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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$175,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for mnartists.org, a website and programmatic platform that supports Minnesota artists through online exposure, community building and networking, opportunities and events, and relevant local writing
$200,000
2017
Arts & Culture
for mnartists.org, a web platform that supports Minnesota artists
$100,000
2018
Education
to strengthen parent engagement and advocacy in education, and for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to provide culturally based engagement to the community with cultural artists practicing skills that promote mental health and physical wellbeing, while honoring art and traditions of ancestors
$25,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$150,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$25,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
to support WBC communications
$230,000
2018
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$40,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
to ensure that front-line childcare workers are fairly compensated, trained, and supported during and beyond the COVID-19 crisis
$3,000,000
2019
MN Initiative Foundations/Rural
for general operating support
$190,000
2017
Education
to support the P3 Design team and the B8 Workforce team in their efforts to transform Minnesota's early childhood workforce
$50,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to share rural narratives and stories for and by groups historically underrepresented or misrepresented in the news
$30,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2018
Region & Communities
to support the Indigenous and Women of Color Leadership Table, and to promote equitable development on St. Paul’s West Side and within select communities in St. Paul
$100,000
2017
Arts & Culture
for support of the Gizhiigin Arts Incubator program
$20,000
2019
Mississippi River
to support Wilderness Inquiry's annual Great River Race and convene a work group focused on engaging underserved youth in outdoor experiences including river awareness
$2,000,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to position clean energy, low-carbon jobs, and climate-friendly agriculture practices as a primary driver of abundant, equitable job creation in rural America
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support strategy development and initial seed grants in the Midwest to accelerate transition of rural economies to clean energy and sustainable climate jobs
$100,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
for a new funding initiative supporting multi-racial women's climate leadership
$75,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Potential Energy Coalition
$200,000
2018
Mississippi River
to support the launch of the Food Systems Leadership Fellowship and one fellow focused on innovative solutions for addressing Midwest agricultural water issues
$400,000
2018
Mississippi River
to build a leadership network, practitioner base, and statewide strategy for advancing regenerative grazing in Illinois aimed at improving water quality
$150,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance policies and practices that reduce carbon emissions in Wisconsin
$100,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to engage Wisconsin leaders in key sectors to drive statewide climate and energy action
$360,000
2019
Mississippi River
for general operating support
$500,000
2019
Mississippi River
to build the capacity of farmer-led watershed councils to monitor water quality, implement best practices, and coordinate with stakeholders, and for general operating support
$100,000
2017
Mississippi River
to support the implementation of conservation practices through farmer-led watershed councils in western Wisconsin
$200,000
2019
Mississippi River
for general operating support
$100,000
2017
Mississippi River
for general operating support
$50,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$100,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$50,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build capacity of Women Winning, which supports women running and winning for public office as well as changing the narrative of women’s leadership in elected offices and governance
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance the Blueprint for Action program by building the agency, social capital, and civic engagement of young women of color working as leaders at the forefront of climate justice in their communities
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Young Women's Initiative of Minnesota to build the agency, social capital, and civic engagement of young women of color working as leaders at the forefront of climate justice in their communities
$100,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance the agency, social capital, and civic engagement of young women of color working as leaders at the forefront of climate justice
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$52,000
2019
Region & Communities
to further WomenVenture’s Worker-Owned Cooperative Childcare program, and to help cover costs associated with CARES Act funding
$30,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$30,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support regranting to worker centers and nonprofits engaged in innovative partnerships with labor organizations
$75,000
2018
International
Blue Marble Design and Evaluation
$30,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$45,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$10,400,000
2019
Education
for general operating support
$55,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$55,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$55,000
2017
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$10,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for support for Zenon Dance Company's Final Season at the Cowles Center for Dance, June 13-16, 2019
$70,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$70,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$105,000
2018
Arts & Culture
for general operating support