Purpose

This bill provides funding to support a cultural program. Specifically, it would allocate money to celebrate traditional food and culture through cooking, storytelling, and other creative methods, with the aim of educating communities about culture and history.

Main Provisions

• Amount and timing: $500,000 in fiscal year 2026.
• Source: from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
• How the funds flow: appropriated to the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Humanities Center, for a grant to Sweet Potato Comfort Pie.
• Use of funds: to support programming that celebrates traditional food and uses culinary arts storytelling and other creative forms of culture-sharing.
• Goals of the programming: to celebrate culture and educate communities about culture and history.

Significant Changes to Existing Law

• This bill creates a new appropriation (a one-time/fiscal-year allocation) rather than changing existing laws or policies.
• It designates a specific recipient (Sweet Potato Comfort Pie) to receive a grant through the Minnesota Humanities Center for the described programming.

Implementation and Oversight (Key Details)

• The grant is targeted for a program that uses traditional food, culinary arts storytelling, and other culture-sharing activities.
• The intended outcome is education about culture and history within communities, funded by the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Relevant Terms arts and cultural heritage fund Minnesota Humanities Center Board of Directors Sweet Potato Comfort Pie grant programming traditional food culinary arts storytelling culture-sharing culture and history fiscal year 2026 appropriation