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Follow the links below to determine if your organization and project fit our grantmaking guidelines, and to submit an initial inquiry for funding.

NOTE: If you are a current McKnight grantee working to support homeless or runaway youth, family economic success, parenting skills-building, or fatherhood, and you have funding questions, please call Christine Ganzlin at 612-333-4220. If you are an early childhood grantee with funding questions, contact Mariam Mohamed at 612-333-4220.


ARTS
Apply online
ENVIRONMENT
Mississippi River, apply online
Climate Change, webpage
Unsolicited climate change requests not accepted.
INTERNATIONAL
East Africa Guidelines
Not currently accepting letters of inquiry.
Collaborative Crop Research Factsheet
Grants made only through requests for proposals.
Southeast Asia Guidelines
LITERACY
Webpage
Not currently accepting letters of inquiry.
MULTISERVICE
Apply online
OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME
Webpage
REGION & COMMUNITIES
Apply online

MINNESOTA INITIATIVE FOUNDATIONS
Webpage
Contact your region's MIF for program guidelines.
NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH
Webpage
Funding only through annual competitive awards.


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