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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$300,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Using promising agroecological management practices to facilitate landscape restoration and enhance environmental conservation and sustainable productivity of western Kenya smallholder systems
$300,000
2020
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Enhancing Agro-ecological Intensification through targeted integration of legume-based interventions in diverse farming systems in Western Kenya
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to train professional canvassers to engage with communities
$50,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Kulture Klub Collaborative provides a safe consistent space for youth experiencing homelessness to freely enjoy access to the arts.
$100,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
to support the healing work in North Minneapolis through Liberty's Northside Healing Space
$300,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Advancing agroecological transitions and climate resilience through multi-level scaling and co-learning for food system transformation in southern Mali
$125,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Management of aflatoxins and pesticide residues through the strengthening of agro-ecological food systems to ensure unique health
$225,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Dual-Purpose Sorghum and Cowpeas Phase III: Strengthening agroecological systems: Improving smallholder farmers’ resilience through combination of sorghum and cowpea grain and fodder
$160,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
for Strengthening the Contributions of Fonio to Agroecological Production and Nutritious Food Systems in West Africa
$180,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs that support individual artists and cultural bearers
$120,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$300,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$200,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
to support the East Lake Business Reopening Fund
$1,000,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
to support the acquisition, hold, sale of, and lending related to, a private equity housing portfolio project of 143 units
$750,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to build capacity to facilitate more mission-based community development in the Twin Cities 7-County region
$450,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - The Land Stewardship Project is a member-led, grassroots nonprofit that organizes farmers, rural community members, and other stakeholders to build a just, resilient, and environmentally sound food system.
$400,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to steward climate justice planning and capacity building with Midwest BIPOC farmers
$300,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support
$50,000
2020
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Lanesboro Arts Center's mission is to serve as a catalyst for artistic excellence and educational development in the region, aiming to offer diverse art experiences for all ages.
$100,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for capacity building and program support for BIPOC Artist Residency and Gallery Equitable Systems Change
$90,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$90,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$453,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
To expand and strengthen the achievements, recovering learnings and experiences, and to consolidate the community of knowledge and practice
$500,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support to build LEDC’s operational and lending capacity to provide business development and equitable lending services for Minnesota’s Latino-owned and BIPOC-owned businesses grow and build community wealth
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of LEDC’s engagement in GroundBreak Coalition work groups
$280,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$77,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support, and to help cover costs associated with CARES Act funding
$310,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support; and to support the activities of the Minnesota Latino Leadership Alliance related to democracy protection and inclusion
$75,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$575,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to provide legal support to states, localities, and community organizations in the Midwest to advance climate equity
$250,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to support Lawyers' Committee's response to affirmative action decisions and associated anti-equity fallout
$200,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to enable cities to seek grant funding to make community improvements
$200,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Advancing Agroecological Enterprises For Healthy Local Food Economies (Eco-Food) in Tanzania
$400,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Strengthening capacity, decision making and action on Agricultural and Food Systems Transformation through multi-stakeholder processes of the Malawi Agroecology Hub
$300,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to develop and test a model for facilitating participatory, holistic agroecological landscape management in Northern and Central Malawi
$370,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to support farmer research networks and multi environmental trials for soil health, productivity of maize-legume farming systems and livelihoods
$225,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Strengthening farmer-managed seed systems for improved seed quality and access to preferred varieties in Malawi
$50,000
2020
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
LUANAR Connectivity Improvement project
$50,000
2024
Arts & Culture
to support the Little Earth Native Culture Bearer Residency Program
$50,000
2022
Arts & Culture
to support the Little Earth Native Culture Bearer Residency program
$375,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support - community wealth building and closing the racial wealth gap
$750,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support, and to support the Center of Excellence for Equitable and Resilient Wealth Building
$100,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to improve the mental and emotional health of incarcerated individuals
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the Minneapolis public safety and resilience initiative
$345,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to provide capacity building, technical assistance, and increase access to capital for more economic inclusion and housing, helping the region meet local challenges
$1,000,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to increase the availability of and access to quality affordable housing throughout the state of Minnesota
$2,600,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support the operations of LISC Twin Cities
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of LISC Twin Cities' participation in GroundBreak coalition work groups
$100,000
2022
Arts & Culture
to support Local Initiatives Support Corporation - Twin Cities (LISC Twin Cities) operations
$350,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for operating and program support to advance economic mobility, build wealth, and increase capacity and BIPOC leadership, for equitable and inclusive community and economic development in Duluth
$2,000,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to advance an equitable recovery by linking community partners together to transform neighborhoods through affordable housing, arts and culture, economic development, and financial tools
$200,000
2024
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build capacity to support, organize, and develop the leadership of values-aligned local public leaders throughout Minnesota
$200,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Lower Sioux Indian Community has a strategic plan, mission, and values grounded and guided by Dakota Culture , traditions, and language and will bring a native perspective to Surge Fund learning.
$50,000
2023
Arts & Culture
to support cultural programming at the Intergenerational Cultural Incubator at Lower Sioux
$300,000
2021
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support, to support arts programming at the Intergenerational Cultural Incubator at Lower Sioux, to close the final gap in the incubator capital budget, and to help sustain the newly established tribal education department
$100,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for capital funds to help build a 15,950 square-foot Intergenerational Cultural Incubator at Lower Sioux
$150,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$546,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for the McKnight Artist Fellowships for musicians
$542,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for the McKnight Artist Fellowships for musicians
$60,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - MacRostie Art Center is a community art center located in Grand Rapids, MN that focuses on the visual arts, connecting artists to opportunities, and drawing people to its center to connect across a large region.
$75,000
2024
Arts & Culture
to fund an emerging collective of artists and cultural organizers who build fires of human connection where they live
$150,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$100,000
2025
Midwest Climate & Energy
to continue and expand ongoing climate, energy, and housing work in the Midwest
$300,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
to drive the fundamental transformation of corporate behavior through investor-led accountability campaigns at climate-critical companies necessary to decarbonize the U.S. energy system
$150,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to drive the fundamental transformation of corporate behavior through investor-led accountability campaigns at climate-critical companies necessary to decarbonize the U.S. energy system
$150,000
2021
Midwest Climate & Energy
to drive wholesale transformation of fossil fuel-intensive and fossil adjacent companies through investor-led accountability campaigns that involve high-level investor organizing and partnerships with racial justice and climate activist organizations
$40,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Manidoo Ogitigaan is a Native American organization led by Red Lake and White Earth Indian Reservation community members, working to strengthen Ojibwe art, language and cultural knowledge, and community organizing efforts.
$40,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$40,000
2025
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Manoomin Arts Initiative is an artist-led organization based in Mahnomen, MN and serves artists within the White Earth Nation and surrounding communities.
$490,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Kenya AE Hub 4: Accelerating AE and FRN impacts through complementary scaling strategies (scaling up, out, and deep)
$60,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
for general operating support
$1,000,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to build the capacity of member foundations in the Community Foundation Climate Collaborative’s Midwest Regional Action Network to implement climate and energy projects and to capitalize a revolving loan fund
$100,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Action Summit in East Africa: Farmers, Soil, Environment, Health, Economics
$100,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Systems Based Investing Field Lab on Midwest Row Crop Diversification, a small three-day convening of private wealth owners and agriculture system transformation leaders to transform row crop production to diversified approaches
$800,000
2023
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to support the Regen10 initiative
$1,650,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to support core capacity for a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations
$98,000
2020
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
to provide critical seed money to support the adoption of Blue Marble Evaluation as part of the UNFSS, and to consider innovative ways to support a broad, global, inclusive, all-of-society engagement process
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support employment efforts on the east side of Saint Paul
$525,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and to support housing cooperative research
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition of MCCD’s engagement in GroundBreak Coalition work groups
$150,000
2022
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to create and maintain affordable housing and commercial space for Northside residents
$325,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and for capacity building for community wealth work
$75,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support
$1,000,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to build capacity for the Access To Capital 2025 Initiative
$100,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for a landscape assessment project to solidify regional infrastructure partners, secure funders for program and business acquisition, get corporate buyer commitment, and formally launch a concept to transfer business ownership to potential BIPOC owners
$15,000
2022
Other Grantmaking
for general operating support in recognition Metropolitan Economic Development Association's participation in the GroundBreak Coalition's work groups
$240,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
for general operating support, and for one time organizational capacity building to increase lending
$77,000
2020
Other Grantmaking
to provide recovery and retooling technical assistance to BIPOC-owned businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and to attract much needed capital to provide bridge financing to BIPOC-owned businesses in position to survive the downturn, and CARES Act
$400,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists and culture bearers
$500,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for regranting support for the Seeding Cultural Treasures Fund for Individual Artists and Culture Bearers
$400,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists
$500,000
2024
Other Grantmaking
to advance civic engagement across the state of Michigan
$50,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the 2024 collaborative Michigan Redistricting process
$250,000
2024
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the launch of an Indiana Green Bank to access federal, state, and private finance to decarbonize Indiana’s economy and to center equity in climate financing and planning
$30,000
2022
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Strengthening farmer-managed seed systems for improved seed quality and access to preferred varieties in Malawi
$100,000
2021
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to create asset building opportunities for low-income Minnesotans, reduce systemic barriers to economic mobility, and advance racial equity
$40,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$500,000
2022
Midwest Climate & Energy
to support the Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition’s efforts to develop and implement equitable strategies to achieve zero emissions from the Midwestern building sector by 2050
$480,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to support start-up costs for a statewide First-Generation Homebuyers Down Payment Assistance Fund to reduce the racial homeownership gap, for individuals who lack generational wealth and without assistance would not achieve homeownership
$350,000
2023
Vibrant & Equitable Communities
to advance CDFI support
$200,000
2023
Midwest Climate & Energy
for general operating support - Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association works to build joint infrastructure to support the Midwest Tribal Nations seeking federal funding for clean energy projects.
$120,000
2024
Arts & Culture
for general operating support - Milkweed Editions, an independent publisher of literature, works with emerging to well-established writers, providing coaching and support through the editing process and making connections to markets and audiences.
$120,000
2022
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$120,000
2020
Arts & Culture
for general operating support
$111,000
2023
Arts & Culture
for program work with artists as facilitators, culture bearers, and cultural practitioners who use art as an agent to coalesce people, amplify historically silenced narratives, and use the collective power to create a more healthy, just world
$111,000
2021
Arts & Culture
for program support
$300,000
2024
Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems
Agroecological management of purple top and the psyllid in the Andes – Purple top project