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Lyra AKA Lyra Baroque Orchestra
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$26,794

Arts Tour Minnesota

Dakota
Fillmore
Goodhue
Hennepin
Winona
Recipient
Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$66,257

Arts Tour Minnesota

Anoka
Becker
Big Stone
Carlton
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Faribault
Fillmore
Goodhue
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Marshall
Murray
Nobles
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Pope
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rock
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Swift
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Pan Asian Arts Alliance
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$55,800
Arts Learning
Anoka
Becker
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
Scott
Stearns
Todd
Washington
Recipient
Chamber Music Live
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Arts Access
Blue Earth
Dakota
Dodge
Fillmore
Hennepin
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Winona
Recipient
ASAL CHARITIES
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,000

ASAL Charities will enhance civic engagement within the East African community in the Twin Cities, honoring and celebrating its unique culture. "Empowering Voices" will integrate cultural nuances into civic education throughout twelve sessions focusing on the significance of voting, civic involvement, and active participation in civic life.

Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
ASAL CHARITIES
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,334

ASAL will enhance operations in three areas: 1) non-profit management; 2) grant writing and reporting; 3) fundraising strategy development. This project has the following key objectives: 1) train and assist staff on grant writing and reporting for non-profit management; 2) hire experts to conduct strategic planning, fiscal management, and community outreach training; 3) hire consultation to identify, monitor, and communicate fundraising campaign opportunities, grant writing, tracking progress, and project management.

Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
Pan Asian Arts Alliance
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,990

This project involves the collaboration between Pan Asian Arts Alliance, Elluminance Era, Chinese American Chamber of Commerce-MN, Asian Media Access, Unity Dance Group, and other Pan Asian Arts groups. It is a first-ever collaboration between Asian American performing and visual arts organizations. The project, "Asia Extravaganza," is a one-night festivity event to showcase Asian American youthful culture through dance, music and storytelling.

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
APIA MN Film Collective
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000

The Asian American Short Film Project is a six-month long series of workshops on how to create a five minute narrative or documentary short film culminating in a public event showcasing works-in-progress. This will include workshops on how to write a short film, how to find funding, how to produce a short film with the tools that you already have (i.e. smartphone), how to edit, and how to distribute/show your short film.

Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Anoka
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Minnesota Zoological Garden
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$297,000

We will assess the environmental quality of prairies across Minnesota. On-the-ground surveys and contaminant risk assessments will help inform partner management actions, endangered species recovery plans, and pollinator reintroduction efforts.

Becker
Beltrami
Clay
Clearwater
Hubbard
Kittson
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Marshall
Norman
Pennington
Polk
Red Lake
Roseau
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
Brown
Cottonwood
Jackson
Lac qui Parle
Lincoln
Lyon
Martin
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Rock
Watonwan
Yellow Medicine
Blue Earth
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Le Sueur
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Waseca
Winona
Recipient
Dakota County
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000
Fund Source

Develop and implement an integrated brand awareness and marketing campaign to increase awareness and familiarity of the park system service offerings to Dakota County residents and increase new use throughout the park system. The campaign will use print, digital and other media strategies to inform a broad and diverse audiences with targeted approaches appropriate for those audiences.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$98,298
Fund Source

Develop and implement an integrated brand awareness and marketing campaign to increase awareness and familiarity of the park system service offerings to Dakota County residents and increase new use throughout the park system. The campaign will use print, digital and other media strategies to inform a broad and diverse audiences with targeted approaches appropriate for those audiences.

Dakota
Recipient
Wenck Associates, Inc.
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,811
Fund Source

This project will support updates to the Draft Bald Eagle Lake TMDL. The updates will address comments received during the public comment period. The comments resulted in the development of individual Wasteload Allocations for stormwater sources in the Bald Eagle Lake watershed.

Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
Beltrami County Historical Society
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,734

To digitize a collection of archival reel-to-reel recordings, allowing for greater public access to these historic resources.

Beltrami
Recipient
Beltrami County Historical Society
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,480
Beltrami
Recipient
Beltrami County Agricultural Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To complete the interior display areas of the historically accurate Forestry Ranger Station. Exhibits will feature the early history of forest fire fighting, an account of forestry activity on the Red Lake Indian Reservation, draft horse logging equipment, lumberjack tools, and a tribute to Paul Bunyon. Additionally, funds will be used for a stage where speakers can tell stories and teach about forestry stewardship.

Beltrami
Recipient
Beltrami SWCD
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$274,250
Fund Source

Beltrami County will be updating their water plan in 2017. This plan will be watershed protection oriented and will utilize all available data and maps in order to best protect our water resources. In 2012, Beltrami County completed screening on 19 of our large lakes with heavy land use development. What we found was that none of the lakes had enough chemical data for a trend analysis.

Beltrami
Recipient
Beltrami SWCD
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
Fund Source

The Beltrami SWCD proposes to partner with citizen and non-profit groups to complete projects that will reduce stormwater runoff and retain water on the land. The majority of the projects will be in the Lake Bemidji lakeshed which has recently been identified in the WRAPs project as being on the verge of impaired for nutrients. With the City of Bemidji being a regional hub for Northwestern Minnesota and the First City on the Mississippi, there are ample opportunities for citizen involvement and ample opportunities for stormwater improvements.

Beltrami
Recipient
City of Bemidji
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$345,957

To hire qualified professionals to repair the Bemidji Carnegie Library, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Beltrami
Recipient
Beltrami SWCD
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$228,300
Fund Source

As a part of the Mississippi Headwaters Stormwater Retrofit Analysis, a feasibility study was conducted on the Bemidji State University property to determine possible subsurface water quality best management practices options. Staff from Beltrami SWCD, in cooperation with the City of Bemidji and Bemidji State University, are proposing to install a subsurface stormwater treatment system to reduce Total Suspended Solids (TSS) and Total Phosphorus (TP) loading to Lake Bemidji and subsequently the Mississippi River.

Beltrami
Recipient
City of Bemidji
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000
To hire a qualified consultant to develop planning documents to help preserve the Bemidji Carnegie Library, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Beltrami
Recipient
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$195,000

The Berger Fountain, known as the dandelion fountain to most, was installed in 1975 by Benjamin Berger and has been a beloved neighborhood landmark in Loring Park and a favorite location for wedding photographers and children ever since. Ben Berger was a park board commissioner and, after seeing a dandelion fountain in Australia, fundraised to build a sister fountain right here in Minnesota.

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
Rice County Neighbors United
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000

We are seeking funds to showcase the immigrant and refugees stories: lives, talents, culture and history beyond survival. Too often the stories of immigrants and refugees are framed in the context of surviving. The problem in those stories is that they miss the richness of the lives of migrants starting in a different country. The multimedia project will work on the stories from several angles, narrative, mural making, written stories, portraits, video and pictures.

Dakota
Rice
Recipient
Dakota County
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,261,015
Fund Source

Build trailhead to the Big Rivers Regional Park including restrooms, drinking water, information center, picnic canopy, an expanded parking lot, accessibility improvements, and interpretation of historical/cultural/natural resources

Dakota
Fund Source

Construct 3.9KW pole mounted renewable energy system

Beltrami
Recipient
U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$568,000

This study will leverage our current bioacoustics monitoring framework to assess avian diversity at the statewide scale through a citizen science acoustic monitoring program, with a focus on private lands.

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
Black Men Teach
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,085

To document in 15 oral history interviews the history of African American educators in Minnesota.

Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Anoka
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Statewide
Recipient
Speaking Out Collective
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000

This project will expand the Truth Telling Series that collected, preserved, and shared suppressed Dakota and Anishinaabe histories through community oral narratives. The project will document untold and silenced narratives from Black Minnesotans in urban and rural communities to develop new and easily accessible curriculum for grades Pre-K-6, in partnership with numerous BIPOC scholars, elders, and community partners. The project includes a collaborative story collection. The stories will be collected, documented, and written.

Dakota
Faribault
Hennepin
Olmsted
Rice
Rice
Steele
Recipient
Dakota County
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
Fund Source

Prevention of groundwater contamination from unused, unsealed wells is identified as a priority in the 2020-2030 Dakota County Groundwater Plan. Dakota County plans to prevent groundwater contamination, especially in drinking water supply management areas, by completing a well inventory in the Black Dog Watershed area to identify suspected abandoned wells, and provide 50% cost-share grants to seal approximately 13 unused, unsealed wells in the watershed.

Dakota
Recipient
Lower Minnesota River Watershed District
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$220,800
Fund Source

Seminary Fen, a 600-acre complex in Carver County, supports one of only 500 calcareous fens in the world and is one of the highest quality calcareous fens in southern Minnesota. The Fen feeds Assumption Creek; one of the metro area's last known trout streams that supports naturally reproducing native brook trout. Assumption Creek then discharges to the nearby Minnesota River. The Fen's unique hydrology, soils, plants, and habitats are highly sensitive to water quality and sedimentation stress.

Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Scott
Recipient
Barr Engineering Company
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,339
Fund Source

This Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) project will develop a TMDL Report and Implementation Plan defining the sources contributing to the impairments and outlining the steps necessary to bring Bluff Creek back to meeting water quality standards.

Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Le Sueur
McLeod
Nicollet
Ramsey
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sibley
Recipient
Barr Engineering Company
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,020
Fund Source

This project will develop a Final TMDL report and Implementation Plan for the Bluff Creek Watershed.  The main outcomes of this project are the development of a Final TMDL Report approved by MPCA and EPA and a Final Implementation Plan approved by MPCA. 

Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Le Sueur
McLeod
Rice
Scott
Sibley
Recipient
Beltrami County Historical Society
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,755
Beltrami
Recipient
Equity Alliance MN
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000

The Equity Alliance MN will bring to life absent narratives of Latino, Hmong, Native, Asian, African American, and women of the Civil Rights Era in a collaboration among youth, social studies teachers, Full Circle Theater (FCT), and St. Paul Neighborhood Network. The narratives, researched by youth, will be transformed by FCT into a six person play that will be presented, video recorded, and distributed with accompanying curriculum written by social studies teachers for teachers across the Equity Alliance MN and the state.

Anoka
Dakota
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
Saint Paul Civic Symphony
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$23,750

St. Paul Civic Symphony will help to develop a multidisciplinary arts project for its free 2025 Children's Concert inspired by a recent publication, The Rhythm of Somalia: A Collection of Songs, Stories, and Traditions by Qorsho Hassan, Minnesota Teacher of the Year (2020), and music specialist Becca Buck, both educators at Gideon Pond Elementary, Burnsville.

Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Oyate Hotanin
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$80,000

With our emerging initiative, Buffalo Weavers: Connecting Land and People through Dakota Thought for Climate Rescue, we plan to engage in a range of programming activities aimed at healing climate grief and working toward climate justice. We are creating a movement through art to awaken the world to climate change and its impact.

Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Dakota County
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$657,000
Fund Source

Mississippi River Regional Trail. Construct 3.2 miles of trail through Spring Lake Park Reserve.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
Fund Source

Mississippi Valley Greenway Regional Trail. Construct trail.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$489,000
Fund Source

Miss. River Regional Trail engineering and construction of the Mississippi River Regional Trail to connect South St. Paul to St. Paul.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County Agriculture Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000

To restore several Dakota City building exteriors on the fairgrounds, in collaboration with Dakota City Heritage Village. These local structures that portray a 1900 era rural village include the 1867 Vermillion Presbyterian Church, the belfry of the District 96 one room school, and the 1861 frame structure that was originally built as a school and most recently used as the millinery and dressmaker’s shop.

Dakota
Recipient
Chicano Latino Affairs Council
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$112,500

The Chicano Latino Affairs Council and the Humanities Center will build on the grant received last year, which was intended to identify the elements of success in programs for Latino high school students and ways to replicate them. Applying the findings of CLAC's and HACER's research, CLAC will integrate its biennium goal of improving levels of educational achievement for Latino youth with the Legacy goal of enriching Minnesota’s cultural legacy by piloting the program in two Minnesota schools.

Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Rice