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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$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
$120,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
AgrifoodFRN: Strengthening the Farmer Research Network around ULPC to support food system transformation
$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
$75,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$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
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support the 9th Annual United Negro College Fund Twin Cities Masked Ball, scheduled for May 2025
$195,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for planning a 2024 convening of United States Artists, McKnight Foundation, and Jerome Foundation artist fellows
$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
$200,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to engage and mobilize African American voters in Michigan
$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
$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)”
$125,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Reappropriation and Readaptation of local technologies to enhance smallholder farmers Resilience in the Sudano-Sahelian region of 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
$124,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Towards Sustainable Rice Production in Burkina Faso: Integration of Agroecological Practices and Monitoring for the Management of Bioaggregators RIZAGRO-BF (Agroecological Rice Production in Burkina Faso)
$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
$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
$700,000
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
$90,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Developing UMN Agroecology Graduate Curriculum: An Initial Pilot Project
$740,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs Community Programs to nourish an ecosystem for reparative policy change through data, research, organizing, and leadership development, and democratizing complex information through art-based mediums
$640,000
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
$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
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to expand a research engagement platform with Minnesota's municipal and cooperative utilities to advance clean energy
$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
$50,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to support the Swain Climate Policy Lecture Series
$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
$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
$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
$10,000
2025
Other Grantmaking
to sponsor ThreeSixty Journalism's 2025 Homecoming
$10,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support journalism training for underrepresented high school students across the state of Minnesota
$775,000
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
$300,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to positively change the culture of Minnesota by channeling Minnesotans love of our natural places into increased trust in one another, connection across difference, and greater stewardship of our lakes, rivers, forests, fields, and backyards
$400,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$350,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating and capacity building support
$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
$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
$100,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support - V3 aims to advance economic empowerment, education, innovation, and social justice in the historically underinvested community of North Minneapolis.
$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
$150,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to promote agroecology through participatory action research and the integration of diverse knowledge systems to attain sustainable rural communities and food systems in Latin America
$25,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support the Crown Our Prince Mural Project in downtown Minneapolis
$40,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Victoria Theater (aka 825 Arts) has a mission to build community power by providing a creative home that incubates the arts and amplifies voices, primarily in the Frogtown and Rondo neighborhoods of St. Paul.
$60,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the work of a Midwest-focused federal funds consultant, who will provide support to philanthropic and community organizations in the Midwest attempting to navigate the federal funding landscape
$50,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to organize a series of climate, health, and equity convenings in the Midwest for nonprofit, philanthropic, health, tribal, public sector, and other regional stakeholders
$130,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for general operating support, and for a concert series
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$250,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advocate for the just and equitable clean energy transition in Minnesota
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to drive clean energy progress through partnership, regulatory intervention, and legislative strategy in Minnesota
$50,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support regulatory intervention work across the Midwest to support clean energy transition
$200,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support the 2022 GOTV radio program
$200,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support Get Out The Vote programming for low-turnout communities
$250,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - Vote Run Lead is a nonpartisan organization that trains women to run for office and win, so far reaching over 55,000 women across America.
$250,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the strengthening of Minnesota’s civic ecosystem by increasing the number of women of color who are prepared to run for, and win, elected statewide office
$300,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Environmental Justice Infrastructure Initiative and general capacity building for policy advocacy and program implementation
$100,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to provide culturally based engagement to the community with cultural artists practicing skills that promote mental health and physical wellbeing, while honoring art and traditions of ancestors
$125,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Scaling Gender-Equitable System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Mali: A One Health Approach for Resilient Rice Systems and Improved Nutrition and Malaria Outcomes
$25,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$25,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
to support WBC communications
$600,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to strengthen rural democracy in Minnesota by fostering diverse leadership and community engagement through the Rural Democracy Project
$400,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to strengthen civic participation in rural democratic process through organized outreach, training, and conversation
$2,500,000
2022
MN Initiative Foundations/Rural
for general operating support
$40,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
to ensure that front-line childcare workers are fairly compensated, trained, and supported during and beyond the COVID-19 crisis
$50,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to share rural narratives and stories for and by groups historically underrepresented or misrepresented in the news
$30,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$413,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$50,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for support of the Gizhiigin Arts Incubator
$150,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to increase collaboration and input in the statewide Climate Fast Forward climate change action plan
$150,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance policies and practices that reduce carbon emissions in Wisconsin
$300,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Wisconsin Farmers Union is a leader among farmers of different types and sizes across Wisconsin and seeks to improve coordination and acceleration of their collective climate and conservation efforts.
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association works to bridge opportunities and mandates of federal policy, statewide efforts, and the work in WI counties to implement conservation and climate resilience strategies.
$200,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to create a Climate Resilience Program, and develop a roadmap for local climate actions to advance climate-smart farming practices
$150,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support power-building and organizing in Wisconsin at the intersection of democracy and climate
$50,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$100,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to center and invest in the leadership and solutions of Black, Indigenous/American Indian, young women of color working as leaders at the forefront of climate justice and equity in their communities through the Young Women’s Initiative of Minnesota
$500,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for investing in leadership and community power to support movement building and BIPOC leadership
$100,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance the Blueprint for Action program by building the agency, social capital, and civic engagement of young women of color working as leaders at the forefront of climate justice in their communities
$100,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Young Women's Initiative of Minnesota to build the agency, social capital, and civic engagement of young women of color working as leaders at the forefront of climate justice in their communities
$100,000
2020
Midwest Climate & Energy
to advance the agency, social capital, and civic engagement of young women of color working as leaders at the forefront of climate justice