support for Individuals-Round 2

Beltrami
Kittson
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Roseau
Recipient
Dennis J. Warner AKA Dennis Warner
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Creative Support for Individuals-Round 2

Carlton
Cottonwood
Douglas
Lincoln
Lyon
Murray
Otter Tail
Pipestone
Redwood
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Sachiko Nishiuchi AKA Sachiko 'La Chayi'
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Creative Support for Individuals-Round 2

Brown
Fillmore
Hennepin
Lincoln
Lyon
Pipestone
Redwood
Recipient
Lisa M. Simons
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,988

Creative Support for Individuals-Round 2

Itasca
Kandiyohi
Koochiching
Le Sueur
Nobles
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pipestone
St. Louis
Recipient
Lucas A. Dietsche
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,300

Creative Support for Individuals-Round 1

Blue Earth
Carlton
Dakota
Pipestone
Winona
Recipient
Bagley Area Arts Collaborative, Inc
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Becker
Beltrami
Cass
Clearwater
Hubbard
Koochiching
Mahnomen
Norman
Polk
Stearns
Todd
Wadena
Wright
Recipient
Hrvatski Dom Association
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$190,125

The projects planned for the grant funds focus on essential updates and enhancements to our historic building, ensuring that we can continue to provide a safe, welcoming, and inclusive space for all who visit. The proposed improvements include upgrading our HVAC system, kitchen, and security infrastructure; rebuilding the handicap ramp for improved accessibility; sourcing new patio furniture; and resealing the venue's dance floor. Each of these initiatives is designed to maintain the integrity of our facility while enhancing the experience of our diverse audience.

Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Minnesota River Board
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$91,691
Fund Source

This project will support a civic engagement cohort that will be offered in southwest Minnesota to foster partnering and build capacity of local government, organizations, and residents for effective civic engagement in water protection and restoration. This project will also build networks and the skill set of local resource professionals to do effective civic engagement work for water restoration and protection. The cohort will be administered through the Minnesota River Board (MRB), established in 1995 with a goal of focusing water management efforts on the local level.

Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Douglas
Faribault
Grant
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Otter Tail
Pipestone
Pope
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Sibley
Stevens
Swift
Traverse
Waseca
Watonwan
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
RESPEC
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$70,000
Fund Source

This project will complete spatial and temporal revisions , recalibration and validation of 7 watershed HSPF models. These fully functioning calibrated validated executable models will simulate hydrology, sediment (sand, silt, and clay), temperature, phosphorus, nitrogen, dissolved oxygen, biochemical oxygen demand, and algae at the 12-digit HUC subbasin scale (or finer).

Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Cottonwood
Dakota
Faribault
Freeborn
Jackson
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Murray
Nicollet
Pipestone
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sibley
Steele
Waseca
Watonwan
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Sand Hill River Watershed District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$178,139
Fund Source

This first phase of project will define the existing watershed conditions; identify gaps in existing data; design and implement a plan to address data gaps; incorporate gap data into watershed description; guide development of the HSPF model; establish citizen advisory, technical advisory and locally-based focus groups; research and design an education and outreach strategy; and design and deploy the tools and methods to employ the strategy.

Mahnomen
Norman
Polk
Recipient
U of MN
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$520,000
Becker
Big Stone
Brown
Chippewa
Clay
Cottonwood
Dodge
Grant
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
Murray
Nobles
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Rock
Roseau
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Traverse
Wadena
Watonwan
Wilkin
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Houston Engineering Inc
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$46,510
Fund Source

This project will develop a watershed wide Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study and River Eutrophication Standard (RES) TMDL report for water quality impairments in the Des Moines River basin, which includes the Des Moines River Headwaters, Lower Des Moines River, and East Fork Des Moines River watersheds.

Cottonwood
Jackson
Lyon
Martin
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Recipient
Tetra Tech
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to construct, calibrate, and validate a Hydrological Simulation Program FORTRAN (HSPF) model for Minnesota portions of the Des Moines River watershed.

Cottonwood
Jackson
Lyon
Martin
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Recipient
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$621,000

This project determines ambient background per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) levels in urban and non-urban soils. This information will help Minnesota develop management strategies for PFAS contaminated soils.

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Department of Public Transformation
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$36,795

The Department of Public Transformation will hire a Development Consultant to lead the Board and staff toward more sustainable and intentional fundraising strategies. Specifically, a consultant teaches skills in building annual giving programs, creating audit systems and policies, coach staff and board on effective fundraising strategies, and implement processes that can evolve as the organization continues to grow.

Big Stone
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Meeker
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$400,000

We will determine the distribution, relative density, and spatial occupancy patterns of 3 small weasel species in Minnesota to fill key knowledge gaps in weasel distribution and status in Minnesota.

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
DNR
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,786,000
Fund Source

Acquire 470 acres of high priority habitat for designation as Wildlife Management Area (Prairie Planning Section) or Scientific and Natural Area (Prairie, and Northern Forest Planning Sections) emphasizing Prairie Conservation Plan implementation and coordination with partners. All lands will be open for public hunting and fishing (a limited number of SNA’s are proposed for limited hunting for instance archery only or hunting but no trapping). Accomplishments are based on $5,000 per acre average and should be considered a minimum estimate.

Becker
Brown
Cook
Cottonwood
Hubbard
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Murray
Norman
Renville
Rice
Stearns
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
DNR
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,519,000
Fund Source

Acquire approximately 400 acres of high priority habitat for designation as Wildlife Management Area (Prairie Planning Section) or Scientific and Natural Area (Prairie, and Forest/Prairie Planning Sections) emphasizing Minnesota Prairie Conservation Plan implementation and coordination with partners. All lands will be open for public hunting and fishing (a limited number of SNA’s are proposed for limited hunting for instance archery only or hunting but no trapping).

Becker
Big Stone
Brown
Chippewa
Clay
Cottonwood
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Murray
Norman
Pipestone
Polk
Stearns
Watonwan
Yellow Medicine