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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$600,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to decarbonize the power, transportation, and building sectors in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin, to realize an equitable clean energy future; guided by principles of democratic organizing and racial justice
$600,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to replace fossil fuels with clean energy as part of a broad and powerful climate justice movement
$130,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
AE Revolving Loan Fund and AE Community of Practice - SHONA AE Innovation Fund
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to organize a cohort of landowners as “climate land leaders” who will take bold steps to advance climate solutions through land-use change, support BIPOC land ownership, and support State and Federal climate policies that revitalize rural communities
$100,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Shared-Use Mobility Center works to advance the shared mobility industry and shape the growth of sustainable transportation options.
$1,000,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build capacity and increase access to capital
$600,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of Seward Redesign’s participation in GroundBreak coalition work groups
$1,000,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the redevelopment of the Coliseum Building in Minneapolis as a community hub for black business and entrepreneurship
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$40,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Serpentina Arts unifies and amplifies Minnesota Latinx visual artists by bringing value to their culture, through stewarding and sustaining art programming.
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance building decarbonization, along with racial and economic justice through expansion of the Green Janitor Program in four major Midwest cities
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance building decarbonization and racial and economic justice through expansion of the Green Janitor Education Program in four Midwest cities
$250,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
to support the continued seeding of the field of equitable evaluation in the US philanthropic ecosystem as it transitions from emerging to sustaining and maintaining
$100,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - SEAD Project works to support community power building across the Southeast Asian diaspora in Minnesota.
$75,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$60,000
2023
Arts & Culture
to support the Doc U program
$60,000
2021
Arts & Culture
to support Doc U, a program where emergent media artists from underserved communities learn how to craft a story, use a camera, edit and then share a completed documentary film short that is screened to a public audience and broadcast on SPNN channels
$110,000
2020
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$120,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$15,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$150,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support, build, and scale community wealth building initiatives
$75,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Eastside Funders Group
$1,000,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build capacity for the City of Saint Paul's Office of Financial Empowerment community wealth-building and economic mobility strategies
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the East Side Funders Group
$100,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to build the Philando Castile Community Peace Garden to scale, which was founded by community members who placed art and flowers in the space following Philando's death by a police officer in 2016
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
or the People's Prosperity Pilot, a guaranteed income demonstration project in the City of Saint Paul
$50,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
to contribute to the MN Homeless Fund 2020
$10,000
2020
Region & Communities
to advance timely community needs
$100,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
to support the pooled philanthropic Minnesota Disaster Recovery Fund for COVID-19 response and targeted to the Minnesota Initiative Foundations
$575,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support and to support expansion of Sahan Journal's climate beat, especially at the intersections of climate and racial justice
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity for Sabathani’s Community Energy Project
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity for the Community Energy Project
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity for the community district energy project
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support climate-smart and inclusive agricultural policy outcomes and Midwest organizing
$300,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity for grassroots, frontline, and base-building organizations and leaders in communities of color and low-income communities and support frontline leadership to electrify homes and community-serving facilities at scale
$2,000,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support pooled funding to empower rural climate leadership, accelerate deployment of climate solutions, and maximize federal funding impact in rural areas across the Midwest
$200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support climate-smart and inclusive agricultural policy outcomes and Midwest organizing
$300,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity for grassroots, frontline, and base-building organizations and leaders in communities of color and low-income communities to support their self-determined priorities in building electrification efforts
$2,000,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to position clean energy, low-carbon jobs, and climate-friendly agriculture practices as a primary driver of abundant, equitable job creation in rural America
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support strategy development and initial seed grants in the Midwest to accelerate transition of rural economies to clean energy and sustainable climate jobs
$140,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and capital support
$150,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$450,000
2020
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Transforming sorghum-based farming systems in eastern and western Kenya through agro-ecological intensification
$500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Rondo Community Land Trust is a residential and commercial land trust, affordable housing developer, and community anchor operating in Saint Paul and Ramsey County.
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Rondo Community Land Trust is a community-based affordable housing land trust operating in St. Paul and Suburban Ramsey County.
$220,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$350,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$25,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for the Executive Director Transition and Mentoring Project
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to provide technical assistance on transportation and energy decarbonization in the Midwest
$50,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support a cost-effective and equitable transition from coal-fired generation in the Midwest
$50,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to accelerate co-operative utilities’ coal plant retirements and expand clean energy investment in the Midwest
$50,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to help utility co-ops in Minnesota and neighboring states to cost-effectively and equitably transition away from coal-fired generation
$100,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support - Rockwood provides transformative leadership training to social change and nonprofit leaders.
$355,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance economic development in priority coal-affected communities in the Midwest
$380,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to create economic opportunity in communities affected by the changing coal economy in the Midwest
$70,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for the 2024 Distinguished Artist Award
$4,000,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance equitable electrification in the Midwest through place-based demonstration projects and policy development
$250,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment is dedicated to amplifying the voice and power of Muslim women through storytelling, leadership development, and civic engagement.
$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build ROC-MN’s capacity to organize and advocate for high quality work and a just and dignified food-service industry in the Twin Cities Metro
$165,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support Restaurant Opportunities Centers-Minnesota, and for data collection and research
$350,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Secure and sustainable pastoralism as a bold agroecological practice for climate-resilient livelihoods and sustainable food systems in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, West Africa
$50,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
contribution of the Farmer Research Network to resilient food systems through agro ecological intensification in Singida
$200,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$120,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - RENEW Wisconsin works to advance renewable energy progress in the state of Wisconsin.
$450,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Renew New England Alliance is a capacity-building and support organization that works with on-the-ground frontline partners in multi-state regions to create regional agendas.
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$100,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to engage Minnesota-based elected officials and consult with Minnesota Guaranteed Income coalition members
$150,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance clean energy policies in Midwest states by providing technical assistance and leveraging city engagement
$150,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance clean energy policies in Midwest states by providing technical assistance and leveraging city engagement
$1,500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to provide technical assistance to cities, counties, and towns in Greater Minnesota applying for federal and state funding and deploying climate and clean energy projects
$10,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for capacity building as necessary to pursue federal climate opportunities
$200,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Region Five works in Central Minnesota to address environmental, economic, and equity issues through inclusive community engagement, comprehensive planning, and capital access.
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for matching dollars for a US Department of Energy-funded project to deliver energy efficiency, health, and safety upgrades to the Cass Lake-Bena School District in Minnesota
$180,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists and culture bearers
$120,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support community engagement and technical assistance around a standardized energy equity framework
$718,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build the capacity of diverse Midwest food and farm organizations to administer large federal grants and advance regenerative agriculture through a newly created fund by the Rural Climate Partnership and Regenerative Agriculture Foundation; re-granting
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build the capacity of Midwest organizations, and in particular organizations of color, to submit successful federal grant proposals that will reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
$400,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Regenerative Agriculture Alliance advances a farmer-driven regenerative agriculture model to restore ecological balance and put wealth, ownership, and control in the hands of farmers and food chain workers.
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support building a replicable, scalable, equitable regenerative poultry network in Southern Minnesota that reaches into BIPOC communities
$135,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to support the People’s Food Summit and for general operating support
$140,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to support the People’s Food Summit and Regeneration International's strategic planning
$45,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
To support the second annual Peoples Food Summit, hosted on October 16, 2022
$20,000
2021
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to support the Peoples Food Summit
$25,000
2024
Arts & Culture
to build capacity of the Honoring Dakota Project
$40,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Red Wing Art Association provides artists with the support, resources, and opportunities they need to develop their skills, build their careers, and thrive in the creative industry.
$75,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Red Lake Nation Government to pursue a FEMA grant for the planning and scoping project of two microgrids
$180,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and capital support
$80,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$50,000
2020
Arts & Culture
to build out Red Eye’s new performance space
$80,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of ReconnectRondo's contribution to the GroundBreak coalition’s work groups
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support EV-focused community engagement events in rural Minnesota and to provide technical assistance to municipalities attempting to utilize clean transportation incentives
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Recharge Minnesota to work with rural leaders and communities to support transportation electrification
$50,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Recharge Minnesota to recognize state EV leaders and conduct community engagement campaigns
$35,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support Ramsey County and St. Paul in equitably and impactfully deploying American Rescue Plan funds
$50,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support – Rain Taxi seeks to support the literary community of artists and literary culture bearers through publicly validating their work via reviews, readings, and compensation.
$40,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support