June 2020 Grants Awarded

Healthy Start

A grant of $50,000 to Alliance of Early Childhood Professionals to support and enrich Wicoie Nandagikendan’s distance and in person Ojibwe and Dakhóta instruction using First Speakers to engage with students

A grant of $200,000 payable over two years to Children’s Defense Fund-Minnesota for the purpose of increasing access to quality early childhood care and education with parent leadership and advocacy, community outreach and policy advocacy

A grant of $20,000 to Close Gaps by 5 to support the Early Care and Education Crisis Workgroup

A grant of $99,803 to Fond Du Lac Tribal College to support parents and extended family members to participate in Grandma’s House for the purpose of strengthening Ojibwe identity for children ages 0-3 years

A grant of $200,000 payable over two years to Lakes & Prairies Community Action Partnership for the purpose of increasing access to quality early childhood care and education by supporting immigrant child care providers and communities

A grant of $60,000 to Northfield Healthy Community Initiative for the purpose of increasing early childhood access in Rice County through community engagement and neighborhood organizing

A grant of $200,000 payable over two years to Northland Foundation for the purpose of increasing access to quality early childhood care and education using a comprehensive approach to support child care providers

A grant of $200,000 payable over two years to Northside Achievement Zone for the purpose of increasing access to quality early childhood care and education by supporting partners to provide the highest quality care and improve data tracking using Teaching Standards Gold

A grant of $200,000 payable over two years to Northwest Minnesota Foundation for the purpose of increasing access to quality early childhood care and education with the Step Up program

A grant of $70,000 to Somali Community Resettlement Services for Family, Friend and Neighbor child care provider training and support

A grant of $70,000 to Way to Grow to support a multi-pronged early childhood strategy to connect families to early childhood care and education providers and support parent engagement

A grant of $50,000 to West Central Initiative to support child care providers addressing  trauma with an Early Childhood Mental Health collaborative, and provide one on one support to child care providers

A grant of $70,000 to Wildflower Foundation to support Wildflower’s school cohort expansion project and for COVID-19 relief

A grant of $60,000 to YWCA of Minneapolis for a project to ensure access to safe and high-quality early childhood education

A grant of $200,000 payable over two years to Partnership Academy (La RED Latina de Educación Temprana) for the purpose of increasing access to quality early childhood care and education by supporting a network for Family, Friend and Neighbor childcare providers

A grant of $200,000 payable over two years to Southwest Initiative Foundation for the purpose of increasing access to quality early childhood care and education across a broad ecosystem of community support and structural change

A grant of $200,000 payable over two years to Think Small for the purpose of increasing access to quality early childhood care and education by creating the Think Small Institute

A grant of $200,000 payable over two years to United Community Action Partnership for the purpose of increasing access to quality early childhood care and education by supporting child care providers including Family, Friend and Neighbor and legally unlicensed providers

Access to Coverage

A grant of $100,000 payable over two years to Generations Health Care Initiatives for the purpose of growing the Insure Duluth Coalition to include the Duluth Area YMCA

A grant of $200,000 payable over two years to Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance for the purpose of supporting the Navigator Coalition

Capacity Builders

A grant of $50,000 to Alliance for Metro Stability to build the capacity of nonprofit organizations in community engagement, coalition organizing, systems navigation and field building

A grant of $200,000 payable over two years to Nexus Community Partners to build the capacity of nonprofit organizations and support the Community Engagement Institute

A grant of $200,000 payable over two years to Voices for Racial Justice to strengthen and support the capacity of nonprofit organizations in leadership development, policy, convening and network building using a healing justice framework