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Minnesota Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$183,112
Minnesotans of all ages are participating in deep intergenerational learning experiences by working together to document and share community history. Major projects in FYs14 and 15 included a partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, in which the MNHS Teen Advisory Council supported Iraqi students in creating an exhibit about life in Baghdad. The teens met regularly via video-conference and had a private Facebook page. The exhibit created by the students was on display at the Minnesota History Center in December.
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Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

To hire qualified consultants to conduct research for interpretive materials for a Dakota cultural and medicinal garden.

Scott
Recipient
Waseca County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To hire a qualified consultant to write an interpretive plan for Hofmann Apiaries, a historic farm located in Janesville, MN.
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Regents of the University of Minnesota (Bell Museum of Natural History)
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
Digital maps were created depicting landscape change in Minnesota from the 1850s to today as well as maps that show predicted change in forest tree composition in northern Minnesota due to climate change.
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The Works Museum
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$321,964

The Works Museum will design, fabricate, and install a new exhibit with partners from Minnesota's East African, Hmong, and Latinx communities that forwards elementary education goals and celebrates Minnesota's rich cultural diversity.

Anoka
Blue Earth
Carver
Chippewa
Chisago
Crow Wing
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Goodhue
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
McLeod
Mille Lacs
Nicollet
Olmsted
Olmsted
Ramsey
Renville
Rice
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Washington
Wright
Yellow Medicine
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,010,424
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,146,731
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,233,959
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,006,732
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$967,993
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$886,996
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,047,050
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$274,364
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$675,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$539,510
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$476,600
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$472,773
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$472,773
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$700,000
Fund Source

This on-going program is for detecting, mapping and controlling invasive plant species and re-establishing native vegetation in their place on lands administered by the Division of Parks and Trails. Control of invasive plant species furthers progress to preserve and restore the quality of native plant communities on Parks and Trails lands as well as helps prevent the spread of invasives to new locations.

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The Bakken Museum
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To hire a qualified consultant to write an exhibit plan for an exhibit on Minnesota's biomedical history.
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City of Jordan
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,189
To begin to gain intellectual and physical control over a significant historical collection documenting the City of Jordan
Scott
Recipient
Somali Artifact and Cultural Museum
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$42,774

To provide better organization of the museum collections, allowing for greater public access to the community's historic resources.

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Firefighter's Hall and Museum
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$102,300

To provide better organization of the museum collections, allowing for greater public access to the community's historic resources.

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Heritage And Traditions, Inc.
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,648
To provide better storage conditions and broaden public accessibility to Minnesota folk and traditional music.
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Carver County Historical Society
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$160,000
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Carver
Recipient
University of South Carolina
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$95,029
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$52,730
Fund Source

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has been monitoring for contaminants of emerging concern in Minnesota's surface water since 2007. These contaminants include a wide variety of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and other chemicals that can harm fish and wildlife and human health. One group of these chemicals, disinfection by-products, are formed when water is treated with chlorine. Some of these chemicals are cancer-causing and highly toxic.

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City of Appleton
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$64,000

The partners will develop three itineraries and explore additional opportunities to further develop local Heritage Tourism.

Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Chippewa
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Nicollet
Redwood
Renville
Scott
Sibley
Traverse
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Minnesota Transportation Museum
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
To complete an interpretive plan for the museum in order to make more effective use of limited resources to better serve the public.
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Ramsey
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,724
Valuable three-dimensional images of ancient rock carvings at Jeffers Petroglyphs will be safely stored and also made accessible to the general public thanks to ACHF funds. Funds allowed staff to catalogue the images and make them accessible at the Jeffers site and through the Minnesota Historical Society's Collections Online website. The images of individual carvings will serve as an archival record, a research and conservation resource and an educational tool
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Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,688
The purpose of the Jeffers Petroglyphs Data Access project is to store and provide access to 3D digital scans of the Jeffers Petroglyphs. A website devoted to the Jeffers Petroglyphs is being created to showcase the valuable three-dimensional images of ancient rock carvings recently catalogued by the Minnesota Historical Society Collections staff. This project carries out the critical second piece of the 2008 Jeffers Petroglyphs Conservation Project that was initially funded to remove lichen from the petroglyphs.
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Ka Joog
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$43,380

Ka Joog and Afro American Development Association (AADA) will partner to create a platform for Somali American youth to learn traditional Somali artistic mediums and present their learning through public presentations that will ignite community conversations. Art clubs and public forums will be implemented in Hennepin, Ramsey, and Clay counties and will promote inter-generational dialogue on taboo topics within the Somali American and cross-cultural acceptance with non-Somali audiences.

Anoka
Carver
Clay
Dakota
Faribault
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Polk
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Steele
Washington
Recipient
Scott County Historical Society
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,295

To create Minnesota-based educational 'trunk programs' for Scott County schools.

Scott
Recipient
The Urban Village
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000

In order to preserve Karen and Karenni culture and identity in Minnesota, The Urban Village proposes the creation of a collaborative learning program where participants will have an opportunity to connect and explore their identity and heritage. Through this program, our youth will be empowered to drive the development of the first ever Karen and Karenni history archive. The learnings and content birthed from this program will then be archived and organized for all Minnesotans to access.

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Ramsey
Recipient
Kim Atkins
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
Fund Source

Revise Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) lesson plans about karst geology and groundwater protection, to align with new Minnesota Science Standards (2019) and provide grade level recommendations. The project will add or remove activities so that the lessons better support grade-specific standards and approaches to learning. The plans will also provide recommendations regarding communicating to local teachers in southeast Minnesota and how to support the use of the lesson plans.

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Walker West Music Academy
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$145,000

Walker West Music Academy's Amazing Grace Chorus for elders is a unique receptacle of Black cultural heritage/a wealth of lived MN Black experience. This project will capture that rich experience/the memories of those aging keepers of an important part of Black culture through the vehicle of gospel music & a series of events/activities & will culminate in a 45-min. documentary. This will ensure that this interconnected culture & history are preserved & passed on to the next generation.

Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
The Oliver H. Kelley farm in Elk River is a National Historic Landmark, where visitors experience mid-19th-century Minnesota farm life. This historic structures report provides the foundation for future maintenance and preservation of the farmhouse while continuing to provide an important level of programming and public service. The Jeffris Family Foundation has awarded a matching grant of $25,000 to the Minnesota Historical Society to fund half of the estimated costs of a consultant to prepare the report.
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Minnesota Civic Youth (Formerly Kids Voting St. Paul)
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$53,998

Minnesota Civic Youth is dedicated to helping kids and young adults develop the knowledge, skills, confidence and desire to be informed, active citizens. We do this by engaging them in authentic civic experiences and activities that respect their viewpoint and celebrate their voice. We have three primary program areas: Kids Voting Minnesota Network, Governing Youth and Teens Speak Out.

 

 

Statewide
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$58,720
Fund Source

This project will create an interactive, educational website for children 5-11 years old, motivating children to get outdoors.

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Center for Policy Design
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Statewide
Hennepin
Ramsey
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Board of Water and Soil Resources
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$600,000

n/a

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LimnoTech
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,443
Fund Source

The purpose of this project is to continue supporting the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency in responding to public comments on the Lake Pepin Watershed Phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study, which was prepared by LimnoTech under previous work orders.

Dakota
Goodhue
Scott
Wabasha
Recipient
LimnoTech
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$37,815
Fund Source

The consultant LimnoTech will support response to Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) comments the peer review process, United States Environmental Protection Agency and public notice. They will then revise the TMDL document as needed and attend internal and external project meetings.

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Dodge
Goodhue
Hennepin
Le Sueur
McLeod
Mower
Nicollet
Olmsted
Ramsey
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Steele
Wabasha
Washington
Wright
Recipient
LimnoTech
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,920
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to finalize the Lake Pepin Watershed phosphorus total maximum daily load (TMDL) report by using the existing information and documentation prepared under previous contracts to prepare one TMDL report that addresses the impairments on the mainstem of the Mississippi River. Information developed to date for draft TMDLs on the Minnesota River mainstem will be documented for later use by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

Anoka
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Nicollet
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sibley
Wabasha
Washington
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
LimnoTech
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,985
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to support the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) in responding to public comments on the Lake Pepin Watershed Phosphorus Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), which were prepared by LimnoTech under previous phases of the project.

Anoka
Blue Earth
Brown
Carver
Chippewa
Cottonwood
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Lac qui Parle
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Nicollet
Ramsey
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sibley
Wabasha
Washington
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
Lake Superior Marine Museum Association
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,731
To provide better storage conditions, allowing for greater public access to objects in the collection.
Statewide
St. Louis
Recipient
LimnoTech
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$62,280
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to prepare a draft Lake Pepin Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Report. Lake Pepin is impaired by high levels of nutrients that cause excessive growth of algae.

Dakota
Goodhue
Scott
Wabasha
Recipient
LimnoTech
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$48,667
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to finalize the draft Lake Pepin Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Report, issue it for public comment, address comments, and finalize the report. Lake Pepin is impaired by high levels of nutrients that cause excessive growth of algae. High levels of sediment, carried in by major river systems, also affect the lake. The sediment is filling in the lake at a much faster rate than before Minnesota was settled and intensely farmed. Nutrients and sediment are distinct yet inter-related pollutants, and are being addressed in separate TMDL reports.

Dakota
Goodhue
Scott
Wabasha
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,450,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,450,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,250,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,250,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,250,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,250,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,300,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,300,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,300,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,300,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,150,000
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,150,000
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,178,000
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
Fund Source

The biological communities present in a lake are the result of cumulative effects of natural and human-caused influences within the entire area of land and water that flows into the lake (i.e., the watershed). Biological assessments are used on lakes to identify water pollution and habitat concerns based on the type and abundance of selected animals and their habitats. Certain species cannot survive without clean water and healthy habitat while other species are tolerant of degraded conditions.

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City of Duluth
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$165,725
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St. Louis
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Town of Crane Lake
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$950,000
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U of MN
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$500,000
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Lao Culture Dance and Traditional Fashion Show
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000

Lao Culture Dance & Traditional Fashion Show will be implementing training youth for new leadership program. We are focusing on teaching students by passing on the skills & knowledge of traditional Performing art to a young generations to continue the tradition. We will make sure that the students that completed the program will be able to teach & passing on & continue the work to keep our tradition & rich Lao heritage and Culture. The youth leader will be great asset for our Communities.

Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Anoka
Chisago
Dakota
Faribault
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Bryan Thao Worra
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000

A project to build capacity for poets to actively document and correct historical gaps in the Lao Minnesotan journey as we approach 50 years in the US. The project will include interdisciplinary exhibits and performances giving traditional artists a chance to develop new work with Lao poets that address ancient and modern history, myth, and cultural traditions, additionally publishing innovative and experimental collections on the Lao experience.

Statewide