12 Organizations Receive Inaugural Leadership Network Grants

(Saint Paul, MN - Sept. 16, 2014) - The Bush Foundation announced today the inaugural recipients of its Leadership Network Grants. These 12 organizations will use nearly $1.7 million to develop leaders who have the skills and cultural agility to provide effective leadership in diverse communities.

The organizations are:

* African American Leadership Forum (a program of Headwaters Foundation for Justice) - $200,000 - Minneapolis, MN

* Coalition of Asian American Leaders (a program of Asian American-Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy) - $200,000 - San Francisco, CA

* Initiative Foundation - $200,000 - Little Falls, MN

* James P. Shannon Institute (a program of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation) - $90,000 - Saint Paul, MN

* Leadership South Dakota (a program of the South Dakota Community Foundation) - $200,000 - Pierre, SD

* Minnesota Campus Compact - $152,423 - Minneapolis, MN

* NEW Leadership Development Institute (a program of Tri-College University) - $40,000 - Fargo, ND

* New Sector Alliance - $50,000 - Boston, MA

* Nexus Community Partners - $200,000 - Saint Paul, MN

* Twin Cities Indigenous Alliance (a program of the Native American Community Development Institute) - $200,000 - Minneapolis, MN

* West Central Initiative - $48,030 - Fergus Falls, MN

* Women's Leadership Program (a program of the Center for Technology & Business) - $75,335 - Bismarck, ND

"These programs are developing leaders who are the future of the region," said G. Bryan Fleming, the Foundation's leadership programs director. "We hope to be great learning partners with these grantees on key challenges, including how to build the cultural agility of leaders, ensure excellent leadership development programming, evaluate leadership work, and better support and connect with their alumni and our own."

Read the full story about the work of these grantees and why the Foundation created this new grant program at BushFoundation.org/News/Sept162014.

Learn more about those receiving grants: http://www.bushfoundation.org/grantees?keys=%222014%2BLeadership%2BNetwork%2BGrantee%22