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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$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
$80,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
to assess the potential to provide flexible capital—such as loans, recoverable grants, and hybrid tools—to strengthen community news organizations in Minnesota
$500,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to equip Minnesota’s workforce system with insights to navigate the Green Economy
$35,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support Ramsey County and St. Paul in equitably and impactfully deploying American Rescue Plan funds
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$60,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for capacity building support
$80,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2021
Arts & Culture
to support capital improvements and moving costs for a new studio/office space
$197,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Agrobiodiversity interventions as an agroecology option for climate change adaptation in Bolivia and Niger
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
to support work that centers the leadership of artists and culture bearers
$100,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support work on improving electric utility performance and bolstering electric competition, reducing barriers to distributed energy, and advancing grid-enhancing technologies in Minnesota and the broader Midwest
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support work on improving electric utility performance-based rates in Minnesota and bolster electric competition, reduce barriers to distributed energy, and advance grid-enhancing technologies in Minnesota and the broader Midwest
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support engagement in the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on multiple topics to drive renewable and distributed energy resource adoption in the Midwest
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support engagement in the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on multiple topics to drive renewable and distributed energy resource adoption in the Midwest
$160,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$600,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support bold, ambitious, and equitable climate action change by providing legal technical assistance to community-based organizations and Tribal, state, and local governments in Minnesota and throughout the Midwest
$150,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$300,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and organizational capacity building
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for capital support
$100,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$160,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$150,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and the City Artist Program
$500,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$100,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support strategies that advance equity, reshape narratives, and empower Latine communities in Minnesota
$15,000
2024
Arts & Culture
to support arts and abolition work and a living archive that organizes opportunities for artists of color to create art and engage in community care and creativity
$250,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to leverage power to transform systems and ensure intersectional equity is achieved
$100,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for leadership transition support
$250,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support census and survey awareness and education programs
$525,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$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
$2,500,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for the Seeding Cultural Treasures Initiative
$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
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to educate, empower, and support the community when addressing and advocating for housing issues
$500,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for the RE-Seed program, a small property re-positioning revolving fund
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of Project for Pride in Living’s contribution to the GroundBreak Coalition’s work groups
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Black women leaders who are on the frontlines leading climate and racial justice efforts with cultivating well-being and building community power
$310,000
2021
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Collective actions motivated by innovations and local services to improve the agroecological efficiency of production systems in the communities
$400,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$235,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of PRG, Inc.’s contribution to the GroundBreak coalition’s work groups
$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$70,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support an in-depth analysis of farmers and agricultural production practices in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin using data from government surveys, special tabulations, and other available sources
$150,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the initial development of the Economic Security For All Coalition; and for general operating support
$130,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$210,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists and culture bearers
$140,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$300,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to empower farmers to educate other farmers and policymakers about the importance of climate-smart agriculture and improve climate-smart policy implementation
$1,000,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to aid the capacity and infrastructure surrounding the REACH Twin Cities initiative
$187,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Towards organizing an African symposium on circular bionutrient economies
$345,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Building the Circular Bionutrient Economy to Enhance Systems Health in Africa’s Lake Victoria Basin
$500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to leverage loan guarantees to drive investment to BIPOC farming communities, food and farm businesses, and support building a regional cohort to drive demand for climate-smart practices in the Midwest
$300,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to provide coaching to local implementers in the Twin Cities, including post-feasibility analysis, capitalization strategies, financial projections, and profitability modeling
$250,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to listen to and leverage the voices of visionary philanthropic leaders
$270,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Building a sustainable, productive, resilient, diverse and healthy landscapes in Eastern Uganda through farmer-based research, integrating traditional knowledge and cultures with modern science
$300,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Territorial gastronomic coalitions in Andean Lima: action-research insights among small producers, restaurants, and community kitchens
$648,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Building pesticide-free territories for sustainable food systems in the Ecuadorian Sierra
$332,000
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
$300,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity for the Transportation Justice Coalition of grassroots organizations to influence federal transportation policy solutions, elevate place-based infrastructure justice best practices, and develop new mechanisms of collaborative governance
$100,000
2025
Arts & Culture
to support artists and arts programming at the Capri Theater in North Minneapolis
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
to support artists and arts programs at the Capri Theater in North Minneapolis
$100,000
2021
Arts & Culture
to support artists and arts programs at the Capri Theater in North Minneapolis
$30,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to expand access to electric vehicles and clean transportation through education and advocacy
$60,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to promote the consumer voice of electric vehicle owners and to advance transportation electrification in Minnesota and the Midwest
$471,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for a fellowship program to support Minnesota-based Theater Artists
$479,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for the McKnight Artist Fellowships for playwrights and a visiting playwrights residency program
$240,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$471,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for a fellowship program to support Minnesota-based theater artists
$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
$65,000
2026
Other Grantmaking
to support capacity building for journalism across all of Pillsbury United Communities' media platforms
$160,000
2025
Arts & Culture
to support Pillsbury House + Theatre/Pillsbury Creative Commons an integral part of Pillsbury United Communities
$50,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
for rapid response to emergent community needs, specifically additional food support through the Pillsbury United Communities food shelves and community cafes
$393,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for a fellowship program for community-engaged artists and culture bearers
$10,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support civic-focused journalism work, partnerships with other local publications, and to continue to pursue innovative thinking in local news
$750,000
2024
Arts & Culture
to complete Phase 1 of the Pillsbury Creative Commons (PCC) campus redevelopment project
$25,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
to fund a collaborative effort of some leading local news and civic information organizations in the Twin Cities to expand their outreach to local advertising agencies
$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
$160,000
2023
Arts & Culture
to support the Pillsbury House and Theatre
$300,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support community news and information publications and one-time executive transition funding
$250,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for the Pillsbury Creative Commons campus capital development project
$386,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for McKnight Artist Fellowships for mid-career and established community-engaged artists
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of Pillsbury United Communities’s participation in GroundBreak coalition work groups
$95,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support the North High Scholarship Fund
$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
$120,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for operating support of Pillsbury House & Theatre, the professional arts arm of Pillsbury United Communities
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$30,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
to support the Civic Language Perception Project
$80,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
to support phase two of the Civic Language Perceptions Project
$50,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support a pooled fund that aims to inspire philanthropic interest and investment at the intersection of faith and democracy
$100,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support the Civic Language Perceptions Project and convene conversations in philanthropy around the role of social-cohesion
$100,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to expand a pooled fund that explores the ways faith and faith communities can support democracy and civic life
$200,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Readiness and Resilience Fund designated for communities impacted by emergent or ongoing crises or systems of oppression
$100,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$100,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Territorial markets and multi-stakeholder collaboration in Peru: Strengthening territorial markets through their value chains and economic ecosystems in Peru
$100,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support a nonpartisan civic engagement research and narrative development project
$650,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support, and to support member organizations of People’s Action Institute in the Midwest to leverage federal funds for climate campaign victories
$200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support climate organizing through deep canvassing, moving thousands of midwesterners to take action on climate
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the launch of a climate-focused deep canvass to strengthen democratic participation in the Midwest
$50,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
to provide a range of assistance to shelter residents
$300,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$400,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$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
$50,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of the 30th anniversary of an organization dedicated to advancing equitable, effective grantmaking practices