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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								$370,000							
							
								2024							
							
								Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems							
							
								Rural-urban partnerships for the on-farm conservation of Peru’s native chilli peppers							
						 	
											
							
								$422,000							
							
								2020							
							
								Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems							
							
								Rural schools and smallholder agriculture in the Andes: an alliance for changing time							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$170,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Other Grantmaking							
							
								for general operating support - George Floyd Global Memorial exists to conserve stories of resistance to racial injustice and to curate spaces for all people to grieve, pay respect, and be a voice for justice.							
						 	
											
							
								$100,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Other Grantmaking							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$770,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems							
							
								Strengthening Climate-resilient Food Systems at the Territorial Level While Shifting Food System Policies							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$100,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Other Grantmaking							
							
								to support the work of a funders' collaborative to prevent gun violence							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$125,000							
							
								2025							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								to inspire Midwest cities and states to adopt carbon-neutral strategies, including innovation in clean energy, transportation, and land use							
						 	
											
							
								$2,000,000							
							
								2024							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								to transform the transportation sector while centering equity, climate, and people							
						 	
											
							
								$450,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								to support local- and community-driven clean transportation solutions in the Midwest							
						 	
											
							
								$100,000							
							
								2022							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								to advance clean, reliable, and safe transportation through local sustainability and equitable mobility solutions							
						 	
											
							
								$100,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								to support mobility advocacy groups working towards the development of sustainable mobility and equitable access in the Midwestern region							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$40,000							
							
								2024							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								for general operating support - The Grand Center for the Arts’ mission is to enrich community life through arts and cultural education and experiences, and to support local artists by offering them opportunities to develop and demonstrate their artistry.							
						 	
											
							
								$40,000							
							
								2022							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$80,000							
							
								2025							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$80,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$80,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$100,000							
							
								2025							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								to support Grantmakers in the Arts' national conference in the Twin Cities, MN in October 2025							
						 	
											
							
								$100,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								for Grantmakers in the Arts' annual conference in the Twin Cities							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$100,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$200,000							
							
								2024							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$200,000							
							
								2022							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$180,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$75,000							
							
								2025							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$175,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								for The Great Northern's Climate Solutions Series							
						 	
											
							
								$75,000							
							
								2022							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								to produce a festival focused on educating and informing the public about the impacts of climate change							
						 	
											
							
								$75,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								to educate and inform the public about the impacts of climate change during the Great Northern Winter Festival							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$300,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$1,200,000							
							
								2025							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								to grow the momentum for scaling up state and local action on climate mitigation and resilience							
						 	
											
							
								$1,200,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								to engage and support interested and affected parties toward equitably implementing the 100% clean energy legislation and reducing emissions from the building, energy, and transportation sectors							
						 	
											
							
								$1,460,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$200,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								to transform traditional recruitment and retention approaches by developing internal capacity within companies to interact with potential and new employees differently							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$50,000							
							
								2025							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for short-term program transition support							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$500,000							
							
								2025							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								to advance field-wide solutions related to narrative change, lived experience leadership, and community-engaged public policy development							
						 	
											
							
								$325,000							
							
								2024							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								to build the housing justice field through investments in lived experience leadership, transformative systems changes, and statewide narrative infrastructure							
						 	
											
							
								$3,525,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$1,750,000							
							
								2022							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								to advance the creation/preservation of affordable housing for urban, rural, and Native communities by mobilizing capital, building public will, increasing community engagement, empowering local leaders, creating housing solutions, and advancing policy							
						 	
											
							
								$365,000							
							
								2022							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								to build a regional approach to housing systems transformation rooted in prevention strategies by co-creating three regional accountability tables of stakeholders in Greater Minnesota, led by those with lived experience with housing instability							
						 	
											
							
								$10,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								to engage a "Qualified Neutral" mediator and facilitator to lead a "Qualified Problem Solving Process" for State of Minnesota and local government staff charged with administering federal funding for emergency rental assistance							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$250,000							
							
								2024							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$170,000							
							
								2022							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$60,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$75,000							
							
								2020							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for TRANSFORM: A Collaboration to Transform Justice in the Greater MSP Region							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$150,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$75,000							
							
								2022							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								to model zero-carbon pathways for Wisconsin							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$200,000							
							
								2025							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								to deploy a partnership model in the Midwest that supports local news in telling the story of climate, justice, and solutions							
						 	
											
							
								$200,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								to deploy a partnership model in the Midwest that supports local news in telling the story of climate, justice, and solutions							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$200,000							
							
								2024							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								to recruit clean energy workers in Detroit and catalyze a national clean energy jobs movement led by local and regional partners							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$100,000							
							
								2024							
							
								Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems							
							
								for general operating support - Groundswell International operates in 11 countries, across three regions of the world to strengthen communities to build healthy farming and food systems from the ground up.							
						 	
											
							
								$225,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems							
							
								Agroecological Intensification - Phase IV: Co-evaluation and scaling of integrated agroecological production systems adapted to climatic variability in Burkina Faso							
						 	
											
							
								$100,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems							
							
								Learning, Innovation and Collaboration to Strengthen and Scale Agroecology and Sustainable Local Food Systems							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$160,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								to support the Systems Forum program							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$250,000							
							
								2025							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$23,000							
							
								2024							
							
								Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems							
							
								Support for the expansion of the digital media of the Seed Guardians Network							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$350,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems							
							
								AGUAPAN II : Promoting Agrobiodiversity in the Central Andes of Peru, Institutional Innovation for In Situ Conservation and Use of Agrobiodiversity							
						 	
											
							
								$405,000							
							
								2022							
							
								Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems							
							
								Forage and Fallows Phase IV: Promoting and Refining Options for Sustainable Soil and Landscape Management							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$100,000							
							
								2022							
							
								Other Grantmaking							
							
								for the Come to Wonder Campaign							
						 	
											
							
								$150,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$200,000							
							
								2024							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								to engage Minnesota’s affordable housing sector to reduce the use of hazardous building products from 70% to less than 50% in the next 2 years, advancing health equity and climate justice							
						 	
											
							
								$200,000							
							
								2022							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								to eliminate environmental racism, health inequities, and climate injustices in Minnesota’s housing system by integrating co-created solutions for healthier and circular building products at all stages of their life cycle							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$250,000							
							
								2024							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								to support starting a residential solar panel installation program for Habitat for Humanity homes in Minnesota							
						 	
											
							
								$750,000							
							
								2024							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating and re-granting support to provide leadership development, advocacy, and capacity building support for Habitat for Humanity affiliates across Minnesota							
						 	
											
							
								$2,000,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for a recoverable grant to expedite deployment of newly appropriated Homeownership Investments Grant program ($40M) and leverage expanded resources in Workforce & Affordable Homeownership Program, Challenge Program ($60M), and Housing Infrastructure Bonds							
						 	
											
							
								$800,000							
							
								2022							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$150,000							
							
								2022							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								to support commercial real estate investment in the neighborhood							
						 	
											
							
								$50,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for project implementation for Hamline Midway Real Estate Investment Cooperative							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$1,000,000							
							
								2025							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$500,000							
							
								2024							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support - Headwaters is a community foundation that supports grassroots organizations and movements led by and for BIPOC communities in Minnesota, with a focus on strengthening democratic participation and advancing racial justice.							
						 	
											
							
								$1,000,000							
							
								2022							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$100,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Other Grantmaking							
							
								to support Time of Reckoning, Healing, Listening and Action							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$150,000							
							
								2025							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$150,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								to educate health professionals, the public, and policymakers about the impacts of climate on health							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$30,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								to support the We Are Still Here program							
						 	
											
							
								$60,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								for ongoing program support for an Indigenous Public Art Cohort to continue to share learning and create work for the new Hennepin Avenue that is rooted in Native truth telling and features contemporary Native artworks							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$20,000							
							
								2025							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								to support working artists to practice their artistic craft and be cultural bearers for the local Somali-American community in Minnesota							
						 	
											
							
								$10,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								to support working artists to practice their artistic craft and be cultural bearers for the local Somali-American community in Minnesota							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$375,000							
							
								2024							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								for a fellowship program for printmakers							
						 	
											
							
								$60,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								for general operating support for an organization that advances the art of printmaking by providing educational programs, community access, and collaborative publishing opportunities							
						 	
											
							
								$60,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$375,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								for a fellowship program for printmakers							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$470,000							
							
								2024							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								to advance shared power, prosperity, and participation for low-income jobseekers and families							
						 	
											
							
								$450,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support, and to advance critical workforce development efforts through the Minnesota Employment Services Consortium							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$300,000							
							
								2022							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								to research Latine women entreprenuership within the informal economy and bring resources to bear to increase success							
						 	
											
							
								$75,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								to collect and further understand the attitudes, feelings, beliefs and reactions on climate change within the Latinx community in the state of Minnesota							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$300,000							
							
								2024							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								for general operating support - Hmong American Farmers Association is a membership organization that advances the economic prosperity of Hmong farming families through capacity building, strategic partnerships, and climate-resilient farming practices							
						 	
											
							
								$300,000							
							
								2022							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$250,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								to support the purchase of the Hmong American Farmers Association farm and incubator to ensure long-term affordable land access for Hmong farmers							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$250,000							
							
								2025							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								to support the Hmong American Partnership’s Revolving Loan Fund							
						 	
											
							
								$250,000							
							
								2024							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for a program to build community wealth and financial self-sufficiency in the communities that need it most by providing access to capital for local entrepreneurs from Twin Cities’ immigrant and refugee communities							
						 	
											
							
								$250,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								to support the Economic Prosperity program							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$40,000							
							
								2025							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$90,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$40,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								to support the Hmong Cultural Customs Arts Program and for arts-related museum programming							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$300,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								to support revitalization work along the Lake Street Corridor							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$200,000							
							
								2025							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$400,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$300,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$100,000							
							
								2020							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$300,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								to catalyze a Just Transition on the White Earth reservation and region through transforming systems to access necessary infrastructure and capital for work in renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and local microenterprises							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$500,000							
							
								2025							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support; and to advance a joint initiative with Alliance Housing to develop a property management model for small, regulated affordable rental housing							
						 	
											
							
								$40,000							
							
								2024							
							
								Arts & Culture							
							
								to support the Art of Radical Collaboration program							
						 	
											
							
								$450,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support - Hope Community works to address structural racism, gentrification, and community well-being through affordable housing, economic mobility, and policy change.							
						 	
											
							
								$150,000							
							
								2022							
							
								Other Grantmaking							
							
								to provide leadership for the GroundBreak Coalition rental housing work group							
						 	
											
							
								$400,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$500,000							
							
								2025							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								for general operating support - Hourcar is a nonprofit car-sharing organization based in Minnesota, primarily serving Minneapolis and St. Paul, that provides shared vehicles as an alternative to car ownership.							
						 	
											
							
								$500,000							
							
								2022							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$500,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Midwest Climate & Energy							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$500,000							
							
								2025							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$875,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support; and to play the role of a statewide legal housing hub providing legal education and navigation for the statewide housing system							
						 	
											
							
								$75,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for due diligence and seed funding to absorb the work of All Parks Alliance for Change							
						 	
											
							
								$250,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support, and for strategic planning support							
						 	
								 
			
	
 	
	
		
					
										
							
								$110,000							
							
								2025							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$110,000							
							
								2023							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support							
						 	
											
							
								$100,000							
							
								2021							
							
								Vibrant & Equitable Communities							
							
								for general operating support