2012 Grants
The many nonprofit organizations that the Foundation funded in 2012 comprised of people passionate about improving the quality of life in the Northland.
Volunteer fire fighters on the Gunflint Trail raising funds to better their fire hall facilities to protect the community and in that process, creating facilities that offer needed gathering spaces; citizens concerned about protecting habitat so generations from now children can still observe in nature the majestic Great Gray Owl; educators that strive for all children to have quality school programming that enriches minds and creates futures of endless possibilities; community members that desire students to have the supplies they need for school and creatively work with businesses to recycle useable items; advocates working with homeless youth to provide basic needs and support for a changed future; individuals who love the arts and want children in rural communities to have diverse cultural experiences; and disaster responders who worked tirelessly during the devastating June floods to bring comfort and hope to all those struggling. These are just some of the many wonderful projects that the Foundation was privileged to partner with and fund.
Grants Made in 2012
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Northland, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for General Operating” $20,000
Companies to Classrooms, Duluth, Minnesota
“Start-Up Support” $5,000
Domestic Abuse and Intervention Program, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Transitions Program” $25,000
Duluth Children’s Museum, Inc., Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Exhibit and Education Program” $25,000
Duluth Library Foundation, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Capital Project” $5,860
Grant Community School Collaborative, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for General Operating” $25,000
Hartley Nature Center, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Capital Project ” $11,580
Northeast Entrepreneur Fund, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for ‘Be Strategic’ Training” $25,000
Northshore Area Partners, Two Harbors, Minnesota
“Support for General Operating” $20,000
St. Louis County Historical Society, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Veterns Hall Oral History Project” $10,500
Sugarloaf: The North Shore Stewardship Association, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for North Shore Forest Collaborative” $16,500
The Duluth Playhouse, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Capital Project” $25,000
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center, Finland, Minnesota
“Support for Environmental Science Immersion Program” $7,700
Twin Ports Ministry to Seafarers, Inc., Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Capital Project” $1,500
Lake Superior Youth Chorus, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Special American Folk Music Collaboration” $1,995
Community Action Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Seeds of Success” $10,000
First Witness Child Abuse Resource Center, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Safe & Strong Child Program – Year 2” $15,000
Life House Inc., Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Wellness Program” $20,000
Lutheran Social Service, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for First Year Program” $20,000
Matinee Musicale, Inc., Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Calmus Ensemble” $5,000
Men As Peacemakers, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Champions Initiative” $20,000
Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Trafficking Initiative” $25,000
Safe Haven Shelter for Battered Women, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Organization Rebranding” $10,000
The Nature Conservancy, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Northern Forest Project” $10,000
Tofte Historical Society, Tofte, Minnesota
“Support for Capital Project” $6,000
Union Gospel Mission, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Food Project” $5,000
Voyageurs Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Scouting in our service area” $25,000
WTIP North Shore Community Radio, Grand Marais, Minnesota
“Support for Garden Access Project” $4,000
Duluth Festival Opera, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Summer Opera Fest” $1,950
Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Free Family Art Days” $1,500
Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial, Inc. Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for RACE: Are We So Different?” $1,999
United Way of Greater Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Long-Term Flood Recovery Fund” $15,000
Community Partners, Two Harbors, Minnesota
“Support for Transportation Program” $1,905
American Red Cross, Northland Chapter, Duluth, Minnesota
“Flood Relief Efforts” $5,000
Conservation Corps Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota
“Summer Youth Program” for area youth $10,000
Duluth Aviation Institute, Duluth, Minnesota
“Path to Aviation-Gilruth Continuum” $10,000
Duluth Plant-A-Lot Community Garden Program, Duluth, Minnesota
“Operational Support” $15,000
Duluth Public Schools – Families in Transition Program, Duluth, Minnesota
“Spirit of Mothering Program” $20,000
Friends of the Sax-Zim Bog, Duluth, Minnesota
“Capacity Building” $8,400
Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory, Duluth, Minnesota
“Program Support” $14,295
Great Lakes Aquarium, Duluth, Minnesota
“Interactive Video Conferencing Program” $10,000
Local Initiatives Support Corporation Duluth (LISC), Duluth, Minnesota
“Duluth at Work Program” $20,000
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota, Duluth, Minnesota
“Youth at Risk Programs” $20,000
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, Duluth, Minnesota
“Performance Management Leadership Institute” $5,000
North Shore Community School, Duluth, Minnesota
“Gifted and Talented Program” $7,000
The Violence Prevention Center, Grand Marais, Minnesota
“North Shore Visiation Center Operating Support” $12,000
The Metamorphosis Project: Life”, Duluth, Minnesota
“After School Academic Program” $5,000
Eni-gikendaasoyang – University of Minnesota – Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Minnesota Indigenous Youth Freedom Project” $10,000
Birch Grove Foundation, Tofte, Minnesota
“Support for Hearth Oven Project” $1,750
United Way of Greater Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Emergency Food System Assessment” $700
Community Action Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Circles@Work and Getting Ahead” $15,000
Cook County Higher Education, Grand Marais, Minnesota
“Support for the Academic Warrior Project” $30,000
Damiano Center, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Soup Kitchen” $20,000
Duluth Area Family YMCA, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Mentor Duluth Program” $20,000
Girl Scouts of MN and WI Lakes and Pines, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Duluth Outreach to Girls at Risk” $20,000
Gunflint Trail Volunteer Fire Department, Grand Marais, Minnesota
“Support for Fire Hall Expansion/Remodeling” $50,000
HealthShare, Duluth, Minnesota
“General Operating Support” $20,000
Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for 2012 Concert Season” $5,000
Little Treasures Center, Inc., Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Capital Project” $7,400
Northern Bedrock Conservation Corps, Duluth, Minnesota
“Capacity Building Support” $5,000
Northern Lake County Arts Board, Silver Bay, Minnesota
“Support for School Residency Program” $11,100
Town of Tofte, Tofte, Minnesota
“Support for Feasibility Study” $29,000
Arrowhead Chorale, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for Music of the Anishinaabe People Concert” $1,000
Kids Closet of Duluth, Duluth, Minnesota
“Program Support”, $1,950
St.Louis River Alliance, Duluth, Minnesota
“Support for River Voice Newsletter”, $1,995
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
“Support for Marketing”, $1,500
