African American Leadership Forum
1 Grant
$25,000
2016
Other Grantmaking
for general operating and capacity building
Our grants database features organizations from the past five years. It is updated on a quarterly basis about a month after board approval.
Showing 1 - 45 of 45 matching grantees
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
4 Grants
$235,000
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
$225,000
2014
Other Grantmaking
to provide support for Minnesota Compass, and to create a highly interactive neighborhood-level data tool for the 7-county metro with potential for expansion in other communities in Greater Minnesota
$60,000
2013
Other Grantmaking
to support the James P. Shannon institute, which nurtures diverse nonprofit and philanthropic leaders throughout Minnesota
Asian American-Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
1 Grant
$25,000
2014
Other Grantmaking
to leverage funds to support a 25th anniversary campaign
Center for Effective Philanthropy
1 Grant
$20,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
to support a research project to explore private and community foundation leaders’ perspectives about foundation efforts to influence public policy at the national, state, and local levels
Center for Rural Affairs
1 Grant
$250,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
to build power and capacity through clean energy organizing in rural Iowa and Minnesota communities
Ceres
2 Grants
$100,000
2017
Other Grantmaking
to support SEC education efforts
$100,000
2016
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
Citizens League
1 Grant
$100,000
2017
Other Grantmaking
to help build a leadership pipeline representing people of color and Indigenous communities
Conservation Minnesota
1 Grant
$150,000
2013
Other Grantmaking
for Amendment Accountability Project
East Side Arts Council
1 Grant
$90,000
2013
Other Grantmaking
in support of an Urban Design and Artist Partnership Program
First Nations Development Institute
1 Grant
$75,000
2017
Other Grantmaking
to fund the Reclaiming the Truth project
Friends of the Mississippi River
1 Grant
$270,000
2013
Other Grantmaking
to promote efforts to reduce pollution from agriculture in the Mississippi River and tributaries in Minnesota, and to promote the development and implementation of effective Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area rules and city ordinances
GiveMN
2 Grants
$50,000
2016
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$75,000
2013
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
Greater Twin Cities United Way
1 Grant
$100,000
2017
Other Grantmaking
to support Solidarity MN, a collaboration of Minnesota foundations that have come together to strengthen the ecosystem of supports available to refugee and immigrant communities in urban, rural, and greater Minnesota
Headwaters Foundation for Justice
2 Grants
$400,000
2017
Other Grantmaking
for a one-time project grant to build organizational capacity
$100,000
2016
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
2 Grants
$50,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$100,000
2016
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
International Institute of Minnesota
1 Grant
$75,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
Juxtaposition
1 Grant
$1,000,000
2017
Other Grantmaking
to support a capital expansion of the Juxtaposition campus and facilities
MacPhail Center for Music
1 Grant
$50,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
to continue providing high quality supplemental music learning opportunities to pre-K though 12 students in Greater Minnesota
Meridian Institute
1 Grant
$300,000
2013
Other Grantmaking
to provide support for the AGree program's efforts to transform U.S. food and agricultural policy
Midwestern Governors Association
1 Grant
$25,000
2013
Other Grantmaking
to support efforts in increased cooperation among Midwestern leaders to address the threat from Asian carp and zebra mussels
Migizi Communications
1 Grant
$200,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
for capital campaign support
Minneapolis American Indian Center
1 Grant
$75,000
2017
Other Grantmaking
to support the pre-design and renovation plans for the Minneapolis American Indian Center
Minnesota – State of
1 Grant
$75,000
2014
Other Grantmaking
to support the State of Minnesota's participation in the Policy Academy on Targeting Clean Energy for Economic Development
Minnesota Council of Churches
1 Grant
$100,000
2017
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
4 Grants
$116,000
2016
Other Grantmaking
to support the Virginia McKnight Binger Unsung Hero Awards in 2017 and 2018
$435,000
2016
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support, and for capital support to expand and improve offices and technology
$95,000
2014
Other Grantmaking
to promote, select, and award the Virginia McKnight Binger Unsung Hero Awards in 2015 and 2016
$360,000
2013
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
Minnesota Council on Foundations
1 Grant
$250,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
to prepare Minnesota for a fully-inclusive, nonpartisan, and accurate census count in 2020
Minnesota Public Radio
2 Grants
$300,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$400,000
2014
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
MinnPost
3 Grants
$270,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$270,000
2015
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$180,000
2013
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
Mississippi Park Connection
1 Grant
$70,000
2013
Other Grantmaking
for Support of the Campaign to Protect Minnesota from Asian Carp as well as for support of the Mississippi River Forum
Native Governance Center
1 Grant
$75,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
to support the Reclaiming Native Truth agenda in Minnesota, an effort to foster cultural, social, and policy change by empowering Native Americans to counter discrimination, invisibility, and the dominant narratives
Northside Achievement Zone
1 Grant
$250,000
2013
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support, and for education and learning programs
Pillsbury United Communities
1 Grant
$250,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
to operationalize the community visions for Upper Harbor Terminal redevelopment and provide a model for redevelopment throughout North Minneapolis
Plymouth Christian Youth Center
1 Grant
$150,000
2013
Other Grantmaking
for Plymouth Christian Youth Center’s Capri Theater for business systems development and to promote balanced/sustainable development of the Capri Block
Propel Nonprofits
4 Grants
$375,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$25,000
2017
Other Grantmaking
for transition support for the merger of Nonprofits Assistance Fund and MAP for Nonprofits
$375,000
2015
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$150,000
2014
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
Public Religion Research Institute
1 Grant
$100,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
to support a series of four polls and associated journalistic coverage to investigate the rifts and resentments characterizing our national political moment and the pathways to a fully inclusive democracy
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
3 Grants
$2,000,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
for project support to ArtPlace America, to invest in local practice and to embed creative placemaking in several community development sectors in Minnesota
$2,000,000
2016
Other Grantmaking
to support ArtPlace America, for creative placemaking and community development projects by Minnesota artists or arts organizations
$2,000,000
2014
Other Grantmaking
to support ArtPlace America projects in Minnesota, benefitting arts organizations and artists
Southwest Initiative Foundation
1 Grant
$100,000
2017
Other Grantmaking
to support the Solidarity MN work in greater Minnesota
Sprout MN
1 Grant
$150,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
1 Grant
$25,000
2016
Other Grantmaking
to support a reporting framework for corporations to disclose material environmental and social risks as part of their SEC filing
The Advocates for Human Rights
1 Grant
$75,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
The Center for Cultural Innovation
1 Grant
$400,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
for AmbitioUS, an initiative developing alternative economic systems and services by, for, and with artists
Tiwahe Foundation
2 Grants
$50,000
2017
Other Grantmaking
for transition support
$400,000
2013
Other Grantmaking
for endowment and grantmaking
Twin Cities Public Television
3 Grants
$240,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$300,000
2015
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$200,000
2013
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
University of Minnesota Foundation
1 Grant
$762,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
for general and re-granting support for the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs five Community Programs working in the Twin Cities to support organizations with data and research support, organizing training, and strategic collaboration
US SIF Foundation
1 Grant
$50,000
2017
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support