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

Small Enterprises Foundation

Dar es Salaam

for a microfinance program for women in Tanzania

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2005
Grant Amount: $120,000

for mentorship and business skills training for women entrepreneurs in Temeke district in Tanzania

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $40,000

for mentorship and business skills training for women entrepreneurs in Temeke and Mkuranga districts in Tanzania

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $40,000

for women business skills training, financial education, market search, and connection activities of small women entrepreneurs

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $105,000

Smart Growth America

Washington DC

to support comprehensive transportation reform at the federal level to impact the Twin Cities region

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $75,000

to support comprehensive transportation reform at the federal level through involvement of and considering its impact on the Twin Cities region, and for the next steps in implementing the Regional Sustainability Indicator work

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $97,000

for coalition building, education, and advocacy among real estate developers and investors in support of local, state, and federal transportation reform and funding

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $60,000

to support collaborative work with the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Council to advance a vision and funding plan for sustainable transportation and transit in the metropolitan region and the state

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2013
Grant Amount: $75,000

Smithsonian Institution

Washington DC

to increase marketing opportunities for craft producers from Cambodia and Laos through participation in the 2007 Folklife Festival

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

Soap Factory

Minneapolis MN

for a visual arts exhibition organization

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2005
Grant Amount: $50,000

for a feasibility study to fully renovate the Soap Factory

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2005
Grant Amount: $25,000

to support the Art Shanty Projects on Medicine Lake in Plymouth

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2005
Grant Amount: $15,000

for Artsourcing, an exhibition by Latino artists

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $10,000

to support the Art Shanty Projects on Medicine Lake in Plymouth

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $15,000

for a visual arts exhibition organization

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $70,000

to support the Art Shanty Projects on Medicine Lake in Plymouth

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $30,000

for a visual arts exhibition organization

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $80,000

for general operating support

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $60,000

for general operating support

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2013
Grant Amount: $80,000

Social Action for Change

Phnom Penh

to strengthen and support a network of women's organizing and empowerment initiatives in Cambodia

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $25,000

for an organization providing support to grassroots women's empowerment and awareness raising about Minnesota Initiative Foundations issues in Cambodia

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $100,000

Social Venture Partners Minnesota

Minneapolis MN

to support the Education Innovation Network

Program Area: Education & Learning
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $75,000

Soil and Water Conservation Society

Ankeny IA

to build capacity in farm policy advocacy

Program Area: Mississippi River
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $75,000

to promote the use of government programs that reduce pollution in the Mississippi River

Program Area: Mississippi River
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $23,000

to study the impact of human-created wetlands on water quality in the upper Mississippi River Basin

Program Area: Mississippi River
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $145,000

Sokoine University of Agriculture

Morogoro

for the project Enhancing Child Nutrition and Livelihoods of Minnesota Initiative Foundations Households in Malawi and Tanzania Through Post-Harvest Value-Chain Technology Improvements in Groundnuts

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $252,000

for the project Introgression of Bruchid Resistance into Farmers Preferred Varieties for Increased Productivity and Stability of Bean Supply

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $432,000

for the project Groundnut Varieties Improvement for Yield and Adaptation, Human Health, and Nutrition

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $28,000

for the project, Introgression of Bruchid Resistance and Incorporation of IPM Strategies for Reducing Post-harvest Losses of Farmers Preferred Varieties

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2013
Grant Amount: $354,000

Somali Community Services, Inc.

For afterschool and summer programs for Somali youth

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2004
Grant Amount: $20,000

Somali Education Center

Minneapolis MN

for an academic support program for Somali youth in the metropolitan area

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2005
Grant Amount: $22,000

for an academic support program, and for a summer enrichment program for Somali youth in the metropolitan area

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $25,000

for a year-round academic and enrichment program for Somali youth

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $60,000

for a year-round academic program for Somali youth

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $28,000

Somali Mai Community of Minnesota, Inc.

Minneapolis MN

For afterschool and summer enrichment programs for Somali youth

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2004
Grant Amount: $10,000

Somali Parent Teacher Association

Minneapolis MN

To increase immigrant parents' involvement in their children's school

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2004
Grant Amount: $35,000

to increase immigrant parents' involvement in their children's school success and provide a culturally appropriate program to connect parents to their children's schools

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $40,000

Somali Success School

Minneapolis MN

for a multiservice organization that serves Somali and East African immigrants

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $50,000

for a multiservice organization that serves Somali and East African immigrants

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $100,000

for a multiservice organization that serves Somali and East African immigrants

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $100,000

for general operating support

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $80,000

Soo Visual Arts Center, Inc.

Minneapolis MN

For a visual arts exhibition organization

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2004
Grant Amount: $30,000

for a visual arts exhibition organization

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $30,000

for a visual arts exhibition organization

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $30,000

for general operating support

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $35,000

for general operating support

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $40,000

Sor Sor Troung

Phnom Penh

to build the capacity of indigenous communities to coordinate effective advocacy campaigns regarding natural resources in northeastern Cambodia

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

to increase the capacity, organization, and cooperation within and between indigenous communities in Northeast Cambodia so that they can effectively network and advocate to defend their livelihood interests

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $60,000

for general operating support

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $60,000