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Recipient
Mid West Music Fest
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$29,100

Minnesota Festival Support

Anoka
Blue Earth
Carver
Chisago
Clay
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Le Sueur
Lyon
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mower
Nobles
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
St. Louis
Wabasha
Waseca
Washington
Winona
Wright
Recipient
RiverSong Music Festival
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,808

Minnesota Festival Support

Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Dakota
Hennepin
Lyon
McLeod
Meeker
Nicollet
Redwood
Renville
Scott
Sibley
Stearns
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
India Association of Minnesota
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$22,920

Minnesota Festival Support

Anoka
Chisago
Hennepin
Isanti
Olmsted
Ramsey
Stearns
St. Louis
Washington
Recipient
India Association of Minnesota
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$22,920

Minnesota Festival Support

Anoka
Chisago
Hennepin
Isanti
Olmsted
Ramsey
Stearns
St. Louis
Washington
Recipient
Cultural Awareness Organization AKA Worthington International Festival
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,518

Minnesota Festival Support

Cass
Cottonwood
Hennepin
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lyon
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Rock
Stearns
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual-Transgender Pride Twin Cities AKA Twin Cities Pride
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$74,957

Minnesota Festival Support

Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Washington
Recipient
RiverSong Music Festival
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,281

Minnesota Festival Support

Carver
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
McLeod
Meeker
Renville
Sibley
Stearns
Wright
Recipient
Pollinator Friendly Alliance
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Minnesota Festival Support

Aitkin
Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Cook
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Isanti
Itasca
Murray
Nicollet
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Polk
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
St. Louis
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Wadena
Recipient
Square Lake Film and Music Festival
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,050

Minnesota Festival Support

Anoka
Benton
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Grant
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Sibley
Stearns
Washington
Recipient
International Institute of Minnesota
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$32,987

Minnesota Festival Support

Aitkin
Anoka
Benton
Carver
Cass
Chisago
Dakota
Dodge
Faribault
Hennepin
Isanti
Itasca
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Mower
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Stearns
Steele
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Irish Fair of Minnesota
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000

Minnesota Festival Support

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Wright
Recipient
RiverSong Music Festival
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,950

Minnesota Festival Support

Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
McLeod
Meeker
Nicollet
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Scott
Sibley
Stearns
Wabasha
Wright
Recipient
Minnesota Zoological Garden
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$89,838
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$92,085

 Legacy Farm Program

Legacy funds allow the Minnesota Zoo to extend the season of the Wells Fargo Family Farm beyond its historical May to September season to include full programming and exhibits from April through November. 

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
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
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Statewide
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Maritime Heritage Minnesota
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,196

To conduct a survey of rare Minnesota-produced watercraft to allow for greater public access to these historic resources.

Hennepin
Mille Lacs
Ramsey
Waseca
Wright
Recipient
Maritime Heritage Minnesota
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,989

To conduct a marine archaeology anomaly assessment of several suburban lakes.

Carver
Scott
Wright
Recipient
Maritime Heritage Minnesota
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,952

To conduct a marine archaeology survey of six suburban Minnesota lakes.

Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual-Transgender Pride Twin Cities AKA Twin Cities Pride
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000

Minnesota Festival Support

Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Rain Taxi, Inc. AKA Rain Taxi Review of Books
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$17,479
Twin Cities Book Festival
Ramsey
Hennepin
Anoka
Dakota
Scott
Carver
Wright
Sherburne
Isanti
Chisago
Washington
Recipient
Lady Slipper Scenic Byway, Inc.
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,990
Minnesota Festival Support
Anoka
Beltrami
Cass
Clearwater
Dakota
Hennepin
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
Mahnomen
McLeod
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Sherburne
St. Louis
Stearns
Todd
Recipient
Minnesota Humanities Center
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000

Legacy-funded programs at the Minnesota Humanities Center demonstrate our determination to collaboratively create humanities programs for the broader public by forging strong partnerships with local, state, and national cultural organizations. These programs show the broader community how the humanities can be used to address issues important to their everyday lives. Each activity, event, and program shares an Absent Narrative with participants, which help residents across the state engage in a more sophisticated understanding of their community. 

Anoka
Becker
Chisago
Dakota
Faribault
Goodhue
Hennepin
Hubbard
Nicollet
Polk
Ramsey
Rice
St. Louis
Washington
Wright
Recipient
YMCA Youth in Government
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$125,000

The Civics Education Coalition will create opportunities for students, enrich teacher capacity to engage students, and build state-wide networks. Work will include an interactive website, online youth summit, youth conference, new lessons for educators, teacher institutes, and expansion of the statewide Civic Education Network and its activities.

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
St. Louis
Statewide
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
$7,000,000

The Minnesota Invasive Terrestrial Plants and Pests Center (MITPPC) requests $7 million to fund up to 20 new, high-priority applied TIS research projects to improve Minnesota's natural and agricultural resources.

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
$524,000

We will investigate the potential of natural microbes indigenous to Minnesota to biodegrade conventional plastics in the environment as a means for cleaning contaminated soils and waters across the state.

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
MN DNR
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,036,000

This project proposes to expand recreational opportunities on Minnesota State Trails through the rehabilitation and enhancement of existing state trails and replacement or repair of existing state trail bridges.

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
Saint Cloud Arts Commission
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$52,932
The Saint Cloud Arts Commission and the Saint Cloud State University Programming Board will bookend the Granite City Days festival with arts events, including the 38th annual Lemonade Art Fair and Concert and the third annual Lake George Art in the Park.
Stearns
Recipient
Minnesota Children's Museum - St. Paul
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$366,145
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$511,875

Arts and Cultural Heritage funding will allow us to pursue three major initiatives between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020:

Olmsted
Ramsey
St. Louis
Statewide
Stearns
Recipient
Cold Spring Area Historical Society
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,107
To add 43 standard Minnesota history titles to broaden public accessibility.
Stearns
Recipient
Mankato State University
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000
Fund Source

Mankato State University (MSU) will work with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) to plan a stakeholder process kick off meeting for the Minnesota River Ag/Urban partnership project. MSU will help to plan and facilitate the meeting.

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chisago
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Otter Tail
Pope
Ramsey
Renville
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Stearns
Todd
Wadena
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Square Lake Film and Music Festival
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,000
Minnesota Festival Support
Anoka
Carlton
Chisago
Cook
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Isanti
Pine
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
St. Louis
Swift
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Twin Cities Film Fest
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000
Minnesota Festival Support
Benton
Blue Earth
Dakota
Hennepin
Le Sueur
Ramsey
Sherburne
Stearns
Waseca
Washington
Winona
Wright
Recipient
United Arts of Central Minnesota
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$59,955
Minnesota Festival Support
Beltrami
Benton
Blue Earth
Clearwater
Hennepin
Pine
Sherburne
Stearns
Waseca
Wright
Recipient
International Institute of Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$36,479
Festival of Nations
Ramsey
Dakota
Winona
St. Louis
Hennepin
Mower
Stearns
Steele
Aitkin
Kandiyohi
Brown
Anoka
Washington
Lac qui Parle
Meeker
McLeod
Carlton
Hubbard
Waseca
Yellow Medicine
Le Sueur
Chippewa
Wright
Chisago
Carlton
Itasca
Freeborn
Cass
Clay
Sherburne
Scott
Blue Earth
Mille Lacs
Lyon
Todd
Olmsted
Fillmore
Sibley
Becker
Pine
Morrison
Renville
Douglas
Goodhue
Wabasha
Carver
Otter Tail
Rice
Martin
Polk
Recipient
Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual-Transgender Pride Twin Cities AKA Twin Cities Pride
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$74,027
Minnesota Festival Support
Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association AKA NEMAA
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,725
Minnesota Festival Support
Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
St. Louis
Washington
Wright
Recipient
RiverSong Music Festival
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$29,161
Minnesota Festival Support
Blue Earth
Carver
Chippewa
Crow Wing
Hennepin
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Lyon
McLeod
Meeker
Nobles
Redwood
Renville
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Stevens
Swift
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Millstream Arts Festival, Inc. AKA Millstream Arts Festival
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000
Millstream Arts Festival has been the premier juried arts festival in Central Minnesota for over 20 years. While there are numerous other craft shows and community festivals, Millstream has the unique goal of artists directly interacting with the public in a festival atmosphere.
Stearns
Recipient
The Nature Conservancy
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,653,000
Fund Source

This program proposes a 15-year goal to provide protection to the remaining 90,000 acres of native prairie/savanna, a 20-year goal to restore and protect an additional 500,000 acres of diverse grasslands/savannas, and a 10-year goal to increase management capacity to annually manage 300,000 acres of grassland and savannas per year. This proposal takes the first steps to achieve these goals by initiating a comprehensive, coordinated and collaborative prairie conservation initiative. Annual investments by the LSOHC will be required to realize these ambitious outcomes.

Clay
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Mahnomen
Marshall
Meeker
Pennington
Polk
Pope
Red Lake
Roseau
Stearns
Stearns
Recipient
Minnesota Public Radio (MPR)
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,623,500

Minnesota Public Radio is the state's largest cultural organization, providing 96 percent of the population with free access to some of the best broadcast cultural programming in the world. Minnesota Public Radio is using a grant from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund to implement projects around the following four goals:

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
St. Louis
Statewide
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Minnesota Children's Museum
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$495,000

This funding is for arts, arts education, and arts access, and to preserve Minnesota's history and cultural heritage.

The Minnesota Children's Museum will develop a literacy focused exhibit to catalyze community engagement around early childhood learning and education.

Big Stone
Benton
Beltrami
Becker
Anoka
Aitkin
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
St. Louis
Statewide
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Minnesota YMCA Youth in Government Appropriation
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,920
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$29,100

Minnesota Youth in Government (YIG) is a youth-led experience that engages middle and high school youth in democratic governing leadership. Students learn about government process and gain an understanding of local, state, national and international concerns. They research and debate, participate in model Assemblies, United Nations, Youth Conferences on National Affairs, retreats and trainings, and National Judicial Competition, and gain an appreciation of diverse viewpoints in respectful ways.

Benton
Carver
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Faribault
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Itasca
Le Sueur
Olmsted
Pine
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
St. Louis
Statewide
Stearns
Winona