With fishing clinics offered in Spanish and English, Baztec Outdoors is helping more BIPOC anglers discover a life-long love of fishing When...
Category: Grantee Stories
The Nature of Community
With guided hikes and outdoor experiences, Huellas Latinas is helping Spanish-speaking Minnesotans feel at home in the parks A civil engineer...
Outdoor Learning
People for Parks Fund projects are teaching students new ways to connect in the natural world . As an outdoor educator at the Kroening...
Sailing Away
Your support for the People for Parks Fund is helping a new generation set sail The imagery and iconography of Minneapolis has long been connected...
Getting Into the Swim
Your support for the Parks Foundation’s swimming lesson scholarships has helped more than a decade of Minneapolis kids feel safe in the water. On a...
Celebrating Recent Corporate and Foundation Grants
The Minneapolis Parks Foundation works hard to help support our beautiful park system. For the last 20 years, the Parks Foundation has supported...
Washburn Tot Lot Pollinator Garden Brings Biodiversity and Pollinator Pathways to Armatage Neighborhood
The now complete Washburn Tot Lot Pollinator Garden began as a two-year, two-pronged effort to support species such as the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee...
Six Past People for Parks Fund Grantee Stories
As we celebrate the launch of the third annual People for Parks Fund grant cycle, we’re inspired to look back and share some of the amazing stories...
The Urban Bird Collective Provides Outdoor Birding Activities for BIPOC and LGBTQ Individuals Across the Twin Cities
The Urban Bird Collective was founded by Monica Bryand in 2018 to support birdwatchers of different skill levels in leading walks in their own...