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The Montpelier Foundation

2 Grants

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Orange, VA

$100,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support - Montpelier works to tell a complete history of America and has made a public commitment to achieving structural parity in its governance with descendants of people enslaved on the site.
$100,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support

The Moving Company

3 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$50,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support of an organization that develops original theater pieces with a group of local artists
$100,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$50,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for general operating support

The National Fish Habitat Fund

1 Grant

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Washington, DC

$120,000
2019
Mississippi River
to expand and build capacity for the Watershed Leaders Network that provides learning exchanges for better water quality outcomes in Midwestern watersheds

The Nature Conservancy

3 Grants

$260,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support energy system transformation in Iowa and the creation of a data tool to support optimal siting of clean energy projects on working lands
$300,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to tackle climate change across Iowa and Minnesota by sparking energy system transformation and developing natural climate solutions to drive inclusive conversations and meaningful impact
$300,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support programs tackling climate change in the upper Midwest

The Pivot Fund

1 Grant

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Atlanta, GA

$165,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
to conduct a media landscape analysis for Minnesota in order to determine the availability of trusted, culturally competent news sources for underrepresented communities

The Redemption Project

1 Grant

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Bloomington, MN

$50,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support

The Singers Minnesota Choral Artists

3 Grants

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St. Paul, MN

$70,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and to support 20th Anniversary activities
$50,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$50,000
2019
Arts & Culture
for general operating support

The Solar Foundation

1 Grant

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Washington, DC

$12,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support data collection, resource development, and media engagement around the impacts of the solar industry in Minnesota

The UpTake Institute

1 Grant

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Saint Paul, MN

$40,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and for website redesign to enhance communication capacity

Theater Mu

2 Grants

$160,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$140,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support

THEATRE B

2 Grants

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Moorhead, MN

$40,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Theatre B is a small artist-led theater in Moorhead, MN that has created an artistic home for established and emerging artists, while offering opportunities for audiences to engage with stimulating topics.
$80,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support

Theatre Latte-Da

2 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$75,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$80,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for general operating support

Third Way Institute

1 Grant

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Washington, DC

$50,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support the dissemination of findings related to gun violence prevention policies

Thousand Currents

1 Grant

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Oakland, CA

$15,000
2020
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
for the Above and Beyond fund to channel immediate and additional emergency grant support to grassroots partners amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

Threads Dance Project

3 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$60,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Threads seeks to be a national organization that betters humanity through dance, education, and outreach.
$60,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$50,000
2020
Arts & Culture
to acquire a physical performance space

Tides Center

2 Grants

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San Francisco, CA

$100,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support a scholarship program for the 22nd Century Conference in Minneapolis
$250,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to address climate change through an environmental justice lens in Minneapolis, and to launch a community-informed policy framework

Tides Foundation

5 Grants

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San Francisco, CA

$400,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity for climate education and mobilization plans in the Midwest
$1,000,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to continue building power in vulnerable communities of the Midwest through the Movement Voters Fund
$200,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity for climate education and mobilization plans in the Midwest
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support a just transition from reliance on fossil fuels to a sustainable economy and an equitable society
$200,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity for education and mobilization plans in the Midwest

Tiny News Collective Inc.

1 Grant

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Philadelphia, PA

$50,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support Shades of Purple: Dialogue across difference launch in greater Minnesota, including bridging events with moderated conversation on important, difficult topics and a follow-up podcast featuring moderate voices and civil engagement

Tiwahe Foundation

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$140,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to scale the capacity of the Oyate Leadership Network, a network of collaborative, intergenerational Indigenous leadership grounded in the collective knowledge, talents, and wisdom of American Indians living in Minnesota, and for general operating support

TNTP

1 Grant

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New York, NY

$300,000
2019
Education
to design and implement one of the first approved alternative certification programs for teachers in Minnesota

Towerside Innovation District

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$975,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to engage the surrounding community to advance a larger district system which other parcels/properties could then connect to

TU Dance

2 Grants

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St. Paul, MN

$275,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and for capital support - TU Dance draws from diverse dance expressions to connect communities with transformational possibilities that bring to life our shared humanity.
$150,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support

Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity

2 Grants

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St. Paul, MN

$500,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
to build capacity and expand a Special Purpose Credit Program (SPCP) to increase Black homeownership in the Twin Cities and regionally in alignment with the GroundBreak Coalition
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of Habitat for Humanity’s contribution to the GroundBreak coalition’s work groups

Twin Cities Innovation Alliance

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$75,000
2019
Education
to engage parents around the use of big data and predictive algorithms in education

Twin Cities Media Alliance

2 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$100,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for creating support structures for professional development, peer connection and collaboration, that enables BIPOC artists to embed new narratives, advocate for support, and thrive as working artists; and to develop a business plan
$50,000
2020
Arts & Culture
to support media artists from marginalized communities, including women, to thrive as working artists

Twin Cities Public Television

2 Grants

$120,000
2023
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$120,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support

Twin Cities RISE!

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$150,000
2019
Region & Communities
for general operating support

U.S. Water Alliance

1 Grant

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Washington, DC

$200,000
2019
Mississippi River
to grow agriculture-municipal partnerships in the Mississippi River basin, and support a delegation to One Water Summit 2019, and for general operating support

Uganda Martyrs University-African Center of Excellence in Agroecology and Livelihood Systems

1 Grant

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Kampala, Uganda

$160,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Inclusive Learning, Co-creation and Sharing of knowledge on Transitioning to Agroecology catalyzed by access to markets

ULI Foundation

1 Grant

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Washington, DC

$225,000
2019
Region & Communities
to support ULI Minnesota

Unidos MN

6 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Navigate (aka Unidos MN) builds statewide Latine power and is expanding into multiracial organizing programs in the areas of immigration, housing, climate, democracy, education, and economic justice.
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to develop and implement a scalable paid leadership development program for BIPOC immigrant/refugee essential workers in the meatpacking and agricultural sectors
$300,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build community organizing and system change capacity for the Minneapolis People’s Climate and Equity Plan, prioritizing frontline BIPOC communities and building a multiracial, multigenerational city wide change
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2019
Education
to engage Latinx families in K-12 public education

Union of Concerned Scientists

5 Grants

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Cambridge, MA

$75,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to provide technical assistance to clean fuels policy design in Minnesota, Michigan, and Illinois, and to advance equitable transportation electrification in Minnesota and the Midwest
$75,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to accelerate equitable transportation electrification in Minnesota and the Midwest
$75,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support analysis and stakeholder engagement around clean fuels and other clean transportation policies in Minnesota and the Midwest
$75,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support UCS in analyzing and engaging stakeholders around a clean fuels standard and other transportation policies for Minnesota
$150,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support a clean fuels standard and other transportation policies in Minnesota

Unitecloud

1 Grant

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St Cloud, MN

$75,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support

United Nations Foundation

3 Grants

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Washington, DC

$150,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Midwest Alliance states in accessing federal climate funds and in bolstering their climate resilience
$200,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support regional climate leadership in the Midwest
$200,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support regional climate leadership in the Midwest

United States Artists Inc.

1 Grant

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Chicago, IL

$45,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for planning a 2024 convening of United States Artists, McKnight Foundation, and Jerome Foundation artist fellows

United States Energy Foundation

5 Grants

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San Francisco, CA

$19,200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to equitably decarbonize the Midwest by supporting powerful and inclusive coalitions with the ability to transform markets and the economy through state action in seven states
$19,200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build and support the Midwest network of advocates in pursuit of ambitious and equitable climate action
$150,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support grantees historically not included in the clean transportation space, and broaden the scope of both community grantmaking and advocacy partners for the equitable clean transportation future
$9,700,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to equitably decarbonize the Midwest power, transportation, and building sectors
$8,700,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to accelerate decarbonization of the Midwest power, transportation, and buildings sectors

Universite Dan Dicko Dankoulodo de Maradi

1 Grant

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Maradi, Niger

$525,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Sahel-IPM_II: Agroecological management of the main insect pests of cereal-legume and vegetable cropping systems in the SAHEL

Université de Montréal

1 Grant

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Montreal, Canada

$25,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Co-design workshop for the project “Food Systems Innovation to Nurture Equity and Resilience Globally (Food-SINERGY)”

Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo

4 Grants

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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

$18,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Funding training grant for the Agrinovia Master
$18,000
2021
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
for training for Agrinovia Masters Program students
$300,000
2021
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Recycling Urban Organic Waste, Recovering and safeguarding soil health to boost peri-urban smallholder farming for sustainable resilience in West Africa
$50,000
2019
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Recycling Urban Organic Waste: Recovering and safeguarding soil health to boost peri-urban smallholder farming for sustainable resilience in West Africa

University of California Santa Barbara

2 Grants

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Santa Barbara, CA

$80,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support a narrative-based podcast, based on research, that helps the public understand the climate problem and its solutions
$32,930
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to plan, produce, and promote a podcast anthology on the climate crisis aimed at the climate curious

University of Eldoret

2 Grants

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Eldoret, Kenya

$255,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Community-driven interventions for sustainable food systems and soil water conservation in the Drylands, West Pokot
$225,000
2019
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Collaborative research with dryland-farmers to identify adapted multipurpose food crops, fodder and trees to restore ecosystem services in West Pokot

University of Greenwich

3 Grants

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Chatham Maritime, Kent

$450,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Farmer research networks for ecological pest and disease management
$100,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Optimising the use of bioinoculants, their role in crop production and crop protection with a focus on sorghum-legume cropping systems
$540,000
2020
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
FRN assessments of botanical pesticides to augment above and below ground ecosystem services for crop resilience

University of Minnesota Foundation

24 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$530,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to engage and support Minnesota communities in implementing clean energy projects
$30,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for project support for the Carlson Consulting Enterprise
$300,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support the Gun Violence Prevention Clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School
$25,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build participatory approaches that integrate psychological well-being, community resilience, and sense of belonging with local climate policy and planning to support Somali American youth as climate leaders reflective of a diversity of cultural values
$75,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to test, refine, and understand the economic and behavioral barriers for farmers in Minnesota to adopt climate-friendly farming practices
$75,000
2021
Arts & Culture
to support the Bell Museum's Resident Artist program, offering Minnesota artists of diverse backgrounds, identities, and abilities, opportunities to explore their artistic vision through engagement with contemporary scientific research at the University
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to expand a research engagement platform with Minnesota's municipal and cooperative utilities to advance clean energy
$430,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to convert opportunity into action by scaling policy-enabled clean energy opportunities in communities across Minnesota and sharing stories to promote replication
$50,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to support the Swain Climate Policy Lecture Series
$400,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Institute on the Environment’s implementation of an integrated research, leadership, and outreach plan for decarbonization, centered in Minnesota
$1,110,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for program and regranting support for CURA Community Programs to nourish an ecosystem for reparative policy change through data, research, organizing and leadership development, and democratizing complex information through art
$15,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the One MN Legislative Conference in 2022
$200,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to continue the development of an integrated research and outreach program on energy transition at the University of Minnesota
$100,000
2019
Region & Communities
to support two student projects investigating inferring causality with regard to housing displacement and mitigating resource allocation, and to support two additional student projects
$150,000
2019
Mississippi River
to test, refine, and improve voluntary policy solutions in Minnesota to achieve Mississippi River Basin water quality goals
$100,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to establish a research engagement platform with Minnesota's municipal and cooperative utilities
$170,000
2019
Region & Communities
to fund MBA student consulting projects related to equitable accessibility, and to support two additional student projects
$600,000
2019
Region & Communities
to establish a regranting fund for organizations and projects that are working towards new strategies that increase housing stability
$430,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to provide technical assistance and education on clean energy to communities, utilities, school districts, and other stakeholders in Minnesota
$150,000
2019
Education
to support a research-practice partnership project aimed at translating teacher effectiveness research into district human capital practice
$97,000
2019
Region & Communities
to strengthen networks, build capacity, and retain women, people of color, and indigenous state leaders at the Minnesota State Capitol
$600,000
2019
Mississippi River
to support the Forever Green Initiative, a public-private partnership that advances clean water, soil health, and rural economic vitality through the commercialization of new perennial and sustainable crops
$13,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to jump start research and analysis on low-income access to community solar in Minnesota
$150,000
2019
Region & Communities
to support the growth of the Twin Cities Shared Mobility Collaborative and its role in advancing equitable and sustainable shared mobility transportation options

University of St. Thomas

1 Grant

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St. Paul, MN

$250,000
2019
Education
to increase the number of teachers of color through implementation of the Diverse Teachers Initiative and increase the number of diverse, transformational school leaders by developing a program model and collaborations with local school systems

University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation

3 Grants

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Burlington, VT

$675,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to support Transformative Agroecology
$50,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to convene scientists, activists, farmers, and community organizers from across the United States to build a roadmap for promoting agroecology in the US
$910,000
2019
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Agroecology Support for CCRP

Urban Homeworks

2 Grants

$400,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$350,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating and capacity building support

Urban League Twin Cities

1 Grant

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Minneapolis, MN

$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of the Urban League Twin Cities contribution to the GroundBreak Coalition’s work groups

Urban Sustainability Directors Network

5 Grants

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Sanford, NC

$175,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support training for Midwestern cities transitioning from consultative processes toward power-sharing models and co-creating sound climate policies and programs
$175,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$175,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Midwestern local governments’ leadership on sustainability
$175,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Minneapolis and other city governments to implement equitable climate action planning processes and outcomes
$350,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Midwestern city leadership on decarbonization initiatives through learning networks

V3 Sports

2 Grants

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Minneapolis, MN

$100,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$2,000,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support phase one of the V3 Sports Center capital campaign in north Minneapolis

Vibrant & Safe Downtown

2 Grants

$25,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support the Crown Our Prince Mural Project in downtown Minneapolis
$300,000
2019
Region & Communities
to expand capacity and leverage partnerships between the MDC, the East Town Business Partnership, and NūLoop Partners for implementation of 2025 Plan, integrative land use, innovative economic development strategies, and increased DEI in downtown
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