Interfaith Caregivers of Polk County
"Taking the time to pause, look ahead, and focus together has fired us up to get stuff done!"
Karen Krupa
Program Director, Interfaith Caregivers
Ten Thousand Things Theater
"A lot of our audiences are people who you might not think of when you hear ‘everyone’ because they’re hidden from society."
Stephanie Thompson, Managing Director, Ten Thousand Things Theater
Girls on the Run Twin Cities
"Anything finance-related was the one thing that always made me nervous about being an executive director. This leadership cohort gave me financial skills, helped me build my confidence at a strategic level, and also gave me these relationships."
Mary Uran, Executive Director, Girls on the Run Twin Cities
Foster Advocates
"Propel doesn’t take on projects that aren’t values-driven and that aren’t looking for a true change. That’s why I went with Propel."
Hoang Murphy, Founder/Executive Director, Foster Advocates
VSA Minnesota
"This confirms what I’ve thought: our mission has gotten out there. Individuals, organizations, the press, and others get that yeah, people with disabilities should have access to the arts."
Craig Dunn, Executive Director, VSA Minnesota
ANEW BAM
"What this approach and grant has done is empower marginalized communities and people who run organizations on their behalf."
Kevin Robinson, Executive Director, ANEW BAM
Mewinzha Ondaadiziike Wiigaming
"We offer maternal/child health services in a nontraditional clinical setting to bridge western medicine with traditional cultural activities and teachings."
Natalie Nicholson, Nurse and Doula, Mewinzha Ondaadiziike Wiigaming
Tech Dump/Tech Discount
"Our business model uses electronics recycling and refurbishing as a laboratory for gaining work skills and experience."
Amanda LaGrange, CEO & Founding Board Member, Tech Dump/Tech Discount
Global Academy
"It's an equity issue. It’s not fair that kids who live half an hour away have the most beautiful facilities and space, and our students are crammed into a strip mall by a bus terminal with no green space."
Helen Fisk, Co-founder & Director, Global Academy