2025 Rural MN Grants

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Grantee	Amount
Ann Bancroft Foundation Event support for Ann Bancroft Foundation Girlhood Summit on October 11, 2025, so that girls and young women from rural areas throughout Minnesota may attend, regardless of their financial situation or lack of reliable transportation	$5,000 2025
Ardenhurst Township Project support for community beautification and safety	$10,000 2025
Bearville Township Capital support for a fire hall/community center in the Itasca County area	$175,000 2025
Bridges of Hope Support for Operation Sandwich and the homeless shelter in the Brainerd Lakes Area, ensuring access to food and safe shelter, providing basic resources that stabilize families, reduce insecurity, and support workforce readiness	$10,000 2025
City of Chisholm Community or library programming to help build community, improve public spaces, and create joy	$5,000 2025
City of Chisholm Support for small grass-roots work in community building in the city of Chisholm	$5,000 2025
City of Chisholm Donation in support of commemorative work in rural Minnesota	$25,000 2025
City of Hibbing Funding to support programming at the library and parks and rec in Hibbing, Minnesota	$5,000 2025
City of Northome Capital support for safety and accessibility upgrades to community-owned facilities in the Itasca County area	$65,000 2025
Friends of Frog Tree Farm General operating and programmatic support to advance the organization's mission to be stewards of the environment and teach others about sustainable practices, while seeking to build a strong, sustainable, equitable future for Minnesotans	$5,000 2025
Friends of the Finland Community Community center capital improvements in rural Minnesota	$30,000 2025
Headwaters Foundation for Justice Supports community leaders, advocates, and volunteers across MN, while helping community members build skills to address community issues by partnering and collaborating with others	$5,000 2025
Initiative Foundation Support for programming that strengthens small communities across central Minnesota through entrepreneurship, workforce development, and local investment that builds community wealth	$5,000 2025
Itasca Friendship Club Capacity building support to develop strategies for events planning and a media campaign in Itasca County	$20,000 2025
Leech Lake Tribal College Project support for LLTC's presidential leadership transition.	$30,000 2025
Lower Sioux Indian Community Funding support for arts and cultural programming at Cansayapi Wicoicage Oti, Lower Sioux Cultural Incubator	$25,000 2025
Minnesota Chapter of National Association of Corporate Directors Funding to support NACD's work in rural Minnesota	$25,000 2025
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc Project support for rural communities to navigate impending changes in funding and regulation in Rural Minnesota	$75,000 2025
Minnesota Council on Foundations Project support to build nonprofit capacity to access quality data to inform their work in rural Minnesota	$40,000 2025
Minnesota Council on Foundations Annual Membership Grant	$22,250 2025
Minnesota Humanities Center Funding support for Sketches of Minnesota in Bigfork in October, 2025	$10,000 2025
Mississippi Headwaters Area Dental Health Center Operational support for organizational resilience and sustainability for its work in rural Minnesota	$200,000 2025
Mukwa Funding for Mukwa, to support programming that empowers Indigenous leadership and promotes Native American well-being, equity, and understanding through education, outreach, and systemic change	$5,000 2025
Northome Fire Department Capital support for fire equipment upgrades in the Itasca County area	$90,000 2025
Northwest Minnesota Foundation Disaster recovery support in the Bemidji area.	$100,000 2025
Onyx Collective General operating support to aid in the goal of providing Black people in rural Minnesota opportunities for wholeness and healing	$5,000 2025
Peacemaker Resources General operating support for this rural, Indigenous women-led org that offers culturally responsiveness trainings and events, seeking to promote authentic connections in rural MN	$5,000 2025
Project Optimist Funding for Project Optimist, which engages residents of greater MN through storytelling & arts-based approach to collaborate across common divides, tackle problems & grow more optimistic about the future of their communities, region & world	$10,000 2025
Project Optimist Funding for Project Optimist, which engages residents of greater MN through storytelling & arts-based approach to collaborate across common divides, tackle problems & grow more optimistic about the future of their communities, region & world	$10,000 2025
Scenic Rivers Health Services Capital support to implement EPIC Electronic Health Record system at its clinics in rural northeastern Minnesota	$500,000 2025
Town of French Funding to support community program and facility upgrades	$5,000 2025
Two Spirit Advocacy Support for Two Spirit Advocacy in building inclusive community and welcoming space for 2SLGBTQIA+ people in the Bemidji area	$10,000 2025
United Way of Northeastern Minnesota Support of nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower local people to thrive in the core Iron Range communities, in the focus areas of youth opportunity, healthy community, community resilience, and financial stability	$5,000 2025
Voices For Ethnic and Multicultural Awareness Corporation Operating support to bring cross-cultural understanding, foster an inclusive community, and educate community members on the contributions of multicultural communities in Northern, rural Minnesota	$25,000 2025