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
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build the capacity of Midwest organizations, and in particular organizations of color, to submit successful federal grant proposals that will reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support community engagement and technical assistance around a standardized energy equity framework
$17,000
2019
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
for Agroecological liquid bio-inputs ("bioles"): a review with a special focus on the Andes
$350,000
2019
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Examining and Strengthening the Resilience of Agrobiodiversity and Healthy Diets Among Smallholders in the Peruvian Andes
$180,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists and culture bearers
$120,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$120,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$200,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Region Five works in Central Minnesota to address environmental, economic, and equity issues through inclusive community engagement, comprehensive planning, and capital access.
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for matching dollars for a US Department of Energy-funded project to deliver energy efficiency, health, and safety upgrades to the Cass Lake-Bena School District in Minnesota
$65,000
2019
MN Initiative Foundations/Rural
to build Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion capacity of community development practitioners and partners in greater Minnesota that add value to "Welcoming Community" initiatives
$10,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for capacity building as necessary to pursue federal climate opportunities
$150,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance clean energy policies in Midwest states by providing technical assistance and leveraging city engagement
$150,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance clean energy policies in Midwest states by providing technical assistance and leveraging city engagement
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Renew New England Alliance is a capacity-building and support organization that works with on-the-ground frontline partners in multi-state regions to create regional agendas.
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$450,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$450,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$200,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$120,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$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
$50,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
contribution of the Farmer Research Network to resilient food systems through agro ecological intensification in Singida
$349,000
2019
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Farmer Research Networks participation in agro-ecological intensification for improved soil health, productivity, nutrition and development of legume seed-systems in Singida
$300,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build ROC-MN’s capacity to organize and advocate for high quality work and a just and dignified food-service industry in the Twin Cities Metro
$165,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support Restaurant Opportunities Centers-Minnesota, and for data collection and research
$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2019
Region & Communities
to invest in the leadership development of Muslim women to create economically vibrant neighborhoods, and for general operating support
$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
$70,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$355,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Just Transition Fund and advance economic development in priority coal-affected communities in the Midwest
$355,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance economic development in priority coal-affected communities in the Midwest
$380,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to create economic opportunity in communities affected by the changing coal economy in the Midwest
$100,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support - Rockwood provides transformative leadership training to social change and nonprofit leaders.
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to provide technical assistance on transportation and energy decarbonization in the Midwest
$50,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support a cost-effective and equitable transition from coal-fired generation in the Midwest
$50,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to accelerate co-operative utilities’ coal plant retirements and expand clean energy investment in the Midwest
$50,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to help utility co-ops in Minnesota and neighboring states to cost-effectively and equitably transition away from coal-fired generation
$100,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Minnesota cooperative utilities in a cost-effective and equitable transition from coal to clean energy
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Rondo Community Land Trust is a community-based affordable housing land trust operating in St. Paul and Suburban Ramsey County.
$220,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$350,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$25,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for the Executive Director Transition and Mentoring Project
$450,000
2020
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Transforming sorghum-based farming systems in eastern and western Kenya through agro-ecological intensification
$140,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and capital support
$150,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity for the Community Energy Project
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity for the community district energy project
$575,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support and to support expansion of Sahan Journal's climate beat, especially at the intersections of climate and racial justice
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$75,000
2019
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$150,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support, build, and scale community wealth building initiatives
$75,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Eastside Funders Group
$1,000,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build capacity for the City of Saint Paul's Office of Financial Empowerment community wealth-building and economic mobility strategies
$100,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to build the Philando Castile Community Peace Garden to scale, which was founded by community members who placed art and flowers in the space following Philando's death by a police officer in 2016
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the East Side Funders Group
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
or the People's Prosperity Pilot, a guaranteed income demonstration project in the City of Saint Paul
$50,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
to contribute to the MN Homeless Fund 2020
$100,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
to support the pooled philanthropic Minnesota Disaster Recovery Fund for COVID-19 response and targeted to the Minnesota Initiative Foundations
$10,000
2020
Region & Communities
to advance timely community needs
$150,000
2019
Region & Communities
to support sustainable transportation and built environment policy and program analysis (including technical assistance and communications efforts) that improves accessibility, affordability, and climate resiliency in Minnesota
$500,000
2019
Region & Communities
for program support, building out the Office of Financial Empowerment, the Financial Capability Network, and CollegeBound Saint Paul, a new effort of the Carter Administration in St. Paul
$300,000
2019
Region & Communities
to support the East Side Funders Group
$15,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$120,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$120,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$110,000
2020
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$60,000
2023
Arts & Culture
to support the Doc U program
$60,000
2021
Arts & Culture
to support Doc U, a program where emergent media artists from underserved communities learn how to craft a story, use a camera, edit and then share a completed documentary film short that is screened to a public audience and broadcast on SPNN channels
$50,000
2019
Arts & Culture
to offer a pathway for artistic growth, collaboration, and a more inclusive and vibrant community
$120,000
2019
Mississippi River
to support and expand the Leadership for Midwestern Watersheds professional network, and for general operating support
$50,000
2019
Arts & Culture
to support the composer-in-residence program
$75,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$250,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
to support the continued seeding of the field of equitable evaluation in the US philanthropic ecosystem as it transitions from emerging to sustaining and maintaining
$250,000
2019
Other Grantmaking
for the Equitable Evaluation Initiative, which is working to shift evaluation and learning practice within the philanthropic ecosystem to one that advances and reflects equity
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance building decarbonization, along with racial and economic justice through expansion of the Green Janitor Program in four major Midwest cities
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance building decarbonization and racial and economic justice through expansion of the Green Janitor Education Program in four Midwest cities
$100,000
2019
Education
to expand family engagement efforts and improve family and community access to high quality and culturally relevant information about schools and school systems, and for general operating support
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of Seward Redesign’s participation in GroundBreak coalition work groups
$1,000,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the redevelopment of the Coliseum Building in Minneapolis as a community hub for black business and entrepreneurship
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$250,000
2019
Region & Communities
to construct an interdependent, financially and environmentally sustainable multi-tenant building for arts and urban farming in a diverse, transit-connected community
$85,000
2019
Region & Communities
to initiate implementation of the Twin Cities Shared-Use Mobility Collaborative to advance accessible, affordable, and resilient mobility for all
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to organize a cohort of landowners as “climate land leaders” who will take bold steps to advance climate solutions through land-use change, support BIPOC land ownership, and support State and Federal climate policies that revitalize rural communities
$130,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
AE Revolving Loan Fund and AE Community of Practice - SHONA AE Innovation Fund
$600,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to decarbonize the power, transportation, and building sectors in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin, to realize an equitable clean energy future; guided by principles of democratic organizing and racial justice
$600,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to replace fossil fuels with clean energy as part of a broad and powerful climate justice movement
$600,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to expand clean energy in Minnesota and other key Midwestern states and secure an equitable transition to 100 percent clean energy by 2050
$150,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to accelerate vehicle electrification for all Wisconsinites
$75,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to unify Wisconsin utilities and other stakeholders in a market transformation strategy that accelerates electric vehicle adoption by increasing consumer demand while also increasing dealerships' supply and motivation to sell electric vehicles
$75,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to accelerate electric vehicle adoption in Wisconsin
$75,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to accelerate electric vehicle adoption in Wisconsin
$15,000
2020
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Build capacity for alternative local food systems in East Africa
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to study and create stakeholder engagement in the Midwest and nationally to articulate transit funding needs and policy reforms that transit advocates and policymakers can champion
$150,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to steer transportation program implementation in the Midwest toward better climate and equity outcomes to better assess the climate and equity impacts of potential transportation investments
$475,000
2019
Region & Communities
to connect climate and equitable development with transportation investments and growth patterns in the minds of the public and policymakers and to propose ways to minimize their impacts on communities and the environment
$110,000
2019
Region & Communities
to support Minnesota Department of Transportation's new artist-in-residency program
$40,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$106,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to fund the expansion of our community-led Pillar Event series that activates communities to build strength and capacity around funding, talent, quality of life, and support systems for social entrepreneurs, and for general operating support
$320,000
2021
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Scaling out agroecological pest management and gender equity (SAGE) through farmer-centered approaches
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to implement distributed solar in the rural Midwest
$200,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build broad and deep momentum toward a clean energy transition with distributed solar and community benefits with a focus on greater Minnesota
$200,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build broad and deep momentum toward a clean energy transition with distributed solar and community benefits in greater Minnesota
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Somali Artifact and Cultural Museum is the only institution in North America devoted to preserving, celebrating, and advancing Somali culture and art.
$100,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$50,000
2019
Arts & Culture
to support individual Somali-American artists
$60,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Soomaal House of Art is a collective of artists that provides a platform for Somali-American artists who utilize art to shape critical discourse around issues of today.
$40,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for support for programs for working artists
$30,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for support towards artist space, exhibits, and programming
$620,000
2019
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
for general operating support