Grantee Database

This database contains a representative list of grants approved since 2004. Grants appear alphabetically by organization name, with most recent grants first. Unless otherwise specified, grants are for general operating support.
1186 results found

Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota

Minneapolis MN

for an academic program for Somali boys and a girls initiative

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $15,000

for an organization that serves Somali children and families

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $100,000

for a year-round enrichment program for Somali youth

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $40,000

to develop the African Textile Cooperative

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $75,000

for an organization that serves Somali children and families

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $100,000

for enrichment programs for Somali youth

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $40,000

for general operating support

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $35,000

for general operating support

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $40,000

Conservation Minnesota

Minneapolis MN

For an organization that works to connect and support Minnesota's environmental community

Program Area: Mississippi River
Year Approved: 2004
Grant Amount: $15,000

to expand advocacy on water quality issues

Program Area: Mississippi River
Year Approved: 2005
Grant Amount: $75,000

to expand advocacy on water quality issues

Program Area: Mississippi River
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $60,000

to strengthen the outreach capacity of advocacy organizations

Program Area: Mississippi River
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $100,000

for the Amendment Accountability Project

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $150,000

to build capacity for Conservation Minnesota and other Minnesota-based environmental nonprofits to engage their constituents

Program Area: Mississippi River
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $75,000

for Amendment Accountability Project

Program Area: Other Grantmaking
Year Approved: 2013
Grant Amount: $150,000

to build capacity for Conservation Minnesota and its partners to activate citizens in support of policies to reduce agricultural pollution to Minnesota waters

Program Area: Mississippi River
Year Approved: 2013
Grant Amount: $50,000

Contemporary Dance Arts, Inc.

Minneapolis MN

For the Shapiro and Smith Dance Company

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2004
Grant Amount: $50,000

for the Shapiro and Smith Dance Company

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $50,000

for the Shapiro and Smith Dance Company

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $50,000

for general operating support

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $50,000

for general operating support

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $50,000

Cookie Cart

Minneapolis MN

For youth employment, leadership, and enrichment programs

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2004
Grant Amount: $25,000

for a year-round youth employment, leadership, and enrichment program in north Minneapolis

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2005
Grant Amount: $65,000

for year-round youth employment, leadership, and enrichment program in north Minneapolis

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $110,000

for a year-round youth employment, leadership, and enrichment program in north Minneapolis

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $70,000

for capital improvements on West Broadway in north Minneapolis

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $100,000

Cooperative Development Fund of CDS

Madison WI

To expand and implement the Midwest Food Alliance, a program that promotes sustainable agriculture

Program Area: Mississippi River
Year Approved: 2004
Grant Amount: $110,000

to expand the Food Alliance Midwest, a program that promotes sustainable farming and creates markets for sustainably grown food

Program Area: Mississippi River
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $150,000

to support Food Alliance Midwest, a program that promotes sustainable farming and increases demand for sustainably grown food

Program Area: Mississippi River
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $150,000

to support the Food Alliance Midwest, and to investigate a water quality credit trading program for farm-supply cooperatives in Wisconsin

Program Area: Mississippi River
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $140,000

Corcoran Neighborhood Organization

Minneapolis MN

For general operations, and to support the Midtown Latino Organizing Project

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2004
Grant Amount: $75,000

for general operations

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $70,000

to support the Midtown Latino Organizing Project

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $25,137

to support Latinos en Accion, a resident outreach program serving the Corcoran, Longfellow, and Powderhorn neighborhoods

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $10,000

for general operating support, and for the Latinos en Accion program

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $110,000

for general operating support

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $120,000

to explore strategic partnerships between neighborhood organizations in south Minneapolis

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $35,000

for general operating support

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $120,000

Cornell University

Ithaca NY

for the project Putting Soil Nutrient Budgets into Practice: Policy and Extension Education Products for Local Use Based on Research with Smallholder Farmers

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $50,000

Cornell University

Ithaca NY

for the project Uncovering Pathways of Change from Agriculture to Nutrition: Improved Child Feeding Practices Through Legumes in the Bolivian Andes

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $31,000

for the project Integrated Genetic and Cultural Management Approaches for the Improvement of Tef in Ethiopia

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $30,000

for the project, Sustainable Soil Biochar Systems to Enhance Soil Fertility, Crop Productivity, and Carbon Sequestration in Ethiopia

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $168,000

for the project Inception Grant to Study Social Factors and Food Practices Affecting Cowpea Use in Central Tanzania

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $50,000

to conduct a corn nitrogen use reduction project using the Adapt-N tool

Program Area: Mississippi River
Year Approved: 2013
Grant Amount: $55,000

Corporacion INIAP

Quito

for the project Development and Distribution of the Commercial Prototype of a Biopesticide Based on Virus JLZ9F, to Control the Presence of Tecia solanivora in the Ecuadorian Andes

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $108,000

for the project Food Security Improvement for Communities in the Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, and Canar Provinces of Ecuador, Through Farming of Quinoa, Lupin, and Amaranth

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $143,000

for the project Strengthen Support for Food Security in Communities in the Provinces of Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, and Canar in Ecuador, Through the Cultivation of Quinoa, Lupin, and Amaranth

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $332,900

Corporation for Supportive Housing

New York NY

for an organization that provides housing and support services for the most vulnerable homeless families in Minnesota

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2005
Grant Amount: $600,000

for general operations and program support for supportive housing services for the most vulnerable homeless families in Minnesota

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $900,000

to respond to increased rates of homelessness among veteran, frequent users, and American Indian individuals and families in the Metro Area; act on new opportunities to create permanent supportive housing at scale; and preserve existing units

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $500,000

to support the Heading Home Minnesota campaign

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $20,000

to permit Heading Home Minnesota to continue its work through the end of 2012

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $20,000

to support the Minnesota plan to end long-term homelessness

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $20,000

to respond to new opportunities (including system reforms) that have surfaced which have potential to create meaningful and lasting change for the supportive housing industry and the people of Minnesota

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2013
Grant Amount: $450,000

Council of State Governments

Washington DC

to implement the Midwestern Governors Association Energy Security and Climate Stewardship Platform and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord

Program Area: Midwest Climate & Energy
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $1,000,000

Council on Foundations, Inc.

Arlington VA

to support an initiative about Philanthropy and Minnesota Initiative Foundations America: An Agenda for the 21st Century

Program Area: Rural
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $20,000

Coyote Ridge Christian Ranch

St. Paul MN

for a year-round mentoring program for children of incarcerated parents

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $27,000

Crossroads Resource Center

Minneapolis MN

to support Gardening Matters' programs to promote and preserve community gardening in the Twin Cities

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $50,000

Cultural Data Project

Philadelphia PA

for general operating support

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $50,000