2026 Grant Totals

Dollars Granted

Grants Awarded

2026 Grant Recipients

Arts & Culture

 

  • MN Ballet
    $10,000- General Operating Support
  • North Shore Music Association
    $25,000- General Operating Support
  • North House Folk School
    $25,000- General Operating Support
  • Spirit of the Lakes Community Arts
    $10,000- SOLCA Kitchen and Ceramic Studio Improvements
  • Grand Marais Arts
    $65,000-Capital and Operating Fund
  • Lake Superior Community Theatre
    $3,500-Tracks Play Production
  • City of Silver Bay
    $3,500-To support summer theater instruction programming for youth in Silver Bay
  • The Duluth Playhouse
    $15,000- General Operating Support 26-27 Season
  • Grand Marais Playhouse
    $25,000-General Operating Support
  • Duluth Superior Symphony Orchestra
    $7,000- DSSO Carnegie Hall Link-Up Program for 3rd though 5th graders
  • WTIP Cook County Community Radio
    $68,500- General Operating Support
  • PBS North
    $25,000- Sustaining Native Report: Advancing Indigenous Voices into the Future
    Community & Economic Development
    • One Roof Community Housing
      $50,000-Capital Investment for New Office Building
    • Duluth Community Garden
      $20,000-Capacity Building Support
    • YWCA Duluth
      $10,000- Childcare Implementation Task Force
    • Brico Collective
      $15,000-Strengthening Duluth’s Social Impact Ecosystem Through Connection
    • Two Harbors Community Radio
      $1,200- To support soundproofing for radio station production studio and broadcast studio. 
    • GDN Development Alliance
      $3,500- To support development of new community playground for young children and families in Gary- New Duluth community. 
    • Superior Cycling Association
      $12,000- To strengthen organizational capacity and support the long-term stewardship of Cook County mountain bike trails. 
    • Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
      $75,000- Grand Portage Marina Reconstruction and Resilience Project
      Education
      • Duluth Library Foundation
        $25,000-Foundations to Learn, Play & Grow: Transforming the Children’s Section at the Downtown Library
      • Cook County Higher Education
        $70,000-Student Services Manager Support and Long Distance Tuition Scholarships
      • Family Freedom Center
        $25,000-To provide flexibile operating support for Family Freedom Center’s youth programming and restorative practices programming.
      Environment

       MN Land Trust

      • $20,000-Headwaters Partnership- Engagement and Environmental Justice
      • The Nature Conservancy
        $15,000-Resilient Forests
      • Let’s Plant Trees
        $7,000- Tree Seedling Financial Support
      • Great Lakes Aquarium
        $40,000-Namewag: A Lake Sturgeon Story
      • Sugarloaf The North Shore Stewardship Association
        $10,000- The North Shore Forest Collaborative – A partnership that works
      • Friends of The Superior National Forest
        $15,000- Growing Friends: General Operating Support for Superior National Forest Stewardship
      • Friends of The Superior National Forest
        $15,000- Growing Friends: General Operating Support for Superior National Forest Stewardship
      • National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation
        $50,000- Northern Moose Alliance
      • Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center
        $25,000- Wolf Ridge Organic Farm Support
      Social Welfare
      • Care Partners of Cook County
        $30,000- Care Partners Programs Operational Support
      • Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
        $12,000- Central Hillside Parish Nurse Program
      • Grant to ConnectAbility 
        $3,500- To support the collection, preparation, and distribution of donated mobility and adaptive equipment at no cost for Duluth area community members
      • Lake Superior YMCA 
        $25,000- To support construction costs for the Hillside Early Learning Center, which will expand licensed child care capacity in the Hillside neighborhood. 
      • Life House, Inc.
        $25,000- To provide general operating funds to support comprehensive yourh programs.
      • Two Harbors Area Food Shelf
        $25,000- To support essential food distribution services. 
      • Union Gospel Mission
        $3,500- To support collaborative efforts to better coordinate food access, shelter, outreach, and supporting housing services for people experiencing homelessness in Duluth. 
      • The Duluth Salvation Army
        $25,000- Plover Place Programming / Services
      • First Witness Child Advocacy Center
        $20,000- Bridging Distance | Strengthening Response 

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