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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$648,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Building pesticide-free territories for sustainable food systems in the Ecuadorian Sierra
$270,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Building a sustainable, productive, resilient, diverse and healthy landscapes in Eastern Uganda through farmer-based research, integrating traditional knowledge and cultures with modern science
$300,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to provide coaching to local implementers in the Twin Cities, including post-feasibility analysis, capitalization strategies, financial projections, and profitability modeling
$250,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to listen to and leverage the voices of visionary philanthropic leaders
$500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to leverage loan guarantees to drive investment to BIPOC farming communities, food and farm businesses, and support building a regional cohort to drive demand for climate-smart practices in the Midwest
$345,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Building the Circular Bionutrient Economy to Enhance Systems Health in Africa’s Lake Victoria Basin
$187,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Towards organizing an African symposium on circular bionutrient economies
$100,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to aid the capacity and infrastructure surrounding the REACH Twin Cities initiative
$1,000,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$300,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to empower farmers to educate other farmers and policymakers about the importance of climate-smart agriculture and improve climate-smart policy implementation
$210,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists and culture bearers
$140,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$75,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the initial development of the Economic Security For All Coalition
$130,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$70,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support an in-depth analysis of farmers and agricultural production practices in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin using data from government surveys, special tabulations, and other available sources
$235,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of PRG, Inc.’s contribution to the GroundBreak coalition’s work groups
$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$400,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$310,000
2021
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Collective actions motivated by innovations and local services to improve the agroecological efficiency of production systems in the communities
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Black women leaders who are on the frontlines leading climate and racial justice efforts with cultivating well-being and building community power
$500,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for the RE-Seed program, a small property re-positioning revolving fund
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of Project for Pride in Living’s contribution to the GroundBreak Coalition’s work groups
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to educate, empower, and support the community when addressing and advocating for housing issues
$100,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support strategies that advance equity, reshape narratives, and empower Latine communities in Minnesota
$15,000
2024
Arts & Culture
to support arts and abolition work and a living archive that organizes opportunities for artists of color to create art and engage in community care and creativity
$250,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to leverage power to transform systems and ensure intersectional equity is achieved
$250,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support census and survey awareness and education programs
$100,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for leadership transition support
$525,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$2,500,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for the Seeding Cultural Treasures Initiative
$90,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for the Recovery Capital Loan Program helping nonprofits recover and rebuild from the effects of the pandemic and unrest
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build the capacity of a youth-led movement to increase the democratic participation, educational opportunity, and long-term financial prosperity of BIPOC youth and young adults in Minneapolis and St. Paul
$500,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$80,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$150,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and the City Artist Program
$150,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$300,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and organizational capacity building
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for capital support
$100,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$600,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support bold, ambitious, and equitable climate action change by providing legal technical assistance to community-based organizations and Tribal, state, and local governments in Minnesota and throughout the Midwest
$160,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support work on improving electric utility performance and bolstering electric competition, reducing barriers to distributed energy, and advancing grid-enhancing technologies in Minnesota and the broader Midwest
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support work on improving electric utility performance-based rates in Minnesota and bolster electric competition, reduce barriers to distributed energy, and advance grid-enhancing technologies in Minnesota and the broader Midwest
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support engagement in the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on multiple topics to drive renewable and distributed energy resource adoption in the Midwest
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support engagement in the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on multiple topics to drive renewable and distributed energy resource adoption in the Midwest
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
to support work that centers the leadership of artists and culture bearers
$177,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Agrobiodiversity interventions as an agroecology option for climate change adaptation in Bolivia and Niger
$100,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$60,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for capacity building support
$80,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2021
Arts & Culture
to support capital improvements and moving costs for a new studio/office space
$50,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$35,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support Ramsey County and St. Paul in equitably and impactfully deploying American Rescue Plan funds
$80,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
to assess the potential to provide flexible capital—such as loans, recoverable grants, and hybrid tools—to strengthen community news organizations in Minnesota
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support EV-focused community engagement events in rural Minnesota and to provide technical assistance to municipalities attempting to utilize clean transportation incentives
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Recharge Minnesota to work with rural leaders and communities to support transportation electrification
$50,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Recharge Minnesota to recognize state EV leaders and conduct community engagement campaigns
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of ReconnectRondo's contribution to the GroundBreak coalition’s work groups
$180,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and capital support
$80,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$75,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Red Lake Nation Government to pursue a FEMA grant for the planning and scoping project of two microgrids
$500,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the development of a Soil Health branch within the Commission
$25,000
2024
Arts & Culture
to build capacity of the Honoring Dakota Project
$40,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$135,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to support the People’s Food Summit and for general operating support
$140,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to support the People’s Food Summit and Regeneration International's strategic planning
$45,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
To support the second annual Peoples Food Summit, hosted on October 16, 2022
$20,000
2021
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to support the Peoples Food Summit
$300,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$400,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support building a replicable, scalable, equitable regenerative poultry network in Southern Minnesota that reaches into BIPOC communities
$2,000,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to serve as a grantmaker, a technical assistance resource, and a liaison to funders and policy decision makers for Midwest regenerative agriculture and Justice 40 Equity Communities
$718,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build the capacity of diverse Midwest food and farm organizations to administer large federal grants and advance regenerative agriculture through a newly created fund by the Rural Climate Partnership and Regenerative Agriculture Foundation; re-granting
$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
$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
$200,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
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
$50,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to maintain staff capacity
$1,500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to provide technical assistance to cities, counties, and towns in Greater Minnesota applying for federal and state funding and deploying climate and clean energy projects
$10,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for capacity building as necessary to pursue federal climate opportunities
$75,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance clean energy policies in Midwest states by providing technical assistance and leveraging city engagement
$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
$100,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to engage Minnesota-based elected officials and consult with Minnesota Guaranteed Income coalition members
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$450,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$200,000
2025
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
$150,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
to launch the Local Legal Initiative in Minnesota to provide pro bono legal services for Minnesota journalists and newsrooms