Youthprise Board Approves First Round of Strategic Investments
In May 2012, Youthprise announced that it had awarded $2.1 million in grants to organizations throughout the Twin Cities to support youth to learn, lead and grow during their out-of-school time. Organizations receiving funding reflect Youthprise’s commitment to expanding services to youth at the greatest risk of experiencing disparities in opportunity. Youthprise will form a learning community with a broad base of grantee organizations that work with a very wide range of young people in a wide variety of ways.
Download a copy of the press release announcing the grants.
Download a list of grantees, including purpose of grants.
Grantees
Academia Cesar Chavez ($15,000), http://www.cesarchavezschool.com/
ACES – Athletes Committed to Educating Students ($25,000), www.ACES4Kids.org
Achieve!Minneapolis ($15,000), www.achievempls.org
American Indian Family Center ($20,000), www.aifc.net
American Oromo Community of Minnesota ($10,000), www.oromoamericans.org
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation ($20,000), www.wilder.org
Asian Media Access ($25,000), www.amamedia.org
Augsburg College ($20,000), www.augsburg.edu/democracy
Banyan Foundation dba The Banyan Community ($25,000), www.banyancommunity.org
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities ($15,000), www.bigstwincities.org
Bolder Options ($20,000), www.bolderoptions.org
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities ($15,000), www.boysandgirls.org
Center for Hmong Arts and Talent (CHAT) ($25,000), www.aboutchat.org
Center School (Nawayee) ($25,000), www.centerschool.org
Centro Cultural Chicano ($20,000), www.centromn.org
Children’s Defense Fund ($15,000), www.cdf-mn.org
City of Brooklyn Park ($20,000), http://www.brooklynpark.org/
City of Burnsville ($25,000), www.burnsville.org
CommonBond Communities ($20,000), www.commonbond.org
Community Design Center of Minnesota ($35,000), www.cdcmn.org
Community Mediation Services ($25,000), www.CommunityMediationS.org
Community Renewal through Innovative Building ($10,000),
COMPAS ($25,000), www.compas.org
Cookie Cart ($25,000), www.cookiecart.org
Cultural Wellness Center (CWC) ($20,000), www.ppcwc.org
Cycles for Change (formerly MN Bicycle and Pedestrian Alliance) ($19,000), www.sibleybikedepot.org
East Side Neighborhood Services ($20,000), www.esns.org
Eco Education ($25,000), www.ecoeducation.org
El Colegio Charter School ($20,000), www.el-colegio.org
Emerge Community Development ($15,000), www.emerge-mn.org
Family Partnership ($20,000), www.thefamilypartnership.org
FamilyMeans ($20,000), www.familymeans.org
Full Circle Community Institute ($25,000),
Galaxy Youth Centers, Bloomington Public Schools ($20,000), www.bloomington.k12.mn.us
Genesys Works ($20,000), www.genesysworks.org/twincities
Girl Scouts of MN and WI River Valleys ($15,000), www.girlscoutsrv.org
Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches ($15,000), www.gmcc.org
Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches/Division of Indian Work ($15,000), www.gmcc.org/diw
Heartland Democracy Center ($6,000), www.HeartlandDemocracy.org
Hennepin County Library ($20,000), www.hclib.org
High School for Recording Arts ($20,000), www.hsra.org
Hmong American Partnership ($25,000), www.hmong.org
In Progress ($35,000), www.in-progress.org
Independent Feature Project-North (dba IFP MN) ($25,000), www.ifpmn.org
Intermedia Arts of Minnesota ($30,000), www.IntermediaArts.org
Jabbok Family Servcies ($25,000), www.jabbokfamilyservices.org
Juxtaposition ($25,000), www.juxtaposition.org
Ka Joog Nonprofit Organization ($15,000), www.kajoog.org
Kaleidoscope Place ($30,000), www.kaleidoscope-kids.org
Kwanzaa Community Church, PCUSA ($25,000), www.kwanzaachurch.org
La Oportunidad ($25,000), www.oportunidad.org
Legacy Keepers (Griot Leadership Project) ($15,000), www.griotleadershipproject.org
Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota ($15,000), www.mpmn.org
MIGIZI Communications ($20,000), www.migizi.org
Minneapolis American Indian Center ($15,000), www.maicnet.org
Minnesota African Women’s Association ($30,000), www.mawanet.org
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation ($20,000), www.arboretum.umn.edu
Neighborhood House ($20,000), www.neighb.org
Neighborhood Involvement Program, Inc. ($15,000), www.neighborhoodinvolve.org
New American Academy ($15,000), www.minnesomali.org
Northwest Youth & Family Services ($15,000), www.nyfs.org
Opportunity Neighborhood ($30,000), www.opportunityneighborhood.org
Patchwork Quilt ($20,000), www.patchworkquilt.org
Peta Wakan Tipi ($30,000), www.dreamofwildhealth.org
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center ($20,000), www.phylliswheatley.org
Pillsbury United Communities ($25,000), www.puc-mn.org
Plymouth Christian Youth Center ($20,000), www.pcyc-mpls.org
Power of People Leadership Institute/Girls in Action ($20,000), www.giaction.org
Project for Pride in Living ($25,000), www.ppl-inc.org
Redeemer Center for Life ($30,000), www.redeemercenter.org
Regents of the University of MN (MN 4-H Fdn) ($20,000), http://www1.extension.umn.edu/youth/mn4-H/urban4-H/
Reve Academy ($15,000), www.reveacademy.org
Saint Paul Area Council of Churches ($20,000), www.spacc.org
Saint Paul Neighborhood Network ($20,000), www.spnn.org
Sanneh Foundation ($25,000), www.thesannehfoundation.org
Science Museum of Minnesota ($20,000), www.smm.org/kaysc
Somali American Parent Association (SAPA) ($15,000), www.mnsapa.org
Special School District #1 aka Mpls Public Schools-Community Education ($15,000), http://commed.mpls.k12.mn.us/
Stepping Stone Theatre Co ($15,000), www.steppingstonetheatre.org
Students Today Leaders Forever ($20,000), www.stlf.net
Tamales y Bicicletas (fiscal agent: MN Immigrant Freedom Network) ($4,000), www.tamalesybicicletas.weebly.com
TeenWorks, Inc. dba “The A-list” ($25,000), www.thealistyouth.org
Tennis & Education, Inc. ($20,000), www.fwtec.org
TVbyGIRLS ($6,000), www.tvbygirls.tv
University of Minnesota ($15,000), www.cehd.umn.edu.ssw/Programs/YDL/default.html
University of St. Thomas ($20,000), www.stthomas.edu
Urban Arts Academy ($20,000), www.urbanartsacademy.org
Walker West Music Academy ($25,000), www.walkerwestmusicacademy.org
WE WIN Institute, Inc. ($25,000), www.we-win.org
WellShare International ($15,000), www.wellshareinternational.org
West 7th Community Center ($20,000), www.west7th.org
Women’s Initiative for Self-Empowerment ($35,000), www.womenofwise.org
YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities ($15,000), www.ymcatwincities.org
YMCA – Minneapolis Beacons Network ($30,000), www.beaconminneapolis.org
Young Women’s Christian Association of St. Paul ($20,000), www.ywcaofstpaul.org
Youth Express ($25,000), www.youthexpress.net
Youth Farm and Market Project ($30,000), www.youthfarm.net
Youth Performance Company ($25,000), www.youthperformanceco.org
YouthCARE ($25,000), www.YouthCAREmn.org
YouthLink ($14,000), www.youthlinkmn.org
YWCA of Minneapolis ($20,000), www.ywcampls.org
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