Our grants database features organizations from the past five years. It is updated on a quarterly basis about a month after board approval.
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$300,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Local Food Heritage and Gastronomy for Economic Development of Young People
$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support NPQ’s economic justice program and related curriculum development work, which advances understanding among nonprofits and social movement activists about what economic justice requires and how to achieve it
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build capacity to grow the impact and scope of local efforts to reimagine safety and address community requests for skills workshops
$100,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for program support
$485,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Indigenous Food Lab
$50,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$150,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and capital support
$50,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$70,000
2023
Arts & Culture
to fund the second phase pilot of an equity framework project between artists and cultural institutions in Minnesota
$506,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for the McKnight Artist Fellowships for ceramic artists and a visiting ceramic artists residency program
$280,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$250,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
to build capacity for the Northern Community News Initiative
$90,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$90,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$200,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to expand capital access and stabilize economies across Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to go deeper on Belonging work, particularly with Indigenous communities and existing systems of power
$2,500,000
2022
Minnesota Initiative Foundations
for general operating support
$300,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support a new initiative, Wealth Builds Minneapolis, enabling scholars in North Minneapolis to excel academically, socially, and financially
$100,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$300,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$1,000,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating and capital support
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$210,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists and culture bearers
$140,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$2,500,000
2022
Minnesota Initiative Foundations
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the continued development and dissemination of the Organizing the Midwest project
$850,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$450,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$325,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
EcoFarmers: Mobilizing actors to strengthen the agroecological food supply in the Kanata Metropolitan Region
$250,000
2025
Arts & Culture
to support essential capital improvements that will sustain Open Book’s infrastructure for the next 25 years while maintaining affordable rents to many arts, culture, and community partners
$70,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$70,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$70,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$270,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to support agroecological research, development, and information-sharing at the Kenya AE Hub II
$750,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$780,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support, and for capacity building
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the "Rethinking I-94 for Climate, Equity, and Access" project
$350,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$170,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
to restore St. Anthony Falls as Owamniyomni, conveying control to the Dakota Tribes and initiating transformation of the site into a place of healing, connection, and education that honors Native history and living culture
$203,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Partnerships for Diversity (P4D): Strengthening farmer-research partnerships and joint action for collective power (Pilot phase)
$100,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Inception Phase of the project: Partnerships for Diversity – Strengthening farmer-research partnerships that provide plant varietal options to diverse farmers
$5,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$1,000,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for capital campaign support to purchase land and a building for the future home of Pangea World Theater
$140,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for capital contribution for planning and predevelopment for a new performance space and permanent home for Pangea World Theater
$140,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$1,650,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to support core capacity for a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations
$100,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$175,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of Partnership in Property Commercial Land Trust's service on GroundBreak Coalition's work groups
$100,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support the Milwaukee Midtown Voter Education and Voter Engagement project for the 2024 election cycle
$25,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to support the Global Food Sovereignty Movement
$50,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of the 30th anniversary of an organization dedicated to advancing equitable, effective grantmaking practices
$400,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to build capacity for program piloting and business plan development for Penumbra’s next lifecycle as a center for racial healing and performing arts campus
$650,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support, and to support member organizations of People’s Action Institute in the Midwest to leverage federal funds for climate campaign victories
$200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support climate organizing through deep canvassing, moving thousands of midwesterners to take action on climate
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the launch of a climate-focused deep canvass to strengthen democratic participation in the Midwest
$100,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support a nonpartisan civic engagement research and narrative development project
$100,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Territorial markets and multi-stakeholder collaboration in Peru: Strengthening territorial markets through their value chains and economic ecosystems in Peru
$200,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Readiness and Resilience Fund designated for communities impacted by emergent or ongoing crises or systems of oppression
$100,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$30,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
to support the Civic Language Perception Project
$80,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
to support phase two of the Civic Language Perceptions Project
$50,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support a pooled fund that aims to inspire philanthropic interest and investment at the intersection of faith and democracy
$100,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support the Civic Language Perceptions Project and convene conversations in philanthropy around the role of social-cohesion
$100,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to expand a pooled fund that explores the ways faith and faith communities can support democracy and civic life
$160,000
2025
Arts & Culture
to support Pillsbury House + Theatre/Pillsbury Creative Commons an integral part of Pillsbury United Communities
$393,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for a fellowship program for community-engaged artists and culture bearers
$10,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support civic-focused journalism work, partnerships with other local publications, and to continue to pursue innovative thinking in local news
$750,000
2024
Arts & Culture
to complete Phase 1 of the Pillsbury Creative Commons (PCC) campus redevelopment project
$25,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
to fund a collaborative effort of some leading local news and civic information organizations in the Twin Cities to expand their outreach to local advertising agencies
$60,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support a comprehensive and robust community engagement process with residents and stakeholders for the reconstruction of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue South Minneapolis, where George Floyd was murdered
$300,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support community news and information publications and one-time executive transition funding
$160,000
2023
Arts & Culture
to support the Pillsbury House and Theatre
$250,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for the Pillsbury Creative Commons campus capital development project
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of Pillsbury United Communities’s participation in GroundBreak coalition work groups
$386,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for McKnight Artist Fellowships for mid-career and established community-engaged artists
$95,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support the North High Scholarship Fund
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build Black generational wealth, strengthen Black women owned businesses through technical and financial support, and strengthen local neighborhood economies
$120,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for operating support of Pillsbury House & Theatre, the professional arts arm of Pillsbury United Communities
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$60,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$60,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$60,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$471,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for a fellowship program to support Minnesota-based Theater Artists
$479,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for the McKnight Artist Fellowships for playwrights and a visiting playwrights residency program
$240,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$471,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for a fellowship program to support Minnesota-based theater artists
$30,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to expand access to electric vehicles and clean transportation through education and advocacy
$60,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to promote the consumer voice of electric vehicle owners and to advance transportation electrification in Minnesota and the Midwest
$100,000
2025
Arts & Culture
to support artists and arts programming at the Capri Theater in North Minneapolis
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
to support artists and arts programs at the Capri Theater in North Minneapolis
$100,000
2021
Arts & Culture
to support artists and arts programs at the Capri Theater in North Minneapolis
$300,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity for the Transportation Justice Coalition of grassroots organizations to influence federal transportation policy solutions, elevate place-based infrastructure justice best practices, and develop new mechanisms of collaborative governance
$332,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to create a comprehensive voter education initiative across multiple media platforms that will help Minneapolis voters make informed decisions with their civic engagement and leadership in advance of the 2021 municipal elections