All Projects

1171 Results for
Recipient
Win-E-Mac Alumni Association
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Organizational Arts

Polk
Kittson
Roseau
Red Lake
Norman
Mahnomen
Beltrami
Pennington
Recipient
Snorre Lodge 1-070
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,825

Organizational Arts

Kittson
Roseau
Marshall
Pennington
Red Lake
Polk
Recipient
Pennington County Fair Association, Inc AKA Pennington County Fair
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,430

Organizational Arts

Pennington
Marshall
Red Lake
Recipient
The Old School Artist Retreat Center AKA Old School Artist Retreat Center
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,985

Organizational Arts

Polk
Clearwater
Kittson
Kittson
Pennington
Red Lake
Norman
Beltrami
Recipient
Sons of Norway Snorre Lodge 70
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,010

Organizational Arts Grants

Pennington
Marshall
Roseau
Red Lake
Polk
Polk
Recipient
Win-E-Mac Alumni Association
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,480

Organizational Arts Grants

Polk
Norman
Mahnomen
Pennington
Red Lake
Beltrami
Clearwater
Marshall
Kittson
Kittson
Recipient
East Grand Forks Campbell Library
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,990

Organizational Arts Grants

Polk
Red Lake
Pennington
Pennington
Recipient
General Federation of Women's Clubs Zehlians AKA GFWC Zehlians
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,448

Organizational Arts Grants

Pennington
Red Lake
Red Lake
Recipient
Goodridge Veterans Memorial Park
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,670

Organizational Arts Grants

Pennington
Red Lake
Polk
Marshall
Kittson
Roseau
Roseau
Recipient
L'Association des Francais du Nord
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Organizational Arts Grants

Red Lake
Polk
Pennington
Norman
Marshall
Clay
Kittson
Beltrami
Beltrami
Recipient
Marshall County Agricultural Association AKA Marshall County Fair
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,405

Organizational Arts Grants

Marshall
Pennington
Kittson
Roseau
Red Lake
Red Lake
Recipient
City of Appleton
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

To hire a qualified historian to research and assemble materials in preparation for a heritage tourism map.

Blue Earth
Brown
Chippewa
Big Stone
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Nicollet
Sibley
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Otter Cove Children’s Museum
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$137,000

Otter Cove Children's Museum will be a state-of-the-art educational and cultural center in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, providing a much-needed accessible, indoor play space for the children of Otter Tail County and beyond. Otter Cove was started and driven by a group of moms but the actual place, Otter Cove, is for children and the "critters" who live there; the otter in the Otter Romp Playground, the fox at the cafe, the beaver at the dentist office, the raccoon at the grocery store, the swan on the stage, the mice at the bookstore, and the skunk at the veterinarian.

Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Brown
Carver
Clay
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Itasca
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Mille Lacs
Mower
Nobles
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Red Lake
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
St. Louis
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wadena
Washington
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Otter Cove Children's Museum
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$149,455

This project includes new exhibit components and enhancements; facilitating diverse workshops and performances for children and families, and four mini camps for children ages 6-12 during school/summer breaks.

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Clay
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Marshall
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Olmsted
Pennington
Pine
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Wilderness Inquiry
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000

Wilderness Inquiry engages 20,000 Minnesotans through outdoor adventures, promoting equity in access to outdoor activities, places, and careers and supporting stewardship and conservation values for current and future generations.

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
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,386,000
Fund Source

The Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program (CPL) is managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to provide competitive matching grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, state, and national non-profit organizations and governments. Grant activities include the enhancement, restoration, or protection of forests, wetlands, prairies, and habitat for fish, game, or wildlife in Minnesota. A match of at least 10% from nonstate sources was required for grants of $100,000 or less, and a match of at least 15% from nonstate sources was required for grants over $100,000.

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Carver
Clay
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Freeborn
Grant
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mower
Nicollet
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Redwood
Sibley
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Swift
Recipient
Hubbard County Developmental Achievement Center, Inc.
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,136

Partners in Arts Participation

Becker
Cass
Dakota
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Swift
Wright
Recipient
Indigenous Peoples Task Force
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
Partners in Arts Participation
Cass
Crow Wing
Hennepin
Mille Lacs
Red Lake
St. Louis
Washington
Recipient
Southwest Minnesota Private Industry Council, Inc.
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
Partners in Arts Participation
Big Stone
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Jackson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Rock
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Courage Kenny Foundation AKA Courage Kenny Rehabilitation Institute
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$16,975

Partners in Arts Participation

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
U of MN
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$600,000

There are 3 million acres of peatland forests in Minnesota. This proposal will identify management actions that maximize ecosystem benefits of peatland forests, including wildlife, water, timber, and native plants.

Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Cook
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Marshall
Pennington
Pine
Red Lake
Roseau
St. Louis
Recipient
U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$392,000

Provide professional development workshops at three Greater Minnesota locations for 60 teachers to use phenology education curriculum and community science resources, reaching >7,000 students in the first three years.

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
United States Geological Survey (USGS)
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,375
Fund Source

The study will assess existing phosphorus data records and create a model to explain phosphorus loading into the Red River of the North. Studies have found that the majority of nutrient loading in the stream located in agricultural areas occurs with sediment loading since nutrients are typically bound to sediment particles.

Becker
Beltrami
Big Stone
Clay
Clearwater
Grant
Kittson
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Otter Tail
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Roseau
Stevens
Traverse
Wilkin
Recipient
Pioneerland Library System
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,447
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$135,086

Minnesota's twelve regional library systems, which encompass more than 350 public libraries in all areas of the state, can benefit from a portion of the Legacy Amendment's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Through State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, each regional library system is eligible to receive a formula-driven allocation from the annual $2.5 million Minnesota Regional Library System Legacy Grant. Pioneerland Library System (PLS) is a consolidated regional public library system in west central Minnesota.

Big Stone
Chippewa
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
McLeod
Meeker
Renville
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Pioneerland Library System
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$133,435
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$133,435

Minnesota's twelve regional library systems, which encompass more than 350 public libraries in all areas of the state, can benefit from a portion of the Legacy Amendment's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Through State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, each regional library system is eligible to receive a formula-driven allocation from the annual $2.5 million Minnesota Regional Library System Legacy Grant. Pioneerland Library System (PLS) is a consolidated regional public library system in west central Minnesota.

Big Stone
Chippewa
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
McLeod
Meeker
Renville
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Pioneerland Library System
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$109,693
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$110,682

Minnesota’s 12 regional public library systems, which encompass 350 public libraries in all areas of the state, benefit from a portion of the Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Through State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, each regional public library system receives a formula-driven allocation from the annual $3 million Minnesota Regional Library Legacy Grant.

Big Stone
Chippewa
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
McLeod
Meeker
Renville
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Pioneerland Library System
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$137,804
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$152,079

Minnesota’s Legacy Amendment raises revenue for Clean Water, Outdoor Heritage, Parks and Trails, and Arts and Cultural Heritage. Libraries are beneficiaries of a portion of the Arts and Cultural Heritage Funding.

Big Stone
Chippewa
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
McLeod
Meeker
Renville
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Pioneerland Library System
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$160,971
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$160,971

Minnesota’s 12 regional public library systems, which encompass 350 public libraries in all areas of the state, benefit from a portion of the Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Through State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, each regional public library system receives a formula-driven allocation from the annual $3 million Minnesota Regional Library Legacy Grant. Pioneerland Library System (PLS) is a consolidated regional public library system in west central Minnesota.

Big Stone
Chippewa
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
McLeod
Meeker
Renville
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Pioneerland Library System
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$117,126
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$113,127

Minnesota’s twelve regional library systems, which encompass more than 350 public libraries in all areas of the state, can benefit from a portion of the Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Through State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, each regional library system is eligible to receive a formula-driven allocation from the annual $2.2 million Minnesota Regional Library System Legacy Grant. Pioneerland Library System (PLS) is a consolidated regional public library system in west central Minnesota.

Big Stone
Chippewa
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
McLeod
Meeker
Renville
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Pioneerland Library System
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$146,025
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$146,025

Minnesota's twelve regional library systems, which encompass more than 350 public libraries in all areas of the state, can benefit from a portion of the Legacy Amendment's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Through State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, each regional library system is eligible to receive a formula-driven allocation from the annual $2.5 million Minnesota Regional Library System Legacy Grant.

Big Stone
Chippewa
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
McLeod
Meeker
Renville
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Upper Minnesota River Valley Regional Development Commission
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000

Planning

Big Stone
Chippewa
Lac qui Parle
Swift
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Great River Greening
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$698,000

Continuing pollinator habitat creation and enhancement on 11 sites from Lakeville to St. Cloud, with public engagement and education centered on youth, schools, and community awareness of natural resource stewardship.

Benton
Big Stone
Cass
Chippewa
Crow Wing
Douglas
Grant
Kandiyohi
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Nicollet
Otter Tail
Pope
Renville
Sibley
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wadena
Wilkin
Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc.
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$38,292
Fund Source

This project will develop the Pomme de Terre Watershed Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study for the second round of the 10-year watershed approach cycle in the Pomme de Terre watershed. This phase of the project will address 4 stream impairments and 3 lake impairments and produce a draft TMDL document. A second phase may be needed as the stressor ID report identifies more stream reaches with TMDL relevant stressors.

Big Stone
Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Stevens
Swift
Recipient
Pomme de Terre River Association
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,302
Fund Source

The goal is to facilitate strategic networking, learning, and participation of targeted groups to assess, build, and leverage community capacity (i.e. community resources and values) to become aware of water quality issues and increase best management practice adoption to restore and protect water quality in the Pomme de Terre River watershed.  This goal will benefit the completion of the second cycle of the watershed approach by providing useful information important in the completion of Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategies (WRAPS) report.

Big Stone
Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Stevens
Swift
Recipient
Pomme de Terre River Association
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$480,228
Fund Source

The Pomme de Terre River watershed is located in west central Minnesota and occupies a portion of six counties. For many years surface water quality within the watershed has been a concern to local government. In 1982 the Pomme de Terre River Association Joint Powers Board (JPB) was formed to begin addressing this issue. In 2002 the Pomme de Terre River was placed on the Impaired Waters list for turbidity. The goal of the JPB is to improve the local water resources within the watershed through voluntary efforts and building relationships with local landowners.

Big Stone
Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Stevens
Swift
Recipient
Pomme de Terre River Association
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$350,470
Fund Source

The Pomme de Terre River watershed is located in west central Minnesota and occupies a portion of six counties. For many years surface water quality within the watershed has been a concern to local government. In 1982 the Pomme de Terre River Association Joint Powers Board was formed to begin addressing this issue. In 2002 the Pomme de Terre River was placed on the Impaired Waters list for turbidity. This project is a continuation of a 2011 Clean Water Fund project.

Big Stone
Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Stevens
Swift
Recipient
Pomme de Terre River Association JPB
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$717,428
Fund Source

PDTRA will use this funding to pursue goals stated in the CWMP. PDTRA has ID'd 5 priority areas to focus sediment & phosphorus reduction goals: Northern Lakes, Christina/Pelican Lakes, PDT River Lakes Chain, PDT River Corridor, & Drywood Creek. Plans include but aren't limited to: water & sediment control basins, alternative tile intakes, waste pit closures, grade stabilizations, livestock exclusions, shoreline restorations/stabilizations, cover crops.

Big Stone
Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Stevens
Swift
Recipient
Pomme de Terre River Association Joint Powers Board
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$257,610
Fund Source

The Pomme de Terre River watershed is located in west central Minnesota and occupies a portion of six counties. For many years surface water quality within the watershed has been a concern to local government, and in 1982 the Counties and SWCDs within the watershed area formed the Pomme de Terre River Association Joint Powers Board to begin addressing this issue. In 2002 the Pomme de Terre River was placed on the Impaired Waters list for turbidity.The project partners are collaborating to improve surface water quality within the watershed with a grant from the Clean Water Fund.

Big Stone
Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Stevens
Swift
Recipient
Pomme de Terre River Association JPB
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$274,816
Fund Source

The goal of the Pomme de Terre River Association (JPB) is to improve local water resources within the watershed through targeted voluntary efforts and build strong relationships with local landowners, producers, and citizens. Utilizing the State's first Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy, the JPB has targeted and identified specific areas and activities required for marked water quality improvement.

Big Stone
Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Stevens
Swift
Recipient
Pomme de Tere River Association
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$46,133
Fund Source

The Pomme de Terre River Association will partner with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to conduct water quality monitoring in the Pomme de Terre River Watershed. The purpose will be to determine if waters meet the states non-point source pollution standards. The data collected will be utilized to produce the cycle two Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) report and supporting documents for the watershed. Through the utilization of this funding a total of 11 lakes and 7 stream reaches will be assessed.

Big Stone
Douglas
Grant
Otter Tail
Stevens
Swift