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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$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Lake Street Alignment Process
$250,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$10,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to understand how federal funding and policy changes create ripple effects in Northeast Minnesota communities, and develop effective storytelling and advocacy efforts
$75,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$150,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build organizational capacity and to expand operations of the Housing Justice Program at the East Side Freedom Library
$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to increase the capacity of the East Side Housing Justice program
$100,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build power among students and families from underserved communities by providing tools via advocacy training, connections to decision-makers, and innovative communication strategies to dismantle inequities and foster inclusive policymaking
$405,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support; and to engage in a financial assessment
$75,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Engage Winona’s mission is to drive equitable civic action and social change by working to ensure that everyone has access, voice, and power in community planning, decision-making, and changemaking.
$160,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to multiply impact on systems and build community and citizen power through homegrown cultural features that build relationships and shift mental models, and for general operating support
$200,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support an innovative housing pilot designed and led by those who have experienced homelessness
$300,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support; and to support an emerging financial consumer protection coalition
$70,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support to develop, test, and spread equitable small-dollar consumer lending model through a network of statewide nonprofits reaching financially extracted and excluded Minnesotans
$50,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for anti-payday loan program for accelerating economic mobility
$100,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$350,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$1,000,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the stabilization of affordable rental housing properties and providers
$3,025,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$1,500,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build a housing system that ensures housing access, stability, and affordability for everyone
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build capacity for Latinx immigrant worker empowerment in Central Minnesota
$300,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to grow and strengthen the Indigenous Arts Ecology in Minnesota
$300,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support increased civic engagement and LGBTQ2IA+ leadership in Minnesota
$300,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support to sustain and grow Fortis Capital’s activities increasing access to financial, knowledge, and social capital for BIPOC-owned businesses and businesses in economically challenged areas of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metro
$75,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to support the public launch and community organizing for the Minnesota Promise campaign
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$80,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$160,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to transform traditional recruitment and retention approaches by developing internal capacity within companies to interact with potential and new employees differently
$50,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for short-term program transition support
$500,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to advance field-wide solutions related to narrative change, lived experience leadership, and community-engaged public policy development
$325,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build the housing justice field through investments in lived experience leadership, transformative systems changes, and statewide narrative infrastructure
$3,525,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$1,750,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to advance the creation/preservation of affordable housing for urban, rural, and Native communities by mobilizing capital, building public will, increasing community engagement, empowering local leaders, creating housing solutions, and advancing policy
$365,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build a regional approach to housing systems transformation rooted in prevention strategies by co-creating three regional accountability tables of stakeholders in Greater Minnesota, led by those with lived experience with housing instability
$10,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to engage a "Qualified Neutral" mediator and facilitator to lead a "Qualified Problem Solving Process" for State of Minnesota and local government staff charged with administering federal funding for emergency rental assistance
$250,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$170,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$60,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$75,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for TRANSFORM: A Collaboration to Transform Justice in the Greater MSP Region
$150,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$160,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Systems Forum program
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to engage Minnesota’s affordable housing sector to reduce the use of hazardous building products from 70% to less than 50% in the next 2 years, advancing health equity and climate justice
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to eliminate environmental racism, health inequities, and climate injustices in Minnesota’s housing system by integrating co-created solutions for healthier and circular building products at all stages of their life cycle
$250,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support starting a residential solar panel installation program for Habitat for Humanity homes in Minnesota
$750,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating and re-granting support to provide leadership development, advocacy, and capacity building support for Habitat for Humanity affiliates across Minnesota
$2,000,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for a recoverable grant to expedite deployment of newly appropriated Homeownership Investments Grant program ($40M) and leverage expanded resources in Workforce & Affordable Homeownership Program, Challenge Program ($60M), and Housing Infrastructure Bonds
$800,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support commercial real estate investment in the neighborhood
$50,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for project implementation for Hamline Midway Real Estate Investment Cooperative
$1,000,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Headwaters is a community foundation that supports grassroots organizations and movements led by and for BIPOC communities in Minnesota, with a focus on strengthening democratic participation and advancing racial justice.
$1,000,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$470,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to advance shared power, prosperity, and participation for low-income jobseekers and families
$450,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to advance critical workforce development efforts through the Minnesota Employment Services Consortium
$300,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to research Latine women entreprenuership within the informal economy and bring resources to bear to increase success
$250,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the purchase of the Hmong American Farmers Association farm and incubator to ensure long-term affordable land access for Hmong farmers
$250,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Hmong American Partnership’s Revolving Loan Fund
$250,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for a program to build community wealth and financial self-sufficiency in the communities that need it most by providing access to capital for local entrepreneurs from Twin Cities’ immigrant and refugee communities
$250,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Economic Prosperity program
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support revitalization work along the Lake Street Corridor
$200,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$400,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to catalyze a Just Transition on the White Earth reservation and region through transforming systems to access necessary infrastructure and capital for work in renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and local microenterprises
$500,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support; and to advance a joint initiative with Alliance Housing to develop a property management model for small, regulated affordable rental housing
$450,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Hope Community works to address structural racism, gentrification, and community well-being through affordable housing, economic mobility, and policy change.
$400,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$875,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support; and to play the role of a statewide legal housing hub providing legal education and navigation for the statewide housing system
$75,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for due diligence and seed funding to absorb the work of All Parks Alliance for Change
$250,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and for strategic planning support
$110,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$110,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to safeguard immigrant communities by expanding statewide access to immigration services
$725,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to provide analysis and education on legislation affecting immigrants by leveraging both ILCM’s legal expertise, partnerships, and collaborations within the immigrant-service ecosystem
$300,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$400,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Initiators Fellowship and the Nonprofit Academy
$200,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Inquilinxs Unidxs por Justicia is a community organization that focuses on empowering low-income, BIPOC, and immigrant tenants through community organizing for affordable, safe, stable, and dignified housing in Minneapolis.
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for transitional funds related to the Sky Without Limits Housing Cooperative
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$250,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build out more work at the nexus of a just economy and strong democracy
$500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$750,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support a pro-democracy future in Minnesota through strategic communications, building engagement infrastructure, and developing new democracy leaders
$550,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support; and for strategic communications and organizing for voter engagement in BIPOC communities
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$250,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$750,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build capacity to scale Tech Dump’s Program of Choice