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Recipient
Dakota County Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,200
To research, finalize, and design an exhibit on the beginnings of the computer industry in Minnesota.
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
Funny Asian Women Kollective (FAWK)
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$375,000

Funny Asian Women Kollective (FAWK) uses comedy to combat the dehumanization of Asian women. This project includes: 1) a tour performing throughout the state, particularly to rural communities with large Asian American populations; 2) provide workshop opportunities to equip communities with the tools to create their own comedic material; 3) produce two super shows in Minneapolis and Saint Paul (700+ audience); 4) allow digital production of five short films and distribution.

Hennepin
Mower
Ramsey
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Wonderlust Productions
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,920

Wonderlust Productions will use stories gathered from people who live and work behind the scenes in downtown Saint Paul to create short, place-based, audio plays, peeling back the curtain on who and what really makes our city tick. Audiences will be invited to take a listening tour of the city by following an online map and QR codes displayed around town.

Ramsey
Recipient
The Link
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$160,769

The Link will provide culturally specific programming to 12-15 youth that will participate in a pilot expansion of the We Will Breathe program (incorporating a new Black History month initiative). We Will Breathe is a youth-led Racial Justice and Healing Initiative, where youth come together as a collective to develop a deeper understanding of themselves, their cultures, and their identities.

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
In Progress
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$71,250

This project is a digital storytelling project dedicated to bonding communities and cultures through telling elders' stories. The project is embedded in the idea that our elders are waterers - carrying history and knowledge that strengthens a community's identity, and that through the sharing of their stories, we can understand and strengthen communities across generations and geographic location. The project will involve 30 persons from Indigenous, Hmong, Latinx and Somali cultures located across the state.

Beltrami
Cass
Polk
Ramsey
Ramsey
Recipient
The Great Northern Winter Festival
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$72,000

Organizational Overview

Hennepin
Ramsey
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,369
Fund Source

This project will increase awareness about outdoor recreation opportunities at Minnesota state parks and trails among underrepresented groups by creating handicap-accessible, touch-screen kiosks, with information in multiple languages, and placing the kiosks in high-traffic, family-oriented locations.

Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Historic Saint Paul
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

Historic Saint Paul produced Tour Saint Paul guides for the city’s West End and Frogtown neighborhoods.

Ramsey
Recipient
Historic Saint Paul
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,410
To adapt historical content from established paper-based tour brochures for the web and mobile applications for greater public access.
Ramsey
Recipient
St. Paul Parks & Recreation
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$81,989
Fund Source

Continue implementation of the adopted RP Master Plan: Perform a traffic study of four intersections, traffic counts, circulation patterns, and parking access /layout at 9 parking lots to provide a framework for improving access and circulation for the roughly 1 million annual visitors, with approximately 64% of users being of Asian background.

Ramsey
Recipient
Ramsey County
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$875,000
Fund Source

Vadnais-Snail Lake Regional Park. Construct road & trail improvements; develop separated off-road bituminous trail, trailhead and parking. Areas.

Ramsey
Recipient
Ramsey County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$240,000
Fund Source

Rice Creek North Regional Trail, develop trail and connection, storm water management improvements, and site amenities

Ramsey
Recipient
St. Paul Parks & Recreation
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$780,000
Fund Source

Project to include trail improvements between T.H. 61 to Bruce Vento Trail including design, engineering, demolition, grading, stormwater management, paving, landscaping and retaining wall construction as required.

Ramsey
Recipient
St. Paul Parks & Recreation
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,137
Fund Source

Project to include trail improvements between T.H. 61 to Bruce Vento Trail including design, engineering, demolition, grading, stormwater management, paving, landscaping and retaining wall construction as required.

Ramsey
Recipient
Ramsey County
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$107,290
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$165,869
Fund Source

Supplement improvements for a trailhead facility south of Co. Rd. I including design/engineering, construction, demolition, grading, landscaping, trails, parking, building, roads, stormwater management, utilities, signage, site and play equipment, amenities, habitat restoration, access to the water trail, lighting.

Ramsey
Recipient
Trosky, City of
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,300
Fund Source

Evaluate alternatives to fix failing septic systems in unsewered area

Pipestone
Recipient
St. Paul, City of
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$695,000
Fund Source

At almost 4,000 acres, Trout Brook is the largest subwatershed in the Capitol Region Watershed District and the City of Saint Paul. The restored stream is part of the 42 acre Trout Brook Nature Sanctuary project, whose goal is to return the area back to some resemblance of its pre-industrialized valley of stream floodplain and wetlands. Monitoring results within the corridor show that phosphorus, sediments, bacteria, lead and copper are the pollutants of most concern.

Ramsey
Recipient
St. Paul Parks & Recreation
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$137,647
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$40,664
Fund Source

Construction of accessible pathway entrance into the sanctuary from Geranium Ave. E. Installation of signage at trail nodes, entries, and other prominent locations. Project may include: excavation, grading, stormwater management, erosion control, concrete footings, installation of signage, bituminous paving, and landscaping

Ramsey
Recipient
Area 5 - Southwest Prairie Technical Service Area
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
Fund Source

The Southwest Prairie Technical Service Area 5 (SWPTSA), located in the southwest corner of Minnesota, encompasses 11 Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs): Cottonwood, Jackson, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Rock, and Yellow Medicine. This project will protect natural resources within the three major river basins of Minnesota, Missouri and Des Moines Rivers. The SWPTSA will assist member SWCDs in locating and identifying priority subwatersheds that have soil erosion and water quality issues using terrain analysis.

Cottonwood
Jackson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Rock
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Ramsey County Parks and Recreation
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$147,000

With roughly 70,000 residents, Minnesota is home to the largest Hmong population in the United States. The top spinning game of Tuj Lub (pronounced - too loo) has its roots in Southeast Asia and holds cultural significance to the Hmong community. Formal Tuj Lub courts, constructed near a multi-shelter picnic area at Keller Regional Park, seek

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Turkish American Association of Minnesota
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000

We will prepare resource kits for elementary students which will introduce the traditional arts and crafts of Turkey, as situated within the broader historical and geographical context. Because the kits will meet the guidelines of MN Academic Standards, they can be used in Social Studies and Arts classes as part of cultural diversity activities. The kits will include artifacts, documents, DVDs, curriculum guides and implementation suggestions for students to learn through hands-on experiences.

Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Youthprise
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000

Youthprise is partnering with Believe In What's Possible to launch Turn Up to Turn Out, a youth-led project to increase youth participation in Minnesota politics through youth-led civic education and events.

Hennepin
Ramsey
Stearns
Recipient
Native Skywatchers Inc
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000

Turtle Island Skywatchers - Innovative Research and Data Visualization project works to protect Minnesota water, wildlife, and natural resources while empowering Indigenous youth as leaders and all citizens as researchers.

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
Twin Cities Media Alliance
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$23,945

Our Space Is Spoken For is a multidisciplinary public art storytelling project to creatively foster largescale awareness and dialogue around the untold narratives of how historically marginalized communities redefine and negotiate space. TCMA will curate a cohort of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) artists and St. Paul BIPOC residents to create public art performances inspired by residents’ stories, which will be filmed and later screened as part of a public event and discussion.

Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Minnesota Landmarks Inc.
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,800

To hire qualified professionals to produce a manuscript on cultural landscapes in the Twin Cities.

Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Minnesota Transportation Museum
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

To hire qualified professionals to undertake community engagement and evaluation during exhibit development.

Ramsey
Recipient
MIXTAPE Dance MN
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Capiusa
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000

Every year, one of the most important embodiments of CAPI's mission is to host Twin Cities World Refugee Day (TCWRD), an event that we have coordinated since 2013 to honor the contributions and cultures of Minnesota's 120,000+ refugees. It is a point of connection for those sharing a common bond as refugees, as well as for others seeking to learn about and engage the diverse refugee community. The event brings local refugee artists to present unique creative elements of their cultures.

Anoka
Hennepin
Ramsey
Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
LimnoTech
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,810
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$46,430
Fund Source

This project will complete a chloride management plan which will lay out a strategy for addressing chloride impacts to our surface waters for the 7-county metropolitan area. This chloride management plan will satisfy EPA requirements for impaired waters, address waters not yet listed, and develop a strategy to protect waters that are currently meeting the water quality standards.

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Fortin Consulting
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$63,946
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$42,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000
Fund Source

This project will provide the MPCA and all local partners in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area (TCMA) the information and tools necessary to improve and/or maintain water quality with respect to chloride for the 7-county metropolitan area during the winter maintenace period.

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Grand Marais Arts, Inc. AKA Grand Marais Art Colony
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,700
Two-Year Operating Support Grant
Cook
Lake
St. Louis
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Twin Ports Choral Project
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,700
Two-Year Operating Support Grant
St. Louis
Anoka
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Emmons and Olivier Resources, Inc. (EOR)
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,911
Fund Source

This project will provide modeling services to support the completion of the Typo Lake and Martin Lake Excess Nutrients TMDL report. A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) report quantifies pollutant levels, identifies sources of pollution, and proposes ways to bring water quality back to an acceptable level.

Anoka
Chisago
Isanti
Pine
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
St. Michael's and St. George's Ukrainian Orthodox Church
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

To hire qualified professionals to produce a documentary on the history of Ukrainians in Minnesota.

Hennepin
Ramsey
Statewide
Recipient
Science Museum of Minnesota
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,121,000

We will reconstruct historical lake conditions to identify factors linked to successful walleye fisheries and guide effective management in the face of warming temperatures, invasive species, and nutrient loading.

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
U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$588,000

Minnesotans increasingly value native fishes. For example, >95% of bowfished species in MN are native, yet all are poorly understood. Foundational natural resource data is absolutely necessary for all stakeholders.

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
Preservation Alliance of Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,600
To assemble historical resources pertaining to the car culture of University Avenue in St. Paul preparatory to an interpretive memorial installation
Ramsey
Recipient
Ramsey County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$59,800
To produce a one-hour documentary on the history of University Avenue linking St. Paul and Minneapolis up to the installation of the Central Corridor Light Rail and based on thorough and completed research.
Ramsey
Recipient
Regents of the University of Minnesota
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$48,597
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to develop knowledge on pollutant removal and fate in infiltration Best Management Practices (BMPs). Results of this study will enhance pollutant reduction estimates, inform BMP planning and performance assessments, address groundwater protection concerns, and increase our understanding of stormwater and stormwater BMPs in the water cycle.

Ramsey
Recipient
YMCA of the North
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$705,000

Our goals are to engage 100,000 underserved youth statewide in environmental education, engaging them in the conservation and preservation of Minnesota wilderness through the experiences in the outdoors.

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