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Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund

1 Grant

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New Orleans, LA

$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

Ag Technology and Environmental Stewardship Foundation

1 Grant

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Ankeny, IA

$100,000
2018
Mississippi River
to support a drinking water pay-for-success feasibility study in three Iowa communities

America’s Watershed Initiative

2 Grants

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St. Louis, MO

$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

American Farmland Trust

1 Grant

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Washington, DC

$300,000
2019
Mississippi River
to advance Conservation Cropping Systems and improve Illinois water quality, and for general operating support

American Rivers

1 Grant

$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

Association of State Wetland Managers

1 Grant

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Windham, ME

$160,000
2019
Mississippi River
for general operating support

Cannon River Watershed Partnership

1 Grant

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Northfield, MN

$100,000
2019
Mississippi River
for general operating support

Center for Planning Excellence

1 Grant

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Baton Rouge, LA

$300,000
2019
Mississippi River
for general operating support

Center for Rural Affairs

2 Grants

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Lyons, NE

$610,000
2019
Mississippi River
to support the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and efforts to improve Midwest water quality and climate change mitigation through federal agriculture and conservation policies, and to support a Farm Bill education event in Minneapolis
$340,000
2019
Mississippi River
to advance a set of state and federal policy outcomes that improve water quality and reduce agricultural pollution in Iowa and surrounding states, and for general operating support

Ceres

1 Grant

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Boston, MA

$400,000
2019
Mississippi River
to leverage Ceres’ influence with institutional investors and food/agriculture companies to accelerate a transition toward improved corporate water stewardship, and for general operating support

Clean Up The River Environment

1 Grant

$410,000
2019
Mississippi River
to support CURE’s Water Program and Minnesota Water Ethic Charter Development, and for general operating support

Conservation Districts of Iowa

1 Grant

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Des Moines, IA

$100,000
2019
Mississippi River
for general operating support

Environment News Trust

1 Grant

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Antonito, CO

$100,000
2019
Mississippi River
to support production of seven television news stories on important issues that impact the Mississippi River

Environmental Grantmakers Association

1 Grant

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New York, NY

$42,000
2019
Mississippi River
to support two fellows, one in 2019 and one in 2020, as part of Environmental Grantmakers Association's Environmental Fellows Program

Environmental Initiative

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$545,000
2019
Mississippi River
to support Environmental Initiative’s work between bringing unlikely partners together to ensure clean water for all Minnesota communities, and for general operating support

Environmental Law Institute

1 Grant

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Washington, DC

$100,000
2019
Mississippi River
to advance the implementation of existing innovative federal financing mechanisms to support agricultural nutrient reduction projects

Environmental Working Group

1 Grant

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Washington, DC

$700,000
2018
Mississippi River
to reduce farm pollution in the Upper Mississippi River basin, and for general operating support

Food and Environment Reporting Network

1 Grant

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New York, NY

$100,000
2019
Mississippi River
to support a multiplatform investigation into the conflicts between large-scale animal production facilities and rural communities, examining the opposition to these facilities through a strong environmental justice lens, and for general operating support

Friends of the Mississippi River

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$500,000
2019
Mississippi River
for general operating support

Great River Greening

1 Grant

$300,000
2019
Mississippi River
to improve water quality in the Mississippi River watershed by expanding the geographic footprint and scope of Great River Greening’s community-led restoration efforts, and for general operating support

Green America

1 Grant

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Washington, DC

$75,000
2019
Mississippi River
to convene a Midwest Regenerative Agriculture Community of Practice that expands support and guides a cross-market-sector collaboration

Hmong American Farmers Association

1 Grant

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West Saint Paul, MN

$100,000
2019
Mississippi River
to build farmers’ capacity and leadership around the adoption and implementation of water-protecting, sustainable farming practices

Illinois Stewardship Alliance

1 Grant

$248,000
2018
Mississippi River
to promote continuous living cover in agriculture systems for improved water quality in Illinois, and for general operating support

Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

1 Grant

$40,000
2019
Mississippi River
to conduct research and outreach on the policies and economic drivers that impact Midwest soil and water, as well as global economies and ecology

Institutes for Journalism & Natural Resources

1 Grant

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Missoula, MT

$75,000
2019
Mississippi River
to train up to 18 journalists and improve media coverage of the Mississippi Delta/Gulf Coast

Iowa Rivers Revival

1 Grant

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Des Moines, IA

$200,000
2019
Mississippi River
for general operating support

Iowa State University Foundation

1 Grant

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Ames, IA

$400,000
2019
Mississippi River
to accelerate the adoption of prairie strips on farms for better water quality

Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation

1 Grant

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Elizabeth, IL

$100,000
2018
Mississippi River
to create a regional conservation plan in Northwest Illinois that targets the use of permanent land retirement in priority watersheds to reduce agricultural pollution

Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance

1 Grant

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Red Wing, MN

$200,000
2018
Mississippi River
for general operating support

Land Stewardship Project

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$400,000
2019
Mississippi River
for general operating support

Louisiana Environmental Action Network

1 Grant

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Baton Rouge, LA

$375,000
2019
Mississippi River
for general operating support

Michael Fields Agricultural Institute

1 Grant

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East Troy, WI

$350,000
2018
Mississippi River
for organizing to support conservation programming and policies that reduce agricultural pollution, and encouraging farmers’ nutrient reduction practices, and for general operating support

Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Services

1 Grant

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Spring Valley, WI

$100,000
2019
Mississippi River
for general operating support

Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$500,000
2018
Mississippi River
to secure effective, long-term controls to reduce pollution from Minnesota agriculture and drainage systems, and for general operating support

Minnesota Humanities Center

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$200,000
2018
Mississippi River
to support We Are Water, a community engagement and partnership building program working in eight Minnesota communities, and for general operating support

Mississippi Park Connection

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$120,000
2019
Mississippi River
to create a healthy forest along the Mississippi River that is adapted to future climate conditions, and for general operating support

National Caucus of Environmental Legislators

1 Grant

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Washington, DC

$300,000
2019
Mississippi River
to support the Mississippi River Legislative Caucus, empowering legislators to take action on river health and resilience, and for general operating support

National Wildlife Federation

2 Grants

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Reston, VA

$400,000
2019
Mississippi River
for general operating support
$400,000
2019
Mississippi River
to improve agricultural sustainability in the upper Mississippi River basin by increasing cover crop use, and reducing policy barriers inhibiting conservation practice adoption, and for general operating support

Natural Resources Defense Council

1 Grant

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New York, NY

$225,000
2019
Mississippi River
to build capacity for improving water quality, resiliency, and other benefits in the Mississippi River basin by progressing towards transformed agricultural systems and defending federal clean water provisions, and for general operating support

Noble Research Institute, LLC

1 Grant

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Ardmore, OK

$100,000
2018
Mississippi River
to support the development of the Economic Assessment for the Noble Research Institute's Ecosystem Services Market Program

Quantified Ventures

1 Grant

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Washington, DC

$175,000
2019
Mississippi River
to support efforts to bring Environmental Impact Bond structuring services to two cities along the Mississippi River

Regeneration International

1 Grant

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Finland, MN

$100,000
2019
Mississippi River
to build supply chain infrastructure that supports regenerative farming in the Midwest

Renewing the Countryside II

1 Grant

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Hammond, MN

$130,000
2019
Mississippi River
to develop robust Minnesota participation and leadership in the Artisan Grain Collaborative in order to advance soil health and water quality improvement, and for general operating support

Resource Conservation and Development for Northeast Iowa

1 Grant

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Postville, IA

$200,000
2018
Mississippi River
to encourage farmers to transition to water-quality promoting multi-cropping systems, and for general operating support

River Alliance of Wisconsin

1 Grant

$400,000
2019
Mississippi River
to drive agricultural policy and practices that improve water quality across the Mississippi River basin in Wisconsin, and for general operating support

Sand County Foundation

1 Grant

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Madison, WI

$120,000
2019
Mississippi River
to support and expand the Leadership for Midwestern Watersheds professional network, and for general operating support

Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders

1 Grant

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Santa Barbara, CA

$100,000
2018
Mississippi River
to support the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funder's work catalyzing action and collaboration among members and partners, and for general operating support

Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$225,000
2019
Mississippi River
for general operating support

Sustainable Food Lab

1 Grant

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Hartland, VT

$300,000
2018
Mississippi River
to increase adoption of innovations in crop supply chains to build soil for productivity and improved water quality, and for general operating support
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