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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$200,000
2017
Arts
for mnartists.org, a web platform that supports Minnesota artists
$100,000
2016
Arts
to support commissions, residencies, and presentations by Minnesota performing artists
$275,000
2015
Arts
to support mnartists.org
$100,000
2014
Arts
to support Minnesota performing artists at the Walker Art Center
$75,000
2014
Arts
to develop a new 5,900 square foot community music center for Walker West Music Academy
$144,000
2017
Mississippi River
to continue protecting and enhancing wetlands and floodplains, and protecting and improving water quality in Missouri and Illinois
$288,000
2015
Mississippi River
for its continued participation in the Mississippi River Collaborative, and its work to protect and improve water quality in Missouri and southern Illinois.
$50,000
2018
Education
to strengthen parent engagement and advocacy in education
$100,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$80,000
2017
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$75,000
2015
Region & Communities
for the West Bank Business Association to provide and improve programming, support, and service to the West Bank community
$120,000
2018
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$120,000
2016
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$35,000
2015
Region & Communities
to build the capacity of the Great Cities Collaborative
$160,000
2014
Region & Communities
for general operating support, and for program support for FLOW, the West Broadway Farmers Market, and creative placemaking initiatives
$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
$75,000
2016
Education
to support the expansion and activities of the P3 Design Team
$3,000,000
2015
MN Initiative Foundations/Rural
for general operating support
$40,000
2015
Education
to support the PreK-3rd Design Team in developing statewide PreK-3rd policy recommendations
$25,000
2014
Education
to support the development of a statewide PreK-3rd grade consortium in their efforts to develop a common vision for PreK-3rd policy and practice
$50,000
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
$40,000
2015
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2014
Mississippi River
to reduce agricultural pollution to targeted streams in western Wisconsin by establishing permanent vegetation on stream banks
$50,000
2017
Arts
for support of the Gizhiigin Arts Incubator program
$40,000
2015
Arts
to support Native Minnesotan Artists participating in the Gizhiigin program
$20,000
2015
Mississippi River
to support the development of an interdisciplinary indigenous research and cultural center focusing on water issues threatening the harvest of wild rice
$500,000
2018
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$415,000
2016
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$415,000
2016
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support coalition work on transmission planning and policy
$55,000
2015
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Wind on the Wires' engagement in utility business models and for strategic planning for the organization
$250,000
2014
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support work on Midwest transmission policy and planning
$100,000
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
$200,000
2018
Mississippi River
to build a leadership network, practitioner base, and statewide strategy for advancing regenerative grazing in Illinois aimed at improving water quality
$200,000
2016
Mississippi River
to expand the Pasture Project’s impact in the Upper Mississippi River Basin by building the regional base for best grazing and conservation practices
$100,000
2014
Mississippi River
for the Pasture Project’s efforts to improve Upper Mississippi River basin water quality by attracting more farmers to grass-based agriculture
$100,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to engage Wisconsin leaders in key sectors to drive statewide climate and energy action
$100,000
2017
Midwest Climate & Energy
to engage Wisconsin leaders in climate and clean energy action
$25,000
2014
Mississippi River
to build support for policies to reduce pollution from industrial agriculture in Wisconsin
$250,000
2019
Mississippi River
to build the capacity of farmer-led watershed councils to monitor water quality, implement best practices, and coordinate with stakeholders
$100,000
2017
Mississippi River
to support the implementation of conservation practices through farmer-led watershed councils in western Wisconsin
$100,000
2014
Mississippi River
to support a pilot program to reduce phosphorus pollution from farms in Wisconsin’s St. Croix and Red Cedar River basins
$240,000
2019
Mississippi River
for general operating support
$80,000
2017
Mississippi River
to reduce the amount of agriculture pollution flowing into the Mississippi River, its tributaries, lakes, groundwater, and drinking water by impacting state runoff regulations
$80,000
2015
Mississippi River
to advocate for better administration and enforcement of Wisconsin’s water protection programs
$100,000
2017
Mississippi River
for general operating support
$80,000
2015
Mississippi River
for general operating support
$80,000
2016
Mississippi River
to help reduce Mississippi River agricultural pollution by encouraging women farmland owners to incorporate conservation practices
$50,000
2019
Region & Communities
to further WomenVenture’s Worker-Owned Cooperative Childcare program
$30,000
2018
Arts
for general operating support
$250,000
2015
International
for the project, Linking small-scale farmers to food assistance programmes
$400,000
2014
International
for the project, Integrating Child Nutrition to Family Farming and Local Organization in the Sub-Central Sik'imira, Municipality of Vila Vila, Bolivia
$125,000
2014
Mississippi River
to reduce agricultural water pollution through the incorporation of better targeting of conservation projects
$75,000
2018
International
Blue Marble Design and Evaluation
$50,000
2016
Mississippi River
to trademark and significantly expand the Yahara Pride Farms Certification Program throughout the upper Mississippi region
$30,000
2018
Arts
for general operating support
$30,000
2016
Arts
for general operating support
$30,000
2014
Arts
for general operating support
$12,500,000
2016
Education
for general operating support
$55,000
2017
Arts
for general operating support
$50,000
2015
Arts
for general operating support
$70,000
2018
Arts
for general operating support
$70,000
2016
Arts
for general operating support
$70,000
2014
Arts
for general operating support
$70,000
2018
Arts
for general operating support
$55,000
2016
Arts
for general operating support
$56,000
2014
Arts
for general operating and capital support
$50,000
2014
Mississippi River
for general operating support