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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$50,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$50,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$260,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support energy system transformation in Iowa and the creation of a data tool to support optimal siting of clean energy projects on working lands
$300,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to tackle climate change across Iowa and Minnesota by sparking energy system transformation and developing natural climate solutions to drive inclusive conversations and meaningful impact
$1,000,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the work of the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy
$165,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
to conduct a media landscape analysis for Minnesota in order to determine the availability of trusted, culturally competent news sources for underrepresented communities
$50,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to improve life outcomes for boys and men of color
$300,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Promoting Agroecology Practices for Biodiversity Conservation and Food Security in the UNESCO Designated Mount Elgon Transboundary Biosphere Reserve
$40,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and for website redesign to enhance communication capacity
$40,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$160,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$160,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$140,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$80,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$75,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$75,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$50,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support the dissemination of findings related to gun violence prevention policies
$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
$100,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build the organization’s capacity apply for state and federal funds to green their buildings and deploy renewable energy projects
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to deliver a program to prepare and encourage women and people of color from the region to become knowledgeable, motivated, and supported investment leaders building investment firms in the next 1-3 years
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support organizing efforts in Michigan that lead to polices that support safe, secure, and clean built housing
$150,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support environmental justice policy advocacy, education, and community engagement in the Twin Cities
$100,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support a scholarship program for the 22nd Century Conference in Minneapolis
$250,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to address climate change through an environmental justice lens in Minneapolis, and to launch a community-informed policy framework
$400,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity for climate education and mobilization plans in the Midwest
$1,000,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to continue building power in vulnerable communities of the Midwest through the Movement Voters Fund
$200,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity for climate education and mobilization plans in the Midwest
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support a just transition from reliance on fossil fuels to a sustainable economy and an equitable society
$100,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support dialogue journalism and solutions journalism efforts in Greater Minnesota
$50,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support Shades of Purple: Dialogue across difference launch in greater Minnesota, including bridging events with moderated conversation on important, difficult topics and a follow-up podcast featuring moderate voices and civil engagement
$100,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$215,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to scale the capacity of the Oyate Leadership Network, a network of collaborative, intergenerational Indigenous leadership grounded in the collective knowledge, talents, and wisdom of American Indians living in Minnesota, and for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Shaping policies for an agroecological food system transformation
$40,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$975,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to engage the surrounding community to advance a larger district system which other parcels/properties could then connect to
$100,000
2026
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build capacity for collaborative efforts and community-led response work
$375,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to co-create a statewide Michigan-public led transportation vision and to create a durable coalition
$50,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
IX World Quinua Congress and Andean Grains Symposium
$24,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Transforming Rural Food Systems in West Africa by Processing to Improve Markets and Nutrition, and Reinforce Resilience of Local Communities
$282,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating and capital support
$150,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$500,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
to build capacity and expand a Special Purpose Credit Program (SPCP) to increase Black homeownership in the Twin Cities and regionally in alignment with the GroundBreak Coalition
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of Habitat for Humanity’s contribution to the GroundBreak coalition’s work groups
$100,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for creating support structures for professional development, peer connection and collaboration, that enables BIPOC artists to embed new narratives, advocate for support, and thrive as working artists; and to develop a business plan
$240,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$120,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$120,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$160,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Inclusive Learning, Co-creation and Sharing of knowledge on Transitioning to Agroecology catalyzed by access to markets
$500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to develop and implement a scalable paid leadership development program for BIPOC immigrant/refugee essential workers in the meatpacking and agricultural sectors
$300,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build community organizing and system change capacity for the Minneapolis People’s Climate and Equity Plan, prioritizing frontline BIPOC communities and building a multiracial, multigenerational city wide change
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$120,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
AgrifoodFRN: Strengthening the Farmer Research Network around ULPC to support food system transformation
$75,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to provide technical assistance to clean fuels policy design in Minnesota, Michigan, and Illinois, and to advance equitable transportation electrification in Minnesota and the Midwest
$75,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to accelerate equitable transportation electrification in Minnesota and the Midwest
$75,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support analysis and stakeholder engagement around clean fuels and other clean transportation policies in Minnesota and the Midwest
$150,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to foster donor engagement and collaboration in support of regenerative food systems and agroecology transitions by developing donor guidelines for conscious funding for food systems transformation
$200,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Food and Power Initiative
$150,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
for placing food system transformation at the center of systemic risk and response
$150,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Midwest Alliance states in accessing federal climate funds and in bolstering their climate resilience
$200,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support regional climate leadership in the Midwest
$200,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support the 9th Annual United Negro College Fund Twin Cities Masked Ball, scheduled for May 2025
$195,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for planning a 2024 convening of United States Artists, McKnight Foundation, and Jerome Foundation artist fellows; for extended support for Midwest artists through artists services and participation in the 2026 National Assembly
$7,000,000
2026
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support coalitions in seven Midwest states to advance equitable and ambitious climate action at the state level
$19,200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to equitably decarbonize the Midwest by supporting powerful and inclusive coalitions with the ability to transform markets and the economy through state action in seven states
$19,200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build and support the Midwest network of advocates in pursuit of ambitious and equitable climate action
$150,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support grantees historically not included in the clean transportation space, and broaden the scope of both community grantmaking and advocacy partners for the equitable clean transportation future
$200,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
for program support
$374,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Scaling co-created pathways, varieties and crop management options in Sahelian terroirs to support agroecological transition (CropMix)
$525,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Sahel-IPM_II: Agroecological management of the main insect pests of cereal-legume and vegetable cropping systems in the SAHEL
$25,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Co-design workshop for the project “Food Systems Innovation to Nurture Equity and Resilience Globally (Food-SINERGY)”
$125,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Reappropriation and Readaptation of local technologies to enhance smallholder farmers Resilience in the Sudano-Sahelian region of Burkina Faso
$18,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Funding training grant for the Agrinovia Master
$18,000
2021
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
for training for Agrinovia Masters Program students
$350,000
2021
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Recycling Urban Organic Waste, Recovering and safeguarding soil health to boost peri-urban smallholder farming for sustainable resilience in West Africa
$124,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Towards Sustainable Rice Production in Burkina Faso: Integration of Agroecological Practices and Monitoring for the Management of Bioaggregators RIZAGRO-BF (Agroecological Rice Production in Burkina Faso)
$80,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support a narrative-based podcast, based on research, that helps the public understand the climate problem and its solutions
$400,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Intensifying Dryland Landscapes' Ecosystems Transformation (IDLET) in West Pokot County
$255,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Community-driven interventions for sustainable food systems and soil water conservation in the Drylands, West Pokot
$700,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Farmer research networks for ecological pest and disease management
$120,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Optimising the use of bioinoculants, their role in crop production and crop protection with a focus on sorghum-legume cropping systems
$985,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to reduce air pollution and address energy burdens by helping Minnesota communities advance clean energy projects
$150,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance a Path to One Million Acres of Winter Camelina scaling study and grow staff capacity for advancing winter oilseeds
$90,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Developing UMN Agroecology Graduate Curriculum: An Initial Pilot Project
$765,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs Community Programs to nourish an ecosystem for reparative policy change through data, research, organizing, and leadership development, and democratizing complex information through art-based mediums
$640,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to engage and support Minnesota communities in implementing clean energy projects
$30,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for project support for the Carlson Consulting Enterprise
$480,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support the Gun Violence Prevention Clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School
$25,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build participatory approaches that integrate psychological well-being, community resilience, and sense of belonging with local climate policy and planning to support Somali American youth as climate leaders reflective of a diversity of cultural values
$75,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to test, refine, and understand the economic and behavioral barriers for farmers in Minnesota to adopt climate-friendly farming practices
$430,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to convert opportunity into action by scaling policy-enabled clean energy opportunities in communities across Minnesota and sharing stories to promote replication
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to expand a research engagement platform with Minnesota's municipal and cooperative utilities to advance clean energy
$75,000
2021
Arts & Culture
to support the Bell Museum's Resident Artist program, offering Minnesota artists of diverse backgrounds, identities, and abilities, opportunities to explore their artistic vision through engagement with contemporary scientific research at the University
$50,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to support the Swain Climate Policy Lecture Series
$400,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Institute on the Environment’s implementation of an integrated research, leadership, and outreach plan for decarbonization, centered in Minnesota
$1,110,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for program and regranting support for CURA Community Programs to nourish an ecosystem for reparative policy change through data, research, organizing and leadership development, and democratizing complex information through art
$15,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the One MN Legislative Conference in 2022
$25,000
2026
Other Grantmaking
to support and expand ThreeSixty Journalism’s youth programming in the Twin Cities, Rochester, and White Earth in 2026
$10,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support journalism training for underrepresented high school students across the state of Minnesota