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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$450,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Feeding the soil and feeding the cow to feed the people: co-designing agro-sylvo-pastoral systems in sudano-sahelian Burkina Faso
$386,000
2020
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
CowpeaSquare 2: Co-designing and scaling-up of cropping systems through the integration of decentralized varietal selection and agroecological crop management options
$500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Centro de Trabajadores Unidos En La Lucha (CTUL) is a worker-led collective where low-wage workers organize, educate, and empower each other to advocate for change in their workplaces and communities.
$125,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support new leadership transition and an updated model of executive roles, ensuring continuity and clarity across CTUL through strategic planning, recruitment, training, and contracted support
$300,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support equitable new models for development, housing, and community safety
$175,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
to support work that centers the leadership of artists and culture bearers
$60,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to expand the work of the Jovenes Latinas al Poder program that raises awareness of anti-blackness in the Latine community, including community elders, and promoting a new narrative of Black Latines
$30,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to expand Jovenes Latinas al Poder girls advocacy group and engage youth participants in raising awareness and working to change the narrative of anti-blackness in the Latine community
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to mobilize Ceres’ company and investor partners to make the business case for state policies and regulations that spur an equitable transition to a decarbonized transportation system and a clean energy economy in the Midwest
$50,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to mobilize Ceres’ company and investor partners to make the business case for state policies and regulations that spur an equitable transition to a decarbonized transportation system and a clean energy economy in the Midwest
$100,000
2019
Other Grantmaking
to expand funding to launch new work on capital markets and sustainability
$75,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support and capital support
$30,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$50,000
2019
Education
to continue planning and begin implementation of a pathway for staff into teaching through the CDF-Minnesota's Teacher of Color Freedom Schools pipeline
$300,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$390,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to make Minnesota policymaking more inclusive and accessible, enhancing the civic capacity of community most impacted to lead in public policymaking; and for general operating support
$25,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
to organize and offer collaborative opportunities to address various challenges related to COVID-19 through innovative hack-a-thons and design sprints
$145,000
2019
Region & Communities
to support development of a leadership learning and training experience for newer, diverse legislative staff so they are positioned to develop strategies to support themselves and their legislators in order to effectively lead in state government
$800,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Citizens Utility Board is a nonprofit representing energy consumers in Minnesota, advocating on their behalf in decision-making venues and providing direct assistance through outreach and education.
$650,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$650,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$250,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for predevelopment work including a feasibility demand and viability assessment for a new City-led Small Business Development Center that would support and uplift small business activity to be located in a repurposed fire station
$150,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to help build community capacity and relationships to innovate and co-create strategies to dismantle systemic racism and disparities
$40,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
for leadership and coordination of the goals, strategies, and tactics of the Grand Marais Climate Action Plan
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of City of Lakes Community Land Trust’s contribution to the GroundBreak coalition’s work groups
$400,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and for project funding to support the first Commercial Land Trust Initiative properties in Minneapolis
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the continuous measurement of air quality and greenhouse gases at the block level and create a baseline for the city's Green Zones and surrounding Areas of Concentrated Poverty
$50,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build staff capacity for implementation of the city's Climate Action Plan
$150,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to create a new Climate Action Coordinator position in the City's Office of Financial Services, to build capacity for the City of Saint Paul to accelerate its equitable climate action work
$150,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support implementation of the city's Climate Action Plan
$50,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support community-based organizations to conduct engagement around an EV charging/EV carshare hubs project
$200,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance climate action in Saint Paul
$150,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to conduct a comprehensive assessment and analysis of the economic impact and workforce development potential of recent federal and state climate policies for Minnesota
$475,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to accelerate equitable clean energy and climate solutions in the Midwest
$475,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund, one of Illinois’ two state-level green banks, provides innovative financial products to expand access to clean energy and career pathways for disadvantaged communities.
$75,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support Midwest states' efforts to implement federal programs
$600,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support, and to support the Land & Liberty Coalition
$600,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$75,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to initiate a landscape assessment of emerging climate technologies and build-out in rural Minnesota and how it will impact the communities’ health, including community engagement
$600,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - to support CURE's continued leadership bringing forward rural voices on Energy, Working Lands, and Democracy issues in Greater Minnesota and neighboring states
$365,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to engage rural communities in Minnesota around clean energy and efficiency opportunities as well as to support a working lands strategy
$400,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$350,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$75,000
2019
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Wisconsin Clean Energy Table
$500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build capacity for equitable climate solutions in the Midwest
$500,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to help climate advocates improve their public engagement work
$100,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance the goals of economic, racial, climate, and environmental justice in the Midwest
$500,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to help climate advocates improve their public engagement work
$4,500,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support; and to do a landscape assessment of Ohio's climate justice organizing infrastructure to develop strategic climate grantmaking and national philanthropic investments in the state
$4,000,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support grantmaking and technical assistance for BIPOC organizing on climate and clean energy in the Midwest
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to help Midwest communities leverage federal funding and equitably transition to clean energy
$400,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Climate Generation’s mission is to ignite and sustain the ability of educators, youth, and communities to act on systems perpetuating the climate crisis.
$400,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$400,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$300,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$150,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to create state-based and state-led Climate Jobs coalitions in Wisconsin
$150,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the development of new Climate Jobs coalitions in Wisconsin and Michigan
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Climate Land Leaders works to support climate leadership by working with farm landowners in the Midwest to change farming practices and champion climate solutions.
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to help farmland owners implement climate-friendly practices on their lands, advance climate initiatives and narratives
$300,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to catalyze systems change for youth facing homelessness by investing in their relationships with the caring adults already in their lives, removing systemic barriers that devalue vibrant informal support networks, especially in BIPOC communities
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Coalition for Green Capital works with state and local green banks, community development financial institutions, and other stakeholders to remove financial barriers to the equitable deployment of clean energy.
$100,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to increase organizational capacity to address the increasing incidences of racism toward Asian Americans across Minnesota
$850,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support; and program support for civic engagement and democratic participation work
$120,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Coffee House Press is an independent literary press known for publishing work, producing programming, and championing unheard and underrepresented authors.
$120,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$120,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$75,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to expand the existing impact investing ecosystem in the Twin Cities
$50,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to change narratives on Native inequities, nurture Native leadership, and build Native and non-Native relationships by investigating and disseminating research on impacts of assimilation at a Native American boarding school
$775,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Smallholder Soil Health Assessment - Supporting soils research, awareness, and capacity building towards managing agroecosystems for agroecological transitions
$70,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Forage and Fallows Phase IV: Promoting and Refining Options for Sustainable Soil and Landscape Management
$80,000
2021
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Examining Sustainable Soil and Landscape Management Options in the Peruvian Andes
$65,000
2019
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
for Forage and fallows phase III: assessing options for sustainable soil and landscape management with participatory experimentation and land use assessment
$250,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Minnesota program
$500,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support the work of Native Voices Rising for BIPOC leadership development and movement building in the Midwest
$550,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - CommonBond Communities' mission is to address racial and economic disparities in communities through the development and management of affordable housing.
$400,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$50,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$150,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to coordinate decarbonization efforts in one of Ann Arbor's frontline neighborhoods
$75,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for continued program support to design a pathway to equitably decarbonizing a frontline neighborhood
$75,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to work with the Bryant community in Ann Arbor to develop a whole home assessment aimed at improving indoor comfort, health, and safety, all while decarbonizing the neighborhood
$150,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to convene, educate and assist local communities in building a clean energy infrastructure and to provide technical assistance to support accessing and managing federal grants
$150,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to develop local Community Economic Development Capacity Building Programs to transition away from fossil fuels
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support participatory regranting by groups working in Ohio on critical climate and climate-related issues
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
to support work toward an equitable economic transition for the Appalachian region and to work with coalition partners to connect cultural stories into the economic development framework
$200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to transform Appalachia, Ohio, and the Ohio River Valley region of Appalachia through state and local action
$150,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to develop local a Community Economic Development Capacity Building Program to support Ohio communities' transition from fossil fuels
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to seize a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to transform Ohio and the Appalachian region through federal investment and state and local action
$300,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Community Neighborhood Housing Services dba NeighborWorks Home Partners is a nonprofit CDFI that empowers individuals and communities by helping people buy, fix, and keep their homes.
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of NeighborWorks Home Partners’ contribution to the GroundBreak coalition’s work groups
$10,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support a values-driven, peer-led network of people who work at the intersection of journalism, equity, and technology
$400,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the equitable and replicable implementation of a Twin Cities Community-Based Energy Efficiency Navigator Pilot Program
$200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to sustain a Twin Cities energy justice cohort
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support and grow a Twin Cities energy justice network
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of Community Reinvestment Fund’s participation in GroundBreak coalition's work groups
$100,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for programs supporting artists and culture bearers
$100,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for capital support to plan for new cultural center for Latino arts on Lake Street in Minneapolis
$100,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for ongoing support of Latino artists and community arts initiatives
$200,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$150,000
2019
Region & Communities
to serve at-risk, economically disadvantaged youth from communities of color in the Twin Cities metro area, preparing them to successfully enter and advance in high-growth, in-demand IT careers, and for general operating support
$300,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - COPAL works to build collective power, transform systems, and create opportunities for dignified lives for Latin Americans in Minnesota.
$450,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers research project and to support voter education efforts
$200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$40,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$250,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$150,000
2019
Education
to build a network of civically engaged Latinx parents who have enhanced capacity to advocate for their Minneapolis Public School children in the pursuit of equitable access to academic and social emotional learning opportunities
$400,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support – Congregations Caring for Creation mobilizes communities of faith in support of a clean energy economy that invests in the prosperity of working class, rural, and communities of color statewide.
$400,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$30,000
2019
Other Grantmaking
to support the Returning Relatives program