Eagan Community Partnership Award

At our Annual Fundraiser this year, we awarded the 2023 Community Partnership Award to Dakota Child and Family Clinic in recognition of their collaborations bringing health care to those who need it in our community. This is the first Community Partnership Award we've made since the Foundation was entrusted with Green Ribbon Initiatives' mission.

Make a nomination HERE for the 2024 Community Partnership Award.

The award, which includes a $1,000 grant, will celebrate nonprofit organizations that demonstrates excellence in collaboration and partnership with other nonprofit organizations or businesses to make Eagan a better place to live, learn, work and play for all.

Eligible applicants are Eagan nonprofit organizations in a strong partnership with at least one other Eagan partner (business or organization). Areas of focus include racial equity, mental health, housing and homelessness, and aging in place. However, the selection committee will consider any strong community partnership regardless of focus area.

Make a nomination HERE

Award History: Green Ribbon Initiatives

Green Ribbon Initiatives was founded in the spring of 2013 for the purpose of identifying and celebrating significant community engagement initiatives and partnerships in Eagan. They awarded the first of many Eagan community partnership awards in 2013. In 2021, Green Ribbon Initiatives and the Eagan Community Foundation began talks about the Foundation taking on the mission; the Foundation agreed to continue honoring and recognizing community collaborations that create significant impact in our community.

The Eagan Community Partnership Award was formed for the purpose of identifying and celebrating significant community engagement initiatives and partnerships in Eagan. Awards will be presented to exemplary initiatives in Eagan which build relationships and a collective sense of community in Eagan while promoting sustainable action that strengthens community engagement. The recognition process is meant to support and encourage the cultivation, motivation and coordination of multiple levels of community resources available to strengthen community.

Community engagement is understood as individuals and organizations working together on common interests for mutual benefit and in the interest of the larger community.
Green Ribbon Initiatives seeks to weave engagement into the community fabric and address barriers to engagement when they are identified.

Previous Community Partnership Award Honorees

2020 – Build-a-Bike Project: Partnership among Thomson Reuters, the Eagan Police Department (and other police departments statewide), and Erik’s Bike Shop