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
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
$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
$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
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
$182,706
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support community engagement and technical assistance around a standardized energy equity framework
$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
$300,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$400,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$500,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the development of a Soil Health branch within the Commission
$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
$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
$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
$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
$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
$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
$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
$1,000,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$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
$300,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity for the Transportation Justice Coalition of grassroots organizations to influence federal transportation policy solutions, elevate place-based infrastructure justice best practices, and develop new mechanisms of collaborative governance
$30,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to expand access to electric vehicles and clean transportation through education and advocacy
$60,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to promote the consumer voice of electric vehicle owners and to advance transportation electrification in Minnesota and the Midwest
$650,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support, and to support member organizations of People’s Action Institute in the Midwest to leverage federal funds for climate campaign victories
$200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support climate organizing through deep canvassing, moving thousands of midwesterners to take action on climate
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the launch of a climate-focused deep canvass to strengthen democratic participation in the Midwest
$750,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$780,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support, and for capacity building
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the "Rethinking I-94 for Climate, Equity, and Access" project
$850,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the continued development and dissemination of the Organizing the Midwest project
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$200,000
2026
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support a participatory pooled fund regranting to grassroots organizations in the Ohio River Valley
$200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to ensure that communities have access to the resources they need to be effective self-advocates in the redistricting process
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support a coalition of community groups in Chicago to guide the implementation of the city’s zero emission policies for medium- and heavy-duty trucks
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the recruitment of Midwestern institutions to the Climate Collaborative and to help community foundations across the Midwest develop a federal implementation strategy
$400,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to drive equitable building decarbonization in the Midwest through coalition building, codes and policy support, and market transformation
$40,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for support of equity components of the Getting to Zero Forum and the Next Gen Student Program
$200,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for development of the Advanced Water Heating Initiative in the Midwest region
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support community organizing efforts across Illinois
$150,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the capacity building of Midwest rural-based organizations working at the intersection of climate, agriculture, economic justice, and racial equity
$50,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support NFG’s Integrated Rural Strategies Group to advance the Campaign to Support Black Farmers
$300,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to shift federal and state transportation infrastructure investments to support public transit, sidewalks, safe streets, and EV charging infrastructure in the Midwest
$300,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$50,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Midwest Tribal Energy Equity Summit and technical assistance support to Midwest Tribal Nations
$150,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$150,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for climate organizing work at the national level for food and farm policies, and in key Midwest states
$150,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support an ambitious initiative to advance climate mitigation and resiliency in the five national parks that surround Lake Superior
$250,000
2026
Midwest Climate & Energy
to elevate the impact of the NACTO Designing Cities Conference in Minneapolis in May 2026 and support Midwest communities building sustainable transportation infrastructure
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to produce geospatial analysis, planning assets, procurement strategies, research and advocacy supporting transmission siting in the transportation right-of-way, in partnership with state transportation, energy agencies, and transmission developers
$25,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to continue NextGen Highways work with the Minnesota Department Of Transportation to advance electric transmission and electric vehicle charging
$25,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to evaluate the siting of high-voltage direct current transmission within existing highway right of way
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support policy advocacy and advance a just energy transition in low wealth communities and in communities of color in Indiana
$1,100,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$1,025,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$400,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to dramatically curb carbon pollution in Minnesota by facilitating a shift from widespread driving to biking, walking, and transit use
$300,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$400,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$400,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$160,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build power for climate justice in Minnesota
$200,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$300,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to engage Minnesota Public Radio’s audience on the topic of climate change
$500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to empower family farmers to lead on climate action, developing and building support for farmer informed solutions that position agriculture to play a greater role in mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change
$300,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to empower family farmers to lead on climate action, developing and building support for farmer-informed solutions that position agriculture to play a greater role in mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change
$150,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support clean energy and energy efficiency adoption by farmers throughout the state of Minnesota
$600,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to lead the legal strategy to maximize implementation of new laws and achieve equitable outcomes at the Public Utilities Commission
$600,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for strategy leadership to transform the energy sector, decarbonize building, maximize implementation of new laws, and achieve equitable outcomes at the Public Utilities Commission
$500,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advocate for equitable climate action by Minnesota’s state and local governments
$400,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to conduct objective research and modeling toward Minnesota’s 100% clean electricity law
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the start of the Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program's Climate Smart Farms Project
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to create a Minnesota action plan for scaling up the adoption of soil health management practices that mitigate the impacts of climate change and increase landscape resiliency
$900,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to scale adoption of soil health practices in the Upper Midwest by mobilizing industry stakeholders to evaluate and develop markets for a diverse array of alternative crops and de-risk the transition for farmers
$100,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Phase II of Greater MSP’s federal funding initiative
$240,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to deepen efforts to develop market transformation and commercialization strategies for the cash cover crop “winter camelina” and drive successful adoption of nutrient management, cover cropping, and longer crop rotations in the Red River Valley
$800,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to reduce pollution and advance projects in communities disproportionately affected by environmental burdens
$400,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support a networked approach to equitable climate solutions in the Midwest
$400,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Minneapolis Climate Action and Racial Equity Fund
$2,500,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support environmental justice and frontline-led organizations and coalitions in the Midwest for movement protection and long-term stability
$500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support underserved communities in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, and its 35 tribes, through regranting, in addressing their most significant environmental justice, climate, and public health challenges
$500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build support for climate action in rural communities and to maximize federal funds going to Midwestern communities
$400,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Minneapolis Climate Action and Racial Equity Fund
$900,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build regional environmental justice capacity for collaboration, network building, and policy and projects related to climate, energy, health, and water justice in the Midwest
$250,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support grassroots organizing and rural climate solutions in the Midwest
$176,500
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Minneapolis Climate Action and Racial Equity Fund, a collaborative partnership to support local action on climate change in diverse communities
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support environmental justice organizations' capacity to advance decarbonization solutions that are rooted in the communities and focused on a just energy transition, health, and water justice
$500,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$500,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$500,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition’s efforts to develop and implement equitable strategies to achieve zero emissions from the Midwestern building sector by 2050
$250,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the launch of an Indiana Green Bank to access federal, state, and private finance to decarbonize Indiana’s economy and to center equity in climate financing and planning
$50,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the 2024 collaborative Michigan Redistricting process