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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$325,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$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
$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
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$60,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$400,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$400,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$160,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build power for climate justice in Minnesota
$200,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$150,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$1,100,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$1,025,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$400,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to dramatically curb carbon pollution in Minnesota by facilitating a shift from widespread driving to biking, walking, and transit use
$300,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$400,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to launch a long-term campaign to dramatically curb carbon pollution in Minnesota by facilitating a shift from widespread driving to biking, walking, and transit use
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support policy advocacy and advance a just energy transition in low wealth communities and in communities of color in Indiana
$40,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to increase democratic participation by building power, developing leadership, and providing understanding about the importance of voting within underrepresented communities in Minnesota
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to produce geospatial analysis, planning assets, procurement strategies, research and advocacy supporting transmission siting in the transportation right-of-way, in partnership with state transportation, energy agencies, and transmission developers
$25,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to continue NextGen Highways work with the Minnesota Department Of Transportation to advance electric transmission and electric vehicle charging
$25,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to evaluate the siting of high-voltage direct current transmission within existing highway right of way
$100,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
for the NAACP Minneapolis Branch
$300,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to advance positive life outcomes for youth of color
$450,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support ongoing learning communities, convenings, leadership development, and policy advocacy for boys and men of color
$450,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Sustainable conservation and utilization of Agro-biodiversity for enhanced productivity and resilience of agricultural landscapes in Eastern Uganda
$75,000
2023
Arts & Culture
to support The White House and the National Endowment for the Arts’ Summit on Integrating Arts and Culture in Civic Infrastructure for Healthy, Equitable Communities, and follow-up communications work in Minnesota
$65,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$200,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$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
$300,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Strengthening co-developed agro ecological options for sustainable and resilient agri-food systems in selected landscapes of eastern Uganda
$218,000
2021
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Co-developing agroecological options for Food-Energy-Environment nexus in watersheds of eastern Uganda
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Lead For Minnesota Fellowship program
$150,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support an ambitious initiative to advance climate mitigation and resiliency in the five national parks that surround Lake Superior
$150,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$150,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for climate organizing work at the national level for food and farm policies, and in key Midwest states
$1,175,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$400,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Midwest Tribal Energy Equity Summit and technical assistance support to Midwest Tribal Nations
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable 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
$300,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$300,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$125,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to shift federal and state transportation infrastructure investments to support public transit, sidewalks, safe streets, and EV charging infrastructure in the Midwest
$80,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$130,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$1,000,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to support the build out of an NDN Collective hub and programming in Minnesota
$200,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and for succession planning project support
$350,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$350,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operational support
$30,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of Neighborhood Development Center’s participation in GroundBreak coalition work groups
$350,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$250,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to strengthen worker justice through a learning agenda for partners and funders
$150,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the capacity building of Midwest rural-based organizations working at the intersection of climate, agriculture, economic justice, and racial equity
$50,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support NFG’s Integrated Rural Strategies Group to advance the Campaign to Support Black Farmers
$250,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
to support immigrants and their allies who are organizing and mobilizing to keep immigrant communities safe
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support community organizing efforts across Illinois
$60,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and initial costs of Latino Museum initiative
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to accelerate economic mobility and strengthen families
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$50,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for capital support
$50,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$80,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$400,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to drive equitable building decarbonization in the Midwest through coalition building, codes and policy support, and market transformation
$40,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for support of equity components of the Getting to Zero Forum and the Next Gen Student Program
$200,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for development of the Advanced Water Heating Initiative in the Midwest region
$40,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and program support for the 2024 and 2025 production seasons
$20,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for program support of New Dawn’s 2023 productions
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the recruitment of Midwestern institutions to the Climate Collaborative and to help community foundations across the Midwest develop a federal implementation strategy
$250,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to bring the bETA program to Minnesota
$80,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating and capital support
$110,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$1,000,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
to strengthen U.S. democracy through support for efforts to protect civil society and ensure free and fair elections
$500,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support pro-democracy work in Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin
$350,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for program support
$400,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for program support
$50,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support powerful organizations rooted in, and accountable to, multi-racial and multi-class bases within states
$1,000,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support BIPOC leadership development and movement building in the Midwest
$50,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support collaborative efforts that help reduce gun violence in the United States by supporting rational, evidence-based policies at the local, state, and federal levels
$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
$60,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$210,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating and capital support
$100,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$300,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$1,160,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support; and to steward the development of a coalition of real estate investment cooperatives
$1,550,000
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