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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$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
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Indigenous Food Lab
$500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Northcountry Cooperative Foundation supports the development and preservation of affordable housing and community assets through cooperative ownership models.
$750,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for a recoverable grant for capital to lend to low-income communities
$750,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and for equity capital for NCF's loan fund, and to build organizational capacity to access and absorb state resources to better meet demand
$400,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to build a revolving working capital fund for housing cooperative conversion
$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
$300,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Northside Economic Opportunity Network works to improve the community on the Northside of Minneapolis by providing business technical assistance and capital access to low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs.
$1,000,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating and capital support
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - One Roof Community Housing works to end homelessness and housing insecurity in the Northeast region of Minnesota by providing a spectrum of housing development services and advocacy.
$450,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - OneCommunity Alliance works to create a more accessible, inclusive, equitable, and affordable housing system for BIPOC communities in Central Minnesota.
$120,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - OutFront MN Community Services focuses on supporting local LGBTQ+ organizing efforts and infrastructure in order to pass local and state level policies to protect and expand their rights.
$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support revitalization work along the Lake Street Corridor
$100,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support to preserve and develop long-term affordable commercial spaces through community driven ownership of land
$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
$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
$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
$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
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$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
$75,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the initial development of the Economic Security For All Coalition
$130,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$235,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - PRG aims to increase the supply of affordable homes in the Twin Cities, particularly for households of color, to narrow the racial homeownership disparity.
$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for the RE-Seed program, a small property re-positioning revolving fund
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to educate, empower, and support the community when addressing and advocating for housing issues
$250,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support census and survey awareness and education programs
$90,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for the Recovery Capital Loan Program helping nonprofits recover and rebuild from the effects of the pandemic and unrest
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build the capacity of a youth-led movement to increase the democratic participation, educational opportunity, and long-term financial prosperity of BIPOC youth and young adults in Minneapolis and St. Paul
$160,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support building a replicable, scalable, equitable regenerative poultry network in Southern Minnesota that reaches into BIPOC communities
$200,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Region Five works in Central Minnesota to address environmental, economic, and equity issues through inclusive community engagement, comprehensive planning, and capital access.
$100,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to engage Minnesota-based elected officials and consult with Minnesota Guaranteed Income coalition members
$200,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$120,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build ROC-MN’s capacity to organize and advocate for high quality work and a just and dignified food-service industry in the Twin Cities Metro
$165,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support Restaurant Opportunities Centers-Minnesota, and for data collection and research
$250,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment is dedicated to amplifying the voice and power of Muslim women through storytelling, leadership development, and civic engagement.
$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Rondo Community Land Trust is a residential and commercial land trust, affordable housing developer, and community anchor operating in Saint Paul and Ramsey County.
$220,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$350,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$25,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for the Executive Director Transition and Mentoring Project
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$150,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support, build, and scale community wealth building initiatives
$75,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Eastside Funders Group
$1,000,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build capacity for the City of Saint Paul's Office of Financial Empowerment community wealth-building and economic mobility strategies
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the East Side Funders Group
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
or the People's Prosperity Pilot, a guaranteed income demonstration project in the City of Saint Paul
$100,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - SEAD Project works to support community power building across the Southeast Asian diaspora in Minnesota.
$75,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$600,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$1,000,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the redevelopment of the Coliseum Building in Minneapolis as a community hub for black business and entrepreneurship
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$1,000,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build capacity and increase access to capital
$106,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to fund the expansion of our community-led Pillar Event series that activates communities to build strength and capacity around funding, talent, quality of life, and support systems for social entrepreneurs, and for general operating support
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build upon their current commitment to economic growth for BIPOC-led and BIPOC-serving organizations and help amplify their capacity and reach to support more of these organizations
$400,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to create long-lasting, vibrant and healthy communities by working to develop emerging leaders and create long-term systems change for equity
$300,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership is dedicated to partnering with communities across 30 counties in Southwest and South-Central Minnesota to develop places for people to call home.
$450,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support economic mobility through a guaranteed income pilot, creative entrepreneur support, and rural creativity and regeneration programming
$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support organizing and voter engagement in North Minneapolis
$400,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Midwest State Power Training and Capacity Hub
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to bridge a funding gap for work to improve restaurant workers’ lives by building worker power and uniting workers of various backgrounds around shared goals and values
$500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - TakeAction serves as a key organizing hub in the state, focusing on uniting the power of diverse individuals, communities, and organizations in active grassroots democracy that builds racial, social, and economic justice.
$335,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build organizing staff capacity and advance worker-led campaigns and support electoral programming
$800,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support; and for building progressive governing power and bridging the political divide through education
$300,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Tending the Soil seeks to fundamentally shift the center of public decision-making power towards working-class BIPOC communities by strengthening the infrastructure for BIPOC-led community organizing in Minnesota.
$200,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$40,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and for website redesign to enhance communication capacity
$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
$100,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support a scholarship program for the 22nd Century Conference in Minneapolis
$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
$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