2017 Bush Prize for Community Innovation

As models of true problem solving, Bush Prize for Community Innovation winners work inclusively, in partnership with others, to make their communities better for all.

Meet the 2017 Bush Prize winners: seven organizations that are extraordinary not only in what they do, but in how they do it.

Appetite for Change staff

Fargo-Moorhead Coalition for Homeless Persons staff

Hmong American Farmers Association staff

Latino Economic Development Center staff

Northfield Healthy Community Initiative staff

Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation staff

[Vision West ND / Dunn County staff]

“The 2017 winners are unstoppable forces who show up every day determined to create collective solutions for their communities,” said Mandy Ellerton, Community Innovation Director. “They push through challenges and hardship for causes they care about, stirring up and inspiring much-needed change in the places they call home.”

We received 127 applications from Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and the 23 Native nations that share the same geography for the 2017 Bush Prize. Three panels of community members chose the winners from their respective states. Bush Prize winners receive a package that includes promotional support and an unrestricted grant equal to 25 percent of the organization’s prior fiscal year budget, up to $500,000.

https://www.bushfoundation.org/grants/bush-prize-community-innovation