Grants awarded
Who does The Bush Foundation fund?
The Bush Foundation has awarded $282 million across 834 grants to 322 grantees between 2020 and 2023. Its giving concentrates in foundations & grantmakers. Its typical grant is $100,000, with most between $25,000 and $206,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $100,000 versus $35,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$281.7M
Typical grant
$100K
Grantees
322
Grants
834
Years
2020–2023
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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Nexus Community Partners
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$54.2M | 8 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Ndn Collective INC
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$51.1M | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | SD | |
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
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$10.1M | 20 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| B Bush Fellowship Program | $9.5M | 16 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
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$5.7M | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | NY | |
South Dakota Community Foundation
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$5.2M | 9 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | SD | |
Native Governance Center
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$4.9M | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
Family Housing Fund
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$4.0M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MN | |
Four Bands Community Fund INC
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$3.9M | 8 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | SD | |
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$3.8M | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
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$3.6M | 7 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | OH | |
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$3.5M | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$3.5M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Propel Nonprofits
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$3.3M | 9 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Headwaters Foundation for Justice
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$3.0M | 7 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$3.0M | 7 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Southwest Initiative Foundation
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$2.9M | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
| N Northwest North Dakota Community Foundation INC | $2.7M | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$2.6M | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$2.6M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| M Minnesota Inclusive Growth Fund LLC | $2.5M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2.2M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| B Black Hills Special Services Cooperative | $2.2M | 8 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$2.2M | 2 | 2021 | 2021 | MN | |
| I Individual recipient | $2.2M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C City of Saint Paul | $2.1M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$2.1M | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | SD | |
Land Bank Twin Cities INC
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$2.1M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MN | |
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$2.1M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NM | |
| R Rosebud Economic Development Corp | $2.0M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | TX | |
| N North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems | $2.0M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
The Minneapolis Foundation
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$1.9M | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
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$1.7M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Springboard for the Arts
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$1.6M | 13 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| F Finnovation Lab LLC | $1.4M | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| I Impact Foundation | $1.4M | 10 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Black Hills Area Community Foundation
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$1.4M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | SD | |
Arts Midwest
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$1.4M | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
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$1.3M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ND | |
Education Evolving
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$1.2M | 9 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Sacred Pipe Resource Center
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$1.1M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ND | |
| F Family Tree INC | $1.0M | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N North Dakota State University | $1.0M | 8 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Enhancing and Strengthening North Dakota Nonprofits & Communities
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$1.0M | 7 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ND | |
Edvisions Schools INC
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$1.0M | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
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$1.0M | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Centro De Trabajadores Unidos En La Lucha
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$988K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Givemn
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$985K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| T Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation | $984K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| R Running Strong for American Indian Youth | $970K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Gender Justice
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$936K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
President and Fellows of Harvard College
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$908K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MA | |
All Square
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$907K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Initiative Foundation
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$895K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$887K | 16 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| S South Central Service Cooperative | $870K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples INC | $809K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$760K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
Achieve Twin Cities
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$750K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$710K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Amherst H Wilder Foundation
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$694K | 8 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| A African American Leadership Forum | $678K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| L Latino Economic Development Center | $668K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Prison Fellowship Ministries
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$656K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | VA | |
| R Regents of the University of Minnesota | $650K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Dakota Resources
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$625K | 8 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | SD | |
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$608K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MN | |
| L Lindsay Unified School District | $600K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
World Wildlife Fund INC
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$600K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | DC | |
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits INC
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$580K | 8 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$580K | 12 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
First Peoples Fund
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$558K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | SD | |
Emerging Prairie
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$552K | 8 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | ND | |
Nonviolent Peaceforce
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$541K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| S South Dakota Education Equity Coalition (sdeec) | $535K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$534K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | SD | |
| N North American Council for Online Learning | $525K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Compass Center | $523K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Arts South Dakota
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$518K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | SD | |
| S South Dakota State University | $503K | 4 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| G Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Health Board | $500K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance Incorporated
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$500K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MN | |
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$490K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$480K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| C Commission for Oceti Sakowin Accreditation | $470K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | SD | |
Citizens League
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$470K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Coalition of Asian American Leaders
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$470K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Minnesota Education Equity Partnership
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$470K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| A Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona | $470K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$462K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
| S State of North Dakota North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission | $450K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S State of Minnesota Department of Management and Budget | $450K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S State of South Dakota Department of Tribal Relations | $450K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$418K | 2 | 2021 | 2021 | MN | |
| A African Career Education & Resources INC | $408K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$405K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MT | |
Helpline Center INC
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$405K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | SD | |
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$403K | 5 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
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$400K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Wallin Education Partners
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$400K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MN |
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