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Recipient
Mississippi WMO
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
Fund Source

In partnership with Metro Blooms, the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) will implement stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) at a minimum of six properties along commercial nodes targeted for re-investment by the City of Minneapolis' Business District Support program.

Hennepin
Recipient
Regents of the University of Minnesota (Duluth - Kathryn A. Martin Library)
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

To hire a consultant to use the OCLC's Total Cost of Stewardship framework to develop a Collection Management and Development Policy.

Aitkin
Carlton
Cook
Itasca
Kanabec
Koochiching
Lake
Pine
St. Louis
Recipient
Minneapolis, City of
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
Fund Source
Hennepin
Recipient
Children's Discovery Museum
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$22,000

The Children's Discovery Museum's (CDM) new 3,000 piece Wizard of Oz (WOZ) collection will be properly archived, conservation materials purchased, and exhibit concept and design drawings completed. CDM facilitators and educators will travel to other children's museums in Minnesota for staff enrichment and professional development.

Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Mille Lacs
Morrison
St. Louis
Todd
Wadena
Recipient
Positive Image
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
Strive Publishing
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,000

Strive engages with the community in creating Black Joy Literary Clubs that empower voices from the Black community to rise above stereotypes, demographic disparities, and negative media portrayals. We provide a platform for communal work in taking control of the Black narrative and in educating with truth and lived experience. Joy comes from sharing authentic stories and power lies within the voices of everyday Black people to break down harmful stereotypes and strengthen our community.

Anoka
Hennepin
Ramsey
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Alano Society of Minneapolis
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,725

To hire a qualified engineer to conduct a structural assessment of the 1887 Alano Society of Minneapolis Clubhouse (John Washburn House), listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Hennepin
Recipient
The Basilica Landmark
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$149,980
Hennepin
Recipient
City of Orono
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$164,346
Fund Source

Stubbs Bay on Lake Minnetonka is impaired for excess nutrients due to phosphorus loading. This impairment results in nuisance algae blooms that limit the recreational use of this water body. As a part of its surface water management planning process, the City of Orono has identified projects to help improve the water quality of Stubbs Bay and Lake Minnetonka. The Stubbs Bay Ravine Stabilization project is one of the projects scheduled for completion in 2011.

Hennepin
Recipient
U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$387,000

This project seeks to provide data on insecticide contamination in the soil and the insect community across the state and the effect of sublethal insecticide exposure on insect reproduction.

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
Maritime Heritage Minnesota
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,980
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Wright
Recipient
Minnesota Discovery Center
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,229
Aitkin
Crow Wing
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
U of MN
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$295,000

To support teachers in addressing new science standards , we propose a series of workshops across Minnesota facilitating conversation about sustainability and water conservation, specifically integrating western science and Indigenous perspectives.

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
Plymouth Christian Youth Center
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$243,750

The Capri's arts programs provide artists, performers, and audience members a meaningful way to connect with each other and with the arts - designed to support working artists, community-convening, and relationship building on the Northside and throughout the broader Twin Cities metro community. We provide countless opportunities to create and implement ideas, to be together, and to experience, learn about, and produce art.

Hennepin
Recipient
University of Minnesota
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$16,283
Fund Source

This project will provide complementary (same year) physical and chemical data sets for three MPCA prioritized lakes in NE Minnesota to incorporate into the overall State database for MPCA assessment purposes as well as research purposes.

Aitkin
Carlton
Itasca
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
Central Minnesota Community Empowerment Organization (CMCEO)
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$70,000

Central MN Community Empowerment Organization will revitalize the use of cultural and artistic expressions for the Somali youth of Minnesota to preserve and display their cultural heritage. CMCEO plans to promote patriotism and citizenship through cultural heritage where artists are trained to compose Somali creative arts and music. This will enable youth to learn their cultural heritage and creativity in an engaging environment.

Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Ramsey
Sherburne
Stearns
Wright
Recipient
Aitkin County Soil and Water Conservation District
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,900
Fund Source

This project will monitor sites at the Sandy River, Bass Lake, and Remote Lake located in the Big Sandy Lake Watershed.

Aitkin
Cass
Itasca
Recipient
Itasca County Soil and Water Conservation District
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$31,656
Fund Source

This project will collect water chemistry and field parameters at the Popple River, Bowstring River, Big Fork River, Rice River, Caribou Lake and Eagle lake. It will also support the biological assessments being completed by MPCA staff for this Target Watershed Assessment. This project is a collaborative effort with MPCA, 3 SWCDs, and the well established Bigfork River Watch Program. This project is a collaborative effort with Lake of the Woods and Koochiching County SWCDs because the Big Fork Watershed encompasses both Itasca and Koochiching Counties.

Itasca
Koochiching
Recipient
Itasca Community College
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$117,272
Fund Source

This assessment will be performed using scientific volunteers, will build capacity at a technical training program at Itasca Community College (ICC), and will provide MPCA with answers providing a reasonable expectation for water quality in this under-studied region of Minnesota.

Itasca
Koochiching
St. Louis
Recipient
Pioneer-Sarah Creek Watershed Management Commission
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$65,825
Fund Source

The Pioneer-Sarah Creek Watershed Assessment project will complete a condition assessment for all currently unassessed or partially assessed (i.e., incomplete datasets) lakes and streams throughout the Pioneer-Sarah Creek (PSC) watershed (South Fork of Crow River; Hennepin County).

Hennepin
Recipient
Crow River Organization Of Water (CROW)
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$191,441
Fund Source

This project will collect additional water quality and flow data on tributaries on the South Fork Crow River and Buffalo Creek. Further assessment of these reaches will provide a better understanding of what impacts these tributaries have on the impaired South Fork Crow River and Buffalo Creek.

Carver
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
McLeod
Meeker
Renville
Sibley
Wright
Recipient
American Swedish Institute
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$40,600

To hire a qualified consultants to write an interpretive plan for the American Swedish Institute.

Statewide
Hennepin
Recipient
Nine Mile Creek WD
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$83,339
Fund Source

The objective of the project is to develop a targeted stormwater implementation and outreach program focused on non-profit partners. The Nine Mile Creek Watershed District is a 50 square mile fully-developed watershed with 15 major lakes and over twenty miles of creek system. Given that much development in this area occurred prior to the era of stormwater management regulations, runoff from many sites is untreated prior to discharge to downstream water bodies.

Hennepin
Recipient
Area 8 - North Central MN SWCDs JPB
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
Fund Source

A new GIS technician will help prioritize and target conservation activities and protection strategies in nine north-central Minnesota counties. The GIS technician will create GIS products, assessments, and watershed analysis to identify the high priority areas in each County or watershed in need of protection or restoration using all available data, including LiDAR, soils, land use, completed WRAPS and other datasets. These areas will then be targeted for future resource management efforts, Clean Water Fund projects, and additional conservation activities.

Beltrami
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake of the Woods
Wadena
Recipient
Kellen Witschen
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,240

Technology/Equipment Grant

St. Louis
Carlton
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Laura Sellner
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,240

Technology/Equipment Grant

St. Louis
Lake
Aitkin
Cook
Carlton
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Lily Winter
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$949

Technology/Equipment Grant

Itasca
St. Louis
Crow Wing
Cass
Beltrami
Recipient
Mary K. Plaster
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,240

Technology/Equipment Grant

Hennepin
St. Louis
Recipient
Benjamin Braff
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,791

Technology/Equipment Grant

Itasca
Recipient
Tammy Horton
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,737

Technology/Equipment Grant

Itasca
Crow Wing
Scott
Le Sueur
Recipient
Craig J. Blacklock
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,059

Technology/Equipment Grant

St. Louis
Carlton
Pine
Hennepin
Ramsey
Chisago
Washington
Hennepin
Dakota
Recipient
Michael M. Jasper
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,017

Technology/Equipment Grant

Itasca
Recipient
Nate Johnson
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$587

Technology/Equipment Grant

Itasca
Recipient
Chris LeBlanc
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$810

Technology/Equipment Grant

St. Louis
Carlton
Lake
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Jennifer A. Murphy
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,192

Technology/Equipment Grant

Lake
Cook
Hennepin
Recipient
Carrie Schaefer
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$832

Technology/Equipment Grant

St. Louis
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Laura M. Sellner
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,568

Technology/Equipment Grant

St. Louis
Lake
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Jacob White
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,600

Technology/Equipment Grant

St. Louis
Lake
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Brett Grandson
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$874
Technology/Equipment Grant
St. Louis
Itasca
Lake
Carlton
Recipient
Carolyn S. Olson
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$624
Technology/Equipment Grant
St. Louis
Ramsey
Hennepin