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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$100,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
for racial justice learning and action networks
$50,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
to support the creation of a racial equity learning and action network for family foundations
$218,000
2021
International
Co-developing agroecological options for Food-Energy-Environment nexus in watersheds of eastern Uganda
$300,000
2018
Education
to support tribes in Minnesota in ensuring that implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act supports Native student outcomes
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Lead For Minnesota Fellowship program
$10,000
2019
Education
to partially support a national convening of urban indigenous education models, including two from Minnesota
$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
$600,000
2017
Mississippi River
to restore the functional hydrology of the Mississippi River and its floodplain by building public support for more sustainable river management
$400,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$150,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for support for Native artists within All My Relations Arts (AMRA)
$225,000
2018
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$600,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to support the We Are Still Here - Minnesota project
$120,000
2019
MN Initiative Foundations/Rural
to move forward narrative change work in Minnesota following March's We Are Still Here Minnesota event
$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
$150,000
2018
Region & Communities
to support a regionally-focused curriculum redesign for the Native Nation Rebuilders program in collaboration with the University of Minnesota Duluth American Indian Studies Department, and for professional development for Rebuilders
$300,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$125,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$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
$150,000
2017
Mississippi River
for federal defense of clean water policies and work to promote soil and water protection in the federal crop insurance program
$80,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$125,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2019
Education
to engage Latinx families in K-12 public education
$1,000,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to support the build out of an NDN Collective hub and programming in Minnesota
$250,000
2019
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and for succession planning project support
$140,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$350,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$77,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support, and to help cover costs associated with CARES Act funding
$550,000
2019
Region & Communities
to build a state of the art business incubator in the Frogtown Neighborhood of St. Paul, and for general operating support
$300,000
2017
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$150,000
2019
Education
for program support of Wilder's Latino Leadership Program
$200,000
2018
Region & Communities
to grow the capacity of a Twin Cities based Neighborworks Homeownership Center through expansion of current community lending programs and operationalizing the first mortgage program, and for general operating support
$40,000
2017
Arts & Culture
to support planning and implementation of ArtChangeUS REMAP: Twin Cities
$225,000
2018
Education
to support NdCAD’s efforts to promote parent leadership around education advocacy and to ensure culturally responsive staff climates in schools, and for general operating support
$300,000
2019
Education
to support research and outreach on Grow Your Own teacher preparation programs in Minnesota and to support two Minnesota-based New America Fellows
$450,000
2017
Education
for the New America's Dual Language Learners Work Group
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$30,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$200,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for development of the Advanced Water Heating Initiative in the Midwest region
$60,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$90,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$4,000,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support grantmaking and technical assistance for BIPOC organizing on climate and clean energy in the Midwest
$200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to ensure that communities have access to the resources they need to be effective self-advocates in the redistricting process
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support a coalition of community groups in Chicago to guide the implementation of the city’s zero emission policies for medium- and heavy-duty trucks
$200,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to identify and support efforts to help center communities and people in the redistricting process in Midwestern states, and create a national infrastructure to support fair maps in 2021
$500,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
to ensure the integrity of all elections so everyone can participate and all votes are counted
$200,000
2019
International
Fund to scale agroecology
$500,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support grantmaking and assistance for organizing on climate and energy equity in the Midwest
$320,000
2018
International
Global Alliance for the Future of Food, Transforming Food Systems Together
$151,000
2017
International
AgroEcology Fund
$50,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$75,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$1,000,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
to fund the MN Philanthropic Collective committed to combatting anti-Blackness and realizing racial justice while seeding a MN Holistic Black-Led Movement Fund
$975,000
2018
Region & Communities
for general operating support, and for regranting funding to advance racial and economic equity in the Twin Cities region through community engagement, leadership development, and community wealth building
$100,000
2018
Mississippi River
to support the development of the Economic Assessment for the Noble Research Institute's Ecosystem Services Market Program
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build capacity to grow the impact and scope of local efforts to reimagine safety and address community requests for skills workshops
$100,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for program support
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Indigenous Food Lab
$200,000
2019
Other Grantmaking
to help launch the Indigenous Food Lab restaurant and training center in the Twin Cities
$50,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$50,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$25,000
2017
Region & Communities
to support the transition of the Neighborhood Orange Bike Program from Nice Ride Minnesota to a permanent home within North Point Health and Wellness
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2018
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$10,000
2019
Region & Communities
to support a business leadership program serving emerging POCI entrepreneurs
$75,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$60,000
2017
Mississippi River
to support Northeast-Midwest Institute's education and outreach efforts pertaining to Mississippi River-impacting federal policies
$280,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$505,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for the McKnight Artist Fellowships for ceramic artists and a visiting ceramic artists residency program
$210,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$90,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$90,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2017
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$3,000,000
2019
MN Initiative Foundations/Rural
for general operating support
$600,000
2019
Region & Communities
for support of NAZ’s Education, Career & Finance, and Parent Leadership and Systems Change strategies
$50,000
2019
Education
to support the launch of parent leadership courses
$300,000
2017
Region & Communities
to support career and finance, parent leadership, and systems change strategies
$1,000,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating and capital support
$52,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support, and to help cover costs associated with CARES Act funding
$200,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$140,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$140,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$3,000,000
2020
MN Initiative Foundations/Rural
for general operating support
$3,000,000
2018
MN Initiative Foundations/Rural
for general operating support
$200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the continued development and dissemination of the Organizing the Midwest project
$450,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2019
Region & Communities
to restructure its organization and recapitalize working capital funds
$70,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$105,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$32,000
2018
Arts & Culture
to support the Catalyst Series at Open Eye
$240,000
2020
International
Supporting agroecological research, development, and information-sharing at the Kenya AE Hub
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the "Rethinking I-94 for Climate, Equity, and Access" project
$300,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support