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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$370,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Rural-urban partnerships for the on-farm conservation of Peru’s native chilli peppers
$422,000
2020
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Rural schools and smallholder agriculture in the Andes: an alliance for changing time
$170,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support - George Floyd Global Memorial exists to conserve stories of resistance to racial injustice and to curate spaces for all people to grieve, pay respect, and be a voice for justice.
$100,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$770,000
2021
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Strengthening Climate-resilient Food Systems at the Territorial Level While Shifting Food System Policies
$100,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
to support the work of a funders' collaborative to prevent gun violence
$125,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to inspire Midwest cities and states to adopt carbon-neutral strategies, including innovation in clean energy, transportation, and land use
$2,000,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to transform the transportation sector while centering equity, climate, and people
$450,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support local- and community-driven clean transportation solutions in the Midwest
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance clean, reliable, and safe transportation through local sustainability and equitable mobility solutions
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support mobility advocacy groups working towards the development of sustainable mobility and equitable access in the Midwestern region
$40,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - The Grand Center for the Arts’ mission is to enrich community life through arts and cultural education and experiences, and to support local artists by offering them opportunities to develop and demonstrate their artistry.
$40,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$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
$100,000
2025
Arts & Culture
to support Grantmakers in the Arts' national conference in the Twin Cities, MN in October 2025
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for Grantmakers in the Arts' annual conference in the Twin Cities
$100,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$180,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$75,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$175,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for The Great Northern's Climate Solutions Series
$75,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to produce a festival focused on educating and informing the public about the impacts of climate change
$75,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to educate and inform the public about the impacts of climate change during the Great Northern Winter Festival
$300,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$1,200,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to grow the momentum for scaling up state and local action on climate mitigation and resilience
$1,200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to engage and support interested and affected parties toward equitably implementing the 100% clean energy legislation and reducing emissions from the building, energy, and transportation sectors
$1,460,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to transform traditional recruitment and retention approaches by developing internal capacity within companies to interact with potential and new employees differently
$50,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for short-term program transition support
$500,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to advance field-wide solutions related to narrative change, lived experience leadership, and community-engaged public policy development
$325,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build the housing justice field through investments in lived experience leadership, transformative systems changes, and statewide narrative infrastructure
$3,525,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$1,750,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to advance the creation/preservation of affordable housing for urban, rural, and Native communities by mobilizing capital, building public will, increasing community engagement, empowering local leaders, creating housing solutions, and advancing policy
$365,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build a regional approach to housing systems transformation rooted in prevention strategies by co-creating three regional accountability tables of stakeholders in Greater Minnesota, led by those with lived experience with housing instability
$10,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to engage a "Qualified Neutral" mediator and facilitator to lead a "Qualified Problem Solving Process" for State of Minnesota and local government staff charged with administering federal funding for emergency rental assistance
$250,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$170,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$60,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$75,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for TRANSFORM: A Collaboration to Transform Justice in the Greater MSP Region
$150,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$75,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to model zero-carbon pathways for Wisconsin
$200,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to deploy a partnership model in the Midwest that supports local news in telling the story of climate, justice, and solutions
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to deploy a partnership model in the Midwest that supports local news in telling the story of climate, justice, and solutions
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to recruit clean energy workers in Detroit and catalyze a national clean energy jobs movement led by local and regional partners
$100,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
for general operating support - Groundswell International operates in 11 countries, across three regions of the world to strengthen communities to build healthy farming and food systems from the ground up.
$225,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Agroecological Intensification - Phase IV: Co-evaluation and scaling of integrated agroecological production systems adapted to climatic variability in Burkina Faso
$100,000
2021
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Learning, Innovation and Collaboration to Strengthen and Scale Agroecology and Sustainable Local Food Systems
$160,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Systems Forum program
$250,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$23,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Support for the expansion of the digital media of the Seed Guardians Network
$350,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
AGUAPAN II : Promoting Agrobiodiversity in the Central Andes of Peru, Institutional Innovation for In Situ Conservation and Use of Agrobiodiversity
$405,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Forage and Fallows Phase IV: Promoting and Refining Options for Sustainable Soil and Landscape Management
$100,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for the Come to Wonder Campaign
$150,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to engage Minnesota’s affordable housing sector to reduce the use of hazardous building products from 70% to less than 50% in the next 2 years, advancing health equity and climate justice
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to eliminate environmental racism, health inequities, and climate injustices in Minnesota’s housing system by integrating co-created solutions for healthier and circular building products at all stages of their life cycle
$250,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support starting a residential solar panel installation program for Habitat for Humanity homes in Minnesota
$750,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating and re-granting support to provide leadership development, advocacy, and capacity building support for Habitat for Humanity affiliates across Minnesota
$2,000,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for a recoverable grant to expedite deployment of newly appropriated Homeownership Investments Grant program ($40M) and leverage expanded resources in Workforce & Affordable Homeownership Program, Challenge Program ($60M), and Housing Infrastructure Bonds
$800,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support commercial real estate investment in the neighborhood
$50,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for project implementation for Hamline Midway Real Estate Investment Cooperative
$1,000,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Headwaters is a community foundation that supports grassroots organizations and movements led by and for BIPOC communities in Minnesota, with a focus on strengthening democratic participation and advancing racial justice.
$1,000,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to support Time of Reckoning, Healing, Listening and Action
$150,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$150,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to educate health professionals, the public, and policymakers about the impacts of climate on health
$30,000
2023
Arts & Culture
to support the We Are Still Here program
$60,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for ongoing program support for an Indigenous Public Art Cohort to continue to share learning and create work for the new Hennepin Avenue that is rooted in Native truth telling and features contemporary Native artworks
$20,000
2025
Arts & Culture
to support working artists to practice their artistic craft and be cultural bearers for the local Somali-American community in Minnesota
$10,000
2023
Arts & Culture
to support working artists to practice their artistic craft and be cultural bearers for the local Somali-American community in Minnesota
$375,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for a fellowship program for printmakers
$60,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support for an organization that advances the art of printmaking by providing educational programs, community access, and collaborative publishing opportunities
$60,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$375,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for a fellowship program for printmakers
$470,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to advance shared power, prosperity, and participation for low-income jobseekers and families
$450,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to advance critical workforce development efforts through the Minnesota Employment Services Consortium
$300,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to research Latine women entreprenuership within the informal economy and bring resources to bear to increase success
$75,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to collect and further understand the attitudes, feelings, beliefs and reactions on climate change within the Latinx community in the state of Minnesota
$300,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Hmong American Farmers Association is a membership organization that advances the economic prosperity of Hmong farming families through capacity building, strategic partnerships, and climate-resilient farming practices
$300,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$250,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the purchase of the Hmong American Farmers Association farm and incubator to ensure long-term affordable land access for Hmong farmers
$250,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Hmong American Partnership’s Revolving Loan Fund
$250,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for a program to build community wealth and financial self-sufficiency in the communities that need it most by providing access to capital for local entrepreneurs from Twin Cities’ immigrant and refugee communities
$250,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Economic Prosperity program
$40,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$90,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2021
Arts & Culture
to support the Hmong Cultural Customs Arts Program and for arts-related museum programming
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support revitalization work along the Lake Street Corridor
$200,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$400,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to catalyze a Just Transition on the White Earth reservation and region through transforming systems to access necessary infrastructure and capital for work in renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and local microenterprises
$500,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support; and to advance a joint initiative with Alliance Housing to develop a property management model for small, regulated affordable rental housing
$40,000
2024
Arts & Culture
to support the Art of Radical Collaboration program
$450,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Hope Community works to address structural racism, gentrification, and community well-being through affordable housing, economic mobility, and policy change.
$150,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to provide leadership for the GroundBreak Coalition rental housing work group
$400,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Hourcar is a nonprofit car-sharing organization based in Minnesota, primarily serving Minneapolis and St. Paul, that provides shared vehicles as an alternative to car ownership.
$500,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$500,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$500,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$875,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support; and to play the role of a statewide legal housing hub providing legal education and navigation for the statewide housing system
$75,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for due diligence and seed funding to absorb the work of All Parks Alliance for Change
$250,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and for strategic planning support
$110,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$110,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support