Grants List for Fiscal Year 2010S


Northwest Area Foundation made 85 grants in Fiscal Year 10S (FY10S), April 1, 2010 – Dec. 31, 2010, worth $9,275,513. FY10S spanned nine months, instead of the normal 12, as the Foundation changed its fiscal year dates to the traditional calendar year beginning January 1, 2011. This list corresponds with the 990-PF Form for 2010.

The following list is a description of the new grants paid in FY10S as well as payments made during the fiscal year on earlier grant agreements.

Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
San Francisco, CA
$2,500
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
 Annual membership

The Aspen Institute Inc.
Washington, DC
$2,000
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
Support for the annual fund or Aspen Philanthropy Letter, which publishes news about philanthropy

Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc.
New York, NY
$2,500
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
Annual membership

$10,000
7/1/2010 - 12/31/2010
Support for the convenings of African-American philanthropic professionals in Seattle, WA and Portland, OR

Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED)
Washington, DC
$50,000
9/14/2010 - 12/31/2010
Support for the 2010 Assets & Opportunity Campaign, which promotes a state-by-state assessment of 12 public policies that impact wealth, poverty, and financial security of families

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Eagle Butte, SD
$615,000
3/31/2006 - 3/31/2016
Development and implementation of a strategic plan to reduce poverty for the long term

Children's Defense Fund
St. Paul, MN
$50,000
8/31/2010 - 7/1/2011
Expansion of the Bridge to Benefits project in Montana and North Dakota enabling low-income working families to access public programs that keep them independent of welfare

Citizens League
St. Paul, MN
$30,000
6/22/2010 - 6/21/2011
Support for Pathways to Prosperity, which addresses barriers preventing Minnesotans from overcoming poverty

$500
11/10/2010
Sponsorship of 2010 annual meeting and civic celebration

College Success Foundation
Issaquah, WA
$1,000
11/5/2010
Sponsorship for the 10th anniversary celebration

Consensus Council Inc.
Bismarck, ND
$100,000
1/1/2011 - 12/31/2011
Support for the North Dakota Economic Policy project, a State Fiscal Analysis Initiative (SFAI) affiliate that conducts research and analysis on tax and budget policies that impact low- and moderate-income families

$6,000
9/14/2010 - 12/31/2010
Matching grant for a series of briefings through the North Dakota Economic Policy project

Council on Foundations
Arlington, VA
$39,500
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
Annual membership

Farmworker Housing Development Corporation
Woodburn, OR
$50,000
12/3/2010 - 10/31/2011
Support for the CAPACES Leadership Institute capital campaign, which seeks to raise money for a new building and to establish training that will build leadership among Latino farmworkers

First Children's Finance
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000
12/3/2010 - 12/31/2011
Expansion of child care center training and support to benefit low- and moderate-income workers in Waterloo/Cedar Falls, IA

Foundation Center
New York, NY
$2,000
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
Annual membership

Foundation for Community Vitality
Billings, MT
$91,000
6/15/2010 - 12/31/2010
Support for two Native American roundtables, which are meetings of philanthropic and tribal leaders seeking ways to collaborate

Four Bands Community Fund Inc.
Eagle Butte, SD
$100,000

12/3/2010 - 12/31/2011
Support for introducing the Making Waves youth financial training to schools on reservations

Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
Sebastopol, CA
$50,000
11/1/2010 - 10/31/2011
Support for the Advancing Immigrant Economic Integration project, which seeks to increase philanthropic collaboration for advancing economic and asset-building opportunities for immigrants  

$5,000
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
Annual membership

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Washington, DC
$5,000
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
Annual membership

Grantmakers of Oregon and SW Washington
Portland, OR
$2,975
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
Annual membership

Grants Managers Network
Metairie, LA
$1,000
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
Annual membership
   
Hacienda Community Development Corporation
Portland, OR
$60,000
12/3/2010 - 12/31/2011
Support for the Latino Adult Education and Community Economic Development project, which offers low-income Latinos access to GEDs, financial training, financial counseling, and personal microloans.

Headwaters Foundation for Justice
Minneapolis, MN
$75,000
12/3/2010 - 8/31/2011
Support for the Twin Cities African American Leadership Forum

$48,100
4/15/2010 - 12/31/2010
Support for the African American Leadership cross-state convening and the Grassroots & Groundwork scholarship fund

Hispanics in Philanthropy
San Francisco, CA
$3,000
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
Annual membership

Idaho Community Foundation
Boise, ID
$127,500
6/7/2010 - 12/31/2010
Assistance for 15 Horizons program communities to implement their strategic action plans to reduce poverty
 
Independent Sector
Washington, DC
$12,500
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
Annual membership

Iowa Council of Foundations
Des Moines, IA
$1,000
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
Annual membership

Iowa State University - Office of Sponsored Program Administration
Ames, IA
$224,000
8/1/2010 - 8/31/2011
Asset building, public policy, and leadership development work with 35 Horizons alumni communities in Iowa

Local Initiatives Support Corporation – Duluth
Duluth, MN
$100,000
4/2/2008 - 6/30/2011
Implementation of the Duluth Economic Opportunity Initiative, a replica of the Portland   Economic Opportunity Initiative, which has successfully increased the job skills and earnings of low-wage workers
    
Lummi Nation Service Organization
Bellingham, WA    
$400,000
3/31/2006 - 3/31/2016
Support for the Promoting Prosperity Lummi Nation Ventures program, which reduces poverty

Main Street Project
Minneapolis, MN
$140,800
12/3/2010 - 12/31/2011
Support for the agripreneur training approach that uses agriculture to create culturally based economic opportunities to increase assets and wealth among Latinos

Metropolitan Interfaith Council on Affordable Housing
St Paul, MN
$5,000
10/8/2010 - 10/15/2011
Support for strategic planning

Minnesota Community Foundation
St. Paul, MN
$102,000
6/8/2010 - 12/31/2010
Assistance for 12 Horizons program communities to implement their strategic action plans to reduce poverty

Minnesota Council on Foundations
Minneapolis, MN
$24,000
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
Annual membership
   
$5,000
9/1/2010 - 12/31/2010
Sponsorship of the 2010 Minnesota Council on Foundations Convening & Annual Meeting of Members, Oct. 2010 in St. Paul

Minnesota Public Radio
St. Paul, MN
$100,730
10/5/2007 - 12/1/2010
Support for the Poverty and Opportunity project, which expanded poverty reporting through American Radio Works

Montana Budget and Policy Center
Helena, MT
$50,000
12/14/2010 - 11/13/2011
Support for the State Fiscal Analysis Initiative (SFAI) affiliate, which conducts research and analysis on tax and budget policies that impact low- and moderate-income families

Montana Community Foundation Inc.
Helena, MT
$127,500
5/20/2010 - 12/31/2010
Assistance for 15 Horizons program communities to implement their strategic action plans to reduce poverty

Montana State University
Bozeman, MT
$300,000
8/1/2010 - 7/31/2011
Support for asset building, public policy and leadership development work with 35 Horizons alumni communities in Montana

Mountain States Group Inc.
Boise, ID
$125,000
1/1/2011 - 12/31/2011
Support for the Growing Green Businesses initiative that will provide training and assistance for starting green businesses and creating green jobs to benefit people of color and those with low incomes

National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
Washington, DC
$5,000
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
Annual membership

$30,000
5/19/2010 - 3/31/2011
Support for the Grantmaking for Community Impact project, which will expand philanthropic support for advocacy, community organizing, and civic engagement in Washington, Oregon, Montana, and Idaho

National Urban Fellows Inc.
New York, NY
$65,000
8/13/2010 - 5/31/2011
Support for underwriting costs associated with National Urban Fellow mentor placement activities
    
Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA)
Portland, OR
$3,000
11/12/2010
Table sponsorship at the NAYA Family Center gala

$10,000
10/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
Matching grant for new donors at the 2010 Paddle Raise, part of the NAYA Family Center’s 7th Annual Celebration, held Nov. 2010

$125,000
1/1/2011 - 12/31/2011
Support for the Integration & Collaboration:  Green Career Training & Small
Business Development project that provides training to increase job skills and small business startups

Native Americans in Philanthropy
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000
11/1/2010 - 11/30/2011
Grant received as a fiscal sponsor on behalf of Native Youth Leadership Alliance and its leadership development for the tribal college students project

$4,000
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
Annual membership

Neighborhood Funders Group
Washington, DC
$1,600
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
Annual membership

North Dakota Community Foundation
Bismarck, ND
$127,500
5/20/2010 - 12/31/2010
Assistance for 15 Horizons program communities to implement their strategic action plans to reduce poverty

North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND
$300,000
8/1/2010 - 12/31/2011
Asset building, public policy, and leadership development work with 42 Horizons alumni communities in North Dakota

Northwest Area Foundation Charitable Giving
St. Paul, MN
$7,305
4/1/2010 - 12/31/2010
Employee matching gift program

Ohio State University Foundation
Columbus, OH
$50,000
10/25/2010 - 9/1/2012
For a report by the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, commissioned by the African American Leadership Forum

Open Arms of Minnesota Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$250
10/1/2010 - 12/31/2010
Employee volunteer matching grant

Opportunity Link Inc.
Havre, MT
$500,000
4/10/2009 - 12/31/2011
Support for long-term poverty-reduction strategies in north central Montana

Oregon Native American Business & Entrepreneurial Network (ONABEN)
Tigard, OR
$100,000
2/1/2011 - 8/31/2011
For “Platforms, Networks, and Indianpreneurs – Forging Partnerships to Grow the Trade Sector,” which will support emerging Native financial institutions that provide training and loans to Native businesses

Partners for Prosperity: New Beginnings for Eastern Idaho
Blackfoot, ID
$1,000,000
4/7/2009 - 4/30/2012
Support for long-term poverty reduction strategies in eastern Idaho

The Paul J. Aicher Foundation
East Hartford, CT
$30,000
9/1/2010 - 8/31/2011
Update of Thriving Communities, a guide to building assets and wealth

Philanthropy Northwest
Seattle, WA
$11,700
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
Annual membership

$2,500
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
PRI Makers Network – annual membership

$6,175
4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011
Silver sponsorship

$15,000
11/1/2010 - 11/30/2011
Support for the PRI Makers Institute 2011

Potlatch Fund
Seattle, WA
$15,000
10/1/2010 - 11/30/2010
Sponsorship of annual gala, held Nov. 2010 in Seattle

Ramsey County Historical Society
St Paul, MN
$5,000
6/15/2010 - 12/31/2010
Support for a biography on Louis W. Hill Sr., the son of railroad magnate James J. Hill and the founder of Northwest Area Foundation
   
Rebuilding Together – Twin Cities
St. Paul, MN
$5,000
5/1/2010 - 12/31/2010
General operating support

The Seattle Foundation
Seattle, WA
$750,000
4/29/2010 - 3/31/2011
Support for Strategies to Eliminate Poverty (STEP), which works to improve state policies that assist working families in their efforts to overcome poverty

ShoreBank Enterprise Group Pacific
Ilwaco, WA
$125,000
12/3/2010 - 12/31/2011
Support for the Community Power Works project, which offers loans to low-income and disadvantaged businesses so they can gain access to weatherization jobs created through Seattle Community Power Works

South Dakota Community Foundation
Pierre, SD
$110,500

6/8/2010 - 12/31/2010
Assistance for 13 Horizons program communities to implement their strategic action plans to reduce poverty

South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD
$300,000
8/1/2010 - 12/31/2011
Asset building, public policy, and leadership development work with 36 Horizons alumni communities in South Dakota

South Dakota Voices for Children
Sioux Falls, SD
$100,000
1/1/2011 - 12/31/2011
Support for the State Fiscal Analysis Initiative (SFAI) affiliate, which conducts research and analysis on tax and budget policies that impact low- and moderate-income families

Statewide Poverty Action Network
Seattle, WA
$50,000
12/3/2010 - 11/30/2011
Support for the Grassroots Activism and Advocacy project to train statewide coalitions how to effectively advocate for policies that build assets, wealth, and economic opportunities for people with low incomes

Summit Academy OIC
Minneapolis, MN
$75,000
6/1/2010 - 4/30/2011
Support for extending heavy equipment job training and job placement to members of Native American tribes in Minnesota through the Programmatic and Geographic Employment (PAGE) Expansion program

TakeAction Minnesota Education Fund
St. Paul, MN
$50,000
9/27/2010 - 9/30/2011
Support for the Developing Leadership in a New Political and Economic Movement, which seeks to mobilize a broad coalition of Minnesotans to influence policies that reduce poverty and build prosperity

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
Belcourt, ND
$720,000
3/31/2006 - 3/31/2016
Support for Pathways to Prosperity, a long-term poverty-reduction strategy

Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation
St. Paul, MN
$25,000
10/8/2010 - 12/31/2011
Support for the Resources to Need Hub, a coalition of nonprofit organizations and government agencies that advocate for closing the achievement gap and bolstering the academic success of African-American children in St. Paul’s Frogtown and Summit-University neighborhoods

University of Idaho
Moscow, ID
$200,000
8/1/2010 - 8/31/2011
Asset building, public policy, and leadership development work with 34 Horizons alumni communities in Idaho

University of Minnesota – Sponsored Projects Administration
Minneapolis, MN
$200,000
8/1/2010 - 12/31/2011
Asset building, public policy, and leadership development work with 25 Horizons alumni communities in Minnesota

University of Washington – Office of Sponsored Programs
Seattle, WA
$200,000
3/1/2007 - 3/31/2012
Support for the Community Vitality project, which develops research related to building prosperity among low-income families

Washington State 4-H Foundation Inc.
Puyallup, WA
$127,500
6/8/2010 - 12/31/2010
Assistance for 15 Horizons program communities to implement their strategic action plans to reduce poverty in Washington

Washington State Microenterprise Association
Federal Way, WA
$72,853
12/3/2010 - 12/31/2011
Support for the Integrating Asset and Enterprise program, which links asset development strategies such as matched savings with small business development in Washington

Washington State University
Pullman, WA
$300,000
8/1/2010 - 12/31/2011
Asset building, public policy, and leadership development work with 40 Horizons alumni communities in Montana

YWCA of Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN
$3,525
9/15/2010 - 12/31/2010
Sponsorship of the annual Forums on Race, held Oct. 2010 in Minneapolis
   
Grand Total  $9,275,513