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Grants of $5,000 or more are listed. Detailed information about each grant is below.

Spring 2008
Total of $294,600 in 11 grants at the April 2008 meeting. 

Winter 2007
Total of $305,000 in 4 grants at the November 2007 meeting.

Fall 2007
Total of $330,000 in 10 grants at the August 2007 meeting.

Spring 2008
Council on Foundations, Inc. | Arlington, VA

For general corporate purposes - $40,000


Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities Inc. | Coral Gables, FL

For general corporate purposes - $5,000


Independent Sector | Washington, DC

For general corporate purposes - $15,000


ISAIAH | Minneapolis, MN

To help finance the budget for phase two of Confronting Racism - $30,000


Management Assistance Programs for Nonprofits Inc. | Saint Paul, MN

To help finance the budget of Project ReDesign - $20,000


Minnesota Association for Volunteer Administration | Maplewood, MN

To help finance the budget of the Advanced Leadership in Volunteerism project - $12,500


Minnesota Council on Foundations | Minneapolis, MN

For general corporate purposes - $27,100


Neighborhood Development Center Inc. | Saint Paul, MN

To help finance East Metro Programs and to help finance development of the East End Central Corridor Business Retention Collaborative - $50,000


Opportunity Neighborhood Development Corporation | New Brighton, MN

To help finance the budget of the Family Success Project - $20,000


Ramsey County, Minnesota | Saint Paul, MN

To help finance the budget of the Reducing At-Risk Youth Project - $50,000


Workers Interfaith Network | Minneapolis, MN

To help finance the Saint Paul Worker Empowerment Project - $25,000


Winter 2007
City of Saint Paul, Minnesota | Saint Paul, MN

To help finance the budget for Phase II of Central Corridor planning - $200,000


Jewish Community Relations Council Minnesota & The Dakotas | Minneapolis, MN

To help finance the budget of the Color Project To-Go - $30,000


Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, Inc. | Saint Paul, MN

To help finance the budget of the Nonprofit Leadership Institute - $25,000


Ramsey County, Minnesota | Saint Paul, MN

To help finance the budget for Phase II of the Ending Racial Disparaties Project - $50,000


Fall 2007
African Development Center | Minneapolis, MN

To help finance the budget for program expansion in the East Metro area - $55,000


Center for Southeast Asian Research and Education | Minneapolis, MN

To help finance the budget for organizational start up - $30,000


Community Action Council | Lakeville, MN

To help finance the budget of the New American Services Program - $35,000


Community Shares of Minnesota (formerly The Community Solutions Fund) | Saint Paul, MN

To help finance the budget for the Grassroots Evaluation Project  - $40,000


Latino Economic Development Center | Minneapolis, MN

To help finance the budget of East Metro community economic development programs and a scholarship program director position - $40,000


Management Assistance Programs for Nonprofits Inc. | Saint Paul, MN

To help finance the budget of Project ReDesign - $30,000


Management Assistance Programs for Nonprofits Inc. | Saint Paul, MN

For Phase II of the Board Study Project - $15,000


Reconnecting America | Oakland, CA

To help finance the budget for developing a framework and business plan for the Central Corridor Funding Collaborative - $25,000


Rondo Community Land Trust | Saint Paul, MN

To help finance the budget for expansion to suburban Ramsey County - $25,000


University United | Saint Paul, MN

For the District Councils Collaborative of Saint Paul and Minneapolis - $35,000