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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$225,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
for Enhancing Agroecological Intensification and Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Mali and Burkina Faso
$75,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to support ownership by farmers of the association AMSP-BURKINA of the FRN approach for agroecological transition and the transformations of their food systems
$100,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to address increasing legal challenges and threats faced by nonprofit organizations working toward racial equity and justice
$450,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of ABFE’s 50th anniversary and continued impact on the field
$100,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
in recognition of ABFE's 50th anniversary campaign, general support to strengthen Black-led social change organizations to build political and economic power
$450,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity in Greater Minnesota counties to successfully apply for state and federal grants
$150,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to create a statewide diverse news service for members of Minnesota's BIPOC and disability communities to share their own stories, experiences, and perspectives with their communities and all Minnesotans
$50,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to support Minnesota's Racial Equity in Reporting Project
$75,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to provide capacity building support in the continued development and execution of the Buildings Hub data analysis platform, and to deliver transportation electrification analysis for Midwest states
$50,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to provide capacity building support in the continued development and execution of the Buildings Hub data analysis platform
$350,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support.
$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$40,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$500,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$600,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support; and to advance Kimball Court's renovation, expansion, and learning initiatives
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative's participation in the GroundBreak Coalition's work groups
$350,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to grow the capacity of the Bring it Home Minnesota campaign to organize a statewide base working towards guaranteeing rent subsidies for all households that qualify
$40,000
2025
Arts & Culture
to expand Miikanan Gallery’s non-exhibit programs offering accessible community events, connecting Indigenous artists with their neighbors to share traditional art practices, promote cultural continuity and diversity
$40,000
2023
Arts & Culture
to support the Miikanan Gallery, a native-focused gallery space inside Watermark Art Center in Bemidji, MN
$30,000
2021
Arts & Culture
to support Miikanan Gallery's work focused on Indigenous creativity of the region
$450,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$260,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support, and for professional development support for new leadership
$475,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$30,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to nurture women leaders in climate work, especially emerging BIPOC leaders in the Midwest
$28,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the 2021 Living Systems Leadership training workshop by providing scholarships, and to support BSI to meaningfully adapt to pandemic-related contexts
$80,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to provide bridge funding support for agroecology organizations accelerating the transformation of food systems
$50,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to support the 2nd Eastern Africa Agroecology Conference
$150,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$250,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Black Appalachian Coalition
$40,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$55,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating and leadership development support
$90,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$50,000
2026
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$250,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to strengthen coalition of labor groups and workers in the Midwest to create durable public demand for clean energy projects
$300,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to develop and advance innovative climate and energy transition policies in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin that achieve carbon reduction goals while building a clean, thriving, and equitable economy
$150,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance innovative climate and energy transition strategies in Minnesota that achieve carbon reduction goals while building a clean, thriving, and equitable economy
$75,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance equitable climate, clean energy, and just transition policies in Minnesota
$2,000,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for program support
$850,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to support Black leaders in Minnesota to build relational trust, shared analysis, and strategies that equip leaders to effectively respond to our current moment and the future
$350,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build organizational capacity and to support Midwest states’ department of transportation in advancing people and community-centered climate and equity goals
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support applied research on air quality and health benefits impacts from Midwest energy and climate policy
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support applied research on air quality and health benefits impacts from Midwest energy and climate policy
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support applied research on air quality and health benefits impacts from Midwest energy and climate policy
$100,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund
$100,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
to support the Emerging LGBTQ+ Leaders of Color Fund
$100,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund by joining as a learning partner
$5,000
2025
Director-Advised
for general operating support
$25,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to bridge divisions and strengthen democracy in rural Minnesota
$1,500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to purchase a 400+ single family rental portfolio of properties and equitably reposition them for homeownership
$1,500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to purchase a 400+ single family rental portfolio of properties and equitably reposition them for homeownership
$375,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to cultivate the purpose, prosperity, and power of all young people in Minnesota
$100,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and capacity building
$60,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$1,000,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for lending and seed capital for the 9000 Equities Targeted Mortgage Program
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of Build Wealth Minnesota's contribution to the GroundBreak Coalition's work groups
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$150,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support equitable building decarbonization efforts in the Midwest
$150,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity in support of Thermal Energy Networks
$150,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Thermal Utility Reform Initiative and launch thermal network pilot projects in the Midwest
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$75,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$64,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support educational outreach to stakeholders on the energy transition in Minnesota
$64,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support educational outreach to decision makers and stakeholders on the energy transition in the U.S and Minnesota
$32,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to promote BloombergNEF's annual Sustainable Energy in America Factbook with a focus on Minnesota and Midwest clean energy markets
$32,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to promote the Bloomberg New Energy Finance's annual Sustainable Energy in America Factbook with a focus on Minnesota and Midwest clean energy markets
$250,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to work with rural communities across the Midwest to advance EV adoption by providing them with resources and tools they need to successfully apply for state and federal resources and transition to zero-emissions fleets
$100,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to facilitate the merger of Canary Media and Energy News Network
$50,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
to support a culturally specific food shelf and meet the growing needs in the community, as well as facilitation expenses of the annual Toys for Tots holiday gift drive
$350,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build out CAPI’s democratic participation and power building efforts
$400,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for the 2025 Distinguished Artist Award
$100,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for capacity building support
$70,000
2022
Arts & Culture
to support Catalyst programming
$200,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2026
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the family stabilization and protection fund
$250,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to help community and labor leverage federal investments and use of Community Benefit Plans in developing more inclusive economies, while facilitating the transition to a clean energy economy
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Small Town Summit
$150,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
West African Projects Stewardship Leadership Assessment and Workshops
$350,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support; to develop a community-rooted framework and white paper to drive economic justice and community ownership
$300,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$85,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support an inclusive process to assess how a land trust led by Black and Indigenous people can catalyze a transition to a regenerative economy, increase wealth access and intergenerational land stability
$50,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to develop and launch a family sustaining wage campaign in Minnesota
$670,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$15,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to acquire and expand Growth & Justice's products and research as that organization sunsets
$20,000
2026
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$20,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$75,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
to support the Nonprofit Voice Panel to gather perspectives from nonprofit leaders across the country about funding, funders, and nonprofit needs
$10,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$10,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$10,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$425,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to lay the groundwork for rapid, systematic and equitable building decarbonization in Minnesota
$725,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance equitable building decarbonization in Minnesota
$200,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$60,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and one-time capacity building support
$50,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$150,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support a project of the Center for Popular Democracy: The Forge: Organizing Strategy and Practice, an online journal and forum for organizing strategy and practice among community, labor, electoral, movement, and digital organizers
$50,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support The Forge: Organizing Strategy and Practice, an online journal focused on creating a forum for innovative conversations about organizing strategy and practice among community, labor, electoral, movement, and digital organizers