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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$72,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to support breeding perennial quinoa
$375,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
for farmer-participatory evaluation and development of perennial sorghum cropping systems to enhance food security and ecosystem resilience in the Drylands of Uganda
$80,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$80,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$80,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$166,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Mobility and Access Collaborative, and to do a Midwest scan of sustainable and equitable transportation to better understand the landscape of clean transportation strategies and engage more funders
$498,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
for use of native and wild plant diversity to strengthen sustainable quinoa production in the arid landscape of the Bolivian altiplano
$100,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Youth-led social mobilization to promote food security through agroecological transition in Bolivia
$330,000
2021
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Agroecological intensification in the agro-food systems of the arid and semiarid regions of the Altiplano in Bolivia
$50,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support development of farmers of color as leaders and stewards of our land
$70,000
2024
Arts & Culture
to support the MN-Made flagship program
$100,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for capital support
$70,000
2022
Arts & Culture
to support MN-MADE, developing and showcasing working film artists from across the state of Minnesota
$150,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$614,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for McKnight Artist Fellowships and development opportunities for midcareer dancers in Minnesota
$575,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for McKnight Artist Fellowships and development opportunities for midcareer choreographers in Minnesota
$150,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to work with Midwestern state and regional governments to deepen commitment to measurable climate goals
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to raise Midwestern states' climate action ambition
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to raise Midwestern states’ climate ambition and action
$100,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$200,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$200,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$60,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$60,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$60,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$394,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for a fellowship program for fiber artists
$100,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$379,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for McKnight Artist Fellowships for midcareer fiber artists in Minnesota
$100,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$300,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$90,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$90,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$90,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$110,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and one-time capacity support for succession planning as the founding artistic director prepares to retire
$80,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$110,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$125,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to leverage $1 million in matched Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines funds to regrant to Minnesota nonprofits supporting affordable housing and community development
$430,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Agroecological Transition in Tanzania: Zanzibar Vegetable Safety and National Policy Advancement
$350,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to develop and advance worker-focused policy goals rooted in base-building
$335,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build organizing staff capacity and advance worker-led campaigns and support electoral programming
$500,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to identify, support, and amplify the role of organizational and movement culture and the culture bearers who advance it
$560,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support; and to support the Minnesota Democracy Defense Initiative
$100,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to bridge a funding gap for work to improve restaurant workers’ lives by building worker power and uniting workers of various backgrounds around shared goals and values
$380,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support environmental justice organizing work and program development
$400,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build a mandate for and the capacity to advance equitable climate solutions in Minnesota
$800,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support; and for building progressive governing power and bridging the political divide through education
$190,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support environmental justice organizing work and program development
$400,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build a mandate for and the capacity to advance equitable climate solutions in Minnesota
$50,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$250,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and for capital support to secure a permanent location
$90,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$300,000
2021
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Supporting agroecology peasant schools in the Andes
$150,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support research, education, and outreach on energy and climate issues in the Midwest
$150,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support research, education, and outreach on energy and climate issues in the Midwest
$100,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Valuing Metrics: Advancing Common Metrics for TCA Investments
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Farmer-Centered Agroecology Research in Tanzania
$150,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to Support Farmer-Centered Agroecology Research in Tanzania
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to continue to support funder education and engagement on policy development to reduce emissions from working lands and to advance carbon sequestration strategies
$50,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support policy development and funder organizing to reduce emissions from working lands and to advance carbon sequestration strategies
$1,400,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Research Methods Support
$10,000
2026
Other Grantmaking
to increase capacity for Minnesota reporting
$15,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support Minnesota Reformer's Report for America reporter
$2,000,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
to support the Organizing Lab
$100,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build public will that centers fair taxes as a core solution to building an equitable and democratic society
$300,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the capacity and mobilization of community, labor, and other advocates working to advance equitable public revenue policies
$250,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to create cultural and narrative strategies to advance Minnesota towards 100% clean energy by 2040
$500,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support a year-round civic engagement strategy across the state of Wisconsin
$250,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance equitable climate solutions in Minnesota
$400,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Midwest State Power Training and Capacity Hub
$25,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the state landscaping project in Indiana
$200,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support organizing and voter engagement in North Minneapolis
$50,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to organize stakeholders in the east metro to advance a clean transportation system-electrification and a strong transit system
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$2,100,000
2026
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$437,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for a fellowship program for dancers
$454,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for a fellowship program for choreographers
$250,000
2025
Arts & Culture
to address the multiple and compounding emergencies our communities are facing and that support, value, and work with artists and culture bearers in Minnesota
$40,000
2025
Arts & Culture
to elevate and increase the visibility of Black, Indigenous, and people of color stories to encourage holistic well-being, equity, and humanity through danceart
$460,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for Guaranteed Income for Artists and Culture Bearers: A 5-year Pilot, Research, and Narrative Change Initiative Advancing Economic Justice
$150,000
2024
Arts & Culture
to lead the Minnesota Guaranteed/Basic Income Policy Coalition in advocating for state-level policy changes for guaranteed income and cash payments through artist-led narrative shifts and legislative strategies
$70,000
2024
Arts & Culture
to support McKnight Artist and Culture Bearer applicants and Fellows by providing technical assistance, resources, consultations, and peer networking
$390,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$73,000
2021
Arts & Culture
to support McKnight artist fellows and the fellowship partners' community of practice
$10,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$25,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to develop Green Buffalo Institute, a C̣aƞṡayapi (Lower Sioux) based organization that supports community development sovereignty
$300,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$267,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists and culture bearers
$178,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$100,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
to provide support for individuals and families experiencing financial hardship
$2,500,000
2022
Minnesota Initiative Foundations
for general operating support
$400,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to create long-lasting, vibrant and healthy communities by working to develop emerging leaders and create long-term systems change for equity
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support the Rosa Parks Gala
$100,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
to provide financial assistance for immediate needs including food, supplies, and transportation
$2,500,000
2022
Minnesota Initiative Foundations
for general operating support
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build upon their current commitment to economic growth for BIPOC-led and BIPOC-serving organizations and help amplify their capacity and reach to support more of these organizations
$270,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists and culture bearers
$180,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$175,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for support for programs for working artists
$60,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$60,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$200,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$200,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to implement distributed solar in the rural Midwest
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to implement distributed solar in the rural Midwest
$200,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build broad and deep momentum toward a clean energy transition with distributed solar and community benefits with a focus on greater Minnesota
$307,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Agroecology Gender-transformative Living labs for Climate Resilience (AGILE4Climate)
$320,000
2021
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Scaling out agroecological pest management and gender equity (SAGE) through farmer-centered approaches