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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$160,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support, and to partially fund the purchase and build-out of a new facility
$60,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - The Hutchinson Center for the Arts is a hub for southwest MN artists, arts organizations, and audiences, serving individual artists and community members, and offering robust support to 13 core partner organizations.
$90,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$500,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Methods support for agroecological research in West Africa
$276,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Kenya AE Hub 3: Supporting FRN priorities through agroecological research, capacity strengthening, and farmer empowerment
$102,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Learning about Farmer Research Networks approaches serving communities
$225,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Support for organization and strategic planning to advance organic, agroecology, and regenerative food systems
$200,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support, and for capital support for equipment and technology
$400,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
SahelClim: Co-Producing and communicating evidence on climate solutions based on agroecological dynamics in the Sahel
$190,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to support the development of evidence-based solutions for agroecological transition in smallholder farmers' contexts at territory level in Niger
$500,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to safeguard immigrant communities by expanding statewide access to immigration services
$725,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to provide analysis and education on legislation affecting immigrants by leveraging both ILCM’s legal expertise, partnerships, and collaborations within the immigrant-service ecosystem
$80,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support – In Black Ink cultivates and provides publishing opportunities to African heritage communities.
$130,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2025
Arts & Culture
to provide professional development opportunities for early career artists in the form of mentorship, group training, public sharing, and access to tools and space needed by digital art makers
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
to provide professional development opportunities for early career artists in the form of mentorship, group training, public sharing, and access to tools and space needed by digital art makers
$100,000
2021
Arts & Culture
to support the Nexus digital arts training program Twin Cities and Crookston expansion
$100,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$150,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and capacity building support
$100,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$1,000,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$400,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$300,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Indiana Conservation Fund works to create innovative solutions that drive nature-based action for climate protection, sustainable economies, and vibrant communities in Indiana.
$550,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$250,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$1,000,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to seed a collaboration of local and national foundations in Indiana to support strategies and policies at the intersection of environmental justice, federal funding implementation, and democracy
$100,000
2021
Arts & Culture
to support construction of the Mikwanedun Audisookon Center for Art and Wellness
$300,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Indigenous Roots is a multicultural coalition of artists, culture bearers, business owners, and others dedicated to cultivating opportunities for and with Brown, Black, and Indigenous Peoples through arts and activism.
$525,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for a fellowship program for Culture Bearers
$90,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$525,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for a fellowship program for Culture Bearers
$500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to enhance collaboration with the University of Minnesota’s Climate Adaptation Partnership (CAP), West Central Initiative (WCI), and Region 9 Development Commission (R9) to facilitate access to state and federal funding for rural low-income communities
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance clean energy projects and continue existing gap lending and equitable workforce initiatives
$400,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Initiators Fellowship and the Nonprofit Academy
$2,500,000
2022
Minnesota Initiative Foundations
for general operating support
$150,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to explore strategies in Central Minnesota to explore partnerships in the region to combat climate change, and bring new resources to carbon mitigation
$200,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Inquilinxs Unidxs por Justicia is a community organization that focuses on empowering low-income, BIPOC, and immigrant tenants through community organizing for affordable, safe, stable, and dignified housing in Minneapolis.
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for transitional funds related to the Sky Without Limits Housing Cooperative
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$132,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Agroecological valorization of slaughterhouse waste for more productive and resilient agricultural systems in West Africa
$309,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Integrating value chain, Farming Research Network and Agroecological intensification approaches on Bambara nut based farming system for food systems transformation
$300,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Agroecological valorization of organic waste (AgrOW)
$95,000
2020
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Agro2EcoS: Agroecological valorization of ecological sanitation waste
$125,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Novel agroecological practices for post-harvest management of cereals and legumes to achieve sustainable food and nutritional security in rural Burkina Faso
$480,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Child nutrition III: Scaling nutritional innovations for sustainable, resilient, and equitable food systems transformation
$276,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Transforming Rural Food Systems by Processing to Improve Markets and Nutrition and Reinforce Resilience of Local Communities in West Africa
$125,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Black soldier fly for health, feed and food (BSF 4 HFF)
$300,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Sustainable integration of trees with crops, livestock and human for improved resilience and ecosystem services in pearl millet-based subsistence farming systems in Niger (CATHI-Gao II)
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for centering female cultural bearers in the regions of Tera and Falwel in Sahelian Niger who are encouraging the local production of seeds, the cultivation of African food crops, and transforming them into traditional, nutritious food products
$200,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$175,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Strengthening agroecology at the interface of national and international policies
$45,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
for exploring global policy options for an agroecological transition
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to expand and improve farm conservation programs in Midwest states to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and sequester carbon, while advocating for greater limits on emissions from large-scale factory farm systems in the Midwest and nationally
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to develop a climate policy framework centered on farms and rural communities
$300,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to accelerate energy justice in the Twin Cities and Midwest with movement-building education and organizing, and finding adaptive approaches to make energy markets more accessible
$300,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to accelerate equitable clean energy in Minnesota cities via movement-building, education, and breaking energy barriers
$50,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to deploy the Building Performance Partnership model for federal funding technical assistance to Minneapolis and St. Paul for applications that will support their equitable decarbonization goals
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
to support work that centers the leadership of artists and culture bearers
$80,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
for the importance of public policy for Agroecology in Ecuador
$300,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Consumers of Cochabamba
$105,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Communication Support
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
general operating support – The Inter Tribal Council of Michigan is a forum, advocate, and technical assistance provider to member tribes in the State of Michigan.
$42,000
2021
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Participatory baseline study on technical, environmental and socio-economic feasibility of BSF rearing in the Ecuadorian highlands of Canar and Chimborazo
$50,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts advances the professional and artistic practice of Minnesota artists with disabilities
$45,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$405,000
2025
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Learnings from exemplary transdisciplinary initiatives within the Agroecology TPP networks to integrate into food system governance
$45,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Co-developing a proposal for a multi-year partnership between CIFOR-ICRAF and McKnight Foundation under the framework of the Agroecology TPP
$80,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
provide gap funding for the early phase of the Agroecology Coalition, ensuring continuous support from the Agroecology Transformation Partnership Platform for a successful transition to a fully independent Coalition Secretariat, with stable funding
$725,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Networking4Seed II: Strengthening seed systems through farmer-research networks in a context of agroecological transition in West Africa
$20,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
For production of communications outputs and activities for the International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples' workshop exchange in Potato Park in Peru, including a joint Declaration and workshop report
$50,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for support for the We Will Live documentary
$100,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$75,000
2020
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Improved survey approaches for the CCRP in the Andes, phase II: performing integral indicator assessments
$175,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Beyond the Tech Divide: Rethinking Innovation for Agroecological Transformation
$160,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Andean Insights and Narrative: Agrobiodiversity and Seed systems to empower Agroecology (Insights)
$100,000
2021
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Improving agrobiodiversity and seed systems research for development in the Andes
$75,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support leadership on interconnection and grid modernization to help Minnesota achieve its clean energy and climate goals
$150,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support leadership on interconnection and grid modernization to help Minnesota achieve its clean energy and climate goals
$150,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support continued leadership on interconnection and grid modernization reforms to help Minnesota achieve its clean energy and climate goals
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$215,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support, and to support the Our Next Move project
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the launch of an Iowa Green Bank to access federal, state, and private finance to decarbonize Iowa's economy and to center equity in climate financing and planning
$300,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Iowa Environmental Council's mission is to educate, advocate, and build coalitions to raise awareness, generate action and impact policy to make Iowa a better place to live, work, and explore.
$200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$200,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Iowa Farmers Union Education Foundation partners with farmers, landowners, and rural communities to advance climate-friendly farming solutions that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, sequester carbon, and improve soil health.
$250,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build out more work at the nexus of a just economy and strong democracy
$500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$750,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support a pro-democracy future in Minnesota through strategic communications, building engagement infrastructure, and developing new democracy leaders
$550,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support; and for strategic communications and organizing for voter engagement in BIPOC communities
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$250,000
2025
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$750,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support