FARGO — Two Fargo-based organizations are earning recognition for their work making the community a better place.

Hip Hop and Hope and TNT Kids Fitness have been named winners of the 2025 Bush Prize: North Dakota, through the Strengthen ND and Bush Foundation.

Both groups will receive $250,000 to continue their missions.

Hip Hop and Hope helps those affected by incarceration, addiction and homelessness through mentorship and music.

TNT Kids Fitness started as a gymnastics center. It has since expanded into a model for inclusion through its “Able-in-School” program, which uses adaptive physical education to help people with physical or mental disabilities stay active.

“The prize money is a really exciting piece, because it’s going to allow us to do more in North Dakota, to get out into

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