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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$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
$300,000
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
$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)”
$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
$200,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to engage and mobilize African American voters in Michigan
$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
$9,700,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to equitably decarbonize the Midwest power, transportation, and building sectors
$195,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for planning a 2024 convening of United States Artists, McKnight Foundation, and Jerome Foundation artist fellows
$200,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support the 9th Annual United Negro College Fund Twin Cities Masked Ball, scheduled for May 2025
$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
$75,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$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
$75,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support UCS in analyzing and engaging stakeholders around a clean fuels standard and other transportation policies for Minnesota
$120,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
AgrifoodFRN: Strengthening the Farmer Research Network around ULPC to support food system transformation
$500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Navigate (aka Unidos MN) builds statewide Latine power and is expanding into multiracial organizing programs in the areas of immigration, housing, climate, democracy, education, and economic justice.
$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
$100,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
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
$240,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support - TPT is a multi-platform, public service media organization that provides free and universal access to news and information for all Minnesotans.
$120,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$120,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$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
$50,000
2020
Arts & Culture
to support media artists from marginalized communities, including women, to thrive as working artists
$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
$282,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and for capital support - TU Dance draws from diverse dance expressions to connect communities with transformational possibilities that bring to life our shared humanity.
$150,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$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
$50,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - TREND Community Development Corporation strengthens urban neighborhoods through inclusive economic development by revitalizing urban commercial corridors and closing the racial wealth gap.
$975,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to engage the surrounding community to advance a larger district system which other parcels/properties could then connect to
$40,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Tofte Lake Center supports artists by providing a nurturing experience rooted in nature where artists of all disciplines and backgrounds feel safe to take a break from the work of art to be rejuvenated.
$200,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Shaping policies for an agroecological food system transformation
$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
$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
$5,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support the Minneapolis NAACP Freedom Fund Dinner (Unit 4050B)
$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
$200,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity for education and mobilization plans in the Midwest
$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
$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
$60,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Threads seeks to be a national organization that betters humanity through dance, education, and outreach.
$60,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$50,000
2020
Arts & Culture
to acquire a physical performance space
$15,000
2020
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
for the Above and Beyond fund to channel immediate and additional emergency grant support to grassroots partners amidst the COVID-19 pandemic
$50,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support the dissemination of findings related to gun violence prevention policies
$75,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Theatre Latte-Da creates new musical theater and is one of only a few theaters in the country dedicated solely to presenting innovative musical theater.
$75,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$80,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Theatre B is a small artist-led theater in Moorhead, MN that has created an artistic home for established and emerging artists, while offering opportunities for audiences to engage with stimulating topics.
$80,000
2021
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
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - The Urban Village amplifies the work of Minnesota's Knyaw and Karenni artists and culture bearers through material support, platform creation, advocacy, validation, and leveraging their institutional network.
$40,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and for website redesign to enhance communication capacity
$12,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support data collection, resource development, and media engagement around the impacts of the solar industry in Minnesota
$70,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and to support 20th Anniversary activities
$50,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$500,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to improve life outcomes for boys and men of color
$50,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$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
$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
$50,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support of an organization that develops original theater pieces with a group of local artists
$100,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support - Montpelier works to tell a complete history of America and has made a public commitment to achieving structural parity in its governance with descendants of people enslaved on the site.
$100,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$120,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$65,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to launch a Minnesota matching fund which will provide critical matching support to eligible local- and state-focused nonprofit newsrooms serving communities around the state
$38,000,000
2022
Neuroscience Endowment Fund
for award programs supporting research in neuroscience
$40,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - The Madison Art and Innovation Center provides an accessible, equitable, inclusive, and flexible space that supports art, culture, community, and innovation in the Madison/Dawson/Ortonville region of Minnesota.
$50,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for strategic planning process
$622,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for McKnight Artist Fellowships for midcareer literary artists and writers in Minnesota
$344,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$72,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to support breeding perennial quinoa
$375,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
for farmer-participatory evaluation and development of perennial sorghum cropping systems to enhance food security and ecosystem resilience in the Drylands of Uganda