Organizations flourish under the leadership of people who are clear about their purpose and values, approach challenges proactively and with energy, and who have a vision of how they can best serve the people in their community. The following is a list of organizations that have been served by the Institute.

• A
  • Advocating Change Together
  • African American Relief Development
  • AIDS Care Partners
  • Allegra Print & Imaging
  • Alliance for California Traditional Arts
  • Alliance of Friendship
  • Alphawood Foundation
  • Alternative Services
  • Alzheimer’s Association Minnesota-North Dakota
  • American Composers Forum
  • American Conservatory Theater
  • American Express Financial Advisors
  • American Friends Service Committee
  • American Indian Community Housing
  • American Indian Family Center
  • American Public Media
  • American Red Cross
  • Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
  • AnderBel LLC
  • Anishinabe Center
  • Anoka County Community Health & Environmental Services
  • ARC Anoka, Ramsey and Suburban
  • Archdiocesan AIDS Ministry
  • Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
  • Arizona Theatre Company
  • Arts Club Theatre Company
  • Arts Kentucky
  • ArtWise
• B
  • Ballet Arizona
  • Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts
  • Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
  • Bemidji Area Council of Nonprofits
  • Bemidji Indian Health Service
  • Bemidji Womens Shelter
  • Bethel College
  • Blandin Foundation
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
  • Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation
  • Brain Injury Association of Minnesota
  • Breckenridge United Methodist Church
  • Bryant Village Initiative
  • Burnsville Police Department
• C
  • Cabrini House
  • California Assembly of Local Arts Agencies
  • California Poets in the Schools
  • Camp Fire USA - Minnesota Council
  • Carlton County Children & Family Service Collaborative
  • Catholic Charities
  • Catholic Community Foundation
  • Cedar Cultural Center
  • Center for Applied Research, U of MN
  • Center for Neighborhoods
  • Center for Small Towns
  • Center for Victims of Torture
  • Central Indiana Community Foundation
  • Century College
  • CHARISM Community Center
  • Charities Review Council
  • Children's Theatre Company
  • Childsplay, Inc.
  • City of Minneapolis
  • City of Plymouth
  • City of St. Paul
  • Clare Housing
  • College of Saint Benedict
  • College of Visual Arts
  • CommonBond Communities
  • Common Cause
  • Community Emergency Assistance Program, Inc.
  • Community Foundation of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks
  • Community Performance, Inc.
  • Community Renewal Society
  • Community Resources, Inc. of Fargo
  • COMPAS
  • Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism
  • Consumer Credit Counseling Service
  • Contemporary American Theatre Festival
  • Corner House
  • Council for Civic Parent Leadership
  • Courage Center
  • Crossroads Panorama
  • Cultural Diversity Project
  • Curious Theatre Company
• D
  • Dakota Communities, Inc.
  • Dakota County Community Corrections
  • Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
  • Dance-USA
  • DARTS
  • Dayton Hudson Foundation
  • District 202
  • Do Jump!
  • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
  • Duluth Museum of Art
  • Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation
• E
  • Early Childhood Resource Center
  • East Central Minnesota Arts Council
  • East Cleveland Public Library
  • Eastern Maine Development Corporation
  • EdVisions Cooperative
  • El Colegio Charter School
  • ELCA Board of Pensions
  • Emerge-N-Arts
  • Employment Action Center
  • Environmental Law Group, Ltd.
  • Exodus Community Development Corporation
  • Eye of the Storm Theatre
• F
  • Fairway Foundation
  • Family and Children's Service
  • Family Tree Clinic
  • Fargo-Moorhead Area Community Foundation
  • Fieldstone Alliance, Inc.
  • First Stage Children’s Theater
  • Form + Content Gallery
  • Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts
  • Freeborn County Department of Human Services
  • Freeport West, Inc.
  • Fremont Community Health Services
  • Friends for A Non-Violent World
  • Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park
  • Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness
  • Friends of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge
  • Friends of the Mississippi River
• G
  • Gender Education Center
  • General Mills Foundation
  • General Mills, Inc.
  • Girl Scout Council of Greater Minneapolis
  • Goddard College Port Townsend Residency Site
  • Good Shepherd Community
  • Grace House
  • Grand Forks Master Chorale
  • Grand Marais Art Colony
  • Grand Victoria Foundation
  • Grants for the Arts
  • Graywolf Press
  • Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development
  • Great River Greening
  • Greater Minneapolis Day Care Association
  • Greater Minnesota Housing Fund
  • Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation
  • Greater Twin Cities United Way
• H
  • H.B. Fuller Company Foundation
  • Habitat for Humanity International
  • Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota
  • HACER
  • Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, Inc.
  • Hamline University
  • Hamm Memorial Psychiatric Clinic
  • Hands of Hope Resource Center
  • Hazelden Foundation
  • Headwaters Regional Development Commission
  • Health Partners, Inc.
  • HealthPartners Institute for Medical Education
  • Healthcare Education Industry Partnership
  • HealthEast Foundation
  • Hennepin County Attorney’s Office
  • Hennepin County Community Health Department
  • Hennepin County Office of Multicultural Services
  • Hennepin Technical College
  • Higher Education Consortium for Urban Affairs
  • HIRED
  • Hmong American Institute for Learning
• I
  • Illinois Arts Alliance
  • Illusion Theatre
  • Indian Health Service, Bemidji Area Office
  • Indiana Repertory Theatre
  • Initiative Foundation
  • Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association
  • Intermedia Arts
  • International Wolf Center
  • Irontwig, Inc.
  • Itasca County Family YMCA
• J
  • Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation
  • Jeremiah Program
  • Jerome Foundation
• K
  • Kaiser Permanente Watts Counseling & Learning Center
  • Katahdin, Inc.
  • Kent College of Law
  • Kentucky Foundation for Women
  • KFAI, Fresh Air Radio
  • Kinship of Greater Minneapolis
• L
  • La Creche Early Childhood Centers, Inc.
  • La Familia Guidance Center
  • Lake Region Arts Council
  • Leadership Philadelphia
  • Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources
  • Life Work Planning Center
  • Lifetrack Resources
  • Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly
  • Living at Home/Block Nurse Program
  • Loaves and Fishes
  • Local Initiatives Support Corporation
  • Location Images
  • Loft Literary Center
  • Log Cabin Literary Center
  • Loring-Nicollet Bethlehem Community Center
  • Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota
• M
  • MacPhail Center for the Arts
  • Main Street School of Performing Arts
  • Mama's Kitchen
  • MAP for Nonprofits
  • Marnita's Table, Inc.
  • Mary H. Rice Foundation
  • Massachusetts Advocates for the Arts, Sciences, & Humanities
  • Men as Peacemakers
  • Merriam Park Community Services
  • Metropolitan Center for Independent Living
  • Metropolitan Council Environmental Services
  • Metropolitan Economic Development Association
  • Metropolitan Regional Arts Council
  • Metropolitan State University
  • Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
  • Michigan State University Museum
  • Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance, Inc.
  • Minneapolis College of Art and Design
  • Minneapolis Commission of Civil Rights
  • Minneapolis Foundation
  • Minneapolis Mediation Program
  • Minneapolis Public Housing Authority
  • Minneapolis Public Schools
  • Minneapolis YWCA
  • Minnesota AIDS Project
  • Minnesota Alliance for Arts in Education
  • Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans
  • Minnesota Board of Public Defense
  • Minnesota Center for Book Arts
  • Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
  • Minnesota Child Care Resource & Referral Network
  • Minnesota Citizens for the Arts
  • Minnesota Commission Serving Deaf & Hard of Hearing
  • Minnesota Conservation Corps
  • Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
  • Minnesota Council on Foundations
  • Minnesota Crafts Council
  • Minnesota Dance Alliance
  • Minnesota Department of Children, Families, and Youth
  • Minnesota Department of Corrections
  • Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development
  • Minnesota Department of Health
  • Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
  • Minnesota Department of Public Safety
  • Minnesota Department of Revenue
  • Minnesota Environmental Initiative
  • Minnesota Film Board
  • Minnesota Food Association
  • Minnesota Food Bank Network
  • Minnesota Historical Society
  • Minnesota Hospital Association
  • Minnesota Land Trust
  • Minnesota Museum of American Art
  • Minnesota Opera
  • Minnesota Private College Fund
  • Minnesota Project
  • Minnesota Public Radio
  • Minnesota River Valley Education District
  • Minnesota Senate
  • Minnesota Senior Federation
  • Minnesota State Arts Board
  • Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
  • Minnesota Women’s Foundation
  • Montana Arts
  • Mosaica, The Center for Nonprofit Development
  • Mt. Olivet Rolling Acres
• N
  • Nathan B. Cummings Foundation
  • National Community Development Institute
  • National Community for Latino Leadership, Inc.
  • National Network of Grantmakers
  • National Youth Leadership Council
  • Native Arts Circle
  • Nautilus Music Theater
  • Neighborhood Development Alliance
  • Neighborhood House
  • Neighbors, Inc.
  • NeighborWorks America
  • New York Foundation for the Arts
  • New York Mills Cultural Center
  • Nicollet Area Technical College
  • North Star Community Development
  • Northfield Community Action Council
  • NorthWay Community Trust
  • Northwest Area Foundation
  • Northwest Youth and Family Services
  • NTV of Northfield
• O
  • Ohio State University
  • Olmsted County Community Services
  • One Percent Club
  • Open Arms of Minnesota
  • Opportunity Partners
  • Ordway Center for the Performing Arts
  • Otto Bremer Foundation
  • OutFront Minnesota
• P
  • Parents in Community Action: Head Start
  • Park Nicollet Institute
  • Park Square Theatre
  • Partners for Affordable Housing
  • Patrick's Cabaret
  • Payne-Lake Community Partners
  • PEASE Academy
  • Pennsylvannia Horticultural Society
  • Phalen Corridor
  • Phillips Community Initiative for Children
  • Pillsbury House Theater
  • Pillsbury United Communities
  • Pilot City Health Center
  • Piper Jaffray Foundation
  • Planned Parenthood Minnesota
  • Pope County Historical Society
  • Portland Stage Company
  • Powderhorn Phillips Cultural Wellness Center
  • Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise
  • Project 515
  • Project for Pride in Living
  • Project Offstreets
  • Project SUCCESS
  • Public Radio International
• Q
• R
  • Rainbow Families
  • Ramsey County Community Corrections
  • Ramsey County Human Services
  • Ramsey County Sheriff's Department
  • Randolph Community Education
  • Red Eye Collaboration
  • Red Wing YMCA
  • Redleaf National Institute
  • Region 9 Development Commission
  • Residential Services of NE Minnesota
  • Resource Center of the Americas
  • Resources and Counseling for the Arts
  • Ron Hubbs Center
  • Rural Life Outreach of NW Minnesota
• S
  • Sabathani Community Center
  • Saint Mary’s University
  • Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
  • Saint Paul Neighborhood Network
  • Saint Paul Public Schools
  • Salem Lutheran Church
  • SASE: The Write Place
  • Sawtooth Mountain Clinic of Grand Marais
  • School of Public Health/University of Minnesota
  • School Sisters of Notre Dame
  • Science Museum of Minnesota
  • Selby Area Development Corporation
  • Seton Services
  • Seward Redesign
  • Sheldon Theatre of Red Wing
  • Sheltering Arms Foundation
  • Skills for Tomorrow Charter High School
  • Smith Farm Center for the Healing Arts
  • Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage
  • South Coast Repertory Theatre
  • Southern Theatre
  • Southside Community Health Services, Inc.
  • St. Croix Valley Community Foundation
  • St. Edward’s Episcopal Church
  • St. Joseph’s Home for Children – Catholic Charities
  • St. Olaf Catholic Church
  • St. Paul Police Department
  • St. Paul Youth Service Bureau
  • St. Paul Travelers Foundation
  • Stages Theatre Company
  • State Council on Black Minnesotans
  • State of Minnesota
  • State Senator’s Office
  • SteppingStone Theatre for Youth Development
  • Storefront Group
  • Studio Arena Theatre
  • Sundin Music Hall, Hamline University
• T
  • The City, Inc.
  • The Cookie Cart
  • The Goodman Theatre
  • The Legal Aid Society-Brooklyn Office for the Aging
  • The McKnight Foundation
  • The Minneapolis Chapter of MAD DADS
  • The Minneapolis Foundation
  • The Minnesota Project
  • The Pew Charitable Trusts
  • The Sanctuary CDC
  • The Three Arts Club of Chicago
  • The University of Texas at Austin
  • The Women's Foundation of California
  • Theatre Communications Group
  • Transportation for America
  • Tree of Life Community Church
  • Trollwood Performing Arts School
  • TRUST Church Group
  • Trust for Public Land
  • Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity
  • Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Group
  • Twin Cities Local Initiatives Support Corporation
  • Two River Theater Company
• U
  • United Arts
  • United Health Group
  • United Way of Fergus Falls
  • United Way of Freeborn County
  • United Way of Grand Forks and East Grand Forks
  • United Way of Greater Winona
  • United Way of Mankato
  • United Way of the Minneapolis Area
  • United Way of the Saint Paul Area
  • University of Minnesota Department of Theatre Arts
  • University of Minnesota Extension Service
  • University of Minnesota, Boynton Health Service
  • University of St. Thomas
  • Urban Coalition
• V
  • Vinland National Center
  • Virginia Tech
• W
  • Walker Art Center
  • Walker West Music Academy
  • Walter and Elise Haas Fund
  • Washington County Attorney's Office
  • Wayzata Community Church
  • WDSE – TV Duluth
  • West Broadway Area Coalition
  • West Central Initiative
  • West Central Minnesota Community Action
  • West Central Minnesota Initiative Fund
  • Wilderness Inquiry
  • Wisconsin Assisted Living Association
  • Wisconsin Public Radio
  • Women’s Transitional Housing
  • Women's Health Center of Duluth
  • WomenVenture
  • Woods Fund of Chicago
  • Workforce Solutions
• X
• Y
  • Young Audiences of Minnesota
  • YouthAssets
  • Youth Frontiers, Inc.
  • Youth Performance Company
  • Youth Service Bureau, Inc.
  • Youth Trust
  • YouthCARE
  • YouthLink
• Z