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The McKnight Foundation: all 4,463 grants

Largest first · $656.9M across 2020–2024 · back to the overview

• $1.0M

  The Minneapolis Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  to support local business organizations and owners along Lake St., Midway, and W. Broadway, in restoring, rebuilding, and renovating damaged property following the summer unrest of 2020

• $1.0M

  Towerside Innovation District · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  to complete an innovative low-carbon district energy system

• $1.0M

  Towerside Innovation District · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  to complete an innovative low-carbon district energy system

• $1.0M

  Northwest Minnesota Foundation · Bemidji, MN · 2020

  For general operating support

• $1.0M

  West Central Initiative · Fergus Falls, MN · 2020

  For general operating support

• $981,330

  Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2023

  To increase the availability of and access to quality affordable housing throughout the state of Minnesota

• $921,780

  Innovia Foundation · Spokane, WA · 2023

  For family-directed giving

• $921,780

  National Philanthropic Trust · Jenkintown, PA · 2023

  For family-directed giving

• $921,780

  Park City Community Foundation · Park City, UT · 2023

  For family-directed giving

• $900,000

  Amalgamated Charitable Foundation · Washington, DC · 2022

  To advance racial equity and justice by shifting power and resources to Black, Indigenous, and Latino/a/x people living in low wealth, under-resourced communities

• $900,000

  Fresh Energy · Saint Paul, MN · 2020

  To move Minnesota and the Midwest toward dramatic reductions in carbon pollution in the near term

• $850,000

  Bme Networks · Miami, FL · 2021

  to support Black leaders in Minnesota to build relational trust, shared analysis, and strategies that equip leaders to effectively respond to our current moment and the future

• $850,000

  Bme Networks · Miami, FL · 2021

  to support Black leaders in Minnesota to build relational trust, shared analysis, and strategies that equip leaders to effectively respond to our current moment and the future

• $850,000

  Northside Economic Opportunity Network · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating and capital support

• $850,000

  Northside Economic Opportunity Network · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating and capital support

• $840,000

  The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For an awards program supporting research in neuroscience

• $820,000

  Metropolitan Economic Development Association · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  To build capacity for the Access To Capital 2025 Initiative

• $800,000

  Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2023

  To support the Regen10 initiative

• $794,000

  Fresh Energy · St Paul, MN · 2022

  To move Minnesota and the Midwest toward dramatic near-term reductions in carbon pollution through equity-centered policy work, partnerships, and innovation

• $753,000

  Advancing Equity Coalition · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for McKnight's Donor Advised Fund

• $753,000

  The Minneapolis Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for McKnight's Donor Advised Fund

• $750,000

  Pillsbury United Communities · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  to complete Phase 1 of the Pillsbury Creative Commons (PCC) campus redevelopment project

• $750,000

  Bme Networks · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2023

  To support Black leaders in Minnesota to effectively respond to our current moment and the future and to support the SOAR effort

• $730,000

  Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $730,000

  Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $730,000

  Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $704,000

  Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2022

  To support core capacity for a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations

• $700,000

  Pangea World Theater · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for capital campaign support to purchase land and a building for the future home of Pangea World Theater

• $675,000

  University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation · Burlington, VT · 2023

  To support Transformative Agroecology

• $635,000

  Northland Foundation · Duluth, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $635,000

  Northland Foundation · Duluth, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $625,000

  Minnesota Home Ownership Center · St Paul, MN · 2021

  for general operating support, and to advance equitable access to homeownership for homebuyers and homeowners of color and immediate COVID response plan for lower-income households struggling and facing possible foreclo… read allfor general operating support, and to advance equitable access to homeownership for homebuyers and homeowners of color and immediate COVID response plan for lower-income households struggling and facing possible foreclosure in the wake of the pandemic less
• $625,000

  Minnesota Home Ownership Center · St Paul, MN · 2021

  for general operating support, and to advance equitable access to homeownership for homebuyers and homeowners of color and immediate COVID response plan for lower-income households struggling and facing possible foreclo… read allfor general operating support, and to advance equitable access to homeownership for homebuyers and homeowners of color and immediate COVID response plan for lower-income households struggling and facing possible foreclosure in the wake of the pandemic less
• $620,000

  Southeast Asia Development Program · Newton, MA · 2020

  For general operating support

• $600,000

  Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  to engage and support interested and affected parties toward equitably implementing the 100% clean energy legislation and reducing emissions from the building, energy, and transportation sectors

• $600,000

  Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  To engage and support interested and affected parties toward equitably implementing the 100% clean energy legislation and reducing emissions from the building, energy, and transportation sectors

• $600,000

  Greater Horizon · Kansas City, MO · 2023

  For matching gifts

• $600,000

  The Clean Water Fund · Washington, DC · 2020

  To use policy and market-focused strategies to reduce non-point source pollution from agricultural sources into the Mississippi River, and for Minnesota program activities

• $575,000

  Lawyers for Good Government · Washington, DC · 2024

  to provide legal support to states, localities, and community organizations in the Midwest to advance climate equity

• $550,000

  Nexus Community Partners · St Paul, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $550,000

  St Paul Transportation Management Organization · St Paul, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $550,000

  Nexus Community Partners · St Paul, MN · 2023

  For general operating support

• $544,000

  Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2024

  to support core capacity for a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations

• $506,000

  Fresh Energy · St Paul, MN · 2023

  To move Minnesota and the Midwest toward dramatic near-term reductions in carbon pollution through equity-centered policy work, partnerships, and innovation

• $500,000

  Association for Black Economic Power · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  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

• $500,000

  Bme Networks · Hollywood, FL · 2024

  For program support

• $500,000

  Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund · Washington Dc, DC · 2024

  for general operating support

• $500,000

  Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2024

  for general operating and re-granting support to provide leadership development, advocacy, and capacity building support for Habitat for Humanity affiliates across Minnesota

• $500,000

  Headwaters Foundation for Justice · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $500,000

  Indianapolis Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2024

  to seed a collaboration of local and national foundations in Indiana to support strategies and policies at the intersection of environmental justice, federal funding implementation, and democracy

• $500,000

  Initiative Foundation · Little Falls, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $500,000

  Marin Community Foundation · Novato, CA · 2024

  to build the capacity ofmember 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

• $500,000

  Michigan Civic Education Fund · Madison Heights, MI · 2024

  to advance civic engagement across the state of Michigan

• $500,000

  Minneapolis Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  to support underserved communities in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, and its 35 tribes, through regranting, in addressing their most significant environmental justice, climate, and public healt… read allto support underserved communities in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, and its 35 tribes, through regranting, in addressing their most significant environmental justice, climate, and public health challenges less
• $500,000

  Minnesota Voice · St Paul, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $500,000

  New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2024

  to support pro-democracy work in Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin

• $500,000

  Northland Foundation · Duluth, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $500,000

  Northwest Minnesota Foundation · Bemidji, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $500,000

  Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund · Columbus, OH · 2024

  for general operating support

• $500,000

  Potlikker Capital · Dover, DE · 2024

  to leverage loan guarantees to drive investment to BIPOC farming communities, food and farm businesses, and support building a regional cohort to drive demand for climate-smart practices in the Midwest

• $500,000

  Power a Clean Future Ohio · Columbus, OH · 2024

  for general operating support

• $500,000

  Project for Pride in Living · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for the RE-Seed program, a small property re-positioning revolving fund

• $500,000

  Regenerative Agriculture Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  to build the capacity of diverse Midwest food and farm organizations to administer large federal grants and advance regenerative agriculture through a newly created fund by the Rural Climate Partnership and Regenerative… read allto build the capacity of diverse Midwest food and farm organizations to administer large federal grants and advance regenerative agriculture through a newly created fund by the Rural Climate Partnership and Regenerative Agriculture Foundation; re-granting less
• $500,000

  Shared Capital Cooperative · St Paul, MN · 2024

  to build capacity and increase access to capital

• $500,000

  Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation · Owatonna, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $500,000

  Southwest Initiative Foundation · Hutchinson, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $500,000

  State Power Fund · Kent, OH · 2024

  to support a year-round civic engagement strategy across the state of Wisconsin

• $500,000

  The Schott Foundation for Public Education · Cambridge, MA · 2024

  To improve life outcomes for boys and men of color

• $500,000

  West Central Initiative · Fergus Falls, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $500,000

  Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

  For general operating support

• $500,000

  Headwaters Foundation for Justice · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  For general operating support

• $500,000

  Inclusive Prosperity Capital · Hartford, CT · 2023

  For general operating support

• $500,000

  Minnesota Home Ownership Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

  For general operating support, and to build the capacity of down payment assistance players across the state

• $500,000

  Northcountry Cooperative Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2023

  For general operating support, and for equity capital for NCF's loan fund, and to build organizational capacity to access and absorb state resources to better meet demand

• $500,000

  Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity · St Paul, MN · 2023

  To build capacity and expand a Special Purpose Credit Program (SPCP) to increase Black homeownership in the Twin Cities and regionally in alignment with the GroundBreak Coalition

• $500,000

  Bme Networks · Palmetto Bay, FL · 2022

  To support Black leaders in Minnesota to effectively respond to our current moment and the future and to support the SOAR effort

• $500,000

  Common Counsel Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022

  To support the work of Native Voices Rising for BIPOC leadership development and movement building in the Midwest

• $500,000

  Headwaters Foundation for Justice · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $500,000

  Initiative Foundation · Little Falls, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $500,000

  Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative · Washington, DC · 2022

  For general operating support, and to support the Center of Excellence for Equitable and Resilient Wealth Building

• $500,000

  Minnesota - State of · St Paul, MN · 2022

  To support the Minnesota Department of Health Safe Harbor Program for the prevention and mitigation of human trafficking

• $500,000

  Nexus Community Partners · St Paul, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $500,000

  Northwest Minnesota Foundation · Bemidji, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $500,000

  Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2022

  To build capacity for the City of Saint Paul's Office of Financial Empowerment community wealth-building and economic mobility strategies

• $500,000

  Southwest Initiative Foundation · Hutchinson, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $500,000

  West Central Initiative · Fergus Falls, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $500,000

  Women'S Foundation of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For investing in leadership and community power to support movement building and BIPOC leadership

• $500,000

  Metropolitan Regional Arts Council · Saint Paul, MN · 2021

  for regranting support for the Seeding Cultural Treasures Fund for Individual Artists and Culture Bearers

• $500,000

  Metropolitan Regional Arts Council · Saint Paul, MN · 2021

  for regranting support for the Seeding Cultural Treasures Fund for Individual Artists and Culture Bearers

• $500,000

  Nexus Community Partners · St Paul, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $500,000

  Nexus Community Partners · St Paul, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $500,000

  Propel Nonprofits · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  to strengthen existing organizations led by and/or serving People of Color and Indigenous People to increase their effectiveness and impact on family engagement and educational outcomes

• $500,000

  Propel Nonprofits · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  to strengthen existing organizations led by and/or serving People of Color and Indigenous People to increase their effectiveness and impact on family engagement and educational outcomes

• $500,000

  Youthprise · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $500,000

  Youthprise · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $500,000

  Center for International Policy · Washington, DC · 2020

  To reduce agricultural pollution by building a campaign to transform the private sector's supply chain practices for sourcing Midwest row crops, and for general operating support

• $500,000

  Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Jackson, WY · 2020

  To establish a donor advised fund for Minnow Fund grantmaking

• $500,000

  Foundation for Louisiana · New Orleans, LA · 2020

  To support the full participation of Louisiana coastal community-based organizations in processes to address coastal challenges, and for general operating support

• $500,000

  Great Mn Schools · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For general operating support, including re-grantmaking, and to build capacity to implement Minnesota Comeback's regional talent strategy

• $500,000

  Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For general operating support