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4647 Results for
Recipient
Ross M. Sutter
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,450
Folk and Traditional Arts
Anoka
Crow Wing
Hennepin
Lac qui Parle
Ramsey
Roseau
Washington
Recipient
Twin Cities Chinese Dance Center, Inc.
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$68,415
Folk and Traditional Arts
Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
We Win Institute, Inc.
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$57,575
Folk and Traditional Arts
Hennepin
Recipient
Delina L. White
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$74,723
Folk and Traditional Arts
Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hennepin
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
Mahnomen
Marshall
Mille Lacs
Pennington
Pine
Polk
Red Lake
Roseau
Recipient
Zorongo Flamenco, Inc. AKA Zorongo Flamenco Dance Theatre and School
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$26,310
Folk and Traditional Arts
Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Iny Asian Dance Theater
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$59,000
Folk and Traditional Arts
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Wright
Recipient
Abdirahman A. Abubakar AKA Dalmar Yare
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$39,320
Folk and Traditional Arts
Blue Earth
Hennepin
Stearns
Recipient
Dakota Wicohan
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$74,186
Folk and Traditional Arts
Redwood
Renville
Yellow Medicine
Recipient
The Ethnic Dance Theatre
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$20,400
Folk and Traditional Arts
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Jessica R. Hirsch AKA Jess Hirsch
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,288
Folk and Traditional Arts
Cook
Hennepin
Ramsey
Stearns
Recipient
Hmong Museum of Minnesota AKA Hmong Museum
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Folk and Traditional Arts
Ramsey
Recipient
Indonesian Performing Arts Association of Minnesota AKA Sumunar
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,569
Folk and Traditional Arts
Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Ka Joog
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$48,439
Folk and Traditional Arts
Statewide
Recipient
Karen Organization of Minnesota
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,969
Folk and Traditional Arts
Ramsey
Recipient
Mary P. Kleven AKA MaryPat Kleven
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,990
Folk and Traditional Arts
Anoka
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
Olmsted
Ramsey
Stearns
Swift
Recipient
Laura A. MacKenzie
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$13,211
Folk and Traditional Arts
Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Washington
Recipient
Brian T. Miller
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$24,961
Folk and Traditional Arts
Beltrami
Cook
Dakota
Hennepin
Itasca
Lake
Pine
Ramsey
St. Louis
Recipient
Nordic Center
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000
Folk and Traditional Arts
Anoka
Carlton
Chisago
Cook
Dakota
Lake
St. Louis
Recipient
Saint Olaf College
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$14,574
Folk and Traditional Arts
Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Kandiyohi
Ramsey
Rice
Washington
Recipient
Kevin L. Strauss
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,749
Folk and Traditional Arts
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
St. Louis
Recipient
White Earth Reservation Tribal Council
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$69,300
Folk and Traditional Arts
Becker
Mahnomen
Recipient
Nathan P. White AKA Nate White
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,193
Folk and Traditional Arts
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$41,175
Folk and Traditional Arts
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
Kalpulli Ketzalcoatlicue
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,416
Folk and Traditional Arts
Hennepin
Recipient
Fond du Lac Tribal College
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$35,400
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$147,150

Raise the bar for language learning, immersion program expansion and language revitalization on a broader scale.

Carlton
Recipient
Comfort Lake Forest Lake Watershed District
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$52,500
Fund Source

The focus of this project will be on protection efforts to maintain or improve the water quality of Forest Lake by reducing phosphorus loads to the lake, especially from storm water. The two main objectives of this project are to compile and make minor updates to a large body of diagnostic work that already exists for Forest Lake, and to develop a comprehensive, site-specific implementation plan for best management practices (BMPs).

Washington
Recipient
Comfort Lake-Forest Lake WD
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$162,000
Fund Source

Forest Lake is one of the top recreational lakes in the metro area with a diverse and healthy fishery along with thee public accesses. The water quality of Forest Lake also impacts downstream waters, particularly Comfort Lake, the Sunrise River, and ultimately Lake St. Croix. A water quality study was completed for Forest Lake identifying nutrient reduction goals to meet state water quality standards for all three basins of Forest Lake along with the Comfort Lake-Forest Lake Watershed District's (CLFLWD) long term goal water quality goals for the lake.

Washington
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$300,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
Fund Source

The Minnesota DNR and the Minnesota Forest Resources Council work with forest landowners, managers and loggers to implement a set of voluntary sustainable forest management guidelines that include water quality best management practices (BMPs) to ensure sustainable habitat, clean water, and productive forest soils, all contributing to healthy watersheds. This project will monitor the implementation of these forest management guidelines and BMPs on forested watersheds in MN.

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Cook
Crow Wing
Fillmore
Goodhue
Houston
Hubbard
Isanti
Itasca
Kanabec
Koochiching
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Roseau
Sherburne
St. Louis
Stearns
Todd
Wabasha
Wadena
Winona
2025 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000,000
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000,000
2023 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000,000
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000,000
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,300,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$750,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$750,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,000,000
Fund Source

Forever Green Initiative develops perennial and cover cropping systems specific to Minnesota that are necessary to protect and restore the state's surface and groundwater resources while increasing efficiency, profitability, and productivity of Minnesota farmers.

Recipient
St. Cloud State University
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,867
To hire a qualified archaeologist to conduct a survey in an attempt to locate Fort Fair Haven.
Stearns
Recipient
Hennepin County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
To hire qualified professionals to replace the roof on Building 55 at Fort Snelling, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Statewide
Recipient
St. Cloud State University
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,816
To hire a qualified archaeologist to conduct a survey to locate the remains of Fort Holes.
Stearns
Recipient
Lanesboro Historical Preservation Association
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,475

To gain intellectual and physical control of historic objects held in public trust.

Fillmore
Recipient
Le Sueur County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$332,800
Fund Source

Le Sueur County has completed water quality assessments of its lakes, which are on the impaired waters list for excess nutrients. The Francis Rays Sakatah Tetonka Lakes Septic Inventory project will complete up to 400 shoreland septic compliance inspections, create an ArcMap GIS layer, create community assessment reports on priority areas and provide education and outreach to the public through informational meetings and website development. The project will also jump-start upgrading non-compliant septic systems.

Le Sueur
Recipient
Hennepin History Museum
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,694
To improve collections care and management through proper storage.
Hennepin
Recipient
Crow Wing County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$31,742
Fund Source

Monitoring the health of Minnesota rivers is vital in determining, maintaining, and improving the health of the rivers for the environment and public use. The scope of this project is to collect surface water chemistry samples at designated sampling locations during appropriate time periods and at appropriate frequencies during these time periods for 1 year beginning in February 2015. The data collected and submitted to MPCA will provide information necessary to determine stream characteristics and calculate water quality pollutant loads.

Benton
Morrison
Todd
Recipient
United States Geological Survey
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$231,946
Fund Source

Groundwater sample collection and analysis will be conducted for contaminants of emerging concern (CEC) at large subsurface treatment systems (LSTS) and rapid infiltration basins (RIB), using an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) methodology. Results from the ELISA analysis will be reported to the MPCA and used to conduct follow-up investigations at a select number of these sites.

Statewide
Recipient
Sauk River Watershed District
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$31,579
Fund Source

This grant will cover all components of water chemistry sampling for pollutant load monitoring at four sites. Of those four sites, two of them are subwatershed sites that will be monitored seasonally and two of them are basin/major watershed sites that will be monitored year round. The Monitoring Coordinator for the Sauk River Watershed District will be responsible for sample collection, data management tasks, attending weekly call in meetings and will coordinate additional help from other staff members and/or interns if needed.

Stearns
Recipient
Crow River Organization of Water
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$111,483
Fund Source

The purpose of this monitoring project is to maintain water quality data collection, build on local partnerships, and develop a better of understanding of what impacts the rivers located in central Minnesota.

Crow Wing