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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$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support a farmer mentoring program to implement regenerative farming practices
$500,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support a shared common value of “Care for Place” among Minnesotans of all races, ideologies, and geographies that transcends differences and inspires ever greater actions to be even better stewards of our state
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to amplify the ways Minnesotans of all backgrounds care for our shared place and inspire more people to take more action
$600,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$150,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to provide core support to educate health professionals, the public, and policymakers about the impacts of climate on health
$100,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Upstream project aimed at amplifying Minnesotans of all backgrounds care for place
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Conservative Energy Network educates opinion leaders and the general public about public policies that promote the transition to a clean energy future.
$200,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$100,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to strengthen Midwest field and organizational capacity on climate and energy
$55,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to consult transportation GHG modeling for three Midwest states --Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois-- and share block-level data with civic organizations
$225,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$335,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Dream of Wild Health is one of the lead organizers of the Indigenous Food Network and is leading the movement to reclaim Indigenous sovereignty through food.
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Earth Charter Indiana is a youth-focused organization working to build a just, sustainable, and climate-safe future in Indiana, by increasing and accelerating civic and political action to address the climate crisis.
$50,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support grant writing for federal funding opportunities and the implementation of clean energy projects
$1,275,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to launch and sustain a Midwest Agriculture Conservation Network to increase participation in NRCS programs by small to medium-scale, underserved, sustainable and organic producers who have not historically been adequately reached and served
$150,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - East Metro Strong advocates for affordable, climate -smart and -accessible transportation solutions in East St. Paul.
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to organize stakeholders in the east metro to prioritize a clean transportation system
$100,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to convene organizations working on climate change to share information with an emphasis on racial and social equity
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to drive at-scale municipal fleet electrification and charging deployment in the Midwest, leveraging federal funding opportunities and ensuring effective implementation of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure and the EV-related IRA programs
$200,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to educate and engage with state and local policymakers to drive for more ambitious EV policies in Midwestern states
$500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to develop a direct pay program that is accessible and scalable to rural municipalities, Tribes, and nonprofits, and to complete six demonstration projects that provide technical assistance to leverage direct pay
$400,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support equitable building electrification in the Midwest and to provide comprehensive technical assistance to Justice40 Accelerator cohort organizations
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to provide comprehensive technical assistance to Justice40 Accelerator cohort organizations
$200,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support equitable building electrification in the Midwest
$150,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to elevate climate solutions from the Midwest and to engage the federal policy makers on climate change, energy, and environmental challenges and solutions
$150,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance science-based solutions for climate change, energy, and environmental challenges, particularly in the Midwest, in order to achieve a sustainable, resilient, and equitable world
$50,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to engage and assist Midwestern rural electric cooperatives and other utilities to develop and deploy electrification programs
$50,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to engage and assist Midwestern rural electric cooperatives to develop beneficial electrification programs
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Environmental Health Watch brings community members directly into addressing their own needs, helping them become local environmental health, and ultimately, climate champions.
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to promote electric grid transformation through enhanced equity, access, and inclusion
$200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to promote electric grid transformation through enhanced equity, access, and inclusion
$75,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to work in the Midwest to promote electric grid transformation that enhances equity, access, and inclusion
$100,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for increased capacity support to provide organizations with technical assistance to submit state and federal level grants for climate and clean energy projects
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to launch a campaign to educate Midwest leaders about nitrous oxide emissions and to build awareness of the threat posed by nitrous oxide emissions
$150,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to communicate the importance of clean energy and clean energy jobs in the Midwest
$75,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the preparation, release, and promotion of the annual Clean Jobs Midwest report
$75,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the preparation, release, and promotion of the Clean Jobs Midwest report
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Evergreen Collaborative works to advance an ambitious climate action agenda, combining policy development capacity with strategic communications to inform audiences.
$400,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$350,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$350,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support, and to connect state and federal decisionmakers and lift up stories from the Midwest
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to educate, engage, and empower faith communities, especially in environmental justice communities, to advocate for clean, equitable transportation public policies in Illinois and build awareness of federal and state clean energy incentives
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build public support for policies that reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and generate opposition to false climate solutions in Iowa, a key state for influencing national agricultural policy
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support a grassroots organizing campaign to increase public support for policies that would reduce agricultural climate emissions and generate opposition to false solutions in Iowa
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for base-building, organizing, and bolstering narrative-shifting strategies to address methane from agriculture and factory farm biogas, and to increase support for a more just, sustainable, and climate-smart agriculture policy in Iowa and nationally
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support reporting in the Midwest on climate change and agriculture, equity issues in agriculture, and worker issues in the food system including Midwest-based reporters and audio producers
$200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support FERN’s reporting in the Midwest on climate change and agriculture, equity issues in agriculture, and worker issues in the food system
$300,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to maximize effective, equitable investment in transportation electrification programs in the Midwest through program design, help for communities seeking funds, and implementation support
$400,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for the continued funding of the Towards Equitable Electric Mobility (TEEM) Community of Practice
$150,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to provide technical assistance to Midwest states, cities, and organizations in capturing and implementing federal funding for equitable transportation electrification programs in the Midwest
$400,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity, deepen relationships between equity focused and traditional organizations, and advance equitable electric mobility
$200,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity, create stronger relationships between equity focused and mainstream organizations, and advance equitable electric mobility
$200,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build the capacity of equity organizations and environmental advocates to work together towards equitable transportation electrification
$2,600,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to move Minnesota and the Midwest toward dramatic near-term reductions in carbon pollution through equity-centered policy and implementation work, partnerships, communications, and innovation
$4,000,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to move Minnesota and the Midwest toward dramatic near-term reductions in carbon pollution through equity-centered policy work, partnerships, and innovation
$1,987,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to move Minnesota and the Midwest toward dramatic reductions in carbon pollution in the near term
$500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support, and for coordinating Minnesota environmental leadership on Sustainable Aviation Fuels
$250,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$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
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Grassroots Power Project supports grassroots organizations to adopt long-term strategies in their work to attain structural power within an inclusive democracy.
$200,000
2022
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
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Great Plains Action Society works to advance indigenous voices and priorities on critical natural resource and climate issues in Iowa, including the management of natural and working lands.
$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
$230,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to accelerate local climate action, at scale, by providing technical assistance, capacity, and tools to local governments
$75,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to model zero-carbon pathways for Wisconsin
$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
$150,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to educate health professionals, the public, and policymakers about the impacts of climate on health
$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
$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
$100,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
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.
$500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Indiana Democracy Collective is committed to strengthening democracy through grassroots, community power-building in Indiana to win on climate policies and solutions.
$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
$400,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to deepen and expand efforts to support tribes in the Midwest with strategic energy planning and implementation
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance clean energy projects and continue existing gap lending and equitable workforce initiatives
$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
$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
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
$75,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to create a roadmap for rural community climate action in Minnesota including on-farm solutions
$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
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.
$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