Educational Institutions and Related Activities | Grant Recipients 

Breakthrough Saint Paul InitiatveMounds Park Academy
received a grant of $15,000 to help finance its Breakthrough Saint Paul Initiative. The Initiative is a partnership between Mounds Park Academy and the Saint Paul Public Schools to help address the achievement gap and graduation rates between students of color and white students in the public schools.

The program includes a summer school and school-year component, both of which are tuition-free. High school and college students are recruited to teach the summer school program as a way to attract students of color to the teaching profession.

This grant will assist public school students make tangible academic progress by increasing the number of advance placement and International Baccalaureate courses they take, while encouraging them to prepare for college.


November 2007
Total of $90,000 in 3 grants

Church of Saint Bernard of St. Paul, Minnesota | Saint Paul, Minnesota
To help finance the budget to make its community gathering space handicap accessible - $50,000

College of Visual Arts | Saint Paul, Minnesota
To help finance the budget of the integrated student management information system - $25,000

Mounds Park Academy | Saint Paul, Minnesota
To help finance the budget for the Breakthrough Saint Paul Initiative - $15,000


April 2007
Total of $385,000 in 6 grants

Admission Possible | Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget for program expansion - $100,000

The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library | Saint Paul, MN
For the Minnesota Book Awards - $10,000

Hope Academy Inc. | Minneapolis, MN
To help finance the annual operating budget - $10,000

Macalester College | Saint Paul, MN
For general corporate purposes - $10,000

The Saint Paul Foundation | Saint Paul, MN
To help finance the budget for expansion of Words Work! - $250,000

Trustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota | Saint Paul, MN
For the Annual Fund - $5,000


2006
Total Grants in Educational Institutions and Related Activities of $1,155,000

Century College Foundation | White Bear Lake, Minnesota
To help finance the budget of the Language Learning Lab of the ESOL Institute - $15,000

The College of St. Catherine | Saint Paul, Minnesota
For the Centers of Excellence Campaign - $25,000

Convent of the Visitation School | Mendota Heights, Minnesota
For the In Plain View - The Campaign for Visitation Values - $100,000

The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library | Saint Paul, Minnesota
To help finance the operating budget of the Homework Center at the Rondo Library - $100,000
For the Minnesota Book Awards - $10,000

Hope Academy Inc. | Minneapolis, Minnesota
To help finance the annual operating budget - $10,000

Indian Land Tenure Foundation | Little Canada, Minnesota
To help finance the budget of the Land Tenure Curriculum for the Saint Paul Public Schools - $50,000

Inver Hills Community College Foundation | Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota
To help finance the budget of Project Breakthrough - $105,000

Macalester College | Saint Paul, Minnesota
For general corporate purposes - $10,000

Minnesota Independent School Forum Inc. | Saint Paul, Minnesota
To help finance the Math and Science Education Initiative at its Saint Paul area member schools - $40,000

Montessori Training Center of Minnesota Inc. | Saint Paul, Minnesota
For the Timeless Education for a New World Capital Campaign - $150,000

Mounds Park Academy | Saint Paul, Minnesota
To help finance the budget for the Breakthrough Saint Paul Initiative - $15,000

Saint Paul Area Council of Churches | Saint Paul, Minnesota
To help finance the budget of Every Child Reads - $25,000

Saint Paul College FoundationSaint Paul College Foundation | Saint Paul, Minnesota
For the Power of You Initiative - $300,000

The Saint Paul Foundation | Saint Paul, Minnesota
To help finance the operating budget of Words Work! - $250,000

Saint Paul Public Schools, Ind. School Dist. #625 | Saint Paul, Minnesota
To help finance the Saturday School Program at Ames Elementary School - $5,000
To help finance opening week activities - $10,000
To help finance the Transition Plan - $40,000

Trustees of Hamline University of Minnesota | Saint Paul, Minnesota
For the Annual Fund - $5,000

Volunteers of America of Minnesota Inc. | Minneapolis, Minnesota
To help finance the budget of Experience Corps - Minnesota in the Saint Paul Public Schools - $15,000

Amherst H. Wilder Foundation | Saint Paul, Minnesota
To help finance the budget for expanding Achievement Plus to junior high schools in Saint Paul - $100,000


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