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Common Grant Application Form Date of application: September 30, 2019 Application submitted to: Wells Foundation Organization Information Name of organization Legal name, if different Move Minnesota St. Paul Transportation Management Organization Address City, State, Zip Employer Identification Number (EIN) 2446 University Avenue W. Suite 170 Saint Paul 41-1906261 Phone Fax Website (651) 767-0298 (651) 789-1001 www.movemn.org Name of top paid staff Title Phone E-mail Linnea House Interim Executive Director (651) 789-1411 [email protected] Name of contact person regarding this Title Phone E-mail application Elissa Schufman Donor & Funder Relations (651) 789-1415 [email protected] Is your organization an IRS 501(c)(3) not-for-profit? X Yes No If no, is your organization a public agency/unit of government? Yes X No If no, check with funder for details on using fiscal agents, and list name and address of fiscal agent: Fiscal agent’s EIN number Proposal Information Please give a 2-3 sentence summary of request: Move Minnesota requests $5,000 in general operating support to continue leading the movement for an equitable transportation system that puts people first. Access to sustainable and public transportation is hugely influential in a host of other connected regional challenges, including housing stability, food security, job access, ability to accumulate wealth, educational attainment, and more. Population served: Geographic area served: MSP metro-area residents, transit-dependent populations, MSP metro area low-income communities, communities of color Funds are being requested for (check one) Note: Please be sure funder provides the type of support you are requesting. X General operating support Start-up costs Capital Project/program support Technical assistance Other (list) Project dates (if applicable): Fiscal year end: December 31 Budget Dollar amount requested: $5,000 Total annual organization budget: $1,196,930 Total project budget (for support other than general operating): N/A Authorization Name and title of top paid staff or board chair: Linnea House, Interim Executive Director Signature Move Minnesota Common Grant Application PROPOSAL NARRATIVE I. ORGANIZATION INFORMATION A. Brief summary of organization history, including the date your organization was established. Move Minnesota has a long history of success around advancing walking, bicycling, and transit locally and regionally. We coalesce individual voices into a powerful movement, showcasing support for transportation choices at community, city, county, and regional levels. We use our expertise to help the public see and pull levers in the complex political and governmental processes that determine big and small transportation outcomes. Move Minnesota draws on decades of experience from its two legacy organizations, Transit for Livable Communities & St. Paul Smart Trips, which merged in 2017. • Transit for Livable Communities, founded in 1996, grew to be the largest transportation advocacy organization in Minnesota, with a strong action network and policy expertise. In addition to their major policy victories, they administered the Bike Walk Twin Cities Federal Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program from 2007 to 2013. • As the designated Transportation Management Organization for the City of St. Paul, St. Paul Smart Trips’ roots were in employer engagement with a focus on behavior change. Founded in 1998, St. Paul Smart Trips gained nationally-recognized expertise by expanding their network to include on-the-ground community engagement. The merger was a strategic response recognizing the increased interrelatedness of community, regional, and statewide work necessary to ensure that people can get around in safe, sustainable, affordable, and healthy ways: walking, bicycling, and transit. B. Brief summary of organization mission and goals. For more than two decades, Move Minnesota has been working to ensure that Minnesotans can get around in safe, sustainable, affordable, and healthy ways. As the state’s largest transportation advocacy nonprofit, we work alongside over 10,000 supporters behind the scenes and on the ground, helping Minnesotans tell the stories of how transportation choices impact their lives and the future of our region. Our work connects people to power in big and small ways — from helping individuals testify at the capitol about the state’s transportation budget, to sharing survey results with urban planners working on a neighborhood project. Our focus is on the MSP metro region, with a statewide vision guiding future growth. Move Minnesota’s mission is to lead the movement for an equitable transportation system that puts people first. C. Brief description of organization’s current programs or activities, including any service statistics and strengths or accomplishments. Please highlight new or different activities, if any, for your organization. Our integrated programs create change over our six core impact areas: build community, shape policy, champion investment, advance equity, improve infrastructure, and change behavior. We engage with cross-pollination principles, and operate on different scales because they’re linked: neighborhood organizing changes city priorities, which feeds into state and legislative decision-making. Key Initiatives and Programs • TRANSPORTATION FORWARD: Move Minnesota leads a statewide coalition of over 50 partner organizations and thousands of supporters calling on the legislature to increase funding for bus, rail, bicycling, and walking, along with keeping roads and bridges in good repair. • CONNECTING COMMUNITIES ACROSS I-94: Move Minnesota is collaborating to host important dialogues around I-94 and what it represents to people, both literally and figuratively. Our joint project hosts activities for community stakeholders to spark conversations about the impact I-94 had and still has on the physical and emotional well-being of the Rondo community. Page 2 of 7 Move Minnesota Common Grant Application • SHARED MOBILITY COLLABORATIVE: Move Minnesota is at the forefront of efforts to increase innovative, shared transportation options in the Twin Cities metro. We recently collaborated with national and local partners on an action plan to dramatically improve mobility, and as a result, take 50,000 cars off the road by 2027. • RIVERVIEW CORRIDOR: The Riverview Corridor connects downtown Saint Paul, the MSP Airport, Mall of America, and the neighborhoods in between. The corridor is growing and evolving, with major population growth on the way. We have been working to help residents voice their desire for high-quality transit improvements and the walking and bicycling connections residents need. • EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH: Move Minnesota works with neighborhood residents to tackle transportation issues in their own communities. Through on-the-ground relationship building and local partnerships, we are currently focused on better connecting neighborhoods on Saint Paul’s East Side, including Eastview, Conway, Highwoods, and Battle Creek. Together, we find sustainable solutions to the barriers that disconnect East Siders from the resources and opportunities around them. • NEIGHBORHOOD BIKE RIDES: Move Minnesota partners with community groups to organize slow-paced, beginner-friendly community bike rides in Saint Paul’s Frogtown, Rondo, and East Side neighborhoods. With routes planned around cultural landmarks and ending with a shared meal catered by local restaurants, these rides bring residents together to comfortably explore and experience their neighborhoods by bike. • ZAP TWIN CITIES: ZAP Twin Cities rewards and incentivizes biking by offering prizes, tracking rides, and building a community among people who bike. Bicycling changes our relationship to health and wellness, reduces environmental impacts, and reconnects us to our neighborhoods. Through ZAP Twin Cities, and over 50 ZAP Reader Stations around Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Move Minnesota is getting more people biking, more often. • COLLEGES AS MOBILITY HUBS: Colleges and universities play a unique role in shaping the future of our region: they are poised to show the next generation what leadership looks like. Move Minnesota works with Twin Cities colleges to transform their organizations/campuses into regional transportation leaders. • SUPPORT FOR WORKPLACES: Move Minnesota has years of experience connecting employers of all sizes with sustainable transportation options. We provide valuable expertise and scalable solutions to help workplaces improve walking, biking, and transit trips for employees, clients, and customers. Move Minnesota’s current on-the-ground focus is in the MSP metro region. Our current strategic plan grounds us in the dense urban core, where communities of color are growing exponentially and economic disparities deeply impact wide swaths of residents. We also see the way transportation disparities will ripple out across the state as rural Minnesota communities struggle to age in place, and seek investments that will allow us to expand our reach across the state. D. Your organization’s relationship with other organizations working with similar missions. What is your organization’s role relative to these organizations? As the leader of the Transportation Forward coalition, Move Minnesota partners with over 50 organizations across a breadth of industries and focus areas including healthcare, active living, housing, racial justice, job access, labor, disability, environment and sustainability, food insecurity, and land use. Move