2024 Grants
In 2024 the Foundation awarded 69 grants totaling $1,180,350. Notable grants include: expansion of the CHUM homeless shelter in Duluth; support for the Nature Conservancy’s reforestation efforts on the North Shore; assisting the Armory Arts & Music Center in the creation of a business plan for the soon to be renovated Armory in Duluth as well as many other important projects to enhance North Shore communities.
2024 Grant Totals
Dollars Granted
Grants Awarded
2024 Grant Recipients
Arts & Culture
- Grand Marais Art Colony
$25,000 – Ceramics Studio Improvements (Phase II) - Grand Marais Playhouse Inc
$25,000 – Provide High Quality Theater and educational opportunities to Cook County community and its visitors in a safe inclusive environment - Gunflint Trail Historical Society
$9,000 – Video Exhibit Enhancement and Upgrade - Scaredy Cat Studio LLC
$3,500 – Pilot course for group music program - Compas, INC
$3,500 – Spoken Word Poetry in Silver Bay - Rocky Wall Entertainment
$3,500 – Summer Concert Series - Animikii Mazina’iganan: Thunderbird Press
$3,500 – Fur Trade Nation Release - Arrowhead Chorale
$7,500 – Musical Storytelling through Puppetry - Choice Unlimited
$10,000 – BOLD-Choice Theatre Company Outreach Performances - Duluth Art Institute Association
$25,000 – General Operating Support - Duluth Playhouse Inc
$12,500 – 24-25 General Operating Support - The Kako Foundation
$3,000 – That’s a Rap! Artist-in Residence summer program - Minnesota Ballet
$15,000 – General Operating Support for Minnesota Ballet - Armory Arts & Music Center
$20,000 – Building Capacity through a Comprehensive Business Plan - Twin Ports Choral Project
$10,000 – 2024-2025 Twin Ports Choral Project Operating Support - Vaaj Xauvkaub Foundation Inc
$3,500 – Twin Ports Hmong New Year - Zeitgeist Center for Arts and Community
$1,000 – POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Community & Economic Development
- Cook County HRA
$50,000 – Pre-development funds for new housing projects - Cook County/Grand Marais Joint Economic Development Authority (EDA)
$3,000 – EDA three-year strategic framework - WTIP Cook County Community Radio
$45,000 – Community Media Expansion and Development Year 2 - Rocky Wall Entertainment
$11,000 – Silver Bay City Center Park and Amphitheater Design - Two Harbors Area Food Shelf
$15,000 – Food Purchase - Maji ya Chai Land Sanctuary
$3,500 – Safety and security infrastructure expansion - Family Freedom Center
$25,000 – Family Freedom Center General Operating Support - Greater Downtown Council DBA Downtown Duluth
$15,000 – Imagine Downtown – Duluth’s 5 Year Workplan - Local Initiatives Support Corporation Duluth
$10,000 – Emerging Developers Capacity Building Initiative
Education
- Cook County Community YMCA
$20,000 – Early Childhood Support - Cook County Higher Education
$70,000 – Tuition Scholarships and the Student Support Specialist Position at Cook County Higher Education - Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
$10,000 – Duluth Core Learning Pilot Project - Finland Children In Nature Group
$3,500 – Yard Development - Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center
$25,000 – Upgraded Student Transportation - Birch Grove Community School
$3,500 – Furniture for Seedlings Program - Boys & Girls Clubs of the Northland
$20,000 – Capacity Building - Chester Bowl Improvement Club
$50,000 – Growing Up Chester Chalet Expansion and Renovation - Conflict Resolution Center
$15,000 – Restorative Services for At-Risk Youth in Duluth area - Duluth Community School Collaborative
$15,000 – DCSC General Operating Support - Duluth Public Schools ISD 709
$15,000 – Enhanced Outdoor Play and Learning: Shed and Sleds Project and $3,500 – Diamonds and Pearls Program Support - Great Lakes Aquarium (Lake Superior Center)
$20,000 – Lava to Lakes Exhibit Gallery
Environment
- Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness
$10,000 – Boundary Waters is Our Backyard - Minnesota Land Trust
$29,400 – North Shore Land Conservation - Conservation Corps Minnesota
$15,000 – 2024 Summer Youth Corps - Let’s Plant Trees
$3,500 – Funding for 2025 Minnesota Tree Seedlings - Minnesota Land Trust-C/O Duluth Area Outdoor Alliance
$2,500 – Content and speaker expenses related to the Great Lakes Outdoor Summit - The Nature Conservancy
$10,000 – Highway 61 Reforested - Superior Hiking Trail Association
$15,000 – SHTA Volunteer-Centered Programming
Social Welfare
- Care Partners of Cook County
$3,500 – Care Partners Build Out and $20,000 - North Shore Health
$20,000 – Overhead Body Weight Support Track System - Sawtooth Mountain Clinic
$30,000 – The Oral Health Task Force Dental Program - Violence Prevention Center
$28,000 – Office and Development Coordinator - University of Minnesota Foundation
$5,300 – To support aging services at Grand Portage - North Shore Area Partners
$25,000 – Leadership Transition - First Witness Child Advocacy Center
$20,000 – Child Abuse Prevention and Response - Animal Allies Humane Society
$3,500 – Feline Observation and Isolation Kennels Replacement - Bob Tavani House for Medical Respite
$15,000 – Bob Tavani House General Operating Funds - Center City Housing Corp
$20,000 – CCHC Family Supportive Housing - CHUM
$100,000 – Chum Shelter Expansion Project - Cyclists of Gitchee Gumee Shores
$3,500 – Harbor Highlands Earn a Bike Program - Community Action Duluth
$20,000 – Mobile Market - Damiano of Duluth, Inc.
$30,000 – General operating support for Damiano services - Divine Konnections Inc.
$20,000 – Annie’s House Capital Expansion - The Duluth Salvation Army
$15,000 – Food Shelves - Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
$7,650 – Central Hillside Parish Nurse Program - Kids Closet of Duluth
$10,000 – Kids Closet Clothing - Mentor North
$20,000 – Mentoring to Build Resilience and Decrease Isolation in Duluth - Miller-Dwan Foundation
$15,000 – Northland Adaptive Recreation’s 4th Street Building - Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans
$20,000 – Supportive Services for Veterans in Northeast Minnesota - Vita Nova
$20,000 – Vita Nova General Operations - YMCA Duluth
$20,000 – Future Forward
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