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We use our resources to maintain and restore a healthy environment in the Mississippi River Basin.
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To ensure future generations of Minnesotans and other residents along the Mississippi River could continue to enjoy clean water, fresh air, outdoor recreation, and beautiful scenery, McKnight began environmental grantmaking in 1992.
Our river-related grantmaking has three focuses: |
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Improve water quality to reduce pollution and encourage restorative river management |
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Conserve land to reduce and prevent pollution by encouraging less polluting farming practices, protect and restore fragile riverside bluffs, and restore floodplains and wetlands |
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Strengthen citizen advocacy to engage people in experiences on the river, efforts to improve
riverfront communities, and issues that affect water quality |
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| Our overarching goal is to maintain and restore the Mississippi River by directly increasing land and water protection and restoration, expanding the capacity of other organizations to do this work, and transforming systems that impede progress.
We support organizations working within the 10-state corridor from Minnesota to Louisiana. A large proportion of our grantmaking occurs in the five states of the upper Mississippi River Basin, particularly in Minnesota. The geographic focus of the program includes the Mississippi River, its banks, bluffs, and floodplains; important tributaries of the Upper Mississippi such as the Minnesota, St. Croix, and Illinois Rivers; and the major metropolitan areas of the Twin Cities, Quad Cities, and St. Louis.
Visit the How To Apply section for information about applying for funding—and please continue to check in from time to time for the latest, most detailed information. We also encourage you to call the Foundation at 612-333-4220 to discuss your ideas with a program officer and to learn more about the strategies we're pursuing. |
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