Dale Heimbach Wheeler Memorial Fund
Advocates Against Domestic Abuse, Aitkin
$2,000 for advocacy for battered women

Business Leaders Fund
Alliance for Sustainability, Ashland, WI
$3,000 to assist in strategic planning process

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fund
Area Partnership for Economic Expansion (APEX), Duluth
$10,000 for Angel Fund

Northeast Minnesota Sharing Fund
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency, Duluth
$11,000 to assist individuals in critical need

Anonymous Friend Fund
Arts District Planning Team, Duluth and Superior
$8,425 towards planning the Duluth and Superior Arts Districts

Morgan Fund
Art District Planning Team, Superior
$1,575 towards Superior Arts District planning

Wildey H. Mitchell Family Fund
Boys and Girls Club of Leech Lake, Cass Lake, MN
$10,000 for Project Learn, a program dedicated to making young people life-long learners

Todd, Susan, Matthew and Hilary Johnson 2007 Charitable Fund
Catholic Charities Bureau, Superior
$3,600 for an intergenerational children’s literacy program

Business Leaders Fund
Churches United in Ministry, Duluth
$5,625 towards a congregational program development coordinator

Duluth Legacy Endowment Fund
City of Duluth Architect, Duluth
$500 to replace rain gutters at the Harrison Community Recreation Center

Duluth Legacy Endowment Fund
City of Duluth Parks and Recreation Department, Duluth
$500 for Ski Cadet Program and Chester Bowl
1,000 to repair Lincoln Park facilities

Global Awareness Fund
Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial, Inc.
$3,000 for Bringing Truth to Light DVD

Anonymous Friend Fund
College of St. Scholastica, Duluth
$8,351 towards a college based recovery program designed to help students with addictions graduate

Global Awareness Fund
College of St. Scholastica, Duluth
$3,000 for Race, Identity and the Changing Face in America lecture and interactive workshops

Anonymous Friend Fund
Community Action Duluth, Duluth
$10,500 in support of the Antiracism Study-Dialogue Circles

Fair Chance Fund
Community Action Duluth, Duluth
$10,000 towards asset building program for low income people

Anonymous Friend Fund
Duluth Art Institute, Duluth
$10,000 towards Artreach, a new program designed to increase art education at Lincoln Park Elementary

Anonymous Friend Fund
Duluth Festival Opera, Duluth
$5,000 towards production of La Boheme

Morgan Fund
Duluth Heritage Sports Center, Duluth
$10,000 towards the main entrance of the new sports complex

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fund
Duluth Heritage Sports Center, Duluth
$10,000 towards the main entrance of the new sports complex

Duluth Legacy Endowment Fund
Duluth Public Library
$1,000 towards Book Time with Your Baby

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fund
Duluth Superior Area Educational TV Corporation – WDSE, Duluth
$1,997 towards high school essay, art and photo contests

Anonymous Friend Fund
Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra, Duluth
$10,000 towards FourthFest
$1,000 towards Music To You

Anonymous Friend Fund
Friends of the Finland Community, Finland, MN
$10,000 for capacity building

Anonymous Friend Fund
Gender Matters, Duluth
$10,000 towards seminar and educational efforts to better understand the effects of gender differences

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fund
Grant Community School Collaborative, Duluth
$7,000 for Collaborative Youth Development which supports academic achievement, school attendance and youth development

Todd, Susan, Matthew and Hilary Johnson 2007 Charitable Fund
Great Woods North, Duluth
$5,000 for 2009 operating support

Anonymous Friend Fund
Green Collar Jobs Coalition, Duluth
$10,000 to explore Green job training and opportunities

Moline Family Fund
Harbor House Crisis Shelters, Superior
$2,000 for Homeless Connects, an outreach program for homeless people

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fund
Junior League of Duluth, Duluth
$10,000 to rebuild Playfront Park

Anonymous Friend Fund
KCCI – Sustainable Twin Ports, Duluth
$8,000 to support documentary on the Early Adopters program

Dr. and Mrs. Bernhard Boecker Charitable Fund
KCCI – Sustainable Twin Ports, Duluth
$2,715 to support documentary on the Early Adopters program

Fund for the Environment
KCCI – Sustainable Twin Ports, Duluth
$1,285 to support documentary on the Early Adopters program

Anonymous Friend Fund
Kinship of Aitkin County, Aitkin
$8,500 for the Youth Development program which supports youth and their families through positive mentoring experiences, education and healthy community connections

G. Kendall Smith Fund
Lake Superior Rose Society, Duluth
$5,000 towards the renovation of the Leif Erickson Rose Garden

Dale Heimbach Wheeler Memorial Fund
Little Treasures Center, Inc., Duluth
$2,269 for the Family Crisis Fund, which ensures families going through crisis have access to daycare

Fair Chance Fund
Men as Peacemakers, Duluth
$8,325 towards Girl’s Restorative Project

Wildey H. Mitchell Family Fund
Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans-Veterans Outreach North, Duluth
$10,000 in Duluth programming and services

Anonymous Friend Fund
Minnesota Council for Non-profits, St. Paul
$3,000 for 2009 Senior Management Institute

Wildey H. Mitchell Family Fund
Minnesota Resource Center, Duluth
$10,000 towards Core Employment Skills project

Business Leaders Fund
Neighborhood Housing Services of Duluth, Duluth
$10,000 for Civic Community Safety Initiative, a program designed to combat crime by building civic connections between residents in Duluth neighborhoods

Anonymous Friend Fund
Northeast Minnesota Sharing Fund, Duluth
$11,000 to assist individuals in critical need

Central Mesabi Fund for Human Services
Northeast Minnesota Sharing Fund, Duluth
$6,000 to assist individuals in critical need

Dale Heimbach Wheeler Memorial Fund
North Shore Horizons, Two Harbors
$2,360 in public education and outreach
$1,000 for New Beginnings Supportive services

Wildey H. Mitchell Family Fund
Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault (PAVSA), Duluth
$15,000 to expand Safe and Strong Child program

C.E., Jr. and M.K. Fuller Fund
Program of Promise, Duluth
$1,488 towards Habitat Connection, which serves as a safety net for teen parents

Fair Chance Fund
Program of Promise, Duluth
$3,000 towards Habitat Connection, which serves as a safety net for teen parents

Anonymous Friend Fund
Renegade Comedy Theatre, Duluth
$5,000 for Shakespeare in the School

Dale Heimbach Wheeler Memorial Fund
SMDC Foundation, Duluth
$2,750 for Reach out and Read which provides books for children

Todd, Susan, Matthew and Hilary Johnson 2007 Charitable Fund
SMDC Foundation, Duluth
$8,500 for Voyageurs Children’s Theater

Duluth-Superior Sharing Fund
The Salvation Army, Duluth
$7,500 in assistance for those in critical need

Duluth-Superior Sharing Fund
The Salvation Army, Superior
$2,500 in assistance for those in critical need

Fund for the Environment
Town of LaPointe
$2,000 for wind energy feasibility study

Lawrence E. and Mabel Jackson Rudberg Scholarship Fund
Two Harbors Public Library
$2,000 for children’s books and educational materials

Anonymous Friend Fund
United Way of Greater Duluth, Duluth
$7,000 for 2-1-1 information and referral expansion

Business Leaders Fund
University of Wisconsin – Superior
$1,500 for Northwoods Nonprofit program

Anonymous Friend Fund
WTIP North Shore Radio
$8,000 for economic radio show series

- GRANTS AWARDED JUNE 2008 -

APEX
Duluth, Minnesota
$10,000 for operating support

Campus Neighbors
Duluth, Minnesota
$3,000 for the Campus Neighbors Web site

Center for Social Justice and Human Rights
Duluth, Minnesota
$10,000 for Center for Social Justice and Human Rights

City of Duluth
Parks and Recreation Department – Duluth, Minnesota
$2,560 for the Summer Adventure Program

City of Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota
$10,000 for Duluth Cities for Climate Protection

Churches United in Ministry
Duluth, Minnesota
$4,000 for the Leadership Development of Congregational Delegates $20,000 for Expanding Horizons

College of St. Scholastica
Duluth, Minnesota
$10,000 for Reversing the Trend: Increasing Interest in the Computer Sciences

Community Action Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota
$25,000 for the Duluth Transportation Initiative

Courage Center Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota
$3,247 for the Kidz Summer Adventure program

Damiano of Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota
$4,160 for the Damiano Kids Café

Douglas County Recycling
Superior, Wisconsin
$8,500 for Count Me Green!

Duluth Children’s Museum
Duluth, Minnesota
$10,000 for Passport to Culture

Duluth/Superior Sharing Fund
Superior, Wisconsin
$5,000 for 2009 Sharing Fund in Superior

East Hillside PATCH
Duluth, Minnesota
$4,000 for Health Equity Film

Friendship Ventures
McGregor, Minnesota
$1,000 for their scholarship fund

Harbor House Crisis Shelters
Superior, Wisconsin
$1,130 for shelter programming in 2009

Hartley Nature Center
Duluth, Minnesota
$963 for the From the Creek to the Classroom Project

Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, Inc.
Duluth, Minnesota
$1,000 for the Peregrine Watch program

Kids Closet of Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota
$4,198 for the Kids Closet of Duluth

Lyric Opera of the North
Duluth, Minnesota
$3,915 for marketing and promotion of Handel’s Semele

Minnesota Ballet
Duluth, Minnesota
$5,000 for a Projects Coordinator

North End Arts Council
Superior, Wisconsin
$2,000 for Community Garden Sculpture
$2,540 for Venus: Poets and Fiber Artists Reflect

Northern Communities Land Trust
Duluth, Minnesota
$15,000 for Home Improvement/Inspection Program

Northwest Wisconsin CEP, Inc.
Ashland, Wisconsin
$1,680 for the Crex Meadows Youth Conservation Camp

Range Respite Project
Virginia, Minnesota
$1,000 for Dementia Specific Group Respite

The Salvation Army
Superior, Wisconsin
$1,200 for the Summer Day Camp Program

Solon Springs School District
Solon Springs, Wisconsin
$3,300 for the Thailand Short Term Teacher Exchange

St. Louis County Historical Society
Duluth, Minnesota
$4,850 for Veterans’ Memorial Hall Web site update

Teen Harbor
Superior, Wisconsin
$4,562 for the Teen Harbor Youth Center

United Way of Greater Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota
$10,000 for the Early Childhood Initiative - Year 2

University of Minnesota Duluth
Center for Environmental Education – Duluth, Minnesota
$14,295 for operating support - Year 3

Woodland Hills
Duluth, Minnesota
$5,000 for their capital campaign
$20,000 for Building Success in Youth

WTIP North Shore Radio
Grand Marais, Minnesota
$3,000 for One Community, One Book project

YWCA of Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota
$5,000 for the YWCA Meeting and Training Space
$20,000 for the Spirit Valley Young Mothers Program

- GRANTS AWARDED DECEMBER 2007 -

Alliance for Sustainability
Ashland, Wisconsin
$10,000 for Campaign Sustain Year 2

Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency
Virginia, Minnesota
$11,000 to Assist Individuals in Critical Need

Bayfield Regional Conservancy
Bayfield, Wisconsin
$3,000 for Membership Coordinator

Center Against Sexual & Domestic Abuse, Inc.
Superior, Wisconsin
$4,000 for Operating Support

Center for Rural Planning
Duluth, Minnesota
$5,000 for Pilot Alternative Dispute Resolution Model

City of Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota
$10,000 for CrimeView® Community for the Duluth Police Department

City of Silver Bay
Silver Bay, Minnesota
$2,575 for Assisted Living Study for Senior Citizens

College of St. Scholastica
Duluth, Minnesota
$5,000 for African Drumming Groups

Community Action Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota
$25,000 for Circles of Support

Damiano of Duluth, Inc.
Duluth, Minnesota
$6,000 for Feasibility Planning with Duluth Playhouse

Duluth Art Institute
Duluth, Minnesota
$5,000 for Artist Nexus Professional Development Series

Duluth Playhouse, Inc.
Duluth, Minnesota
$3,000 for Playground Theatre Seats

Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra
Duluth, Minnesota
$4,726 for Community Engagement Program
$3,000 for DECC Auditorium Sound System
$2,649 for Focus Groups

FinnFest 2008
Duluth, Minnesota
$1,000 for FinnFest 2008 Guest Lecturers
$5,000 for Sharing the Spirit of Finland Festival

Friends of Finland Community
Finland, Minnesota
$10,000 for Capacity Building 2nd Year Support

Friends of the St. Croix Headwaters, Inc.
Gordon, Wisconsin
$2,000 for St. Croix Riverfest

Harbor House Crisis Shelters
Superior, Wisconsin
$4,000 for Staff Expansion

Knight Creative Communities Initiative / Art Works
Duluth, Minnesota
$25,000 for Art Works Expo

Knight Creative Communities Initiative / Mix It Up
Duluth, Minnesota
$3,000 for Diversity Dinners

Knight Creative Communities Initiative / Sustainable Twin Ports
Duluth, Minnesota
$25,000 for Twin Ports Early Adopters of Sustainability Project

Knight Creative Communities Initiative / Twin Ports Pathways
Duluth, Minnesota
$15,000 for Bike Rack Art Project

Lake Superior Big Top Chautauqua
Washburn, Wisconsin
$4,000 for Community Summer Series

Lucius Woods Performing Arts Center, Inc.
Solon Springs, Wisconsin
$500 for Music in the Park

Mental Health Association of Minnesota
Duluth, Minnesota
$1,150 for Advocacy and Education Programs

Minnesota AIDS Project Duluth, Minnesota
$1,150 for Advertising Campaign

Minnesota Council for Quality
Minnetonka, Minnesota
$10,000 for Duluth-Superior Performance Improvement Network

Minnesota Program Development, Inc.
Duluth, Minnesota
$6,325 for Bring "Duluth-Model" to the World
$4,000 for Domestic Abuse Intervention Project

New America Foundation, Arms and Security Initiative
New York, N.Y.
$1,950 for Alternative Defense Policy: A Citizen's Perspective

New America Foundation
Washington, D.C.
$2,075 for Lectures on America and the World

Northern Lights Music Festival
Aurora, Minnesota
$8,000 for Program Support

Northern Waters Parish Nurse Ministry
Superior, Wisconsin
$453 for Pathway to Wholeness

Northland Wisconsin Saves
Superior, Wisconsin
$3,000 for Build Wealth, Not Debt

The Northspan Group, Inc.
Duluth, Minnesota
$10,000 for Northland Connection

People’s Institute North
Duluth, Minnesota
$14,000 for Cross-Cultural Organizing Curriculum Project

Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault
Duluth, Minnesota
$1,000 for Capacity Assessment and Sustainability Plan

Range Women’s Advocates
Virginia, Minnesota
$15,000 for Collaborative Efforts
$4,000 for Operating Support

Riverwood Foundation
Aitkin, Minnesota
$6,459 for Community Artist Greeting Card Project

Sacred Heart Music Center
Duluth, Minnesota
$25,000 for Staff Funding

Salvation Army
Duluth, Minnesota
$10,000 to Assist Individuals in Critical Need

St. Louis River Citizens’ Action Committee
Duluth, Minnesota
$5,000 for Marketing Plan

Sugarloaf: The North Shore Stewardship Association
Duluth, Minnesota
$9,800 for Sugarloaf Cove Trail Improvement Project

Two Harbors Public Library
Two Harbors, Minnesota
$2,000 for Children’s Books and Educational Materials

University of Minnesota Duluth Alworth Institute
Duluth, Minnesota
$2,680 for “China: Problems and Prospects” by Gordon G. Chang

University of Wisconsin Superior
Superior, Wisconsin
$500 for Music Department - China Tour 2008

YWCA of Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota
$1,000 for “Herstory Wall”

- GRANTS AWARDED SEPTEMBER 2007 -

AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin
Superior, Wisconsin
$2,000 for Treatment and Prevention Outreach

Center for Independent Living of Northeastern Minnesota
Duluth, Minnesota
$3,100 for PACER Puppets

CHOICE, unlimited
Duluth, Minnesota
$1,958 for ARTS Program Development

College of St. Scholastica
Duluth, Minnesota
$3,000 for Concert by Emily Van Evera

Community Action Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota
$3,000 for ASDIC II (Antiracism Study - Dialogue Circles)

Copeland Community Center
Duluth, Minnesota
$ 3,000 for Hmong New Year Celebration

Damiano of Duluth, Inc.
Duluth, Minnesota
$4,000 for Housing Services

Duluth Festival Opera
Duluth, Minnesota
$2,000 for 2008 Summer Festival Artist

Duluth Lighthouse for the Blind
Duluth, Minnesota
$1,000 for Helen Keller National Center Workshop

Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra
Duluth, Minnesota
$2,000 for Invitation to Three Artists

Grant Community School Collaborative
Duluth, Minnesota
$900 for Steps to the Future Pow Wow & Career Fair

Kids Closet of Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota
Two grants totaling $4,914 for Back to School Clothing

Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra
Duluth, Minnesota
$1,500 for Jo Anne Link and Joseph Zins Performance

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota
Duluth, Minnesota
$3,089 for Family Resource Center

Men as Peacemakers
Duluth, Minnesota
$1,000 for Stowe Reading Partner Program

Mesabi Family YMCA
Virginia, Minnesota
$3,500 for Trim Kids

Mesabi Humane Society
Virginia, Minnesota
$3,381 for Spay-Neuter Program

Minnesota Ballet
Duluth, Minnesota
Two grants totaling $3,217 for Coaching for “Swan Lake”

Range Women’s Advocates
Virginia, Minnesota
$5,000 for Direct Victim Services

The Salvation Army
Duluth, Minnesota
$5,000 for Northern St. Louis County Money Management Program

Sexual Assault Program of Northern St. Louis County
Virginia, Minnesota
$4,000 for Victim Services

UDAC, Inc.
Duluth, Minnesota
$2,585 for Special Transportation for DSSO

- GRANTS AWARDED JUNE 2007 -

Catholic Charities Bureau
Superior, Wisconsin
Two grants totaling $10,000 for Lead Free Douglas County 2010

Churches United in Ministry
Duluth, Minnesota
$1,500 for CHUM Support Worker

City of Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota
Two grants totaling $10,000 for The Northland Works

College of St. Scholastica
Duluth, Minnesota
$10,000 for The Twin Ports New Americans Project

Duluth Area Trails Alliance
Duluth, Minnesota
$1,000 for Conservation of Trail Corridors

Duluth Art Institute
Duluth, Minnesota
$10,000 for Fire and Security Alarm System
$1,000 for Local Artist Recognition

Duluth Children’s Museum, Inc.
Duluth, Minnesota
$6,000 for Passport to Culture

Duluth Playhouse, Inc.
Duluth, Minnesota
$10,000 for Equipment Replacement

Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation
Duluth, Minnesota
$10,000 for Knight Creative Communities Initiative

East Hillside PATCH, Inc.
Duluth, Minnesota
$10,000 for Comprehensive Needs Assessment

Ely Community Resources
Ely, Minnesota
$4,500 for Project “Ely” (Empowerment through Learning for Youth)

Friendship Ventures
McGregor, Minnesota
$900 for Camp New Hope Operating Support

Girl Scouts Northern Pine Council
Duluth, Minnesota
$10,000 for Washington Center Girl Scouts Outreach

Harbor House Crisis Center
Superior, Wisconsin
$4,500 for Homeless Children’s Project

Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, Inc.
Duluth, Minnesota
$6,150 for Raptors in the Classroom 2007

ISD #1 Aitkin Public Schools
Aitkin, Minnesota
$15,000 for Parent Involvement Program - Rippleside Elementary

ISD #709 Duluth Public Schools
Duluth, Minnesota
$8,560 for Scott Anderson Leadership Forum

Little Treasures Center, Inc.
Duluth, Minnesota
$968 for Outdoor Environments

Lutheran Social Service
Duluth, Minnesota
$2,000 for Outreach Project

Minnesota Land Trust
Duluth, Minnesota
$15,000 for North Shore Protection Initiative

North Country R.I.D.E.
Esko, Minnesota
$3,620 for At Risk Youth Development Pilot Program

Northern Communities Land Trust
Duluth, Minnesota
$15,750 for Home Improvement Projects

Northland College
Ashland, Wisconsin
$1,200 for Lake Superior Pathfinders Program

Range Respite Project
Virginia, Minnesota
$900 for Website Upgrade Project

United Way of Greater Duluth
Duluth, Minnesota
$15,000 for Early Childhood Initiative

University of MN - Duluth Center for Environmental Education
Duluth, Minnesota
$20,000 for Operating Support for Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center