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

TVbyGIRLS

Minneapolis MN

to support a mentoring program for girls

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

to support a mentoring program for girls

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $30,000

to support a mentoring program for girls

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $34,000

Twin Cities Community Voice Mail

St. Paul MN

for a voicemail program to serve parents

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2005
Grant Amount: $55,000

Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity, Inc.

Minneapolis MN

to address housing disparities in suburban communities throughout the Twin Cities

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $280,000

to build capacity in community outreach, service learning, and advocacy efforts throughout the metropolitan area

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $200,000

for further development of the Advocacy Program

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $250,000

to support advocacy and community development programs

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $250,000

to support Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity's new headquarters along the Central Corridor

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $250,000

Twin Cities Housing Development Corporation

St. Paul MN

for an organization that serves families living in affordable housing developments

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

to support multiservice operations

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $25,000

for general support of the Resource Centers at two properties

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $25,000

Twin Cities Media Alliance

Minneapolis MN

to strengthen neighborhood and community-based news media to engage individuals and raise the visibility of local issues

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $30,000

to strengthen neighborhood and community-based news media to engage individuals and raise the visibility of local issues

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $70,000

for general operating support

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $90,000

for general operations and project support to increase social media classes and workshops for small business owners

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $110,000

Twin Cities Public Television, Inc.

St. Paul MN

For a public television station serving the Twin Cities

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2004
Grant Amount: $160,000

To support the Minnesota Channel project

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2004
Grant Amount: $200,000

for a public television station serving the Twin Cities

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $300,000

to support the Minnesota Collaborative and Channel project

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2007
Grant Amount: $300,000

for a public television station serving the Twin Cities

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $160,000

for general operating support for a public television station

Program Area: Arts
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $200,000

for capital support of The Campaign

Program Area: Other Grantmaking
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $500,000

for general operating support

Program Area: Other Grantmaking
Year Approved: 2013
Grant Amount: $200,000

Twin Cities RISE!

Minneapolis MN

for project support to integrate services and leverage strategic partnerships

Program Area: Region & Communities
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $50,000

U.S. Water Alliance

Washington DC

to support activities to explore and promote agricultural pollution-reduction policies and practices in the Mississippi River corridor states

Program Area: Mississippi River
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $100,000

Uganda Gender Rights Foundation

Mbale

to pilot the production of briquettes that serve both as an alternative source of cooking fuel and as a business opportunity for poor women in eastern Uganda

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $21,000

Uganda Water and Sanitation NGO Network

Kampala

for a domestic roof water harvesting project for women in Uganda

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2006
Grant Amount: $95,000

to build rainwater harvesting jars for safe household water supply and teach their construction and maintenance to women's groups in central Uganda

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

to help 200 families in Manafwa district get clean water, improve household sanitation, and plant kitchen gardens for better hygiene, nutrition, and income

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

United Cambodian Association of Minnesota, Inc.

St. Paul MN

for a summer program for Cambodian youth

Program Area: Children & Families
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $20,000

Universidad Mayor de San Andres

La Paz

for the project Management of Climate Related Risks with Regards to Climate and Social Changes

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $151,000

Universite de Ouagadougou

Ouagadougou

for the project Promotion of Orange-Fleshed Sweetpotato to Control Vitamin A and Antioxidants Deficiencies in Burkina Faso

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $149,000

University of Chicago

Chicago IL

to provide increased capacity for technical assistance and professional development

Program Area: Education & Learning
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $1,220,000

to support the work of UEI as an intermediary to The McKnight Foundation's Education and Learning program

Program Area: Education & Learning
Year Approved: 2012
Grant Amount: $3,970,000

University of Greenwich

Chatham Maritime Kent

Development of High Yielding, Multiple Pest-Resistant Sweetpotato Germplasm (Partner 3 of 3)

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2008
Grant Amount: $285,000

for the project Development and Promotion of Bambara Groundnuts for Improved Human Nutrition in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $17,000

for the project Optimized Pest Management With Botanical Pesticides on Legume Cropping Systems in Malawi and Tanzania

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $87,000

for the project Enhancing Shared Community and Institutional Learning by the Use of Participatory Video

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2009
Grant Amount: $36,000

to support Ph.D. student training at the Natural Resources Institute at the University of Greenwich

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2010
Grant Amount: $135,000

for the project Development and Promotion of Bambara Groundnuts for Improved Human Nutrition in Malawi, Mozambique, and Tanzania

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2011
Grant Amount: $111,000

for the project, Ecology and Management of Key Insect Pests of Lupinus Mutabilis in Ecuador

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

to undertake Benchmark study of legume policies in Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique

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

for the project, Safe and Effective Pesticidal Plants for Agro-Ecological Intensification of Legumes

Program Area: International
Year Approved: 2013
Grant Amount: $300,000