The Corcoran Neighborhood Organization (CNO) came into being in 1975 through a grassroots effort by neighborhood residents to establish Corcoran Park on the site of a closed school. Building on this victory, CNO has continued to unite and equip neighbors to improve and protect the neighborhood. CNO serves as a nonpartisan information source, spokesperson, and …
The Missouri Coalition for the Environment (MCE) is an independent, citizens’ environmental organization for clean water, clean air, clean energy, and a healthy environment. MCE works with the Mississippi River Collaborative to protect and restore wetlands. The state of Missouri contained about 4.8 million acres of wetlands prior to European settlement. By the 1980s about …
Illinois Stewardship Alliance is a membership-based organization that cultivates a local food and farm system that is economically viable, socially just, and environmentally sustainable. They seek to build a world where soils are treated as a precious resource, local food producers earn a fair, living wage, local food education is integrated into all levels of …
The Environmental America Research and Policy Center works to educate the public and win tangible results for clean water through their research and advocacy work. A diverse array of people and organizations across Minnesota have joined Environment America in advocating for clean water, including over 40 local elected officials, 35 local small business owners, and …
Plains Art Museum is committed to providing a hub for creative life in the border communities of Fargo, ND, and Moorhead, MN, by offering meaningful experiences in our galleries, studios, and programs. They feature contemporary art exhibitions, classes, lectures, studios, collaborations, workshops, special events, and performances. The museum showcases working regional artists, from those who …
Milkweed Editions is a nonprofit press that sets out to take risks on debut and experimental writers. Founded in 1980, they’ve published over 350 books of literary fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, currently with over four million copies in circulation. They take their name from the common milkweed plant — the site of metamorphosis for monarch …
The Minnesota Fringe Festival, founded in 1993, operates under the mission to promote freedom and diversity of artistic expression by connecting adventurous artists with adventurous audiences. Its primary program is an annual 11-day performing arts festival that runs every August in Minneapolis. The unique nature of the Fringe lies in the fact that it selects …
Living Cities works with the world’s largest foundations and financial institutions to build a new type of urban practice that addresses both physical and human capital issues, from affordable housing creation along transit corridors, education reform, and youth recidivism, designed to improve the lives of low-income people. Living Cities selected Minneapolis/St. Paul’s Corridors of Opportunity …
The Corporation for Supportive Housing (CHS) aims to advance housing solutions that improve the lives of the most vulnerable people, maximize public resources, and build strong, healthy communities across the country. They do this by educating and empowering housing industry players, lending to potential homebuyers, collaborating with developers to find innovative housing solutions, and advocating …
The Wetlands Initiative is a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring the wetland resources of the Midwest to improve water quality, increase wildlife habitat and biodiversity, and reduce flood damage. Their work combines two basic strategies: restore more wetlands and strive to innovate fundamental changes in how we finance large-scale wetland restoration. Their projects are based …