Funding search · The McKnight Foundation · grants
The McKnight Foundation: all 4,463 grants
Largest first · $656.9M across 2020–2024 · back to the overview
- $150,000
St Paul Transportation Management Organization · St Paul, MN · 2021
for general operating support
- $150,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2021
to tackle climate change across Iowa and Minnesota by sparking energy system transformation and developing natural climate solutions to drive inclusive conversations and meaningful impact
- $150,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2021
to tackle climate change across Iowa and Minnesota by sparking energy system transformation and developing natural climate solutions to drive inclusive conversations and meaningful impact
- $150,000
The Network for Better Futures · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
to accelerate economic mobility and strengthen families
- $150,000
The Network for Better Futures · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
to accelerate economic mobility and strengthen families
- $150,000
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021
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
- $150,000
United States Energy Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021
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
- $150,000
African Economic Development Solutions · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
To build capacity in delivering services that build wealth within the Twin Cities African immigrant communities, and to help cover costs associated with CARES Act funding
- $150,000
Atchafalaya Basinkeeper · Plaquemine, LA · 2020
For general operating support
- $150,000
Capi USA · Brooklyn Center, MN · 2020
For general operating support
- $150,000
Center for Planning Excellence · Baton Rouge, LA · 2020
For general operating support
- $150,000
Clean Energy Economy Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
For general operating support
- $150,000
Clean Up the River Environment · Montevideo, MN · 2020
To engage rural communities in Minnesota around clean energy and efficient opportunities
- $150,000
Clean Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2020
To address Wisconsin's agricultural water pollution and protect water resources by defending existing rules and advancing new initiatives, and for general operating support
- $150,000
Climate Jobs National Resource Center · New York, NY · 2020
To support the development of new Climate Jobs coalitions in Wisconsin and Michigan
- $150,000
Ed Allies · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
For general operating support, and to enhance capacity for educator effectiveness work
- $150,000
Headwaters Foundation for Justice · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
To support the Transformation Fund, a $5 million effort aimed at investing in Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color-led organizations addressing the root causes of racism through organizing and advocacy
- $150,000
Hiawatha Academies · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
To build capacity to engage families as advocates for educational equity
- $150,000
Iowa Rivers Revival · Des Moines, IA · 2020
For general operating support
- $150,000
Ipm Institute of North America · Madison, WI · 2020
To activate agricultural retailers as champions for reducing nitrogen and phosphorus runoff from farms in the Mississippi River basin, and for general operating support
- $150,000
Land Bank Twin Cities · Saint Anthony, MN · 2020
For general operating support, and to support the Prosperity Possible Campaign
- $150,000
Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development · New Orleans, LA · 2020
For general operating support
- $150,000
Majority Action · Silver Spring, MD · 2020
To support investor-led accountability efforts in the Midwest through the Climate Majority Project
- $150,000
Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2020
To support the Meridian Institute's collaborative work to promote agricultural conservation practices in crop insurance and other federal agricultural policies, and for general operating support
- $150,000
Midwest Environmental Advocates · Madison, WI · 2020
To reduce agricultural pollution in Western Wisconsin through legal, technical, and social accountability to protect public health and clean water, and for general operating support
- $150,000
Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
For general operating support, and for regional goal setting
- $150,000
Minnesota Education Equity Partnership · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
For general operating support
- $150,000
Minnesota Public Radio · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
To raise awareness of and engagement in water challenges, solutions, and importance through reporting coverage and a project exploring water and equity
- $150,000
Minnesota Public Radio · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
To engage the MPR audience on climate change
- $150,000
Natural Resources Defense Council · New York, NY · 2020
To build capacity for improving water quality, resiliency, and other benefits in the Mississippi River basin by progressing towards transformed agricultural systems and defending federal clean water provisions, and for … read allTo build capacity for improving water quality, resiliency, and other benefits in the Mississippi River basin by progressing towards transformed agricultural systems and defending federal clean water provisions, and for general operating support less
- $150,000
Neighborhood Development Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
To build a state of the art business incubator in the Frogtown Neighborhood of St. Paul, and for general operating support
- $150,000
New America Foundation · Washington, DC · 2020
To support research and outreach on Grow Your Own teacher preparation programs in Minnesota and to support two Minnesota-based New America Fellows
- $150,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2020
To support grantmaking and assistance for organizing on climate and energy equity in the Midwest
- $150,000
Propel Nonprofits · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
For Twin Cities Theatres of Color Coalition (TCTOCC) for strategic planning for its five members which produce theatre by, for, and about communities of color
- $150,000
Rongo University · 2020
Transforming sorghum-based farming systems in eastern and western Kenya through agro-ecological intensification
- $150,000
Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
To support the East Side Funders Group
- $150,000
Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
To support sustainable transportation and built environment policy and program analysis (including technical assistance and communications efforts) that improves accessibility, affordability, and climate resiliency in M… read allTo support sustainable transportation and built environment policy and program analysis (including technical assistance and communications efforts) that improves accessibility, affordability, and climate resiliency in Minnesota less
- $150,000
Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
For general operating support
- $150,000
Sustainable Food Lab · Hartland, VT · 2020
To increase adoption of innovations in crop supply chains to build soil for productivity and improved water quality, and for general operating support
- $150,000
The Conservation Fund - a Nonprofit Corporation · Arlington, VA · 2020
To support the protection of fragile lands and rotational grazing on public grasslands, and for general operating support
- $150,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2020
To support programs tackling climate change in the upper Midwest
- $150,000
Tntp Nc · New York, NY · 2020
To design and implement one of the first approved alternative certification programs for teachers in Minnesota
- $150,000
Urban Homeworks · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
For general operating support, and for project support to deliver on the objectives of Urban Homework's new strategic plan
- $149,000
Agriculture Improvement Support Services · 2024
Embedding Option by Context interactions through improved participation and farmer leadership within the western Kenyan NGOs's Farmer Research Network
- $149,000
Agriculture Improvement Support Services · 2023
Embedding Option by Context interactions through improved participation and farmer leadership within the western Kenyan NGOs's Farmer Research Network
- $148,000
Fundacion Para El Desarrollo Agrario · 2022
Rural schools and smallholder agriculture in the Andes: an alliance for changing time
- $146,500
Friends of the Mississippi River · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
For general operating support
- $145,000
Agriculture Improvement Support Services · 2021
Embedding Option by Context interactions through improved participation and farmer leadership within the western Kenyan NGOs's Farmer Research Network
- $145,000
Agriculture Improvement Support Services · 2021
Embedding Option by Context interactions through improved participation and farmer leadership within the western Kenyan NGOs's Farmer Research Network
- $145,000
Agriculture Improvement Support Services · 2020
Embedding Option by Context interactions through improved participation and farmer leadership within the western Kenyan NGOs's Farmer Research Network
- $144,000
Playwrights' Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
For the McKnight Artist Fellowships for playwrights
- $144,000
Playwrights' Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
for the McKnight Artist Fellowships for playwrights
- $144,000
Playwrights' Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
for the McKnight Artist Fellowships for playwrights
- $144,000
Playwrights' Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
For the McKnight Artist Fellowships for playwrights
- $141,000
Southwest Initiative Foundation · Hutchinson, MN · 2022
To create long-lasting, vibrant and healthy communities by working to develop emerging leaders and create long-term systems change for equity
- $140,000
Citizens League · St Paul, MN · 2024
for general operating support
- $140,000
African Career Education and Resources · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2022
For general operating support, and to build out organizational infrastructure
- $140,000
Latino Economic Development Center · St Paul, MN · 2022
For general operating support
- $140,000
Latino Economic Development Center · St Paul, MN · 2021
for general operating support
- $140,000
Latino Economic Development Center · St Paul, MN · 2021
for general operating support
- $140,000
Metropolitan Economic Development Association · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
for general operating support, and for one time organizational capacity building to increase lending
- $140,000
Metropolitan Economic Development Association · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
for general operating support, and for one time organizational capacity building to increase lending
- $140,000
Northern Clay Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
for general operating support
- $140,000
Northern Clay Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
for general operating support
- $140,000
Universit Dan Dicko Dankoulodo De Maradi · 2021
Sahel-IPM, Integrated management of major insect pests for rainfed crops in the Sahel
- $140,000
Universit Dan Dicko Dankoulodo De Maradi · 2021
Sahel-IPM, Integrated management of major insect pests for rainfed crops in the Sahel
- $140,000
The Minneapolis Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
For McKnight's Donor Advised Fund
- $136,000
Wageningen University · 2023
Pathways to Agroecological Intensification of Crop-Livestock Farming Systems of Southern Mali - III
- $136,000
Centre De Cooperation Intle Recherche Agronomique Dvlpmt · 2020
CowpeaSquare 2: Co-designing and scaling-up of cropping systems through the integration of decentralized varietal selection and agroecological crop management options
- $136,000
Wageningen University · 2020
Pathways to Agroecological Intensification of Crop-Livestock Farming Systems of Southern Mali - III
- $135,000
Institut De Recherches En Sciences Appliquees Et Technologies · 2024
Child nutrition III: Scaling nutritional innovations for sustainable, resilient, and equitable food systems transformation
- $135,000
Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
For general operating support, and for professional development support for new leadership
- $130,000
Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024
to build the Circular Bionutrient Economy to Enhance Systems Health in Africa's Lake Victoria Basin
- $130,000
Pillsbury United Communities · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
for McKnight Artist Fellowships for mid-career and established community-engaged artists
- $130,000
Pontificia Universidad Catlica Del Ecuador · 2024
Building pesticide-free territories for sustainable food systems in the Ecuadorian Sierra
- $130,000
Poverty and Health Integrated Solutions · 2024
Building the Circular Bionutrient Economy to Enhance Systems Health in Africa's Lake Victoria Basin
- $130,000
Springboard for the Arts · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
for Guaranteed Income for Artists and Culture Bearers: A 5-year Pilot, Research, and Narrative Change Initiative Advancing Economic Justice
- $130,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2024
to support energy system transformation in Iowa and the creation of a data tool to support optimal siting of clean energy projects on working lands
- $130,000
Huge Improv Theater · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
For general operating support, and to partially fund the purchase and build-out of a new facility
- $130,000
Shona Group Limited · 2023
AE Revolving Loan Fund and AE Community of Practice - SHONA AE Innovation Fund
- $130,000
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2023
To support energy system transformation in Iowa and the creation of a data tool to support optimal siting of clean energy projects on working lands
- $130,000
Montana Community Foundation · Helena, MT · 2022
For support as needed
- $130,000
Prepare and Prosper · St Paul, MN · 2021
for general operating support
- $130,000
Prepare and Prosper · St Paul, MN · 2021
for general operating support
- $130,000
Climate Generation a Will Steger Legacy · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
For general operating support
- $130,000
Latin American Council of Social Sciences · 2020
Regional Research, Training, and Practices Program on small farming agroecological system
- $129,000
Institut De Recherches En Sciences Appliquees Et Technologies · 2024
Child nutrition III: Scaling nutritional innovations for sustainable, resilient, and equitable food systems transformation
- $129,000
The Foundation for the Promotion and Investigation of Andean Products · 2024
for use of native and wild plant diversity to strengthen sustainable quinoa production in the arid landscape of the Bolivian altiplano
- $129,000
Groundswell International · Washington, DC · 2021
Assessment and deepening of the agro-ecological intensification led by peasant farmers in Burkina Faso, and for Institutional Changes Case Study in Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali
- $129,000
Groundswell International · Washington, DC · 2021
Assessment and deepening of the agro-ecological intensification led by peasant farmers in Burkina Faso, and for Institutional Changes Case Study in Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali
- $128,220
Innovia Foundation · Spokane, WA · 2023
For family-directed giving
- $128,220
National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2023
For family-directed giving
- $128,220
Park City Community Foundation · Park City, UT · 2023
For family-directed giving
- $128,000
Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa · 2024
Promoting healthy soil ecosystems through agroecology for climate adaptation and mitigation in Africa
- $128,000
Textile Center of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
for McKnight Artist Fellowships for midcareer fiber artists in Minnesota
- $128,000
Pillsbury United Communities · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
For McKnight Artist Fellowships for mid-career and established community-engaged artists
- $128,000
Pillsbury United Communities · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
For McKnight Artist Fellowships for mid-career and established community-engaged artists
- $128,000
Grupo Yanapai · 2020
Encouraging Diversity in the central Peruvian highlands: institutional innovations for the in situ conservation and utilization of agrobiodiversity
- $127,000
Minnesota Center for Book Arts · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
for McKnight Artist Fellowships for mid-career book artists in Minnesota
- $126,000
Minnesota Center for Book Arts · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
For McKnight Artist Fellowships for mid-career book artists in Minnesota

