Alliance For Sustainability

The Anishinaabe Agricultural Institute AAI works for agro-diversity by restoring local food systems hemp production and usage and growing traditional heritage plant varieties. Machinery needed for hemp decortification and processing was acquired. Acquired land has been used for farming operations that use horses and that grow traditional crop varieties of potatoes corn beans squash and tobacco. Youth from Dakota Lakota and Mesquakie as well as Anishinaabe youth come for the program's training in traditional agriculture use of horses and traditional healing methods. On Dec 23 2020 we signed an agreement to "spin off" the AAI project to a different fiscal sponsor called Akiing 8th Fire so at that point in time it could assume fiscal sponsorship responsibility and oversight going forward over the operation of the project. The zeroing out of the asset and liability balances of the AAI project was accomplished by a balancing entry made to a "Grant to Others" expense account. The $204645 grant amount shown above was for the spin-off to Akiing 8th Fire the new fiscal sponsor.

There were two related core Alliance programs that were busy but were spun off or concluded this fiscal year. Resilient Cities and Communities which worked to enhance resilience in 60 metro communities was spun off in the fall of 2020 as a new separate non-profit so as to enhance the voice participation and leadership of cities. Our contract with the City of Minneapolis for our Litter Be Gone program which supported neighborhood clean-ups concluded December 31 2020.