Special Grants to the University of Saint Thomas

$55,000 to establish the Ciresi Walburn Leadership Fellows scholarship program

$316,500 for Ciresi Walburn Leadership Fellows (Cohort 1: 2022-2026)

$475,000 for Ciresi Walburn Leadership Fellows (Cohort 2: 2023-2027)

Special Grants to the Minnesota Private College Fund

$361,600 for Ciresi Walburn Scholars Program (Cohort 1: 2018-2020)

$40,000 for a Matching Grant for Capacity Building for Programs to Support African American Male College Students (2019)

$480,000 for Ciresi Walburn Scholars Program (Cohort 2: 2019-2021)

$494,000 for Ciresi Walburn Scholars Program (Cohort 3: 2020-2022)

$495,000 for Ciresi Walburn Scholars Program (Cohort 4: 2021-2023)

Special Grants to Support Literacy

$450,000 over three years to ServeMinnesota for Total Learning Classroom (TLC) and Bridge2Read (B2R) at Sonneyson and Lakeview Elementary Schools in Robbinsdale Area Schools (2022-2025)

$10,000 to Way to Grow for Book Fair at annual Early Learner Celebration and book distribution throughout the 2023-24 school year

$10,000 to The Hunt Institute to support Minnesota’s The Path Forward Cohort work aimed at transforming the curriculum and delivery of early literacy instruction by embedding the science of reading into teacher preparation and K-12 school classrooms. (2022-2024)

2023 Annual Grant Cycle

Ascension Catholic Academy $75,000

Breakthrough Twin Cities $40,000

Children’s Theatre Company $50,000

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School (CRJHS) $75,000

Decoding Dyslexia Minnesota (DDMN) $40,000

Dunwoody College of Technology $30,000

EdAllies $100,000

Global Academy $75,000

Great MN Schools (GMS) $50,000

Reach Out and Read Minnesota $20,000

Reading Partners Twin Cities $50,000

Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood (SPPN) $50,000

Summit Academy OIC $100,000

The Sanneh Foundation $40,000

Think Small $50,000

Way to Grow $125,000

2022 Annual Grant Cycle

Ascension Catholic Academy $100,000

Dunwoody College of Technology $30,000

East Side Learning Center $15,000

EdAllies $100,000

FRIENDS of the Minnesota Orchestra $40,000

Global Academy $75,000

Great MN Schools $50,000

Groves Learning Organization $33,968

Hennepin Schools $50,000

Hopkins Collaborative Lab School (Thrive Ed) $25,000

Little Free Library $20,000

Minnesota Parent Union $80,000

Montessori Center of Minnesota $60,000

Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) $75,000

Prodeo Academy $75,000

Reach Out and Read Minnesota $20,000

Reading Partners $50,000

St. Paul Promise Neighborhood (via Amherst H. Wilder Foundation) $75,000

Summit Academy OIC $125,000

Teach Minnesota (TNTP) $75,000

Venture Academies $35,000

Way to Grow $125,000

YWCA Duluth $30,000

2021 Annual Grant Cycle

Ascension Catholic Academy $100,000

Breakthrough Twin Cities $50,000

Close Gaps by 5 $50,000

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School $75,000

Educators for Excellence (E4E-MN) $40,000

EdAllies $100,000

Elevating Education MN $50,000

Friendship Academy of the Arts $75,000

Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) $100,000

Prodeo Academy $75,000

Reading Partners Twin Cities $45,000

Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) $75,000

Summit Academy OIC $125,000

Thrive Ed $50,000

Way to Grow $125,000

YWCA Duluth $30,000

 2021 Tutoring RFP

Great MN Schools $30,000

East Side Learning Center $15,000

2020 Arts Programming RFP

COMPAS $75,000

Duluth Community School Collaborative $20,000

Lundstrum Performing Arts $30,000

The YES Network $8,000

2020 Annual Grant Cycle

Ascension Catholic Community $100,000

Breakthrough Twin Cities $50,000

Close Gaps by 5 $50,000

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School $75,000

EdAllies $125,000

Educators for Excellence (E4E) $25,000

Friendship Academy $50,000

Global Academy $86,000

Great MN Schools $35,000

Groves Academy $40,000

Jewish Family and Children’s Services of Minneapolis (JFCS) $50,000

Link Public Schools $50,000

MN Parent Union $75,000

Montessori Center of Minnesota $40,000

Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ) $100,000

People Serving People $5,000

Prodeo Academy $75,000

Reading Partners Twin Cities $20,000

Summit Academy OIC $100,000

Way to Grow $125,000

COVID-19 Response RFP Grants

Friendship Academy of the Arts $100,000

Joyce Preschool $10,000

Northeast College Prep $40,475

Pillsbury United Communities $50,000

Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood $32,359

Way to Grow $50,000

2019 Annual Grant Cycle

Ascension Catholic School $100,000

Amherst H. Wilder Foundation/ St. Paul Promise Neighborhood $80,000

Breakthrough Twin Cities/ LearningWorks $40,000

Children’s Theatre Company
$50,000

Close Gaps by 5
$75,000

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
$75,000

EdAllies $125,000

Global Academy
$40,000

Hope Academy
$60,000

Joyce Preschool
$25,000

Minnesota Parent Union
$75,000

Northside Achievement Zone
$100,000

Reach Out and Read MN $50,000

Risen Christ Catholic School $50,000

Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation $50,000

Summit Academy OIC $100,000

TNTP $70,000

Think Small $75,000

Way to Grow $125,000

2018 Annual Grant Cycle

2017 Annual Grant Cycle

2016

2015

Ciresi Walburn Scholars

Our college scholarship program supports African American men with financial aid, mentoring, and career experiences.