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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$15,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$60,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$30,000
2016
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$65,000
2016
Education
to sustain and expand prekindergarten programming as Academia Cesar Chavez transitions out of the Pathway Schools Initiative
$80,000
2019
International
Farmer Videos in south-south learning
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build upon 2020 civic engagement momentum, expand relationships with elected leaders and decision makers, and organize with partners towards a multi-racial democracy
$240,000
2019
Mississippi River
to support the Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy facilitate better water stewardship and community resilience in the Mississippi River basin
$480,000
2018
Mississippi River
for program support to provide legal services to Louisiana communities facing environmental challenges
$160,000
2017
Mississippi River
to protect and restore the Mississippi River delta in Louisiana through better water law and policies
$141,000
2017
Mississippi River
to provide legal services to the Mississippi River Collaborative and to Louisiana communities facing environmental challenges
$35,000
2017
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support AEEI's Midwest Advanced Energy PUC Staff Forum
$600,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
or general operating support, and to strengthen capacity to advocate for, acquire, rehabilitate, and stabilize affordable housing
$500,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support and scaled innovation
$500,000
2017
Region & Communities
to support acquisition and preservation of naturally occurring affordable housing properties
$350,000
2017
Region & Communities
for general operating support and to support organizational innovations to advance affordable multi-family housing
$10,000
2016
International
to support the Democratization and Economic Development in Africa: The Minnesota Connection
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2019
Region & Communities
for the Josie R. Johnson Leadership Academy
$25,000
2016
Other Grantmaking
for general operating and capacity building
$250,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$120,000
2017
Region & Communities
to build tenant leadership to advocate for better living conditions and preserve housing, and to advance equitable community development approaches in Northwest suburbs
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$52,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support, and to help cover costs associated with CARES Act funding
$100,000
2018
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$40,000
2017
Region & Communities
to support the Small Business Lending Program
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$302,000
2019
Region & Communities
to build capacity in delivering services that build wealth within the Twin Cities African immigrant communities, and to help cover costs associated with CARES Act funding
$70,000
2018
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$35,000
2017
Region & Communities
for capacity building support to promote African immigrant business growth and vitality across the region
$100,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$100,000
2018
Mississippi River
to support a drinking water pay-for-success feasibility study in three Iowa communities
$450,000
2019
International
Embedding Option by Context interactions through improved participation and farmer leadership within the western Kenyan NGOs's Farmer Research Network
$400,000
2016
International
Harnessing Farmer Research Networks in Agricultural Technology Development, Testing, and Dissemination in Western Kenya
$80,000
2020
International
Videos on agroecological intensification in Ecuador
$180,000
2018
International
Videos for Andean Cropping Systems
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$400,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and support for the Blue Line Coalition
$400,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support, and for the Regional Equity Project
$35,000
2017
Region & Communities
for Minnesota engagement in the PolicyLink Equity Summit -- a national gathering focused on equity as necessary for our region's quality of life
$350,000
2017
Region & Communities
for general operating support, and for the Regional Equity Project
$720,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for designing and implementing a residency consortium fellowship program for McKnight Artist Fellows
$15,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for the 2019 Alliance of Artists Communities Summit in St. Paul, MN
$75,000
2019
Mississippi River
for general operating support
$100,000
2018
Mississippi River
to engage business, government, academic, and civic organizations toward advancing a more collaborative, integrated systems approach to managing the 31-state Mississippi River watershed
$622,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for the McKnight Artist Fellowships for composers
$160,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$570,000
2017
Arts & Culture
for the McKnight Artist Fellowships for Composers and McKnight Visiting Composer program
$240,000
2016
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$300,000
2019
Mississippi River
to advance Conservation Cropping Systems and improve Illinois water quality, and for general operating support
$225,000
2017
Mississippi River
to advance agricultural conservation in order to address nutrient losses and improve water quality both in Illinois and at the federal level
$75,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for the art program at Gimaajii, supporting the capacity of Native artists
$160,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$140,000
2019
Region & Communities
to support Takoda Programs -- career pathway programming
$45,000
2018
Region & Communities
for the launch of a biennial program recognizing progress made by architects, developers, financial institutions, public and private sector clients, and others in moving forward the core elements of 21st Century development in Minnesota
$80,000
2018
Region & Communities
to continue to build upon the success of the Affordable Design Award program with the goal of raising the level of housing design in the affordable housing field
$640,000
2019
Mississippi River
to support projects and policies that promote naturally functioning ecosystems in the Upper Mississippi River basin, and for general operating support
$360,000
2017
Mississippi River
to support projects and policies that promote river health and naturally functioning ecosystems in the Upper Mississippi River basin
$150,000
2017
Mississippi River
to engage businesses in identifying and advancing market and policy solutions that support clean water in the Mississippi River corridor
$15,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for scholarships for Minnesota artists to attend the June 2019 Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in the Twin Cities
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Community Equity Program
$255,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to support the Minnesota Compass Project to maintain data profiles and a custom mapping tool for Minneapolis-St. Paul neighborhoods and statewide regions
$225,000
2018
Region & Communities
for programmatic support of the Community Equity Pipeline
$300,000
2018
Region & Communities
to help build a leadership pipeline representing people of color and Indigenous communities
$1,000,000
2018
Education
to support the Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood, a transformative education partnership that puts children on the pathway to college and career success
$314,000
2017
Other Grantmaking
to provide support for the Minnesota Compass project (www.mncompass.org); and to build and maintain the small area data profiles and a custom mapping tool for metro neighborhoods and statewide regions
$60,000
2016
Other Grantmaking
to support the James P. Shannon Leadership Institute, which nurtures diverse nonprofit and philanthropic leaders and organizations throughout Minnesota
$113,000
2016
Region & Communities
to develop the Minnesota Compass interactive neighborhood profiles within Minnesota regions beyond the seven-county metro and to enhance the profile features and data
$150,000
2016
Region & Communities
to support of the Wilder Center for Communities’ Community Equity Pipeline project
$100,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$80,000
2019
Education
for a parent advocacy program to address the systemic causes of illiteracy among students in Saint Paul Public Schools, and for general operating support
$80,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$35,000
2018
Arts & Culture
to support Future Forward: A Vision-Driven Leadership Succession planning process
$90,000
2017
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$60,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2016
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$105,000
2017
Mississippi River
to educate and galvanize the public and build capacity to protect water quality in Arkansas and the Mississippi River
$180,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$180,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$100,000
2019
Other Grantmaking
to support a Minnesota rural-urban exchange
$105,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$50,000
2016
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$45,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$30,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$45,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$30,000
2016
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$225,000
2016
Arts & Culture
to strengthen arts and artist-led organizations via ArtsLab
$160,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$150,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for capital support of the Northside Artspace Lofts
$240,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$50,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$280,000
2017
Region & Communities
for general operating support, and for capital to redevelop a vacant commercial space in Little Mekong as a new Creative Makers Business Incubator
$300,000
2019
International
Punas-Pastures IV: Promoting innovations for Agro-Ecological Intensification (AEI) in agro-pastoral landscapes of the High Andes of Peru
$100,000
2019
International
Dissemination and multiplication of innovative proposals on commercialization, consumption and agroecological practice adapted to climate change II
$38,000
2018
International
for the project, Dissemination and Multiplication of Innovative Proposals on Commercialization, Consumption and Sustainable Agriculture Practices Adapted to Climate Change
$400,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$180,000
2019
International
Supporting and strengthening farmers' research networks to improve local innovation in Burkina Faso and Mali
$370,000
2019
International
Farmers Knowledge II
$88,000
2019
International
farmer research network around the farmer association AMSP in Burkina Faso-Lessons learned
$100,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
in recognition of ABFE's 50th anniversary campaign, general support to strengthen Black-led social change organizations to build political and economic power
$50,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to support Minnesota's Racial Equity in Reporting Project