Recent Grants

March 2012 Grants

 

Scott D. Anderson Leadership Foundation Fund

ISD#709 – Duluth Public Schools

$24,285 for Scott Anderson Leadership Forum – Year X

 

Anishinabe Fund

Chequamegon Bay Area Arts Council

$898 for No Reservations

 

Grant Community School Collaborative

$1,000 for Anishinable Family Cultural Classes and Pow Wow

 

WTIP North Shore Radio

$780 for Lake Superior Film Festival

 

Aspen Fund II


Churches United in Ministry

$500 for Program Support

 

Duluth Art Institute

$1,000 for Program Support

 

Duluth Children’s Museum, Inc.

$1,000 for Program Support

 

Duluth Congregational Church

$500 for Program Support

 

Lakeview Christian Academy

$1,600 for Program Support

 

Marshall School

$4,000 for Program Support

 

Tweed Museum of Art (UMD)

$500 for Program Support

 

Union Gospel Mission

$1,000 for Program Support

 

United Way of Greater Duluth

$1,500 for Program Support

 

 

Biodiversity Fund


Bad River Watershed Association

$3,000 for Temperature Monitoring for Protection of Cold Water Habitat

 

Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, Inc.

$7,000 for Developing a Sustainable Passerine Banding Program at Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory

 

Sugarloaf: The North Shore Stewardship Association

$1,500 for Engaging Private Landowners in North Shore Forest Restoration

 

Wildwoods

$1,253 for Wildwoods Rehabilitation Wildlife Care and Education

 

Central Mesabi Fund for Human Services


Edge of the Wilderness Community Center

$5,503 for Joseph Geshick…Journeys, Ojibwe Art Exhibit

 

NEMN Sharing Fund

$5,000 for Funds Transfer

 

Cloquet Educational Foundation Fund


Cloquet Educational Foundation

$19,952 for Program Support

 

Community Opportunity Fund


Council on Foundations         

$4,640 for Annual Membership Dues

 

Donors Forum of Wisconsin

$2,500 for Annual Membership Dues

 

Minnesota Council on Foundations

$3,725 for Annual Membership Dues

 

Minnesota Council of Nonprofits

$1,500 for Northeast Summit

 

Elva B. and Mitchell J. Sill Family Fund


Boys & Girls Club of Duluth

$500 for Program Support

 

Habitat for Humanity of Collier County

$3,000 for Easter Gift in Memory of David Sill

 

Haiti Outreach

$500 for Program Support

 

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

$6,000 for Program Support

 

Trinity-by-the-Cove Episcopal Church

$7,000 for Program Support

 

United Way of Greater Duluth

$3,000 for Program Support

 

Global Awareness Fund


College of St. Scholastica

$2,000 for Unleashing Women to Fight Global Poverty

 

North Shore Music Association

$1,567 for West African Drum and Dance K-5 Workshop and Performance

 

Moline Family Donor Advised Fund


Boys & Girls Club of Duluth

$750 for Operating Support

 

Duluth Central High Alumni Scholarship Fund

$1,000 for 2012 Scholarships

 

YMCA of Duluth

$750 for Partner with Youth Fund

 

Rails Endowment for Academic Art Athletic Development, REA3D


Rails Endowment for Academic, Art & Athletic Development, Inc.

$284 for Program Support

 

Rails Endowment for Academic, Art & Athletic Development, Inc.

$4,202 for Program Support

 

Silver Bay Charitable Fund


ISD#381 Lake Superior Public Schools

$6,979 for School Readiness Scholarships – Silver Bay

Just Kids Dental

$3,000 for Just Kids Dental Silver Bay Program

 

Lutheran Social Services

$5,000 for Program Support

 

Northern Lake County Arts Board

$2,000 for Masterpiece Art Program/Ticket Vouchers

 

North Shore Horizons

$2,100 for Volunteer Capacity Building

 

Silver Bay Parent Teacher Student Organization

$2,300 for William Kelly Elementary After School Program

 

Jane S. Smith Memorial Fund


Duluth Playhouse, Inc.

$2,000 for Professional Dance Flooring

 

Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra

$1,095 for DSSO Chamber Music Series

 

Minnesota Ballet

$2,000 for Firebird Set-Build

 

Tweed Museum of Art (UMD)

$2,000 for Sister Mary Charles McGough Art Exhibition

 

Philip H. and Barbara Strom Family Charitable Fund


Woodland Hills

$115,000 for Restoration of the Woodland Hills Theatre

 

Wirtanen Family Fund


Churches United in Ministry

$1,200 for Affecting Changes

 

Duluth-Rania Friendship Exchange

$1,000 for Rania Delegation Visit