Bush Foundation Awards Nearly $5 Million in Community Innovation Grants to 30 Organizations

(Saint Paul, Minn. - May 27, 2015) The Bush Foundation will award nearly $5 million to 30 organizations through its Community Innovation Grant program. Funds will support problem-solving efforts across a range of issue areas including domestic violence prevention, food sovereignty and watershed preservation.

"This year's Community Innovation Grant recipients represent a growing network of organizations that are truly advocating for social change. It's impressive to see the depth and breadth of thoughtful and responsive processes these organizations have proposed, and I know the Foundation is pleased to support such collaborative work," said Molly Matheson Gruen, Bush Foundation community innovation co-director.

The Community Innovation Grant program was established in 2013 for community stakeholders to find breakthrough solutions to complex challenges. Projects receiving Community Innovation Grant support will inspire collaborative problem-solving processes that lead to more effective, equitable and sustainable solutions.

The Foundation awards Community Innovation grants between $10,000 and $200,000; and will welcome applications for its next grantmaking round in the fall of 2015.

To learn more about the Community Innovation Grant program, as well as the 30 recipient organizations, please visit http://www.bushfoundation.org/grants/community-innovation-grants

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About the Bush Foundation

The Bush Foundation invests in great ideas and the people who power them. We encourage individuals and organizations to think bigger and think differently about what is possible in communities across Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and the 23 Native nations that share the same geographic area. Since it was established in

1953 by 3M executive Archibald Bush and his wife, Edyth, the Foundation has invested nearly one billion dollars in grants to thousands of organizations and individuals.