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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$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$25,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
for start-up funding of truth and reparations project
$100,000
2017
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$60,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to support the Virginia McKnight Binger Unsung Hero Awards in 2021
$120,000
2019
Other Grantmaking
to support the Virginia McKnight Binger Unsung Hero Awards in 2019 and 2020
$116,000
2016
Other Grantmaking
to support the Virginia McKnight Binger Unsung Hero Awards in 2017 and 2018
$675,000
2016
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support, and for capital support to expand and improve offices and technology
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support fair representation in redistricting and diverse and inclusive community engagement in Minnesota's redistricting process
$250,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
to prepare Minnesota for a fully-inclusive, nonpartisan, and accurate census count in 2020
$40,000
2019
Arts
for general operating support
$40,000
2017
Arts
for general operating support
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2019
Education
for general operating support
$100,000
2018
Education
for general operating support
$620,000
2018
Mississippi River
for general operating support
$310,000
2016
Mississippi River
for general operating support
$225,000
2018
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support clean energy and energy efficiency adoption with members
$75,000
2017
Midwest Climate & Energy
to engage Minnesota farmers in renewable energy issues and policy development
$75,000
2016
Midwest Climate & Energy
to engage Minnesota farmers in renewable energy issues and policy development
$60,000
2019
Arts
for general operating support
$60,000
2017
Arts
for general operating support
$750,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to advance equitable access to homeownership for homebuyers and homeowners of color and immediate COVID response plan for lower-income households struggling and facing possible foreclosure in the wake of the pandemic
$250,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$225,000
2017
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the distribution of up to $100 million via the COVID Housing Assistance Program to deliver housing stability assistance funding to thousands of households experiencing possible eviction or foreclosure from their homes due to the COVID crisis
$600,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support, and to build public will and increase investment needed to address the gap between income and housing costs through advocacy, innovations, and practice
$450,000
2017
Region & Communities
to expand housing affordability as a step toward economic vitality and sustainability and build public will to increase capacity, policy, and resources needed to increase production and preservation of affordable housing
$200,000
2018
Mississippi River
to support We Are Water, a community engagement and partnership building program working in eight Minnesota communities, and for general operating support
$20,000
2017
Mississippi River
to build relationships in and across Mississippi River communities through a series of community workshops and a related Water Bar at the Minnesota State Fair
$100,000
2021
Arts
for general operating support
$150,000
2017
Mississippi River
to maximize water quality and wildlife habitat outcomes in the Minnesota River basin
$60,000
2018
Arts
for general operating support
$40,000
2016
Arts
for general operating support
$60,000
2018
Arts
for general operating support
$35,000
2016
Arts
for general operating support
$100,000
2019
Arts
for general operating support
$100,000
2017
Arts
for general operating support
$60,000
2021
Arts
to implement the MPWW Publications Project, and for general operating support
$30,000
2019
Arts
to implement the MPWW Publications Project
$300,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to engage Minnesota Public Radio’s audience on the topic of climate change
$100,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
to support capacity building, with a focus on advancing MPR’s blueprint for Equity, Inclusion, Diversity and Access, and strengthening organizational leadership development
$50,000
2019
Region & Communities
to highlight the stories and voices of low-income communities of color sharing best practices, strategies, and tactics for growing financial capabilities and expose the systemic barriers that inhibit success
$300,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to engage the MPR audience on climate change
$300,000
2018
Mississippi River
to raise awareness of and engagement in water challenges, solutions, and importance through reporting coverage and a project exploring water and equity
$400,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$45,000
2017
Region & Communities
to execute a statewide survey aimed at better understanding Minnesota residents, and to create exceptional journalism reflecting the results of the survey
$420,000
2017
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support and expand climate and energy reporting at MPR, and to support the creation of a nationwide collaboration around climate change journalism
$100,000
2016
Mississippi River
to support a dedicated water reporter at Minnesota Public Radio News
$150,000
2019
Arts
for general operating support
$556,000
2019
Arts
for McKnight Artist Fellowships and development opportunities for midcareer dancers in Minnesota
$686,000
2019
Arts
for McKnight Artist Fellowships and development opportunities for midcareer choreographers in Minnesota
$150,000
2017
Arts
for general operating funds for the Cowles Center to support dancers and choreographers in Minnesota
$100,000
2018
Mississippi River
to create videos, a handbook, and a website that distills summary information about effective partnerships across the Minnesota River basin that have resulted in reduced agricultural pollution
$50,000
2020
Arts
for general operating support
$50,000
2018
Arts
for general operating support
$50,000
2016
Arts
for general operating support
$100,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2016
Arts
for general operating support
$360,000
2018
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$120,000
2019
Mississippi River
to create a healthy forest along the Mississippi River that is adapted to future climate conditions, and for general operating support
$60,000
2017
Mississippi River
to catalyze a campaign to restore the Mississippi River's floodplain forests from the harmful impacts of the Emerald Ash Borer
$400,000
2018
Mississippi River
to work with decisionmakers in state and federal government and in the corporate sector to reduce nutrient pollution into the Mississippi River, and for general operating support
$120,000
2016
Mississippi River
to support local government efforts to build partnerships and reduce nutrient loading into the Mississippi River
$150,000
2019
Other Grantmaking
to explore the feasibility of an Integrated Utility Hub (IUH)
$30,000
2017
Region & Communities
to explore the feasibility and development of the region's only Integrated Utility Hub -- an environmental restorative facility that turns waste products into productive economic outputs
$500,000
2018
Mississippi River
for general operating support
$115,000
2017
Mississippi River
to improve water quality by reducing nutrient pollution and protecting floodplains and wetlands
$150,000
2021
Arts
for project and general operating support
$100,000
2019
Arts
for general operating support
$100,000
2017
Arts
for general operating support
$60,000
2019
Arts
for general operating support
$15,000
2018
Arts
to build Mizna's technological capacity
$90,000
2017
Arts
for general operating support
$310,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support and for the 2019 climate justice gala
$45,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Momentum Training in Minneapolis
$40,000
2020
Arts
for general operating support
$40,000
2019
Arts
for general operating support
$40,000
2017
Arts
for general operating support
$25,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to evaluate the siting of high-voltage direct current transmission within existing highway right of way
$74,000
2016
Education
to hold three stakeholder engagement meetings focused on the final consensus report developed by the Committee on Fostering School Success for English Learners: Toward New Directions in Policy, Practice, and Research
$300,000
2020
International
Up-scaling improved post harvest interventions through FRN for improved household food, nutrition and income security in eastern Uganda
$40,000
2018
International
Consultative process for developing an On-farm Research Network on Post-harvest Handling Technologies for Smallholder Women Farmers of Eastern Uganda
$335,000
2017
International
Enhancing food and nutritional security using sorghum-legume interventions for improved livelihood among smallholder farmers in Uganda
$50,000
2020
Arts
to support the Intercultural Leadership Institute partnership in establishing a fund to support BIPOC artists
$75,000
2017
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance clean energy and climate solutions in Minnesota, highlighting impact on bird populations
$630,000
2016
Mississippi River
to preserve and restore vital natural systems in five Upper Mississippi River states, including a specific focus on floodplain forests, and for general operating support
$300,000
2019
Mississippi River
to support the Mississippi River Legislative Caucus, empowering legislators to take action on river health and resilience, and for general operating support
$100,000
2017
Mississippi River
to empower Mississippi River state legislators to take action on river health and resilience and interface on these issues with allied mayors, members of Congress, and the business and advocacy communities
$50,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
to support the creation of a racial equity learning and action network for family foundations
$75,000
2016
Region & Communities
to provide best practices and related consultation to the Second Judicial District (encompassing Ramsey County) and its Housing Court work
$49,000
2016
Region & Communities
to provide best practices and consultation to the 4th Judicial District (encompassing Hennepin County) and its Housing Court work
$218,000
2021
International
Co-developing agroecological options for Food-Energy-Environment nexus in watersheds of eastern Uganda
$60,000
2016
Region & Communities
to explore a new approach to ensuring that low-income families can afford to live in high opportunity neighborhoods in the Twin Cities metro
$300,000
2018
Education
to support tribes in Minnesota in ensuring that implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act supports Native student outcomes
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Lead For Minnesota Fellowship program
$10,000
2019
Education
to partially support a national convening of urban indigenous education models, including two from Minnesota
$400,000
2019
Mississippi River
for general operating support
$400,000
2019
Mississippi River
to improve agricultural sustainability in the upper Mississippi River basin by increasing cover crop use, and reducing policy barriers inhibiting conservation practice adoption, and for general operating support
$600,000
2017
Mississippi River
to restore the functional hydrology of the Mississippi River and its floodplain by building public support for more sustainable river management
$200,000
2017
Mississippi River
to reduce policy and information barriers inhibiting farmers’ adoption of cover crops and other conservation practices in the Upper Mississippi River basin
$400,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$150,000
2018
Arts
for support for Native artists within All My Relations Arts (AMRA)
$225,000
2018
Region & Communities
for general operating support
$225,000
2016
Region & Communities
for general operating support and project support
$70,000
2016
Arts
for All My Relations Gallery