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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$480,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support start-up costs for a statewide First-Generation Homebuyers Down Payment Assistance Fund to reduce the racial homeownership gap, for individuals who lack generational wealth and without assistance would not achieve homeownership
$200,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to advance CDFI support
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build capacity for incarcerated students in Minnesota to access federal Pell grant dollars and help reduce a systemic barrier to economic mobility, a college degree
$150,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Minnesota Center for Employee Ownership works to advance wealth equity through employee ownership strategies throughout Minnesota.
$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build housing communications and grassroots capacity across the Community Action Agency network, especially in Greater Minnesota
$1,500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to create a 0% loan fund to leverage state appropriations and support the 13 MN Community Land Trusts with acquisition, pre-development, and development costs associated with creating perpetually affordable homes across Minnesota
$90,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to support the Truth in Reparations project
$375,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to increase voter knowledge, engagement, and participation statewide ahead of 2022 Minnesota state elections
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support long-term democracy infrastructure and an inclusive democracy that works for everyone
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support fair representation in redistricting and diverse and inclusive community engagement in Minnesota's redistricting process
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$140,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support efforts to end homelessness on Reservations throughout Minnesota
$800,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to build the capacity of down payment assistance players across the state
$750,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to advance equitable access to homeownership for homebuyers and homeowners of color and immediate COVID response plan for lower-income households struggling and facing possible foreclosure in the wake of the pandemic
$500,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the distribution of up to $100 million via the COVID Housing Assistance Program to deliver housing stability assistance funding to thousands of households experiencing possible eviction or foreclosure from their homes due to the COVID crisis
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support to create statewide change to build power and public will to advance equitable and sustainable housing solutions, through advocacy, research, and community capacity building
$400,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to advance a housing narrative campaign that advances equitable housing outcomes, assumptions, and attitudes to drive transformational change so all Minnesotans have access to affordable housing
$450,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$80,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Ask Every Student Program, which is about building a democracy in which all students are equipped to participate in and activating that participation
$500,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$250,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$350,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support – Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless serves as the leading statewide advocacy organization dedicated to ending homelessness and increasing housing stability in Minnesota.
$300,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$40,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to increase democratic participation by building power, developing leadership, and providing understanding about the importance of voting within underrepresented communities in Minnesota
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Lead For Minnesota Fellowship program
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Native American Community Development Institute’s work facilitates systems change through integrated pathways of community engagement, community organizing, community development, and Indigenous arts and culture.
$400,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support to support the Native nation rebuilding movement in Minnesota
$600,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to support the We Are Still Here - Minnesota project
$300,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$125,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and for succession planning project support
$350,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operational support - NDC empowers entrepreneurs and community partners to transform low-income neighborhoods from within by providing access to capital, business knowledge and resources, and ongoing small business support services
$350,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to accelerate economic mobility and strengthen families
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support powerful organizations rooted in, and accountable to, multi-racial and multi-class bases within states
$50,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support powerful organizations rooted in, and accountable to, multi-racial and multi-class bases within states
$300,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - NextStage's mission is to support entrepreneurs at every stage. They are experts in helping entrepreneurs refine their business plans, start new enterprises, and thrive in competitive and changing business landscapes.
$1,550,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support NPQ’s economic justice program and related curriculum development work, which advances understanding among nonprofits and social movement activists about what economic justice requires and how to achieve it
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build capacity to grow the impact and scope of local efforts to reimagine safety and address community requests for skills workshops
$100,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for program support
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Indigenous Food Lab
$1,000,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for capital to lend to low-income communities
$750,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and for equity capital for NCF's loan fund, and to build organizational capacity to access and absorb state resources to better meet demand
$400,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to build a revolving working capital fund for housing cooperative conversion
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to go deeper on Belonging work, particularly with Indigenous communities and existing systems of power
$300,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Northside Economic Opportunity Network works to improve the community on the Northside of Minneapolis by providing business technical assistance and capital access to low- and moderate-income entrepreneurs.
$1,000,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating and capital support
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$450,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - OneCommunity Alliance works to create a more accessible, inclusive, equitable, and affordable housing system for BIPOC communities in Central Minnesota.
$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support to preserve and develop long-term affordable commercial spaces through community driven ownership of land
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to build capacity for program piloting and business plan development for Penumbra’s next lifecycle as a center for racial healing and performing arts campus
$60,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support a comprehensive and robust community engagement process with residents and stakeholders for the reconstruction of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue South Minneapolis, where George Floyd was murdered
$300,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support community news and information publications and one-time executive transition funding
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build Black generational wealth, strengthen Black women owned businesses through technical and financial support, and strengthen local neighborhood economies
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to create a comprehensive voter education initiative across multiple media platforms that will help Minneapolis voters make informed decisions with their civic engagement and leadership in advance of the 2021 municipal elections
$130,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$160,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - PRG aims to increase the supply of affordable homes in the Twin Cities, particularly for households of color, to narrow the racial homeownership disparity.
$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to educate, empower, and support the community when addressing and advocating for housing issues
$250,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support census and survey awareness and education programs
$300,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to cultivate the purpose, prosperity, and power of all young people in Minnesota
$90,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for the Recovery Capital Loan Program helping nonprofits recover and rebuild from the effects of the pandemic and unrest
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build the capacity of a youth-led movement to increase the democratic participation, educational opportunity, and long-term financial prosperity of BIPOC youth and young adults in Minneapolis and St. Paul