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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$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
$160,000
2019
Mississippi River
for general operating support
$50,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to provide capacity building support in the continued development and execution of the Buildings Hub data analysis platform
$150,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$80,000
2019
Region & Communities
to support leadership development and provide programs that build civic engagement and representative democracy for women across Minnesota, particularly Somali and East African women
$40,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$150,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$80,000
2019
Education
to build capacity of parents to advocate for students and schools at the board, state, and legislative levels, and for general operating support
$400,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative works to advance and provide equitable housing and champion transformative solutions to ensure all people have a home.
$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
$250,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support, and to build capacity in advancing equitable housing policies statewide
$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
$50,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to update Bemidji State University’s Climate Action Plan
$260,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support, and for professional development support for new leadership
$300,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating and project support to continue advancing active transportation and safe routes to school and to explore active transportation related greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies and business initiatives in the Twin Cities
$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
$55,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and for leadership development support
$90,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$250,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Black Appalachian Coalition
$100,000
2019
Education
for support of an aspiring teaching fellow internship and the implementation of a Breakthrough Collaborative Salesforce data management system
$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
$75,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to continue engagement of stakeholders in clean, economic transition plans across Minnesota
$85,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to continue engagement of stakeholders in clean economic transition plans across Minnesota
$2,000,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support Black leaders in Minnesota to effectively respond to our current moment and the future and to support the SOAR effort
$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
$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
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
$100,000
2019
Education
for general operating support
$60,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$69,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support -Build from Within Alliance advances a community development model of supporting low-income entrepreneurs in systemically disinvested communities of color and generates awareness, acceptance, and resources across the country.
$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
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 - Building Dignity and Respect Standards Council works to advance the human rights of the workers that are building our communities, by setting standards for and monitoring the Twin Cities' construction industry.
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$75,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$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
$32,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to promote Bloomberg New Energy Finance's annual Sustainable Energy in America Factbook with a focus on Minnesota and Midwest clean energy markets
$32,000
2019
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
$100,000
2019
Mississippi River
for general operating support
$120,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$200,000
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
$150,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$95,000
2020
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Blue Marble Infrastructure Phase 2
$70,000
2022
Arts & Culture
to support Catalyst programming
$100,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for capacity building support
$70,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for support of Catalyst programming
$200,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the From the State House to the White House Initiative to build upon local/state climate leadership to lay the roadmap for nationwide climate action
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Small Town Summit
$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
$75,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to increase access to energy efficiency programs by underrepresented populations through a peer-learning network of community organizations and redesigning efficiency programs
$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
$1,000,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$75,000
2019
Education
to support the Northside Funders Group in improving the quality of education delivered in North Minneapolis by increasing parent engagement and influence
$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
$10,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$10,000
2019
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$425,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance equitable building decarbonization in Minnesota
$425,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to defend, evolve, and expand Minnesota’s energy efficiency policies, and to accelerate to a just and equitable decarbonized grid in Minnesota and the Midwest
$50,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Center for Hmong Arts and Talent supports Hmong artists by paying artists for various projects, by organizing workshops for artists, and by creating a space for artists to network and support each other.
$100,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$50,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$300,000
2019
Mississippi River
for general operating support
$100,000
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
$250,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to engage diverse rural communities in Iowa and Minnesota on climate change
$150,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to bolster climate change and sustainable agriculture policy development for federal farm policies
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to bolster climate change and climate-focused agriculture policy capacity
$300,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build long-term community organizing capacity through multi-issue advocacy and engagement in rural Minnesota and Iowa
$610,000
2019
Mississippi River
to support the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition and efforts to improve Midwest water quality and climate change mitigation through federal agriculture and conservation policies, and to support a Farm Bill education event in Minneapolis
$340,000
2019
Mississippi River
to advance a set of state and federal policy outcomes that improve water quality and reduce agricultural pollution in Iowa and surrounding states, and for general operating support
$300,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support and one-time business plan development support
$20,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
for a feasibility study for the development of a Python-based platform for evaluating crop/pest systems globally
$300,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists and culture bearers
$200,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$200,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$450,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Feeding the soil and feeding the cow to feed the people: co-designing agro-sylvo-pastoral systems in sudano-sahelian Burkina Faso
$386,000
2020
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
CowpeaSquare 2: Co-designing and scaling-up of cropping systems through the integration of decentralized varietal selection and agroecological crop management options
$10,000
2019
MN Initiative Foundations/Rural
for general operating support
$300,000
2019
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Food system innovation at scale in Cusco: a joint learning approach