The Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission thanks:

Our Partners: The Minnesota Historical Society, the University of Minnesota, the Minnesota State Colleges & University System. Special thanks to the Minnesota State Legislature, Governor’s Office, the Office of the Secretary of State, the Minnesota Supreme Court, and the many state agencies supporting the Sesquicentennial, including Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - State Parks, Explore Minnesota Tourism, the Minnesota National Guard, the staff & volunteers at the James J. Hill House, and Sesquicentennial volunteers across the state.

Sesquicentennial Presenting Sponsors - $250,000 & above
The People of Minnesota through an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature
Personnel Decisions International
tpt - The Minnesota Channel

Trailblazers: $100,000 to $249,999
The Bush Foundation

Voyageurs: $50,000 to $99,999
AgStar, Travelers, Bell Museum of Natural History
Dolan Media
Katherine B. Andersen Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation, Miller, BBDO, KARE-11

Founders: $25,000 to $49,999
Target
Skyline Design
The Blandin Foundation
General Mills Foundation, Securian, Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Vikings

32nd State Club: $10,000 to $24,999
Comcast, Pioneer Press, Toro, US Bank, Xcel Energy, Citizens League,
F. R. Bigelow Foundation, The St. Paul Foundation, Stagetime Productions, Eureka Recycling, Minnesota State Fair, Public Affairs Company, , Heroic Productions, Midwest Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Troje, The St. Paul Hotel

Sesqui Stewardship Club: $1000 to $9,999
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, CHS Foundation, Ecolab,Inc., N. Judge and Reatha Clark King Family Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation, Northwest Airlines, SuperValu, Hormel Foods, Gustavus Adolphus College, Visual Impact, Wendells, Dot.com.printing.inc, Best Buy, Padilla Speer Beardsley, Tunheim Partners, Weber Shandwick, A & A Engraving, ECM Publishing, Cinequipt, Minnesota Rural Partners, Inc., Melrose, Metro Transit, The Grotto Foundation in memory of founder Louis W. Hill, Jr., RiverPoint Media Group, Inc., Private Individuals

Minnesota Memories level: Up to $999
Two Fools Vineyard, Minneapolis Women’s Club, State Government Meeting Planners Group,
Private Individuals
Special Event & Project Partners:
Sesquicentennial Honorary Capitals for a Day: Bemidji, Thief River Falls, Detroit Lakes, New Ulm & Winona; the United States Postal Service for the Minnesota Statehood Commemorative Stamp, Emergency Foodshelf Network & Taco Bell, The Sesquicentennial Wagon Train, the Vintage Aircraft Flyover, Old Minnesota Song of the North Star Big Top Chautauqua, members of the Minnesota Private College Council, Minnesota Public Radio, Roseville Visitors Association, the Plant Management Division of the Minnesota Department of Administration, the City of St. Paul, the Minnesota State Patrol & Capitol Security, Nodin Press

Media Partners: KARE-11 & the Pioneer Press

Total Sponsorships thus far: $3,626,000 in cash and in-kind

$1.025 million appropriation from the State Legislature

Matched by:

$375,600 cash from foundations, organizations & individuals
$384,500 cash from corporations
$841,500 in-kind from corporations and organizations

$652,000 cash match from communities and organizations to state sesquicentennial grants
$400,000 in-kind match from communities and organizations to state sesquicentennial grants

Doubled the State Legislative appropriation within one year & met the Bush Foundation challenge grant match within one month