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
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support and programmatic support for strategic organizational and leadership succession transition planning
$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$225,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build upon 2020 civic engagement momentum, expand relationships with elected leaders and decision makers, and organize with partners towards a multi-racial democracy
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support operational and organizational development
$600,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to strengthen capacity to advocate for, acquire, rehabilitate, and stabilize affordable housing
$400,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$250,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - ACER promotes racial and economic equity, empowering African Diaspora and BIPOC communities, and addressing disparities in housing, health, civic engagement, and community development.
$390,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to build out organizational infrastructure
$300,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - AEDS builds economic, community, and social wealth in African immigrant communities in Minnesota by providing culturally grounded support and services to businesses, leaders, and collaborations.
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to redevelop a vacant commercial property in the Little Africa Cultural District to include a Halal meat market and grocery, retail space and community spaces, and AEDS offices
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$250,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to build regional capacity to scale and prototype hemp housing and expand the indigenous hemp building supply chain
$450,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$720,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and support for the Blue Line Coalition
$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support native organizations working collectively to secure building capital dollars from state resources
$160,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$70,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build neighborhoods of racial equity, environmental justice, and community health in areas affected in the unrest through community advocacy of a multi-sector change agenda; to support and reimagine the Affordable Housing Design Awards program
$90,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to conduct, analyze, report, communicate, and engage policy makers, advocates, funders, program staff, and our communities in the Minnesota Homeless Study and the Tribal/Reservation Homeless Study
$335,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to expand equitable outcomes and create opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and people of color leaders by sustaining and expanding a strong network of civic and public policy leadership programs
$415,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Community Equity Program
$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Little Mekong Market Cooperative and incubator, which will create up to 50 microbusinesses and anchor wealth building in Little Mekong by helping to transfer an asset to BIPOC business owners
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for working capital to launch Arise Community Credit Union as the state’s first Black-led community credit union and provide a pathway to stabilize and build community wealth
$100,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the launch of Village Financial Credit Union
$150,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Ayada Leads is a nonpartisan civic leadership organization with a mission to equip New Americans, particularly African Diaspora Women, to excel in leadership positions in their communities across the spectrum of influence.
$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative works to advance and provide equitable housing and champion transformative solutions to ensure all people have a home.
$350,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to grow the capacity of the Bring it Home Minnesota campaign to organize a statewide base working towards guaranteeing rent subsidies for all households that qualify
$1,500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to purchase a 400+ single family rental portfolio of properties and equitably reposition them for homeownership
$1,500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to purchase a 400+ single family rental portfolio of properties and equitably reposition them for homeownership
$300,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to cultivate the purpose, prosperity, and power of all young people in Minnesota
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support -Build from Within Alliance advances a community development model of supporting low-income entrepreneurs in systemically disinvested communities of color and generates awareness, acceptance, and resources across the country.
$500,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Build Wealth MN works to reduce gaps in home ownership, employment, and income by helping thousands of families get better financial and social education with coaching and resources.
$300,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Building Dignity and Respect Standards Council works to advance the human rights of the workers that are building our communities, by setting standards for and monitoring the Twin Cities' construction industry.
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$75,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$250,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build out CAPI’s democratic participation and power building efforts
$400,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$150,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$85,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support an inclusive process to assess how a land trust led by Black and Indigenous people can catalyze a transition to a regenerative economy, increase wealth access and intergenerational land stability
$50,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to develop and launch a family sustaining wage campaign in Minnesota
$670,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$15,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to acquire and expand Growth & Justice's products and research as that organization sunsets
$425,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support and one-time business plan development support
$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
$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
$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
$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
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$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
$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
$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
$850,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support; and program support for civic engagement and democratic participation work
$75,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to expand the existing impact investing ecosystem in the Twin Cities
$250,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Minnesota program
$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
$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.
$450,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers research project and to support voter education efforts
$40,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$250,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$75,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to fund the partnership of CSH and Hearth Connection to continue a project that unlocks and leverages Medicaid for housing
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to ensure providers across Minnesota are able to become Medicaid billing eligible, allowing them to effectively deliver Housing Stabilization and Support services to the people who are at-risk of or experiencing homelessness
$150,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build culturally-specific housing capacity across Minnesota
$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$225,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$500,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Lake Street Alignment Process
$250,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$150,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build organizational capacity and to expand operations of the Housing Justice Program at the East Side Freedom Library
$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to increase the capacity of the East Side Housing Justice program
$100,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build power among students and families from underserved communities by providing tools via advocacy training, connections to decision-makers, and innovative communication strategies to dismantle inequities and foster inclusive policymaking
$405,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support; and to engage in a financial assessment