2015 3M Corporate & Foundation Cash Giving:
Environment
Note: This report lists grants greater than or equal to $2,500
Organization Official NameCityStateFund Use/Purpose

Amount917 HASTINGS HIGHHASTINGS

MN

Prairie Restoration with Hastings High School Field Biology Students$3,500.00

ABERDEEN AREA COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION INC

ABERDEENSD

Moccasin Creek Restoration Project$10,000.00

ADVENTURE SCIENCE CENTER
NASHVILLE

NASHVILLE

TN

Outdoor Learning Area

$50,000.00

ANY BABY CAN INC

AUSTINTX

Family Education Program (FEP)$15,000.00

AUSTIN CHILD GUIDANCE CENTERAUSTINTXInfant and Early Childhood Project$6,000.00

AUSTIN CHILDRENS MUSEUMAUSTINTX

EdExchange - Tech Reach Expansion Model$3,000.00

AUSTIN CHILDRENS SHELTERAUSTIN

TX

Care Academy (ACS Child Development and Family Support Center)$4,000.00

AUSTIN CLASSICAL GUITAR SOCIETYAUSTINTX

Classical Guitar Education Program$5,000.00

AUSTIN JAZZ WORKSHOP INC

AUSTIN

TX

George & Ira Gershwin's America$2,500.00

AUSTIN LYRIC OPERAAUSTINTX

AO TEKS-aligned Opera Education Programs (grades K-12)$5,000.00

AUSTIN PARTNERS IN EDUCATIONAUSTINTXMath Classroom Coaching at Burnet Middle School$10,000.00

AUSTIN SCIENCE EDUCATIONFOUNDATIONAUSTIN

TX

Austin Energy Regional Science Festival 2016

$10,000.00

AUSTIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRASOCIETYAUSTINTX

2015 Children's Day Art Park

$10,000.00

AVANCE INC

AUSTIN

TX

Parent Child Education Program$2,500.00

BALLET AUSTIN INCORPORATEDAUSTIN

TX

Leaps and No Bounds$8,000.00

BASTROP COUNTY WOMENSSHELTER INC

BASTROP

TX

Residential Youth Services Program$4,000.00

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF
CENTRAL TEXAS INC

AUSTIN

TX

Mentoring at Wooten, Burnet, and Lanier Schools$10,000.00

BLUEGRASS GREENSOURCE INC

LEXINGTON

KY

2016 Main Street Clean Sweep$7,500.00

BOOKSPRINGAUSTIN

TX

Reading is Fundamental and Book Club at Wooten Elementary$15,000.00

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF AUSTIN
AND TRAVIS COUNTY INCAUSTIN

TX

Character & Leadership development for economically disadvantaged
youth$7,500.00

BREAKTHROUGHAUSTIN

TX

Summer STEM at St. Andrew's$5,000.00

CAPITAL AREA FOOD BANK OFTEXAS INCAUSTIN

TX

Children's Nutrition Assistance$7,500.00

CAPITAL OF TEXAS PUBLICTELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCILAUSTIN

TX

Martha Speaks Reading Buddies at Wooten Elementary$7,500.00

CARING FOR CHILDREN
FOUNDATION OF TEXAS INC

RICHARDSON

TX

Care Van Program - Building Healthy Texans$5,000.00

CARITAS OF AUSTIN

AUSTIN

TX

Innovative Partnerships to Stabilize Families Facing Hunger andHomelessness$6,000.00

CENTER FOR WOMEN & THEIR WORKINC

AUSTINTX

It Takes ART to Spell SmART$4,000.00

CHANGING EXPECTATIONS CORP

ROUND ROCK

TX

Lanier High School VEX Robotics and Burnet Middle School Computer
Coding$5,000.00

CHATTAHOOCHEE NATURE CENTERINC

ROSWELLGA

STEM Exploration in the Natural World$50,000.00

CLOSED LOOP FUND GP LLC

NEW YORKNYClosed Loop Fund

$1,000,000.00

CLOSED LOOP FUND GP LLC

NEW YORK

NYClosed Loop Fund

$1,000,000.00

COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF
CENTRAL TEXASAUSTINTX

CIS Dropout Prevention Program at Wooten ES and Burnet MS$15,000.00

CON MI MADREAUSTINTX

Building the Pipeline: Preparing Middle School Students for Postsecondary Education$3,000.00

CONTEMPORARY AUSTIN MUSEUMINC

AUSTIN

TX

Seeing Special Things$6,500.00

COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL
ADVOCATES OF TRAVIS COUNTYAUSTIN

TX

Transitioning Youth Advocacy - Life Skills Support$15,000.00

DAVIS ELAUSTIN

TX

Mastering a Maker Space$5,000.00

E3 ALLIANCEAUSTINTX

RAISEup Texas Expansion Initiative$20,500.00

FOR THE CHILDREN INC

AUSTIN

TX

26th Annual School Supply Drive$9,000.00

FOUNDATION COMMUNITIES INC

AUSTINTX

STEM programming for low-income students$9,500.00

FRIENDS OF BEAVER CREEK RESERVE
INC

FALL CREEKWINature Immersion into Early Childhood - Part 2$50,000.00

FRIENDS OF DESERT DISCOVERYCENTER - DBA MAIN STREETMURALS INC

BARSTOWCAExpansion of K12 curriculum based environmental education program$40,025.00

FRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARYWATERS WILDERNESSMINNEAPOLIS

MN

3Mgives Environmental Match Grant$9,145.00

FRIENDS OF THE COLORADO RIVER
FOUNDATION INC

AUSTINTX

Texas Colorado River Mobile Learning Experiance (Mobile River)$10,000.00

FRIENDS OF THE LOS ANGELES RIVERLOS ANGELESCACommunity Engagement and School Education Programs$50,000.00

FRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

ST. PAUL

MN

Washington County Land Conservation & Stewardship Project (Phase III)

$20,000.00

FRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER

ST. PAUL

MN

3Mgives Environmental Match Grant$2,530.00

FRIENDS OF THE PINE BUSH
COMMUNITY INC

ALBANYNYStudent Scientists: Exploring Climate in the Albany Pine Bush Preserve$3,000.00

GIRL SCOUTS OF CENTRAL TEXASINCAUSTIN

TX

Tech Girls$10,000.00

GIRLSTARTAUSTIN

TX

Girlstart After School / Beneficiary of the 3M Half Marathon Jan 2016

$50,000.00

GREAT RIVER GREENING

ST. PAULMN

Science-Based Conservation Education and Community Vibrancy$20,000.00

GREATER AUSTIN PERFORMING ARTSCENTERAUSTIN

TX

Redd Carpet Initiative 15-16$20,000.00

HEALTHY NEVADANEVADAMO

Nevada Community Trail$5,000.00

HELPING HAND HOME FOR
CHILDRENAUSTIN

TX

Discovery Time Academic Enrichment Summer Camp$2,500.00

HUSTON-TILLOTSON UNIVERSITYAUSTIN

TX

Austin Pre-Freshman Engineering Program (AusPrEP)$10,000.00

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF CENTRALTEXAS INCAUSTINTX

Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship Education for High Opportunity
Schools (LMI)$20,000.00

KEEP AUSTIN BEAUTIFUL INC

AUSTIN

TX

Clean Creek Campus$4,000.00

LASA ROBOTICS ASSOCIATION INC

AUSTIN

TX

Robotics Camps and Robot Build to stimulate interest in STEM

$3,000.00

LATINITAS

AUSTIN

TX

Code Chica$2,500.00

MEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE INC

AUSTIN

TX

Vans Needed for Meal Delivery to Homebound Seniors$5,000.00

MEALS ON WHEELS AND MORE INC

AUSTIN

TX

Meals for Kids program$5,000.00

MEXIC-ARTE

AUSTINTXArt Outreach and Education Programming 2015

$8,500.00

MISSISSIPPI RIVER FUNDSAINT PAUL

MN

Mississippi River Visitor Center$30,000.00

MISSISSIPPI RIVER FUNDSAINT PAUL

MN

Youth Education Programs on the Mississippi River$15,000.00

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONSERVANCY
INC

LA CROSSE

WI

Habitat Restoration for Wildlife on Sugar Creek Bluff State Natural Area

$10,000.00

NATIONAL AUDUBON SOCIETY INC

ST. PAUL

MN

3Mgives Environmental Match Grant$4,815.00

NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATIONAUSTINTX

Monarch Heroes$10,000.00

NATURE CONSERVANCYMINNEAPOLIS

MN

3Mgives Environmental Match Grant$9,730.00

NATURE CONSERVANCYARLINGTON

VA

3Mgives Environmental Match Grant$4,090.00

NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS
FOUNDATIONASHLAND

NE

Environmental Education Expansion Project (EEEP)$49,070.00

PARKS & TRAILS COUNCIL OF
MINNESOTA

ST PAUL

MN

3Mgives Environmental Match Grant$18,022.00

PARTNERSHIP FOR THE DELAWAREESTUARY INC

WILMINGTON

DERain Gardens for Water Quality Improvement in 3M Communities$32,905.00

PROJECT NORMALIZATION OPEN
DOOR PRESCHOOLAUSTIN

TX

AmeriCorps Literacy Specialists$5,000.00

QUINNIPIAC RIVER WATERSHEDASSOCIATIONMERIDENCT2015 QRWA 3M Aquatic Science Awareness Program (ASAP)$48,000.00

ROUND ROCK AREA SERVINGCENTER INCORPORATEDROUND ROCK

TX

Youth Opportunity to Unite$3,000.00

SOUTH SHORE YOUNG MENSCHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONNORWELL

MA

Ocean Surface Drifters$30,000.00

ST EDWARDS UNIVERSITYAUSTIN

TX

Enhancing Educational Outreach Capacity at the Wild Basin$10,000.00

SUSTAINABLE FOOD CENTER INC

AUSTINTX

Sprouting Healthy Kids

$7,000.00

TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR MINORITIES IN
ENGINEERINGAUSTINTX

TAME Trailblazer Visits$15,000.00

TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY - SAN
MARCOS DEVELOPMENT
FOUNDATIONSAN MARCOS

TX

Nurturing High School Students To Do Math and Science Research$10,500.00

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT
AUSTINAUSTINTX

3M Austin Women's Forum Scholarship$4,000.00

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT
AUSTIN (ON BEHALF OF ACE: A
COMMUNITY FOR EDUCATION)AUSTINTX

ACE Manor K-2 Literacy Tutoring Program$8,000.00

THEATRE ACTION PROJECTAUSTIN

TX

Empowering Youth as Courageous Allies and Confident Leaders throughthe Arts$5,000.00

TOWN LAKE TRAIL FOUNDATIONAUSTIN

TX

Butler Trail Ecological Restoration$25,000.00

TRAVIS AUDUBON SOCIETY INCAUSTINTX

Nature Education and Outreach Program$3,500.00

TRAVIS AUDUBON SOCIETY INCAUSTIN

TX

Golden-cheeked Warbler (GCWA) Youth Camp

$2,500.00

TRAVIS COUNTY DOMESTICVIOLENCE AND SEXUAL ASSAULTSURVIVAL CENTERAUSTIN

TX

Expect Respect program$15,000.00

TXCPSO INCAUSTIN

TX

Regional Tournament 2016

$8,000.00

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAFOUNDATION

ST. PAUL

MN

2015 Public East Metro Raptor Release$10,000.00

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOUNDATIONAUSTIN

TX

Graduate Student STEM Fellows in K-12 Education Program (GK-12Program)$10,000.00

WOOTEN EL

AUSTINTX

All KG-5th students will read with STEM dedicated classroom libraries.

$9,500.00

YOUTH AND FAMILY ALLIANCEAUSTIN

TX

LifeWorks Teen Parent Services Program$6,000.00

ZACHARY SCOTT THEATER CENTERAUSTIN

TX

Arts Across the Curriculum and Theatre for Families and Schools Pre-show
Workshops$5,000.00

ZILKER THEATRE PRODUCTIONSAUSTIN

TX

57th Annual Zilker Summer Musical - Hairspray$5,000.00