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

The New Franklin Cultural Center

Minneapolis MN

For an exhibition center

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2004
Grant Amount: $40,000

for facility improvements for an exhibition center

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2005
Grant Amount: $55,000

for an exhibition center

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $40,000

for facility improvements for an exhibition center

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $58,000

for an exhibition and catalog featuring 2007 McKnight artist fellows

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $20,000

for an exhibition center

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $60,000

for an exhibition and catalog featuring 2008 McKnight artist fellows

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

for general operating support

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $20,000

The Paul Bunyan Playhouse, Inc.

Bemidji MN

For a professional summer theater

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

for a professional summer theater

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

for a professional summer theater

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

for a professional summer theater

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

for general operating support

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

The Pew Charitable Trusts

Philadelphia PA

to support the launch of the Minnesota Cultural Data Project

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $82

The Phalen Corridor

St. Paul MN

To support the completion of The Phalen Corridor Project on the east side of St. Paul

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

The Regents of the University of California

Davis CA

Agroecological Management of Andean Potato Weevils

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $40,353

The Rose Ensemble

St. Paul MN

For a professional, vocal chamber music group

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

for a professional, vocal chamber music group

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2005
Grant Amount: $30,000

for general operating support, and for costs related to moving and a technology upgrade

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $55,000

for a professional, vocal chamber music group

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $18,000

for general operating support

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

for general operating support

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

The Rural Advancement Foundation International - USA

Pittsboro NC

to work for reforms in federally subsidized crop insurance

Program Area: Mississippi River
Year Approved: 2013
Grant Amount: $25,000

The Saint Paul Foundation

St. Paul MN

For the Community Sharing Fund, an emergency assistance service for people in the east metro area

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2004
Grant Amount: $300,000

For a fund to support refugee resettlement and their anchor family hosts

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2004
Grant Amount: $600,000

to support the Itasca Project's efforts to address critical regional economic and quality of life issues while building a new foundation of civic leadership for the Twin Cities

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2005
Grant Amount: $500,000

to support the Itasca Project's efforts to address critical regional economic and quality of life issues while building a new foundation of civic leadership for the Twin Cities

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2005
Grant Amount: $350,000

to support the Credit Card Project's work with immigrant communities and the successful use of credit cards

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2005
Grant Amount: $30,000

to support efforts of the Itasca Project to address regional economic disparities

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $200,000

for the Community Sharing Fund, an emergency assistance service for people in the east metro area

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $375,000

for the Itasca Project initiative to support the strategic redirection of the Minneapolis Public Schools

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $175,000

to support two projects, the Central Corridor Funders Collaborative and Learning Network, and the Catalyst Fund

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $1,575,000

to support Arts LAB II

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $600,000

for the Itasca Project initiatives to build financial literacy and address regional socio-economic disparities

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $400,000

to support the Itasca Project's initiatives to enhance regional economic competitiveness, including transportation, transit, and quality of life

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $350,000

to support the Central Corridor Funders Collaborative and its Catalyst Fund

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $850,000

to support Itasca Project initiatives to enhance regional economic competitiveness and quality of life

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $300,000

to support the development of the Central Corridor Anchor Partnership

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $200,000

to make a catalytic investment in the new Twin Cities Workforce Innovation Network to support start-up operations and help seed the Network’s Innovation Fund

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2013
Grant Amount: $750,000

to support the Central Corridor Funders Collaborative for its final phase of work

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2013
Grant Amount: $575,000

to support next phase of Itasca's Transportation/Transit ROI work

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

The Samdhana Institute

9000 Cagayan de Oro City

to support the Institute's grantmaking and capacity building efforts for small and emerging organizations in Laos and Cambodia

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

to support the Mekong Small Grants Facility in Laos and Cambodia to provide direct support to grassroots communities and local organizations

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2013
Grant Amount: $100,000

The Schubert Club

St. Paul MN

for a concert and education program

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2005
Grant Amount: $135,000

to support music concerts, educational programs, and a museum

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $90,000

to support music concerts, educational programs, and a museum

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $80,000

for general operating and transition support of Music in the Park Series

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $75,000

to support The Schubert Club Composer in Residence program artists

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $70,000

The Sierra Club Foundation

San Francisco CA

To support citizen involvement in local land use decision making and protection of open space

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2004
Grant Amount: $153,954

to support the Land Use and Transportation Organizing Project

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $180,000

for efforts to improve water quality in Illinois

Program Area: Mississippi River
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $40,000

to support the Land Use and Transportation Organizing Project

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $167,929

to support the Land Use and Transportation Organizing project

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $140,000

to support development of statewide agricultural pollution standards in Illinois

Program Area: Mississippi River
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $39,352

to support the Land Use and Transportation Organizing Project

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $140,000

The Singers - Minnesota Choral Artists

Minneapolis MN

for a professional choir

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

to support the general operations of a professional choir, and for capacity building

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

for general operating support

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $50,000

The Somali Documentary Project

Columbus OH

to teach photography at Minnesota International Middle School, and to document the Somali community in the Twin Cities

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $30,000

The Synergos Institute

New York NY

For the work of the Community Foundation for the Western Region of Zimbabwe, an effort to improve the economic conditions of women and their families in Zimbabwe

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2004
Grant Amount: $150,000

The Trust for Public Land

San Francisco CA

For direct acquisition of key parcels of land in the greater Twin Cities metropolitan area

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2004
Grant Amount: $500,000

To protect the Mississippi River corridors, tributaries, and watersheds, to protect open spaces in the Twin Cities, and to support the Regional Greenways Collaborative

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2004
Grant Amount: $450,000

for a planning grant to support organizational development of the Embrace Open space campaign and the Regional Greenways Collaborative

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2005
Grant Amount: $57,000

to support and implement the next phase of the Embrace Open Space campaign and to establish a stable organizational structure

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $375,000

for general support of the Twin Cities Regional Program

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $450,000

to conduct a feasibility study for a capital campaign for open space protection in the Twin Cities metropolitan area

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $75,000

to support Embrace Open Space

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $88,200

to support the Embrace Open Space program

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $750,000

for transition funding for the Parks for People - Twin Cities program

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $58,000

to support the Twin Cities program

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $475,000

to support the Parks for People - Twin Cities program, including the Embrace Open Space Collaborative

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $700,000

to promote open space, parks and greenspace, as a vital component of effective urban redevelopment and livable communities

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $700,000

to launch a bottomlands restoration partnership in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley

Program Area: Mississippi River
Year Approved: 2013
Grant Amount: $100,000