How much funding does Partnership Fund Grant provide?

Partnership Fund Grant provides Up to US $150,000 in funding.

When is the deadline for Partnership Fund Grant?

The funder has not published a deadline for this grant.

Partnership Fund Grant

The Bush Foundation

Foundation Grants for Nonprofits Community Development Grants Capacity Building Grants

Funding Amount

Up to US $150,000

Deadline

Deadline not published

Grant Type

Foundation

Can we apply?

Check your organization against each line. Taken from the listing; confirm with the funder's guidelines.

Not eligible / not funded

Not eligible: Emergency funding for budget shortfalls.
Not eligible: Requests that support a single organization or coalition for a need or idea that other organizations or coalitions also have.
Not eligible: Projects that could fit into any of our open competitive grant programs, as we do not intend for this fund to be a side door to Bush funding

Overview

The Partnership Fund Grant by the Bush Foundation is designed for unique funding needs that do not align with existing programs. It aims to address pressing community challenges in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and 23 Native nations. This fund facilitates collaboration with other funders, attracts additional resources, and provides seed funding for initiatives that resonate with the foundation's strategic values, ensuring impactful community development.

What We Fund
The Partnership Fund gives us flexibility to address important community needs in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and the 23 Native nations that share the same geography. We use the fund to:
collaborate with other funders to address significant challenges or community crisesattract other resources to the regionprovide seed funding for efforts that align with Bush strategy and values that don’t fit into our other programs

Ineligibility

Emergency funding for budget shortfallsRequests that support a single organization or coalition for a need or idea that other organizations or coalitions also haveProjects that could fit into any of our open competitive grant programs, as we do not intend for this fund to be a side door to Bush funding

What The Bush Foundation actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024

Grants in 2024: 148
Total given: $53.71M
Median grant: $150K
Range: $1,000–$4.2M

By dollars: Minnesota 69%, South Dakota 12%, District of Columbia 9%. Top recipient cities: Saint Paul, MN; Minneapolis, MN; Washington, DC.
27% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
17% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

Exodus Financial Services · St Paul, MN

To spread an innovative lending model to provide an upstream alternative to predatory…

$4.2M
Bureau of Indian Affairs · Washington, DC

To support work to establish an oral history collection

$3.15M
Owamniyomni Okhodayapi · Minneapolis, MN

To develop a new model of land reclamation with multi-tribal nation control

$2.63M
Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi · Saint Paul, MN

To develop and test a new model of indigenous urban land stewardship through nonprofit…

$2.48M
Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio Inc · Saint Paul, MN

Develop and test a new model of shared space and accessible training for childcare…

$1.7M