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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$70,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$105,000
2018
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
$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
$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
$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
$350,000
2020
International
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
$60,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity for the community district energy project
$550,000
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
$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
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the East Side Funders Group
$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
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
$300,000
2019
Region & Communities
to support the East Side Funders Group
$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
$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
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
$150,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$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
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
$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
International
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
$240,000
2018
Region & Communities
to support the Land Use and Transportation Organizing Project which supports sustainable regional development and accelerating the build-out of the metropolitan transit network
$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
International
Build capacity for alternative local food systems in East Africa
$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
$220,000
2021
International
Scaling out agroecological pest management and gender equity (SAGE) through farmer-centered approaches
$75,000
2018
International
Map agroecologial nutrition and gender equity practices and knowledge systems amongst smallholder farmers who have engaged with SFHC in northern Malawi
$600,000
2018
International
Agroecology Hub in Tanzania
$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
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
$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
International
for general operating support
$180,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$180,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build upon their current commitment to economic growth for BIPOC-led and BIPOC-serving organizations and help amplify their capacity and reach to support more of these organizations
$2,500,000
2022
MN Initiative Foundations/Rural
for general operating support
$3,000,000
2020
MN Initiative Foundations/Rural
for general operating support
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support the Rosa Parks Gala
$2,500,000
2022
MN Initiative Foundations/Rural
for general operating support
$400,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to create long-lasting, vibrant and healthy communities by working to develop emerging leaders and create long-term systems change for equity
$3,000,000
2019
MN Initiative Foundations/Rural
for general operating support
$1,060,000
2019
Education
to build a pathway to teaching for diverse candidates in and around Worthington, Minnesota
$75,000
2018
Education
for planning a teacher preparation pathway in Southwest Minnesota
$178,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$178,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$100,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to expand renewable energy staff
$240,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$73,000
2021
Arts & Culture
to support McKnight artist fellows and the fellowship partners' community of practice
$450,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support economic mobility through a guaranteed income pilot, creative entrepreneur support, and rural creativity and regeneration programming
$50,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
for Springboard's Personal Emergency Relief Fund for artists impacted by cancellations due to COVID-19 precautionary measures
$50,000
2019
Arts & Culture
to support the 2019 Rural Arts and Culture Summit
$300,000
2018
Region & Communities
to support the redevelopment of 262 University Avenue into SpringBOX: a visible, creative hub for neighborhood activity, economic opportunity, creative placemaking, and national learning
$96,000
2018
Arts & Culture
to provide professional development services to McKnight Artist Fellows and fellowship applicants
$150,000
2019
MN Initiative Foundations/Rural
for general operating support
$150,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to organize stakeholders in the east metro to prioritize a clean transportation system
$50,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to organize stakeholders in the east metro to advance a clean transportation system-electrification and a strong transit system
$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support organizing and voter engagement in North Minneapolis
$25,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the state landscaping project in Indiana
$1,050,000
2022
International
Research Methods Support
$1,050,000
2019
International
Research Methods Support III