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Recipient
Buffalo Community Theater
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Community Arts Support

Anoka
Benton
Blue Earth
Carver
Clay
Crow Wing
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Mower
Polk
Ramsey
Renville
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Washington
Washington
Anoka
Brown
Carver
Cass
Chisago
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Recipient
Dakota County
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$32,675
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$180,000
Fund Source

Complete Phase 2 improvements to Whitetail Woods Regional Park (year 1 of 2)

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$657,000

Restore and enhance 51 acres of natural areas, five miles of linear natural signature plantings and install seven EV charging stations along the 27-mile Mississippi River Greenway.

Dakota
Recipient
Northfield Arts Guild
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,600

To hire qualified professionals to edit a manuscript on the history of the Northfield Art Guild.

Dakota
Rice
Recipient
Voyageurs Conservancy
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$994,000

Voyageurs Conservancy will connect 17,000 Minnesotans to the state's only national park through standards-aligned K-12 education, career-building fellowships, and enhanced programs that engage diverse audiences in the park's conservation.

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
Wilderness Inquiry
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$480,000

Wilderness Inquiry will expand its work to provide a continuum of outdoor experiences for youth, adults, and families in communities across Minnesota by:

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
DNR
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,589,000
Fund Source

As of 11/1/2022, the CPL program has provided over 900 grants totaling $109 million to over 200 different grantee organizations, improving or protecting over 339,000 acres of habitat. Demand for CPL grants has continued to grow each year as new applicants hear about the program and successful grantees return. In ML 2018 there were 107 grants awarded- 18 metro grants, 20 traditional grants, and 69 Expedited Conservation Partners grants. Through these 107 grants, over 18,000 acres were restored, enhanced, or protected. Over $11M was awarded to organizations for projects.

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Carlton
Carver
Chisago
Clearwater
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Goodhue
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Le Sueur
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Morrison
Mower
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
Ramsey
Rice
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Todd
Washington
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Caponi Art Park
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,980

To hire a qualified museum consultant to conduct a preservation needs assessment for the Caponi Art Park sculptures.

Dakota
Recipient
Minnesota Zoological Garden
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000

The Minnesota Zoo will improve the long-term viability of Minnesotas imperiled turtle populations by researching threats, implementing mechanisms to reduce mortality, and creating educational materials for use throughout the state.

Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Dodge
Goodhue
Hennepin
Isanti
Le Sueur
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Steele
Wabasha
Waseca
Washington
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Caponi Art Park
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$42,380
Statewide
Dakota
Recipient
DNR
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,294,000
Fund Source

The Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program will be managed by the Department of Natural Resources to provide competitive matching grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, state, and national non-profit organizations and government entities. In it's first 7 years of funding, the CPL program has provided 410 grants totaling $37 million to 133 different grantee organizations, positively affecting over 220,000 acres of habitat. Demand for CPL grants has continued to grow each year as new grantees hear about the program and successful grantees return.

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Blue Earth
Cass
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kittson
Lake
Marshall
Martin
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Mower
Murray
Nobles
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Rice
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Winona
Recipient
Audubon Minnesota
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$342,000

Assessing Audubon Conservation Ranching as a strategic approach to biodiversity conservation and grassland soils and vegetation ecosystem resilience.

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
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,690,000
Fund Source

With the ML 2015 appropriation The Conservation Partners Legacy (CPL) Grant Program awarded 70 grants, 22 of these grants were the metropolitan area. Over 24,000 acres were enhanced, 2,500 acres were restored, and 386 acres protected through these 70 projects. Thirty-eight counties had CPL projects completed in them through 47 unique organizations. The average project for the ML 2015 grants was $96,000, with few exceptions most projects were completed on time and many were under budget.

Becker
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Dakota
Douglas
Fillmore
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Itasca
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Martin
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Murray
Nobles
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Rock
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Stevens
Washington
Wilkin
Recipient
DNR
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,438,000
Fund Source

The Conservation Partners Legacy Grant Program will be managed by the Department of Natural Resources to provide competitive matching grants of up to $400,000 to local, regional, state, and national non-profit organizations and government entities.

Anoka
Becker
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Dakota
Fillmore
Goodhue
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Kanabec
Kittson
Koochiching
Lake
Marshall
Martin
McLeod
Mower
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Polk
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
St. Louis
Stevens
Washington
Wright
Recipient
DNR
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,760,000
Fund Source

As of 11/1/2023, the CPL program has provided over 970 grants totaling $115 million to over 250 different grantee organizations, improving or protecting over 577,000 acres of habitat. Demand for CPL grants has continued to grow each year as new applicants hear about the program and successful grantees return. In ML 2019 there were 99 grants awarded- 15 metro grants, 29 traditional grants, and 55 Expedited Conservation Partners grants. Through these 99 grants, over 34,000 acres were restored, enhanced, or protected. Over $10.6M was awarded to organizations for projects.

Aitkin
Anoka
Beltrami
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chisago
Clay
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Marshall
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
St. Louis
Washington
Wilkin
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Dakota County
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,012,000
Fund Source

Mississippi River Regional Trail. Construct 11 miles of trail.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$279,000
Fund Source

North Urban Regional Trail, construct 1.1 miles through Dodge Nature Center.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$625,000
Fund Source

Mississippi River Regional Trail, construct 5.2 miles to connect ?Inver Grove Heights to the Pine Bend Scientific and Natural Area to lower Spring Lake Park Reserve.

Dakota
Recipient
Audubon Minnesota
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$218,000
Dakota
Goodhue
Houston
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Dakota County Fair
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,680

We would like to have our local blacksmith's guild members give demonstrations throughout the week of our fair in the blacksmith shop located in our Heritage Village on the fairgrounds. We could get many demonstrators to demonstrate the equipment that we have in our heritage village buildings such as spinning, weaving, quilting, and cooking. We also may have an opportunity to have a threshing demonstration by the local machinery men that meet here in Dakota County. We hope to contract a chainsaw artist and/or the Paul Bunyan Live show to have here the week of the fair.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County Fair
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,755

The chainsaw artist would be able to give many demonstrations throughout the week of the fair. We will contract the Lumberjack show for all seven days of the fair and have lumberjack camps and shows. We will have scheduled three shows a day.

Dakota
Recipient
Winona County Historical Society
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,200

To create 3 Winona County entries for the MNopedia project for online research.

Winona
Dakota
Goodhue
Houston
Ramsey
Wabasha
Recipient
Cultural Archive of Modern Paganism
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,600
Dakota
Recipient
Minnesota Youth Symphony AKA Minnesota Youth Symphonies
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Washington
Wright
Recipient
FOCI Minnesota Center for Glass Arts
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Anoka
Benton
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Rain Taxi, Inc. AKA Rain Taxi Review of Books
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Anoka
Beltrami
Blue Earth
Carver
Chisago
Clay
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Hennepin
Hubbard
Isanti
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Scott
Stearns
St. Louis
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Frozen River Film Festival
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Blue Earth
Carlton
Carver
Chisago
Clay
Dakota
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Le Sueur
Martin
McLeod
Mower
Olmsted
Pine
Ramsey
Rice
Stearns
Steele
St. Louis
Swift
Wabasha
Washington
Winona
Recipient
Her Voice Productions
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,227

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Coffee House Press
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

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
Lao Culture Dance and Traditional Fashion Show LLC
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Anoka
Dakota
Faribault
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
DalekoArts
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Dakota
Hennepin
Le Sueur
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Recipient
Minnesota Marine Art Museum
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chisago
Clay
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Lake
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
St. Louis
Todd
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Lakeville City Ballet AKA Twin Cities Ballet of Minnesota
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Anoka
Blue Earth
Dakota
Hennepin
Hubbard
Le Sueur
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Steele
Washington
Recipient
Faribault Art Center Inc. AKA Paradise Center for the Arts
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Dakota
Goodhue
Le Sueur
Rice
Scott
Steele
Waseca
Recipient
Universal Music Center
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,890

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Weavers Guild of Minnesota, Inc. AKA Weavers Guild of Minnesota
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Anoka
Beltrami
Blue Earth
Carlton
Carver
Chisago
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Fillmore
Goodhue
Hennepin
Itasca
Kanabec
Lake
Le Sueur
Martin
McLeod
Meeker
Nicollet
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Ramsey
Redwood
Rice
Scott
Stearns
St. Louis
Wabasha
Washington
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Sod House Theater
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Blue Earth
Brown
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Kittson
Marshall
Pipestone
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Ballet Co.Laboratory
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Anoka
Blue Earth
Carver
Chisago
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Hennepin
Jackson
Martin
Nicollet
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
St. Louis
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Artaria
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,000

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
St. Louis
Recipient
Staples Area Women's Chorus
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,250

Creative Support for Organizations-Round 1

Aitkin
Cass
Crow Wing
Dakota
Hubbard
Morrison
Otter Tail
Todd
Wadena