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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$250,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the launch of an Indiana Green Bank to access federal, state, and private finance to decarbonize Indiana’s economy and to center equity in climate financing and planning
$30,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Strengthening farmer-managed seed systems for improved seed quality and access to preferred varieties in Malawi
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to create asset building opportunities for low-income Minnesotans, reduce systemic barriers to economic mobility, and advance racial equity
$40,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$500,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$500,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition’s efforts to develop and implement equitable strategies to achieve zero emissions from the Midwestern building sector by 2050
$350,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
program support for the Minnesota CDFI Coalition
$480,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support start-up costs for a statewide First-Generation Homebuyers Down Payment Assistance Fund to reduce the racial homeownership gap, for individuals who lack generational wealth and without assistance would not achieve homeownership
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association works to build joint infrastructure to support the Midwest Tribal Nations seeking federal funding for clean energy projects.
$120,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Milkweed Editions, an independent publisher of literature, works with emerging to well-established writers, providing coaching and support through the editing process and making connections to markets and audiences.
$120,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$177,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for program work with artists as facilitators, culture bearers, and cultural practitioners who use art as an agent to coalesce people, amplify historically silenced narratives, and use the collective power to create a more healthy, just world
$111,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for program support
$300,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Agroecological management of purple top and the psyllid in the Andes – Purple top project
$60,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for support for Two Rivers Gallery
$140,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for support of Two Rivers Gallery and capital renovations
$833,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for a fellowship program for visual artists
$833,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for a fellowship program for mid-career visual artists in Minnesota
$250,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
to support the Sector Support Fund
$2,500,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support environmental justice and frontline-led organizations and coalitions in the Midwest for movement protection and long-term stability
$18,000,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
for the GroundBreak Coalition special purpose fund
$500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support underserved communities in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, and its 35 tribes, through regranting, in addressing their most significant environmental justice, climate, and public health challenges
$500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build support for climate action in rural communities and to maximize federal funds going to Midwestern communities
$15,000,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
for the GroundBreak Coalition special purpose fund
$400,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Minneapolis Climate Action and Racial Equity Fund
$350,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support the Fund for Safe Communities
$900,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build regional environmental justice capacity for collaboration, network building, and policy and projects related to climate, energy, health, and water justice in the Midwest
$250,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support grassroots organizing and rural climate solutions in the Midwest
$75,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support key community wealth building initiatives in North Minneapolis
$176,500
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Minneapolis Climate Action and Racial Equity Fund, a collaborative partnership to support local action on climate change in diverse communities
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support environmental justice organizations' capacity to advance decarbonization solutions that are rooted in the communities and focused on a just energy transition, health, and water justice
$1,000,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to support local business organizations and owners along Lake St., Midway, and W. Broadway, in restoring, rebuilding, and renovating damaged property following the summer unrest of 2020
$2,000,000
2021
Arts & Culture
to support the Regional Cultural Treasures special purpose fund
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to address equity and diversity in the Minneapolis Public school system
$140,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for the Minneapolis Climate Action and Racial Equity Fund, a collaborative partnership to support local action on climate change in diverse communities
$500,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to equip Minnesota’s workforce system with insights to navigate the Green Economy
$150,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$900,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to scale adoption of soil health practices in the Upper Midwest by mobilizing industry stakeholders to evaluate and develop markets for a diverse array of alternative crops and de-risk the transition for farmers
$150,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support - Greater MSP accelerates regional competitiveness and inclusive economic growth through job creation, capital investment, and execution of strategic initiatives.
$100,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Phase II of Greater MSP’s federal funding initiative
$150,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support - This organization, also known as Greater MSP, works to advance racial equity and accelerate the growth of quality jobs in the 15-county metro area
$155,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
to support Greater MSP’s efforts to identify and connect federal resources to regional economic and equitable development goals, and to support Greater MSP/Itasca’s event “Building Momentum: Housing Innovation and Progress in our Region”
$240,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to deepen efforts to develop market transformation and commercialization strategies for the cash cover crop “winter camelina” and drive successful adoption of nutrient management, cover cropping, and longer crop rotations in the Red River Valley
$75,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support two soil health initiatives in Minnesota
$400,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to conduct objective research and modeling toward Minnesota’s 100% clean electricity law
$560,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to fund a staff litigator within the Wage Theft Division of the Minnesota Attorney General's Office
$500,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support the Minnesota Department of Health Safe Harbor Program for the prevention and mitigation of human trafficking
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the start of the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program's Climate Smart Farms Project
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to create a Minnesota action plan for scaling up the adoption of soil health management practices that mitigate the impacts of climate change and increase landscape resiliency
$10,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
for an initiative to eliminate human trafficking in Minnesota
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build capacity for incarcerated students in Minnesota to access federal Pell grant dollars and help reduce a systemic barrier to economic mobility, a college degree
$90,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$60,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$1,000,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to seed the 10,000 Black Businesses Initiative and invest in Black entrepreneurship
$200,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to provide legal tools, training, guidance, and other supports to MN organizations advancing racial equity
$120,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$392,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for a fellowship program for book artists
$120,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support of an organization celebrating and preserving the traditional art of bookmaking, alongside explorations of contemporary papermaking, bookbinding, printing, typography, and graphic design
$378,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for McKnight Artist Fellowships for mid-career book artists in Minnesota
$120,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$600,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to lead the legal strategy to maximize implementation of new laws and achieve equitable outcomes at the Public Utilities Commission
$600,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for strategy leadership to transform the energy sector, decarbonize building, maximize implementation of new laws, and achieve equitable outcomes at the Public Utilities Commission
$500,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advocate for equitable climate action by Minnesota’s state and local governments
$50,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support – Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless serves as the leading statewide advocacy organization dedicated to ending homelessness and increasing housing stability in Minnesota.
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build housing communications and grassroots capacity across the Community Action Agency network, especially in Greater Minnesota
$50,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Minnesota Community Land Trust Coalition is dedicated to advancing affordable housing and wealth-building opportunities through the support and development of community land trusts across Minnesota.
$1,500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to create a 0% loan fund to leverage state appropriations and support the 13 MN Community Land Trusts with acquisition, pre-development, and development costs associated with creating perpetually affordable homes across Minnesota
$90,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to support Afghan Refugee Resettlement
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to support the Truth in Reparations project
$25,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
for start-up funding of truth and reparations project
$675,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support the statewide public policy and advocacy work of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and build the nonprofit sector’s capacity to engage in public policy and effectively leverage collective power
$65,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
to support the Virginia McKnight Binger Unsung Hero Awards in 2023
$375,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to increase voter knowledge, engagement, and participation statewide ahead of 2022 Minnesota state elections
$410,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to provide general operating support, coordinate nonprofit information about and access to American Rescue Plan funds, and support the executive leadership transition underway at MCN
$120,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to support the Virginia McKnight Binger Unsung Hero Awards in 2021 and 2022
$480,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
to support the Press Forward Minnesota pooled fund
$250,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
for the Minnesota Legal Fund, a pooled fund at the Minnesota Council on Foundations
$115,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
to support the Virginia McKnight Binger Heart of Community Honor process
$150,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support bringing a new data resource to Minnesota's charitable sector
$463,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for inclusive democracy and climate action work; and to support a public education campaign pooled fund
$112,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support the Virginia McKnight Binger Unsung Hero Awards process
$150,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for project support for the Rural-Urban Bridging Initiative (RUBI)
$50,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support intermediaries in equitably distributing American Rescue Plan and state surplus funds
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support long-term democracy infrastructure and an inclusive democracy that works for everyone
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support fair representation in redistricting and diverse and inclusive community engagement in Minnesota's redistricting process
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$150,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to establish a comprehensive accounting system and provide accessible legal support
$140,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support efforts to end homelessness on Reservations throughout Minnesota
$500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to empower family farmers to lead on climate action, developing and building support for farmer informed solutions that position agriculture to play a greater role in mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change
$300,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to empower family farmers to lead on climate action, developing and building support for farmer-informed solutions that position agriculture to play a greater role in mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change
$150,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support clean energy and energy efficiency adoption by farmers throughout the state of Minnesota
$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
2021
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$450,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$2,200,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to bridge capacity needs and scale the deployment capacity of GroundBreak Coalition supported down payment assistance products
$5,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
to support the Minnesota Home Ownership Center’s leadership in the GroundBreak Coalition’s community engagement efforts
$800,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to build the capacity of down payment assistance players across the state
$750,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to advance equitable access to homeownership for homebuyers and homeowners of color and immediate COVID response plan for lower-income households struggling and facing possible foreclosure in the wake of the pandemic
$500,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to explore the streamlining of the Coordinated Entry system in collaboration with community partners
$500,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$575,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$400,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to advance a housing narrative campaign that advances equitable housing outcomes, assumptions, and attitudes to drive transformational change so all Minnesotans have access to affordable housing
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of Minnesota Housing Partnership’s contribution to the GroundBreak coalition’s work groups
$350,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to develop and test a campaign that drives transformational investments and policies in affordable housing for all Minnesotans and counters misinformation
$450,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2025
Arts & Culture
to continue growing the Native arts economy and ecology in Mnisota Makoce (MN) through program support for the Mnisota Native Artists Alliance
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Minnesota Indigenous Business Alliance works to build restorative and values-based economies, investing in practices that focus on social, environmental, cultural, and economic goals for the Native peoples of MniSota.
$150,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$60,000
2025
Arts & Culture
to support community engagement work
$100,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for capital support
$110,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Arts & Culture
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
to implement the MPWW Publications Project, and for general operating support
$25,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
to strengthen the media and journalism startup ecosystem
$25,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to identify, elevate, and invest in emerging media and journalism ventures through the Next Challenge at the Glen Nelson Center, a program of Minnesota Public Radio
$200,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support - MPR is a leading source of news and information for Minnesotans across the state.
$100,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$100,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$300,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to engage Minnesota Public Radio’s audience on the topic of climate change
$100,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
to support capacity building, with a focus on advancing MPR’s blueprint for Equity, Inclusion, Diversity and Access, and strengthening organizational leadership development
$80,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$80,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Ask Every Student Program, which is about building a democracy in which all students are equipped to participate in and activating that participation
$500,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support - Minnesota Voice builds power with BIPOC communities by supporting grassroots, nonpartisan civic engagement organizations in our state.
$500,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$250,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$325,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Minnesota Youth Collective Education Fund is a Black-led civic engagement and leadership development organization working to engage young Minnesotans to build power.
$350,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$250,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$250,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support - MinnPost provides high-quality, in-depth journalism at no charge for Minnesotans all around the state.
$100,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$90,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$100,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
to develop a Board and Investment Committee Education and Matchmaking Platform to bring diversity and impact investing expertise to foundation boards and investment committees as a catalyst for foundations to deepen their impact investing work
$100,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$120,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating and leadership transition support
$150,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for project and general operating support