Posted on September 19, 2009

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Bush Foundation Announces $7.25 Million in Payments

The St. Paul-based Bush Foundation has announced that between May and August it distributed more than $7.2 million in grants to organizations in Minnesota and the Dakotas.

Payments totaling more than $5.2 million went to support legacy and transition grantees including St. Paul's Independent School District #625 ($630,951); AchieveMpls ($541,526); the South Dakota Community Foundation ($500,000); tribal child welfare agency Lakota Oyate Wakanyeja Owicakiyapi in Pine Ridge, South Dakota ($286,950); and the Minneapolis-based Green Institute ($250,000).

The foundation also disbursed $2 million through its Goals for a Decade program, which supports leadership and community engagement, Native nations, and educational achievement. Those payments included $250,000 to the Minnesota Opera in Minneapolis; $150,756 to Hamline University in St. Paul; $125,000 to the University of South Dakota in Vermillion; and $25,000 to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe in Cass Lake, Minnesota.

The foundation expects to distribute a total of $30 million during 2009, of which $15.1 million has been announced to date.

“Nonprofits Receive More Than $7.2 Million in Bush Foundation Grant Payments.” Bush Foundation Press Release 9/14/09.

Primary Subject: Community Improvement/Development
Secondary Subject(s): Education, Arts and Culture, Human Services, Environment
Location(s): Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota

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