2013
Northwest Area Foundation made 138 grants in Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13) worth $15,778,932. The fiscal year runs Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2013.
The following list is a description of the new grants paid in FY13 as well as payments made during the fiscal year on previous grant agreements.
African Development Center
Minneapolis, MN
$250,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2014
Core operating support
African Immigrant Services Inc.
Brooklyn Park, MN
$3,000
08/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Sponsorship of From Observers to Active Leaders event
Afroeco Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$7,500
07/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Sponsorship on behalf of Project Sweetie Pie for Gardens Without Borders / Classrooms Without Walls
Alliance for Metropolitan Stability
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
09/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Sponsorship of Fair Housing & Equity Assessment roundtables and dinners
American Indian Institute
Bozeman, MT
$7,700
07/23/2013 – 07/25/2013
Sponsorship of the Weaving Webs of Women’s Wisdom movement
AMOS Institute of Public Life
Des Moines, IA
$200,000
04/01/2013 – 03/31/2015
Support for Project IOWA, a workforce development program that helps low-income workers move to living-wage jobs
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
San Francisco, CA
$2,500
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
$25,000
11/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Support for the Coalition of Asian-American Leaders
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
$5,000
04/04/13 – 04/07/13
Support for 2013 annual conference and James A. Joseph lecture and awards ceremony
$5,000
11/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
General operating sponsorship
Boys & Girls Club of the Leech Lake Area Inc. (BGCLLA)
Cass Lake, MN
$80,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2014
Support for the BGCLLA Workforce Development program, which develops job training, financial education and employment opportunities for youth in the reservation’s private sector
Build Wealth MN Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$150,000
08/01/2013 – 06/30/2015
Support for the Family Stabilization Plan, a two-year financial education program that teaches household budgeting and savings
Center for Community Change
Washington, DC
$125,000
10/01/2013 – 09/30/2014
Support for Reducing Poverty and Building Prosperity, a project that provides community organizing and advocacy training for grassroots organizations in Idaho, Montana and South Dakota
Centerstone of Seattle
Seattle, WA
$50,000
08/01/2013 – 10/31/2014
Support for the Prosperity project, which provides financial education and public-advocacy work in collaboration with the Seattle African American Leadership Forum
Cheyenne River Youth Project
Eagle Butte, SD
$750,000
04/01/2013 – 09/30/2014
Support for the Wiyan Toka Win (Leading Lady) Garden project, to provide Native American youth with training in food production, small business ownership, and improved nutrition and health
Chicanos Latinos Unidos en Servicio (CLUES)
St. Paul, MN
$5,000
12/18/2013 – 12/20/2013
Sponsorship of Al Nino Con Carino event
Children’s Defense Fund
St. Paul, MN
$150,000
10/01/2013 – 09/30/2015
Support for the Building Security for Minnesota Children and Families initiative to build partnerships and promote policies that foster economic security
Cookie Cart
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000
07/01/2013 – 06/01/2015
Support for youth employment and training
Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED)
Washington, DC
$150,000
10/01/2013 – 09/30/2014
Support for the Supporting Expansion of Financial Access and Wealth-Building initiatives in Northwest Area Foundation target communities to build assets among African-Americans and increase access to mainstream financial institutions among the unbanked
Council on Foundations
Arlington, VA
$34,500
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
Craft3 Investment LLC
Ilwaco, WA
$350,000
04/01/2013 – 3/31/2014
General operating support
The Democracy Collaborative Foundation Inc.
Cleveland, OH
$300,000
05/01/2013 – 03/31/2014
Support for the Learning/Action Lab Community Wealth Building program, which develops Native employee ownership and social enterprise for community wealth building
Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action
New York, NY
$45,000
04/01/2013 – 03/31/2014
Support for Poverty-Reduction Strategies and the Middle Class, a paper that advances a new policy agenda to spur economic opportunities and security for all
Economic Policy Institute
Washington, DC
$100,000
02/01/2013 – 01/31/2014
Support for Characterizing High Unemployment Rates Among American Indian Populations and Identifying Prescriptions for Success initiative, a policy project that will call attention to unemployment rates and the need for job-creation opportunities for Native Americans
$5,000
10/07/2013 – 10/09/2013
Sponsorship of 2013 EARN conference
El Centro de la Raza
Seattle, WA
$100,000
01/01/2014 – 12/31/2015
Support to bolster the volunteer and asset-building programs, which serve low-income Latinos who are working their way out of poverty
Farmers’ Legal Action Group Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$100,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Support for From the Margins to the Mainstream: Reducing Poverty, Increasing Assets, and Creating Sustainable Economic Opportunity for Minnesota’s Immigrant Farmers program
Financial Innovations Center Inc.
Chicago, IL
$11,750
07/01/2013 – 10/31/2013
Support for Sustainable Financial Services for the UN(der)banked program, providing low-cost, sustainable financial services and products for low-income people who have little to no access to banking services
First Nations Development Institute
Longmont, CO
$500,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2015
Support for the Informing Strategies for Change: a Survey of Northwest Regional Native American Assets, for creating a comprehensive database detailing assets and programs of 75 Tribal Nations in the Foundation’s region to help shape reports on strategies around renewable energy, food systems, and public policy opportunities for Native Americans
$5,000
10/01/2013 – 10/05/2013
Sponsorship of 18th annual L.E.A.D. Institute national conference
First Peoples Fund
Rapid City, SD
$1,000,000
10/01/2013 – 09/30/2016
Support for the Native Arts Economy – Building Pilot Project to fund efforts to develop Native American art into a viable business sector capable of lifting communities out of poverty
Four Bands Community Fund Inc.
Eagle Butte, SD
$6,000
04/10/2013 – 04/12/2013
Sponsorship of the 2013 South Dakota Indian Business Alliance conference
Fresh Air Inc. (KFAI Radio)
Minneapolis, MN
$25,000
04/15/2013 – 12/31/2013
Support for the public policy forum Conversations with Al McFarlane
Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$5,000
04/18/2013 – 04/18/2013
Sponsorship of 2013 Women of Distinction luncheon
Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees
Sebastopol, CA
$5,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
$200,000
12/01/2013 – 10/31/2015
Support for Northwest Area Immigrant Asset-Building initiative, a pilot model to help low-income immigrants gain access to credit, loans and mainstream financial institution services
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Washington, DC
$6,100
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
Grantmakers of Oregon and SW Washington
Portland, OR
$2,594
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
Grants Managers Network
Washington, DC
$2,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development
Minneapolis, MN
$139,200
07/01/2013 – 10/31/2014
Support for the Legacy Fund Initiative: Harnessing Oil Wealth to Build a Positive Future for All North Dakota Citizens, which funds convenings on policy recommendations for North Dakota’s oil and gas Legacy Fund, organizes grassroots citizen input, and compiles findings into a white paper for lawmakers
Greater Twin Cities United Way
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2015
Operating support for Generation Next, an initiative to close the educational achievement gap among low-income and minority students
Habitat for Humanity International Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$3,000
04/19/2013 – 04/21/2013
Sponsorship of the 2013 Hard Hat & Black Tie gala
Hacienda Community Development Corporation
Portland, OR
$200,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2015
Support for Latino Asset Building and Training, a project aimed at building assets of low-income Latinos through microenterprise, homeownership, personal savings and building credit
Headwaters Foundation for Justice
Minneapolis, MN
$500,000
05/01/2013 – 12/31/2014
Support for the African American Leadership Forum regional initiative
$500
05/16/2013 – 05/16/2013
Sponsorship of 2013 Allies for Justice dinner
Hispanics in Philanthropy
Oakland, CA
$3,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
Homes of Oakridge Human Services
Des Moines, IA
$150,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2015
Support for Transitions, an intensive job training and placement program focused on overcoming barriers to employment for refugees and other hard-to-place workers
Hopa Mountain Foundation
Bozeman, MT
$500,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2016
Support for Strengthening the Circle, a program to support Native leaders in their efforts to improve education, ecological health and economic development, and to expand a fellowship program for Native youth within the Native nonprofit sector
Independent Sector
Washington, DC
$10,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
International Traditional Games Society
East Glacier Park, MT
$5,000
06/26/2013 – 06/28/2013
Sponsorship of first International Native Games conference
Iowa Council of Foundations
Des Moines, IA
$1,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
Lakota Funds
Kyle, SD
$30,000
04/15/2013 – 04/15/2014
Sponsorship of South Dakota Native Homeowner Coalition
$400,000
12/01/2013 – 12/31/2016
Support for The Lakota Fund, focused on culturally and community-appropriate business and lending strategies to build the Pine Ridge Reservation economy
Little Earth Residents Association Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$42,800
08/01/2013 – 07/30/2014
Participation in the Native Employee-owned Enterprise Development Pilot Project Cohort, a year-long training that provides entrepreneurial coaching to strengthen, support and expand knowledge of community wealth-building practices fundamental to creating employee-owned businesses
$300,000
10/01/2013 – 09/30/2016
Support for Little Earth Community Prosperity program, an effort to build financial prosperity through housing programs, social enterprises, financial education and job-skills building
Main Street Project
Minneapolis, MN
$15,000
11/01/2013 – 06/30/2014
Support for Capital Access in Rural Areas Research, to research and develop ways to measure success in improving access to capital for small-scale agriculture businesses in rural areas
Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA)
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
03/01/2013 – 10/30/2013
Support for United Communities Federal Credit Union Feasibility Study (phase II), to support the research on the viability of establishing a federal credit union that would serve low-income people in Minnesota
$5,000
06/04/2013 – 06/06/2013
Table sponsorship for MEDA 42nd annual recognition luncheon
$3,000
11/01/2013 – 11/24/2013
Sponsorship of 2013 MEDA gala
Micro Grants
Minneapolis, MN
$1,000
09/09/2013 – 09/11/2013
Sponsorship of 1st annual Micro Grants Grantee of the Year awards
The Minneapolis Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$500,000
01/01/2014 – 12/31/2015
Support for Promoting Economic Vitality Strategies in Minneapolis, in which funds will be regranted in Minneapolis to provide assistance and training to minority-owned businesses, as well as job training and career preparedness for people of color
Minneapolis Urban League
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000
02/01/2013 – 01/31/2014
Support for Building Assets and Workforce in Low-Income and the African-American Community, a program to build financial literacy and improve job skills of low-wage workers of color
7,500
06/19/2013 – 06/21/2013
Sponsorship of 2013 Gateway to Opportunity gala
Minnesota American Indian Chamber of Commerce
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000
03/01/2013 – 03/01/2015
Support for the Buy Indian Business Network, to develop a “Buy Indian Policy” framework and a comprehensive Minnesota American Indian business directory
Minnesota Council on Foundations (MCF)
Minneapolis, MN
$3,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Sponsorship of winter 2013 issue of MCF’s Giving Forum
$24,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
Minnesota Humanities Center
St. Paul, MN
$5,000
01/21/2013 – 01/21/2013
Support for 2013 MLK holiday celebration
A Minnesota Without Poverty
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
04/15/2013 – 04/16/2013
Sponsorship of the 2013 Building a Movement to End Poverty session
150,000
12/15/2013 – 11/30/2015
Support for Connecting to End Poverty, an initiative focused on developing policy priorities that end poverty in Minnesota
Mission Asset Fund
San Francisco, CA
$200,000
11/01/2013 – 10/31/2015
Support the Northwest Expansion of Lending Circles capacity-building project, work to expand a peer-lending program among the unbanked to additional areas within the Foundation’s region
Montana Homeownership Network Inc.
Great Falls, MT
$1,200
05/21/2013 – 05/23/2013
Sponsorship of Montana Housing Partnership conference
Mountain States Group Inc.
Boise, ID
$180,000
04/01/2013 – 03/31/2015
Support for the Growing Green Businesses program, which helps low-income workers and refugees develop and expand their own enterprises that support the green economy
NACDC Financial Services Inc.
Browning, MT
$103,290
01/01/2014 – 12/31/2014
Support for Reduce Poverty and Build Sustainable Prosperity Throughout Montana Tribal Communities, an effort to expand alternative loan funds and credit-building sessions to the Rocky Boys and Flathead Reservations as well as the Little Shell community
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Baltimore, MD
$75,000
08/01/2013 – 03/31/2014
Support for the Bridging the Racial Wealth Divide: One City at a Time initiative to lay the foundation for asset development among African-Americans in Seattle and Tacoma, Washington; Des Moines, Iowa; Portland, Oregon; and Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
Washington, DC
$7,500
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
National Congress of American Indians Fund
Washington, DC
$300,000
07/01/2013 – 12/31/2015
Support for Sustainable Prosperity Initiative: Tribal Nations Securing our Futures, a project designed to empower tribal leaders with financial education, access to capital, small-business development and workforce readiness so they can implement strategies that create prosperity in tribal communities throughout the Foundation’s region
Native American Community Development Institute
Minneapolis, MN
$42,800
08/01/2013 – 07/30/2014
Participation in the Native Employee-owned Enterprise Development Pilot Project Cohort, a year-long training that provides entrepreneurial coaching to strengthen, support and expand knowledge of community wealth-building practices fundamental to creating employee-owned businesses
$150,000
08/01/2013 – 9/30/2015
Support for Uplifting Native Community Assets, an initiative to map Native community assets in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, to foster collaboration among Native organizations in order to create financial and wealth-building opportunities
Native American Development Corporation (NADC)
Billings, MT
$5,000
08/07/2013 – 08/08/2013
Sponsorship of the 2013 NADC Economic Development & Procurement conference
Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA)
Portland, OR
$9,250
08/01/2013 – 08/31/2013
Sponsorship on behalf of the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC) travel and participation in the Twin Cities Organizing Communities of Color meeting
$10,000
08/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Fiscal sponsorship of CCC for planning and participation in Twin Cities replication efforts
$42,800
08/01/2013 – 07/30/2014
Participation in the Native Employee-owned Enterprise Development Pilot Project Cohort, a year-long training that provides entrepreneurial coaching to strengthen, support and expand knowledge of community wealth-building practices fundamental to creating employee-owned businesses
$10,000
10/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Matching grant for new donors at the 2013 Paddle Raise
$3,500
11/01/2013 – 11/17/2013
Sponsorship of the 10th annual NAYA Auction & Gala
Native Americans in Philanthropy
Minneapolis, MN
$4,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
$500,000
10/01/2013 – 09/30/2016
Support for Moving From Vision to Action initiative to create a strong regional network of national organizations capable of increasing economic opportunities
Navigate
St. Paul, MN
$15,000
08/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
General operating support
Neighborhood Development Center Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$1,500
04/20/2013 – 04/20/2013
Sponsorship of 2013 Entrepreneur Awards
$300,000
10/01/2013 – 09/30/2016
Support for Equity Through Expanded and More Effective Entrepreneurship, Business Intelligence, Partnerships and Solutions, an effort to offer low-income Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, neighborhoods microenterprise training, business assistance and access to capital
Neighborhood Funders Group
Washington, DC
$1,600
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
Nexus Community Partners
St Paul, MN
$500,000
04/01/2013 – 03/31/2015
Support for a program to strengthen the economic vitality of St. Paul’s East side
$75,000
09/15/2013 – 09/15/2014
Support for Adapting Urban Habitat’s Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute in the Twin Cities region, an effort to train and place candidates on board and commissions of public entities to represent communities of color and marginalized groups
Northside Economic Opportunity Network (NEON)
Minneapolis, MN
$150,000
09/25/2013 – 09/30/2015
Support for NEON Core Strategies, whose goal is to expand economic opportunities through small-business development in North Minneapolis, Minnesota
NWAF Employee Discretionary Grant Program
Various locations
$12,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Funding for a Northwest Area Foundation program in which three employees per quarter are allowed to designate a $1,000 grant to a nonprofit organization that aligns with the Foundation’s mission
NWAF Employee Matching Gift Program
St. Paul, MN
$20,000
01/0/1/2013 – 12/31/2013
Match of employee donations to various 501(c)(3) organizations
OneAmerica
Seattle, WA
$200,000
04/01/2013 – 03/31/2015
Support for Washington New Americans Financial Literacy project
Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
Oneida, WI
$5,000
04/15/2013 – 04/18/2013
Sponsorship of the Food Sovereignty Summit
Open Arms of Minnesota Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$250
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Contribution for NWAF volunteer matching program
Oregon Business Council Charitable Institute
Portland, OR
$500,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2016
Support for Oregon Prosperity Initiative Pilot Projects and Communications, to support pilot projects designed to improve job prospects for low-wage workers and to focus on outreach and education on the costs of poverty and prosperity across Oregon
Oregon Native American Business and Entrepreneurial Network
Portland, OR
$5,000
04/14/2013 – 04/19/2013
Sponsorship of Trading at the River conference and tradeshow
$308,612
10/01/2013 – 09/30/2015
Support for Innovation in Entrepreneurship: Growing Stronger Organizations to Build Stronger Economies, a program aimed at developing a regional network offering business training, support and assistance to Native-owned enterprises
Organizing Apprenticeship Project
Minneapolis, MN
$30,000
03/15/2013 – 06/30/2013
Support for 2013 Racial Equity Agenda: Minnesota Voices Building a Path to Justice, a project to increase the power of communities of color in creating fair and equitable policies that create economic opportunity
Peta Wakan Tipi
Hugo, MN
$40,000
10/01/2013 – 09/30/2014
Support for the Dream of Wild Health Indigenous Food Network program focused on job training and opportunities in food preparation and agriculture for Native adults and older teens
Philanthropy Northwest
Seattle, WA
$23,380
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives
Portland, OR
$3,000
03/06/2013 – 03/25/2013
Sponsorship for Dancing with the Stars Portland gala
Portland Development Commission/Economic Opportunity Initiative
Portland, OR
$380,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2016
District seed capital for the Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative (NPI) and support for the expansion of the Economic Opportunity Initiative (EOI)
Potlatch Fund
Seattle, WA
$5,000
11/02/2013 – 11/03/2013
Sponsorship of the Potlatch Fund gala
Prepare + Prosper (formerly AccountAbility Minnesota)
St. Paul, MN
$10,000
07/01/2013 – 10/31/2013
Support for Sustainable Financial Services for the UN(der)banked program, providing low-cost, sustainable financial services and products for low-income people who have little to no access to banking services
Region Five Development Commission
Staples, MN
$75,000
04/01/2013 – 03/31/2014
Support for Building the Local Value-Added Food System in Central Minnesota initiative to build a regional food hub for locally grown produce and to pilot the use of solar thermal energy to extend the growing season
Rural Development Initiatives
Eugene, OR
$10,000
06/21/2013 – 06/22/2013
Sponsorship of 2013 Regards to Rural conference
Rural Dynamics Inc.
Great Falls, MT
$28,000
04/01/2013 – 08/31/2013
Support for the Indian Business Alliance convening
The Saint Paul Foundation
St. Paul, MN
$500,000
01/01/2014 – 12/31/2015
Support of Regranting Support for Economic Opportunity Strategies, to help create high-quality jobs and job training that will help low-income individuals, particularly people of color, build assets and wealth
Saint Paul NAACP – Roy Wilkins Memorial Branch
St. Paul, MN
$7,500
09/19/2013 – 09/21/2013
Sponsorship St. Paul NAACP’s 100th anniversary
The Seattle Foundation
Seattle, WA
$500,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2015
Support for Partnering with the Seattle Foundation, an initiative to increase economic opportunities in low-income neighborhoods and to support and invest in the Funders Partnership for Sustainable Communities
Self Enhancement Inc.
Portland, OR
$50,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Support for Career Exploration and Job Readiness Training, to provide career assessment, skill building and job training workshops for 8 to 22-year-old youth of color
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc.
Arcata, CA
$1,500,000
04/01/2013 – 3/31/2016
Support for the Reservation-Based Nonprofit Capacity-Building Grant pilot, to provide small grants, project training, advocacy and peer-centered learning designed to strengthen 10 Native American nonprofits in Idaho, Montana and the Dakotas
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation
Sioux Falls, SD
$90,000
01/01/2014 – 12/31/2014
Support for state fiscal analysis initiative
Spokane Tribal Network
Wellpinit, WA
$42,800
08/01/2013 – 07/30/2014
Participation in the Native Employee-owned Enterprise Development Pilot Project Cohort, a year-long training that provides entrepreneurial coaching to strengthen, support and expand knowledge of community wealth-building practices fundamental to creating employee-owned businesses
Spokesman-Recorder Publishing Company
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
5/23/2013 – 5/23/2013
Sponsorship of 18th annual high school graduation celebration
Stairstep Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000
03/01/2013 – 12/31/2014
Support for Economic Access/Success, a project to recruit, support and advocate for low-income people of color to work in living-wage construction-industry jobs
Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation
Porcupine, SD
$150,000
07/01/2013 – 08/01/2015
Support for Wealth Creation Through Brand Development and Employee Ownership, a project designed to create an employee-ownership structure in the Native American natural foods enterprise
$42,800
08/01/2013 – 07/30/2014
Fiscal sponsorship of Native American Natural Foods’ participation in the Native Employee-owned Enterprise Development Pilot Project Cohort, a year-long training that provides entrepreneurial coaching to strengthen, support and expand knowledge of community wealth-building practices fundamental to creating employee-owned businesses
$42,800
08/01/2013 – 07/30/2014
Participation in the Native Employee-owned Enterprise Development Pilot Project Cohort
Twin Cities RISE!
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
09/29/2013 – 09/29/2013
Sponsorship of 5th annual Music on the Mississippi event
Ujamaa Place
St. Paul, MN
$150,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2015
Support for Transforming Lives, a project aimed at overcoming barriers, particularly in the areas of education and workforce development, for economically disadvantaged African-American men
United Tribes Technical College
Bismarck, ND
$250,000
01/01/2014 – 12/13/2015
Support for the project Social Enterprise Development in Native Communities, specifically funding efforts to offer Native American graduates employment and the opportunity to start their own medical coding business
$100,000
04/30/2013 – 03/31/2014
Fiscal sponsorship for Makoce Waste Development Corporation and the Sioux Nation Sustainable Economic Development Roadmap project, to create jobs, fund economic development and buy lands in the Black Hills for the Lakota-Dakota-Nakota people
United Way of Jackson County Inc.
Medford, OR
$3,500
04/21/2013 – 04/24/2013
Support for 2013 Oregon Nonprofit Leaders conference
University of Minnesota Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$1,000
09/05/2013 – 09/30/2013
Support for UMM William R. King scholarship fund
University of Minnesota – Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Minneapolis, MN
$2,500
05/06/2013 – 05/06/2013
Support for 2013 Humphrey public leadership awards
University of Minnesota – Regents
Minneapolis, MN
$25,406
02/15/2013 – 09/30/2013
Support for African-American Leadership Forum case study
Verde
Portland, OR
$200,000
01/01/2014 – 12/31/2015
Support for the project Living Cully: A Cully Ecodistrict, a long-term community-based partnership working to increase environmental investments that restore neighborhoods and create economic opportunities that benefit low-income residents, especially in the Cully neighborhood
Way to Grow
Minneapolis, MN
$1,300
06/14/2013 – 06/16/2013
Sponsorship of the 2013 Shine celebration
$25,000
08/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
General operating support
Yakima Valley Community Foundation
Yakima, WA
$125,000
05/15/2013 – 11/30/2014
Support for the Association of Washington State Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, to provide assistance for the financial health of Latino businesses
Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) of Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
02/25/2013 – 04/25/2013
Sponsorship of the 17th annual Circle of Women luncheon
$5,000
10/22/2013 – 10/24/2013
Sponsorship of the 11th annual It’s Time to Talk: Forums on Race event
Grand Total (138 items) $15,778,932
Grants List for Fiscal Year 2013
Northwest Area Foundation made 138 grants in Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13) worth $15,778,932. The fiscal year runs Jan. 1 – Dec. 31, 2013.
The following list is a description of the new grants paid in FY13 as well as payments made during the fiscal year on previous grant agreements.
African Development Center
Minneapolis, MN
$250,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2014
Core operating support
African Immigrant Services Inc.
Brooklyn Park, MN
$3,000
08/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Sponsorship of From Observers to Active Leaders event
Afroeco Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$7,500
07/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Sponsorship on behalf of Project Sweetie Pie for Gardens Without Borders / Classrooms Without Walls
Alliance for Metropolitan Stability
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
09/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Sponsorship of Fair Housing & Equity Assessment roundtables and dinners
American Indian Institute
Bozeman, MT
$7,700
07/23/2013 – 07/25/2013
Sponsorship of the Weaving Webs of Women’s Wisdom movement
AMOS Institute of Public Life
Des Moines, IA
$200,000
04/01/2013 – 03/31/2015
Support for Project IOWA, a workforce development program that helps low-income workers move to living-wage jobs
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
San Francisco, CA
$2,500
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
$25,000
11/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Support for the Coalition of Asian-American Leaders
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc.
New York, NY
$5,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
$5,000
04/04/13 – 04/07/13
Support for 2013 annual conference and James A. Joseph lecture and awards ceremony
$5,000
11/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
General operating sponsorship
Boys & Girls Club of the Leech Lake Area Inc. (BGCLLA)
Cass Lake, MN
$80,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2014
Support for the BGCLLA Workforce Development program, which develops job training, financial education and employment opportunities for youth in the reservation’s private sector
Build Wealth MN Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$150,000
08/01/2013 – 06/30/2015
Support for the Family Stabilization Plan, a two-year financial education program that teaches household budgeting and savings
Center for Community Change
Washington, DC
$125,000
10/01/2013 – 09/30/2014
Support for Reducing Poverty and Building Prosperity, a project that provides community organizing and advocacy training for grassroots organizations in Idaho, Montana and South Dakota
Centerstone of Seattle
Seattle, WA
$50,000
08/01/2013 – 10/31/2014
Support for the Prosperity project, which provides financial education and public-advocacy work in collaboration with the Seattle African American Leadership Forum
Cheyenne River Youth Project
Eagle Butte, SD
$750,000
04/01/2013 – 09/30/2014
Support for the Wiyan Toka Win (Leading Lady) Garden project, to provide Native American youth with training in food production, small business ownership, and improved nutrition and health
Chicanos Latinos Unidos en Servicio (CLUES)
St. Paul, MN
$5,000
12/18/2013 – 12/20/2013
Sponsorship of Al Nino Con Carino event
Children’s Defense Fund
St. Paul, MN
$150,000
10/01/2013 – 09/30/2015
Support for the Building Security for Minnesota Children and Families initiative to build partnerships and promote policies that foster economic security
Cookie Cart
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000
07/01/2013 – 06/01/2015
Support for youth employment and training
Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED)
Washington, DC
$150,000
10/01/2013 – 09/30/2014
Support for the Supporting Expansion of Financial Access and Wealth-Building initiatives in Northwest Area Foundation target communities to build assets among African-Americans and increase access to mainstream financial institutions among the unbanked
Council on Foundations
Arlington, VA
$34,500
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
Craft3 Investment LLC
Ilwaco, WA
$350,000
04/01/2013 – 3/31/2014
General operating support
The Democracy Collaborative Foundation Inc.
Cleveland, OH
$300,000
05/01/2013 – 03/31/2014
Support for the Learning/Action Lab Community Wealth Building program, which develops Native employee ownership and social enterprise for community wealth building
Demos: A Network for Ideas & Action
New York, NY
$45,000
04/01/2013 – 03/31/2014
Support for Poverty-Reduction Strategies and the Middle Class, a paper that advances a new policy agenda to spur economic opportunities and security for all
Economic Policy Institute
Washington, DC
$100,000
02/01/2013 – 01/31/2014
Support for Characterizing High Unemployment Rates Among American Indian Populations and Identifying Prescriptions for Success initiative, a policy project that will call attention to unemployment rates and the need for job-creation opportunities for Native Americans
$5,000
10/07/2013 – 10/09/2013
Sponsorship of 2013 EARN conference
El Centro de la Raza
Seattle, WA
$100,000
01/01/2014 – 12/31/2015
Support to bolster the volunteer and asset-building programs, which serve low-income Latinos who are working their way out of poverty
Farmers’ Legal Action Group Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$100,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Support for From the Margins to the Mainstream: Reducing Poverty, Increasing Assets, and Creating Sustainable Economic Opportunity for Minnesota’s Immigrant Farmers program
Financial Innovations Center Inc.
Chicago, IL
$11,750
07/01/2013 – 10/31/2013
Support for Sustainable Financial Services for the UN(der)banked program, providing low-cost, sustainable financial services and products for low-income people who have little to no access to banking services
First Nations Development Institute
Longmont, CO
$500,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2015
Support for the Informing Strategies for Change: a Survey of Northwest Regional Native American Assets, for creating a comprehensive database detailing assets and programs of 75 Tribal Nations in the Foundation’s region to help shape reports on strategies around renewable energy, food systems, and public policy opportunities for Native Americans
$5,000
10/01/2013 – 10/05/2013
Sponsorship of 18th annual L.E.A.D. Institute national conference
First Peoples Fund
Rapid City, SD
$1,000,000
10/01/2013 – 09/30/2016
Support for the Native Arts Economy – Building Pilot Project to fund efforts to develop Native American art into a viable business sector capable of lifting communities out of poverty
Four Bands Community Fund Inc.
Eagle Butte, SD
$6,000
04/10/2013 – 04/12/2013
Sponsorship of the 2013 South Dakota Indian Business Alliance conference
Fresh Air Inc. (KFAI Radio)
Minneapolis, MN
$25,000
04/15/2013 – 12/31/2013
Support for the public policy forum Conversations with Al McFarlane
Girl Scouts of Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$5,000
04/18/2013 – 04/18/2013
Sponsorship of 2013 Women of Distinction luncheon
Grantmakers Concerned With Immigrants and Refugees
Sebastopol, CA
$5,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
$200,000
12/01/2013 – 10/31/2015
Support for Northwest Area Immigrant Asset-Building initiative, a pilot model to help low-income immigrants gain access to credit, loans and mainstream financial institution services
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Washington, DC
$6,100
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
Grantmakers of Oregon and SW Washington
Portland, OR
$2,594
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
Grants Managers Network
Washington, DC
$2,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development
Minneapolis, MN
$139,200
07/01/2013 – 10/31/2014
Support for the Legacy Fund Initiative: Harnessing Oil Wealth to Build a Positive Future for All North Dakota Citizens, which funds convenings on policy recommendations for North Dakota’s oil and gas Legacy Fund, organizes grassroots citizen input, and compiles findings into a white paper for lawmakers
Greater Twin Cities United Way
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2015
Operating support for Generation Next, an initiative to close the educational achievement gap among low-income and minority students
Habitat for Humanity International Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$3,000
04/19/2013 – 04/21/2013
Sponsorship of the 2013 Hard Hat & Black Tie gala
Hacienda Community Development Corporation
Portland, OR
$200,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2015
Support for Latino Asset Building and Training, a project aimed at building assets of low-income Latinos through microenterprise, homeownership, personal savings and building credit
Headwaters Foundation for Justice
Minneapolis, MN
$500,000
05/01/2013 – 12/31/2014
Support for the African American Leadership Forum regional initiative
$500
05/16/2013 – 05/16/2013
Sponsorship of 2013 Allies for Justice dinner
Hispanics in Philanthropy
Oakland, CA
$3,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
Homes of Oakridge Human Services
Des Moines, IA
$150,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2015
Support for Transitions, an intensive job training and placement program focused on overcoming barriers to employment for refugees and other hard-to-place workers
Hopa Mountain Foundation
Bozeman, MT
$500,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2016
Support for Strengthening the Circle, a program to support Native leaders in their efforts to improve education, ecological health and economic development, and to expand a fellowship program for Native youth within the Native nonprofit sector
Independent Sector
Washington, DC
$10,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
International Traditional Games Society
East Glacier Park, MT
$5,000
06/26/2013 – 06/28/2013
Sponsorship of first International Native Games conference
Iowa Council of Foundations
Des Moines, IA
$1,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
Lakota Funds
Kyle, SD
$30,000
04/15/2013 – 04/15/2014
Sponsorship of South Dakota Native Homeowner Coalition
$400,000
12/01/2013 – 12/31/2016
Support for The Lakota Fund, focused on culturally and community-appropriate business and lending strategies to build the Pine Ridge Reservation economy
Little Earth Residents Association Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$42,800
08/01/2013 – 07/30/2014
Participation in the Native Employee-owned Enterprise Development Pilot Project Cohort, a year-long training that provides entrepreneurial coaching to strengthen, support and expand knowledge of community wealth-building practices fundamental to creating employee-owned businesses
$300,000
10/01/2013 – 09/30/2016
Support for Little Earth Community Prosperity program, an effort to build financial prosperity through housing programs, social enterprises, financial education and job-skills building
Main Street Project
Minneapolis, MN
$15,000
11/01/2013 – 06/30/2014
Support for Capital Access in Rural Areas Research, to research and develop ways to measure success in improving access to capital for small-scale agriculture businesses in rural areas
Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA)
Minneapolis, MN
$10,000
03/01/2013 – 10/30/2013
Support for United Communities Federal Credit Union Feasibility Study (phase II), to support the research on the viability of establishing a federal credit union that would serve low-income people in Minnesota
$5,000
06/04/2013 – 06/06/2013
Table sponsorship for MEDA 42nd annual recognition luncheon
$3,000
11/01/2013 – 11/24/2013
Sponsorship of 2013 MEDA gala
Micro Grants
Minneapolis, MN
$1,000
09/09/2013 – 09/11/2013
Sponsorship of 1st annual Micro Grants Grantee of the Year awards
The Minneapolis Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$500,000
01/01/2014 – 12/31/2015
Support for Promoting Economic Vitality Strategies in Minneapolis, in which funds will be regranted in Minneapolis to provide assistance and training to minority-owned businesses, as well as job training and career preparedness for people of color
Minneapolis Urban League
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000
02/01/2013 – 01/31/2014
Support for Building Assets and Workforce in Low-Income and the African-American Community, a program to build financial literacy and improve job skills of low-wage workers of color
7,500
06/19/2013 – 06/21/2013
Sponsorship of 2013 Gateway to Opportunity gala
Minnesota American Indian Chamber of Commerce
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000
03/01/2013 – 03/01/2015
Support for the Buy Indian Business Network, to develop a “Buy Indian Policy” framework and a comprehensive Minnesota American Indian business directory
Minnesota Council on Foundations (MCF)
Minneapolis, MN
$3,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Sponsorship of winter 2013 issue of MCF’s Giving Forum
$24,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
Minnesota Humanities Center
St. Paul, MN
$5,000
01/21/2013 – 01/21/2013
Support for 2013 MLK holiday celebration
A Minnesota Without Poverty
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
04/15/2013 – 04/16/2013
Sponsorship of the 2013 Building a Movement to End Poverty session
150,000
12/15/2013 – 11/30/2015
Support for Connecting to End Poverty, an initiative focused on developing policy priorities that end poverty in Minnesota
Mission Asset Fund
San Francisco, CA
$200,000
11/01/2013 – 10/31/2015
Support the Northwest Expansion of Lending Circles capacity-building project, work to expand a peer-lending program among the unbanked to additional areas within the Foundation’s region
Montana Homeownership Network Inc.
Great Falls, MT
$1,200
05/21/2013 – 05/23/2013
Sponsorship of Montana Housing Partnership conference
Mountain States Group Inc.
Boise, ID
$180,000
04/01/2013 – 03/31/2015
Support for the Growing Green Businesses program, which helps low-income workers and refugees develop and expand their own enterprises that support the green economy
NACDC Financial Services Inc.
Browning, MT
$103,290
01/01/2014 – 12/31/2014
Support for Reduce Poverty and Build Sustainable Prosperity Throughout Montana Tribal Communities, an effort to expand alternative loan funds and credit-building sessions to the Rocky Boys and Flathead Reservations as well as the Little Shell community
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Baltimore, MD
$75,000
08/01/2013 – 03/31/2014
Support for the Bridging the Racial Wealth Divide: One City at a Time initiative to lay the foundation for asset development among African-Americans in Seattle and Tacoma, Washington; Des Moines, Iowa; Portland, Oregon; and Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
Washington, DC
$7,500
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
National Congress of American Indians Fund
Washington, DC
$300,000
07/01/2013 – 12/31/2015
Support for Sustainable Prosperity Initiative: Tribal Nations Securing our Futures, a project designed to empower tribal leaders with financial education, access to capital, small-business development and workforce readiness so they can implement strategies that create prosperity in tribal communities throughout the Foundation’s region
Native American Community Development Institute
Minneapolis, MN
$42,800
08/01/2013 – 07/30/2014
Participation in the Native Employee-owned Enterprise Development Pilot Project Cohort, a year-long training that provides entrepreneurial coaching to strengthen, support and expand knowledge of community wealth-building practices fundamental to creating employee-owned businesses
$150,000
08/01/2013 – 9/30/2015
Support for Uplifting Native Community Assets, an initiative to map Native community assets in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, to foster collaboration among Native organizations in order to create financial and wealth-building opportunities
Native American Development Corporation (NADC)
Billings, MT
$5,000
08/07/2013 – 08/08/2013
Sponsorship of the 2013 NADC Economic Development & Procurement conference
Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA)
Portland, OR
$9,250
08/01/2013 – 08/31/2013
Sponsorship on behalf of the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC) travel and participation in the Twin Cities Organizing Communities of Color meeting
$10,000
08/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Fiscal sponsorship of CCC for planning and participation in Twin Cities replication efforts
$42,800
08/01/2013 – 07/30/2014
Participation in the Native Employee-owned Enterprise Development Pilot Project Cohort, a year-long training that provides entrepreneurial coaching to strengthen, support and expand knowledge of community wealth-building practices fundamental to creating employee-owned businesses
$10,000
10/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Matching grant for new donors at the 2013 Paddle Raise
$3,500
11/01/2013 – 11/17/2013
Sponsorship of the 10th annual NAYA Auction & Gala
Native Americans in Philanthropy
Minneapolis, MN
$4,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
$500,000
10/01/2013 – 09/30/2016
Support for Moving From Vision to Action initiative to create a strong regional network of national organizations capable of increasing economic opportunities
Navigate
St. Paul, MN
$15,000
08/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
General operating support
Neighborhood Development Center Inc.
St. Paul, MN
$1,500
04/20/2013 – 04/20/2013
Sponsorship of 2013 Entrepreneur Awards
$300,000
10/01/2013 – 09/30/2016
Support for Equity Through Expanded and More Effective Entrepreneurship, Business Intelligence, Partnerships and Solutions, an effort to offer low-income Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, neighborhoods microenterprise training, business assistance and access to capital
Neighborhood Funders Group
Washington, DC
$1,600
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
Nexus Community Partners
St Paul, MN
$500,000
04/01/2013 – 03/31/2015
Support for a program to strengthen the economic vitality of St. Paul’s East side
$75,000
09/15/2013 – 09/15/2014
Support for Adapting Urban Habitat’s Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute in the Twin Cities region, an effort to train and place candidates on board and commissions of public entities to represent communities of color and marginalized groups
Northside Economic Opportunity Network (NEON)
Minneapolis, MN
$150,000
09/25/2013 – 09/30/2015
Support for NEON Core Strategies, whose goal is to expand economic opportunities through small-business development in North Minneapolis, Minnesota
NWAF Employee Discretionary Grant Program
Various locations
$12,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Funding for a Northwest Area Foundation program in which three employees per quarter are allowed to designate a $1,000 grant to a nonprofit organization that aligns with the Foundation’s mission
NWAF Employee Matching Gift Program
St. Paul, MN
$20,000
01/0/1/2013 – 12/31/2013
Match of employee donations to various 501(c)(3) organizations
OneAmerica
Seattle, WA
$200,000
04/01/2013 – 03/31/2015
Support for Washington New Americans Financial Literacy project
Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
Oneida, WI
$5,000
04/15/2013 – 04/18/2013
Sponsorship of the Food Sovereignty Summit
Open Arms of Minnesota Inc.
Minneapolis, MN
$250
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Contribution for NWAF volunteer matching program
Oregon Business Council Charitable Institute
Portland, OR
$500,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2016
Support for Oregon Prosperity Initiative Pilot Projects and Communications, to support pilot projects designed to improve job prospects for low-wage workers and to focus on outreach and education on the costs of poverty and prosperity across Oregon
Oregon Native American Business and Entrepreneurial Network
Portland, OR
$5,000
04/14/2013 – 04/19/2013
Sponsorship of Trading at the River conference and tradeshow
$308,612
10/01/2013 – 09/30/2015
Support for Innovation in Entrepreneurship: Growing Stronger Organizations to Build Stronger Economies, a program aimed at developing a regional network offering business training, support and assistance to Native-owned enterprises
Organizing Apprenticeship Project
Minneapolis, MN
$30,000
03/15/2013 – 06/30/2013
Support for 2013 Racial Equity Agenda: Minnesota Voices Building a Path to Justice, a project to increase the power of communities of color in creating fair and equitable policies that create economic opportunity
Peta Wakan Tipi
Hugo, MN
$40,000
10/01/2013 – 09/30/2014
Support for the Dream of Wild Health Indigenous Food Network program focused on job training and opportunities in food preparation and agriculture for Native adults and older teens
Philanthropy Northwest
Seattle, WA
$23,380
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Annual Membership
Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives
Portland, OR
$3,000
03/06/2013 – 03/25/2013
Sponsorship for Dancing with the Stars Portland gala
Portland Development Commission/Economic Opportunity Initiative
Portland, OR
$380,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2016
District seed capital for the Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative (NPI) and support for the expansion of the Economic Opportunity Initiative (EOI)
Potlatch Fund
Seattle, WA
$5,000
11/02/2013 – 11/03/2013
Sponsorship of the Potlatch Fund gala
Prepare + Prosper (formerly AccountAbility Minnesota)
St. Paul, MN
$10,000
07/01/2013 – 10/31/2013
Support for Sustainable Financial Services for the UN(der)banked program, providing low-cost, sustainable financial services and products for low-income people who have little to no access to banking services
Region Five Development Commission
Staples, MN
$75,000
04/01/2013 – 03/31/2014
Support for Building the Local Value-Added Food System in Central Minnesota initiative to build a regional food hub for locally grown produce and to pilot the use of solar thermal energy to extend the growing season
Rural Development Initiatives
Eugene, OR
$10,000
06/21/2013 – 06/22/2013
Sponsorship of 2013 Regards to Rural conference
Rural Dynamics Inc.
Great Falls, MT
$28,000
04/01/2013 – 08/31/2013
Support for the Indian Business Alliance convening
The Saint Paul Foundation
St. Paul, MN
$500,000
01/01/2014 – 12/31/2015
Support of Regranting Support for Economic Opportunity Strategies, to help create high-quality jobs and job training that will help low-income individuals, particularly people of color, build assets and wealth
Saint Paul NAACP – Roy Wilkins Memorial Branch
St. Paul, MN
$7,500
09/19/2013 – 09/21/2013
Sponsorship St. Paul NAACP’s 100th anniversary
The Seattle Foundation
Seattle, WA
$500,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2015
Support for Partnering with the Seattle Foundation, an initiative to increase economic opportunities in low-income neighborhoods and to support and invest in the Funders Partnership for Sustainable Communities
Self Enhancement Inc.
Portland, OR
$50,000
01/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
Support for Career Exploration and Job Readiness Training, to provide career assessment, skill building and job training workshops for 8 to 22-year-old youth of color
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc.
Arcata, CA
$1,500,000
04/01/2013 – 3/31/2016
Support for the Reservation-Based Nonprofit Capacity-Building Grant pilot, to provide small grants, project training, advocacy and peer-centered learning designed to strengthen 10 Native American nonprofits in Idaho, Montana and the Dakotas
Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation
Sioux Falls, SD
$90,000
01/01/2014 – 12/31/2014
Support for state fiscal analysis initiative
Spokane Tribal Network
Wellpinit, WA
$42,800
08/01/2013 – 07/30/2014
Participation in the Native Employee-owned Enterprise Development Pilot Project Cohort, a year-long training that provides entrepreneurial coaching to strengthen, support and expand knowledge of community wealth-building practices fundamental to creating employee-owned businesses
Spokesman-Recorder Publishing Company
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
5/23/2013 – 5/23/2013
Sponsorship of 18th annual high school graduation celebration
Stairstep Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$100,000
03/01/2013 – 12/31/2014
Support for Economic Access/Success, a project to recruit, support and advocate for low-income people of color to work in living-wage construction-industry jobs
Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation
Porcupine, SD
$150,000
07/01/2013 – 08/01/2015
Support for Wealth Creation Through Brand Development and Employee Ownership, a project designed to create an employee-ownership structure in the Native American natural foods enterprise
$42,800
08/01/2013 – 07/30/2014
Fiscal sponsorship of Native American Natural Foods’ participation in the Native Employee-owned Enterprise Development Pilot Project Cohort, a year-long training that provides entrepreneurial coaching to strengthen, support and expand knowledge of community wealth-building practices fundamental to creating employee-owned businesses
$42,800
08/01/2013 – 07/30/2014
Participation in the Native Employee-owned Enterprise Development Pilot Project Cohort
Twin Cities RISE!
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
09/29/2013 – 09/29/2013
Sponsorship of 5th annual Music on the Mississippi event
Ujamaa Place
St. Paul, MN
$150,000
07/01/2013 – 06/30/2015
Support for Transforming Lives, a project aimed at overcoming barriers, particularly in the areas of education and workforce development, for economically disadvantaged African-American men
United Tribes Technical College
Bismarck, ND
$250,000
01/01/2014 – 12/13/2015
Support for the project Social Enterprise Development in Native Communities, specifically funding efforts to offer Native American graduates employment and the opportunity to start their own medical coding business
$100,000
04/30/2013 – 03/31/2014
Fiscal sponsorship for Makoce Waste Development Corporation and the Sioux Nation Sustainable Economic Development Roadmap project, to create jobs, fund economic development and buy lands in the Black Hills for the Lakota-Dakota-Nakota people
United Way of Jackson County Inc.
Medford, OR
$3,500
04/21/2013 – 04/24/2013
Support for 2013 Oregon Nonprofit Leaders conference
University of Minnesota Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
$1,000
09/05/2013 – 09/30/2013
Support for UMM William R. King scholarship fund
University of Minnesota – Humphrey School of Public Affairs
Minneapolis, MN
$2,500
05/06/2013 – 05/06/2013
Support for 2013 Humphrey public leadership awards
University of Minnesota – Regents
Minneapolis, MN
$25,406
02/15/2013 – 09/30/2013
Support for African-American Leadership Forum case study
Verde
Portland, OR
$200,000
01/01/2014 – 12/31/2015
Support for the project Living Cully: A Cully Ecodistrict, a long-term community-based partnership working to increase environmental investments that restore neighborhoods and create economic opportunities that benefit low-income residents, especially in the Cully neighborhood
Way to Grow
Minneapolis, MN
$1,300
06/14/2013 – 06/16/2013
Sponsorship of the 2013 Shine celebration
$25,000
08/01/2013 – 12/31/2013
General operating support
Yakima Valley Community Foundation
Yakima, WA
$125,000
05/15/2013 – 11/30/2014
Support for the Association of Washington State Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, to provide assistance for the financial health of Latino businesses
Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) of Minneapolis
Minneapolis, MN
$5,000
02/25/2013 – 04/25/2013
Sponsorship of the 17th annual Circle of Women luncheon
$5,000
10/22/2013 – 10/24/2013
Sponsorship of the 11th annual It’s Time to Talk: Forums on Race event
Grand Total (138 items) $15,778,932