From 1987 to 2008, the Foundation made 67 grants totaling $12.3 million to 21 organizations in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Sixty-two of these grants supported programs that worked directly with girls and minority students, as well as teachers. The exceptions were three grants to plan the program through organizing conferences in 1988 and 1989, a grant to evaluate the program in 1993, and a grant to convene 15 Bush program grantees in Minnesota and the Dakotas in 1996.

   See Complete List of Grants for Math/Science Programs (1987 - 2008)

Four organizations received five or more grants during the tenure of this program area:

1. Youth and Family Services, Inc. of Rapid City, South Dakota (total of 10 grants – eight for Operation SMART after-school program for girls; two grants supported teacher training)
2. North Valley Vocational and Technology Center of Grafton, North Dakota (total of 10 grants – four grants for girls’ programs, five grants for teacher training, one grant to convene Bush Math/Science program grantees)
3. University of Minnesota (total of nine grants, all for girls programming)
4. Young Women’s Christian Association of Minneapolis (five grants)

Two organizations designed programs aimed at encouraging interest in math and science among American Indian youth. The organizations were the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (four grants) and Turtle Mountain Community College of North Dakota (one grant).

The first Bush program grant to a science center occurred in 1995 when the Science Museum of Minnesota received its only Math/Science program grant for a girls’ summer science camp. In 2001, The Bakken of Minneapolis as well as Gateway to Science Center of Bismarck became Bush program grantees for the first time.
 
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