F. R. Bigelow Foundation Announces $2.3 Million in Grants

Source: F. R. Bigelow Foundation 02/09/2012

(Feb. 9, 2012) – The board of trustees of the F. R. Bigelow Foundation, an affiliate of Minnesota Philanthropy Partners, approved 38 grants totaling $2,327,019 at its November 2011 meeting. A complete list of grants follows.

ARTS, CULTURE AND HUMANITIES:
Total of $410,000 in 5 grants.

Arts Midwest
Minneapolis, MN
To help finance the budget of ArtsLab
$150,000

ECHO Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the Youth Diabetes Project
$20,000

Minnesota Childrens Museum
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the Play It Forward Capital Campaign
$150,000

Minnesota Landmarks Inc
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of Organizational Capacity Funds for Full-Time Development Position
$40,000

Public Art Saint Paul
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget for The Next Public Art
$50,000

EDUCATION AND RELATED ACTIVITIES:
Total of $90,000 in 3 grants.

Education for Critical Thinking
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the Violence Against Women Education Project in Ramsey, Washington and
Dakota counties
$30,000

Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs Inc
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the Central Corridor Internship Program
$20,000

University of St Thomas
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of Canku Kagupi Miikana (A Pathway)
$40,000

HEALTH:
Total of $301,800 in 4 grants.

Friends of Barbara Schneider Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
To help finance the expansion of the Culturally-Responsive Crisis Intervention Team Training Project in Ramsey, Washington and Dakota counties
$ 11,800

HealthEast Foundation
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the Health Equity Project Expansion
$40,000

People Incorporated
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the Parenting Project
$ 50,000

Regions Hospital Foundation
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the New Mental Health Facility
$ 200,000

HUMAN SERVICES:
Total of $595,219 in 15 grants.

AMICUS Inc 100 Produce Plaza
Minneapolis, MN
To help finance the budget of Making a Map: Finding My Way Back
$ 75,000

Arc Greater Twin Cities
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of Transition to Work
$20,000

Asian Women United
Minneapolis, MN
To help finance the budget of the Safe and Healthy Choices Project in Ramsey, Washington and Dakota counties
$ 15,000

Childrens Law Center of Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the Ramsey County Permanency Project
$20,000

GENESIS II for Families Inc
Minneapolis, MN
To help finance the budget of the Clinical Intern Program Delivery Model Expansion
$ 15,000

Genesys Works
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget for Program Expansion
$20,000

Leonardos Basement
Minneapolis, MN
To help finance the budget of Growing Griggs
$ 15,000

Lifetrack Resources Inc
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the Families Together in the Home Program
$ 55,000

The Link
Minneapolis, MN
To help finance the budget of Lincoln Place
$ 50,000

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the East Side Financial Center's sustainability
$25,000

McDonough Organization with Respect and Equality for People
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the Mental Health Services Expansion
$10,219

Neighbors Inc
South St. Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the 40th Anniversary Capital Campaign
$150,000

The Sanneh Foundation Inc
Eden Prairie, MN
To help finance the budget of the Dreamline Corps
$30,000

The Network for Better Futures
Minneapolis, MN
To help finance the budget of the East Metro Expansion
$75,000

YouthCARE
Minneapolis, MN
To help finance the budget for the Young Women's Mentoring Program
$20,000

PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT:
Total of $930,000 in 11 grants.

District Councils Collaborative of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of Empowering Communities Amid Regional Change
$50,000

Latino Economic Development Center
Minneapolis, MN
To help finance the budget of the East Metro Latino Academy TTOIC Program
$25,000

Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the COACTION Fund in the East Metro
$75,000

Minnesota Project Inc
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget for Connecting Small Farm Produce and Immigrant Farmers to New Markets
$ 25,000

The Saint Paul Foundation $ 525,000
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget for the Community Sharing Fund
$100,000

To help finance the budget of Numbers Work!
$325,000
To help finance the budget of the Management Improvement Fund
$100,000

Saint Paul Riverfront Corporation
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the 2012 budget of the Community Design Assistance Program
$ 20,000

SPARC
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of Stay in Saint Paul Expansion
$35,000

Heartland Democracy Center
Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget of the Empowering U Project in Ramsey, Washington and Dakota counties
$ 25,000

Tiwahe Foundation Care of Grotto Foundation
Arden Hills, MN
To help finance the budget of start-up costs and for the endowment campaign
$150,000