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ANEW BAM

1 Grant

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Roseville, MN

$80,000
2019
Education
for a parent advocacy program to address the systemic causes of illiteracy among students in Saint Paul Public Schools, and for general operating support

Bdote Learning Center

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$80,000
2019
Education
to build capacity of parents to advocate for students and schools at the board, state, and legislative levels, and for general operating support

Blake School

2 Grants

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Hopkins, MN

$100,000
2019
Education
for support of an aspiring teaching fellow internship and the implementation of a Breakthrough Collaborative Salesforce data management system
$15,000
2018
Education
to plan for pathways into teaching licensure programs for LearningWorks' racially, linguistically, and culturally diverse teaching fellows

Breakthrough Twin Cities

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$100,000
2019
Education
for general operating support

Center for Economic Inclusion

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$75,000
2019
Education
to support the Northside Funders Group in improving the quality of education delivered in North Minneapolis by increasing parent engagement and influence

Centro Tyrone Guzman

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$75,000
2018
Education
to expand parent engagement and advocacy efforts, and for general operating support

Children’s Defense Fund

2 Grants

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Saint Paul, MN

$50,000
2019
Education
to continue planning and begin implementation of a pathway for staff into teaching through the CDF-Minnesota's Teacher of Color Freedom Schools pipeline
$215,000
2018
Education
to support the operations of the Minnesota chapter of CDF and to enhance capacity for parent leadership and advocacy

Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$100,000
2019
Education
to prepare Latino parents to more actively participate in their children’s education and to create leaders and advocates within the Latino community who will inform and influence education policy and systems change, and for general operating support

Comunidades Organizando El Poder Y La Accion Latina COPAL Education

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$150,000
2019
Education
to build a network of civically engaged Latinx parents who have enhanced capacity to advocate for their Minneapolis Public School children in the pursuit of equitable access to academic and social emotional learning opportunities

East Metro Integration District 6067

1 Grant

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Woodbury, MN

$100,000
2019
Education
to increase teacher diversity in Minnesota schools by helping school district HR directors identify and address barriers to recruiting, hiring, retaining, and promoting teachers of color and indigenous teachers

Education Evolving

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$45,000
2018
Education
to examine educator stability and retention in Minnesota

Educators for Excellence, Inc.

1 Grant

$15,000
2019
Education
for teacher leadership program development

Greater Twin Cities United Way

2 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$150,000
2019
Education
to support career pathways into the teaching profession, particularly for students of color
$200,000
2019
Education
to fund family organizing, advocacy, and leadership training in Greater Minnesota

Hiawatha Academies

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$40,000
2019
Education
to increase retention, especially of staff of color, by building commitment and capacity for diversity, equity, and inclusion within the organization

Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment Through Research

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$80,000
2019
Education
for general operating support

Isuroon

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$200,000
2019
Education
to increase engagement of Somali families in advocating for and effecting education system reform, and for general operating support

Latino Youth Development Collaborative-LYDC

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$100,000
2019
Education
for general operating support

Literacy Minnesota

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$90,000
2018
Education
to equip parents as educational advocates for children at the school, district, and state levels, and for general operating support

Lower Sioux Indian Community

1 Grant

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Morton, MN

$300,000
2018
Education
to launch a Tribal Education Department and engage the tribal community in developing a long-range strategic educational plan, and for general operating support

Migration Policy Institute

1 Grant

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Washington, DC

$400,000
2018
Education
to support and build capacity of Minnesota-based immigrant organizations and the families they serve to participate in education policy development and implementation

Minnesota Education Equity Partnership

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$300,000
2019
Education
for general operating support

National Indian Education Association

1 Grant

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Washington, DC

$300,000
2018
Education
to support tribes in Minnesota in ensuring that implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act supports Native student outcomes

National Urban Indian Family Coalition

1 Grant

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Seattle, WA

$10,000
2019
Education
to partially support a national convening of urban indigenous education models, including two from Minnesota

Neighborhood House

1 Grant

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Saint Paul, MN

$150,000
2019
Education
for program support of Wilder's Latino Leadership Program

Network for the Development of Children of African Descent

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$225,000
2018
Education
to support NdCAD’s efforts to promote parent leadership around education advocacy and to ensure culturally responsive staff climates in schools, and for general operating support

New America Foundation

1 Grant

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Washington, DC

$300,000
2019
Education
to support research and outreach on Grow Your Own teacher preparation programs in Minnesota and to support two Minnesota-based New America Fellows

Northside Achievement Zone

1 Grant

$50,000
2019
Education
to support the launch of parent leadership courses

Our Turn, Inc.

1 Grant

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New York, NY

$180,000
2019
Education
to support SFER-MN as it builds capacity and a strong, well-organized communications strategy around the Minneapolis Public Schools Comprehensive Design Project/Project Equity Campaign, and for general operating support

Pillsbury United Communities

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$100,000
2019
Education
to support continuation of the School Board Academy to support community members in acting as engaged, informed leaders on charter school boards

Plymouth Christian Youth Center

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$375,000
2018
Education
to create career pathways into education in collaboration with the Metropolitan Federation of Alternative Schools, and for general operating support

Propel Nonprofits

3 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$50,000
2019
Education
to launch a program supporting low-income parents and parents of color to use their power to hold the education system accountable for high quality, culturally affirming experiences
$1,278,000
2019
Education
to strengthen existing organizations led by and/or serving People of Color and Indigenous People to increase their effectiveness and impact on family engagement and educational outcomes
$40,000
2018
Education
to incubate and launch a grassroots parent organizing movement to increase academic outcomes for kids in the Twin Cities

Regents of the University of Michigan

1 Grant

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Ann Arbor, MI

$860,000
2018
Education
to build capacity for practice-based, justice-oriented teacher education among Minnesota teacher educators

Sejong Academy

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$100,000
2019
Education
to expand family engagement efforts and improve family and community access to high quality and culturally relevant information about schools and school systems, and for general operating support

Southwest Initiative Foundation

2 Grants

$1,060,000
2019
Education
to build a pathway to teaching for diverse candidates in and around Worthington, Minnesota
$75,000
2018
Education
for planning a teacher preparation pathway in Southwest Minnesota

Teach For America

1 Grant

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New York, NY

$300,000
2019
Education
to support the general operations of TFA-Twin Cities

The Minneapolis Foundation

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$100,000
2019
Education
to support statewide focus groups with school leaders to understand their roles, experiences, and the challenges they face

The Sanneh Foundation

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$150,000
2018
Education
to support the Dreamline teacher pathway program, and for general operating support

TNTP, Inc.

2 Grants

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New York, NY

$300,000
2019
Education
to design and implement one of the first approved alternative certification programs for teachers in Minnesota
$100,000
2018
Education
to support TNTP in planning for and applying to become one of the first approved alternative certification programs in Minnesota

Twin Cities Innovation Alliance

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$75,000
2019
Education
to engage parents around the use of big data and predictive algorithms in education

Unidos MN

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$100,000
2019
Education
to engage Latinx families in K-12 public education

University of Minnesota Foundation

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$150,000
2019
Education
to support a research-practice partnership project aimed at translating teacher effectiveness research into district human capital practice

University of St. Thomas

2 Grants

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St. Paul, MN

$250,000
2019
Education
to increase the number of teachers of color through implementation of the Diverse Teachers Initiative and increase the number of diverse, transformational school leaders by developing a program model and collaborations with local school systems
$70,000
2018
Education
to establish pathways to teaching for racially, linguistically, and culturally diverse candidates via a collaboration between the Dougherty Family College and the School of Education at St. Thomas

Voices for Racial Justice

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$150,000
2018
Education
to engage Minnesota parents of color and indigenous parents in learning and organizing cohorts for education equity, and for general operating support

Way to Grow

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$100,000
2018
Education
to strengthen parent engagement and advocacy in education, and for general operating support
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