Funding search · The McKnight Foundation · grants
The McKnight Foundation: all 4,463 grants
Largest first · $656.9M across 2020–2024 · back to the overview
- $100,000
Home Line · Bloomington, MN · 2020
For general operating support and project funding to build capacity to serve Hmong renters
- $100,000
Hope Community · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
To support arts programming
- $100,000
Hourcar · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
For general operating support
- $100,000
Illinois Environmental Council Education Fund · Springfield, IL · 2020
To build state leadership for reducing nutrient pollution in the Mississippi River, and general operating
- $100,000
Indigenous Roots · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
To support the capital campaign
- $100,000
Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia United Renters for Justice · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
For general operating and program/project support
- $100,000
Institut De Recherche Pour Le Developpement · 2020
Agro-ecological management of crop insects: towards a sustainable collective goal for farmers
- $100,000
Institute for Local Self-Reliance · Washington, DC · 2020
To accelerate equitable climate progress via expert intervention and community organizing in Minneapolis and Saint Paul
- $100,000
Iowa Environmental Council · Des Moines, IA · 2020
For general operating support
- $100,000
Isuroon · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
To increase engagement of Somali families in advocating for and effecting education system reform, and for general operating support
- $100,000
Izaak Walton League of America Minnesota Division · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
To expand local, watershed-based citizen initiatives to clean up waters in the Upper Mississippi river basin, and for general operating support
- $100,000
Juxtaposition · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
For general operating support
- $100,000
Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization · 2020
Enhancing Agro-ecological Intensification through targeted integration of legume-based interventions in diverse farming systems in Western Kenya
- $100,000
Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance · Red Wing, MN · 2020
For general operating support
- $100,000
Lake Street Council · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
To support the East Lake Business Reopening Fund
- $100,000
Lewis and Clark Community College · Godfrey, IL · 2020
To develop tracking and assessment tools that facilitate targeted investments in land and water conservation practices
- $100,000
Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources · 2020
Agroecology hub for scaling out agro-ecological intensification in maize-legume systems in Malawi
- $100,000
Lower Sioux Indian Community · Morton, MN · 2020
For capital funds to help build a 15,950 square-foot Intergenerational Cultural Incubator at Lower Sioux
- $100,000
Lower Sioux Indian Community · Morton, MN · 2020
To launch a Tribal Education Department and engage the tribal community in developing a long-range strategic educational plan, and for general operating support
- $100,000
Migizi Communications · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
To support restructure and capacity building for Green Jobs and First Person Productions
- $100,000
Migration Policy Institute · Washington, DC · 2020
To support and build capacity of Minnesota-based immigrant organizations and the families they serve to participate in education policy development and implementation
- $100,000
Minneapolis American Indian Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
To renovate and expand MAIC's facility on Franklin Avenue in south Minneapolis
- $100,000
Minneapolis Regional Chamber Development Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
To advance transit and transportation infrastructure investment in the state of Minnesota by engaging the new Administration and Legislature along with business, civic, and labor leaders
- $100,000
Minnesota Humanities Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
To support We Are Water, a community engagement and partnership building program working in eight Minnesota communities, and for general operating support
- $100,000
Minnesota Public Radio · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
To support capacity building, with a focus on advancing MPR's blueprint for Equity, Inclusion, Diversity and Access, and strengthening organizational leadership development
- $100,000
Mn350 · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
For general operating support and for the 2019 climate justice gala
- $100,000
National Agricultural Research Organization · 2020
Enhancing food and nutritional security using sorghum-legume interventions for improved livelihood among smallholder farmers in Uganda
- $100,000
National Indian Education Association · Washington, DC · 2020
To support tribes in Minnesota in ensuring that implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act supports Native student outcomes
- $100,000
Native American Community Development Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
For general operating support
- $100,000
Navigate · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
For general operating support
- $100,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2020
Fund to scale agroecology
- $100,000
Nexus Community Partners · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
To fund the MN Philanthropic Collective committed to combatting anti-Blackness and realizing racial justice while seeding a MN Holistic Black-Led Movement Fund
- $100,000
Nonviolent Peaceforce · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
For program support
- $100,000
Northcountry Cooperative Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
For general operating support
- $100,000
Northside Achievement Zone · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
For support of NAZ's Education, Career & Finance, and Parent Leadership and Systems Change strategies
- $100,000
Northside Economic Opportunity Network · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
For general operating support
- $100,000
Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2020
To advance the goals of economic, racial, climate, and environmental justice in the Midwest
- $100,000
Penumbra Theatre Company · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
For general operating support
- $100,000
Pillsbury United Communities · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
For the continuation of the Environmental Justice Coordinating Council in North Minneapolis
- $100,000
Pillsbury United Communities · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
To support the Pillsbury House Theatre
- $100,000
Pillsbury United Communities · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
For general operating support and one-time innovation funding
- $100,000
Prosuco · 2020
Development of productive services for family farming based on farmers' networks
- $100,000
Resource Conservation and Development for Northeast Iowa · Postville, IA · 2020
To encourage farmers to transition to water-quality promoting multi-cropping systems, and for general operating support
- $100,000
Saint George'S School · Spokane, WA · 2020
To help with costs due to COVID
- $100,000
Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
To support the pooled philanthropic Minnesota Disaster Recovery Fund for COVID-19 response and targeted to the Minnesota Initiative Foundations
- $100,000
Seattle Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2020
For the Equitable Evaluation Initiative, which is working to shift evaluation and learning practice within the philanthropic ecosystem to one that advances and reflects equity
- $100,000
Smart Growth America · Washington, DC · 2020
To connect climate and equitable development with transportation investments and growth patterns in the minds of the public and policymakers and to propose ways to minimize their impacts on communities and the environme… read allTo connect climate and equitable development with transportation investments and growth patterns in the minds of the public and policymakers and to propose ways to minimize their impacts on communities and the environment less
- $100,000
Sokoine University of Agriculture · 2020
Agroecology Hub in Tanzania
- $100,000
Solar United Neighbors · Washington, DC · 2020
To build broad and deep momentum toward a clean energy transition with distributed solar and community benefits in greater Minnesota
- $100,000
Teach for America · New York, NY · 2020
To support the general operations of TFA-Twin Cities
- $100,000
Teton Raptor Center · Wilson, WY · 2020
For general operating support
- $100,000
The Fndn for Promotion and Investigation of Andean Products Proinpa · 2020
Agroecological alternatives for the sustainable production of quinoa in Bolivia
- $100,000
The Minneapolis Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
To reduce disparities and build equity, assets, and opportunity for everyone in North Minneapolis, and to support parent engagement work
- $100,000
The Minneapolis Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
To build capacity for collaboration and network building
- $100,000
Trout Unlimited · Arlington, VA · 2020
For general operating support
- $100,000
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
For ongoing advocacy program support and to build capacity in creating permanent affordability through a community land trust model
- $100,000
Twin Cities Public Television · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
For general operating support
- $100,000
United Nations Foundation · Washington, DC · 2020
To support regional climate leadership in the Midwest
- $100,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
To launch and build a project to expand transparency in influences on government policy in Minnesota
- $100,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
To provide human-centered design services to underserved communities and nonprofit sectors
- $100,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
To support continued research and engagement by the Humphrey School and the Natural Capital Project related to equitable water futures
- $100,000
US Water Alliance · Washington, DC · 2020
To grow agriculture-municipal partnerships in the Mississippi River basin, and support a delegation to One Water Summit 2019, and for general operating support
- $100,000
Vibrant & Safe Downtown · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
To expand capacity and leverage partnerships between the MDC, the East Town Business Partnership, and NLoop Partners for implementation of 2025 Plan, integrative land use, innovative economic development strategies, and… read allTo expand capacity and leverage partnerships between the MDC, the East Town Business Partnership, and NLoop Partners for implementation of 2025 Plan, integrative land use, innovative economic development strategies, and increased DEI in downtown less
- $100,000
Windward Fund · Washington, DC · 2020
To support the launch of the Food Systems Leadership Fellowship and one fellow focused on innovative solutions for addressing Midwest agricultural water issues
- $100,000
Wisconsin Wetlands Association · Madison, WI · 2020
For general operating support
- $100,000
Women'S Foundation of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2020
To advance the agency, social capital, and civic engagement of young women of color working as leaders at the forefront of climate justice
- $98,000
Forecast Public Artworks · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
to support a grant program for Minnesota mid-career public artists
- $98,000
Forecast Public Artworks · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
To support a grant program for Minnesota mid-career public artists
- $98,000
Institut National De La Recherche Agronomique Du Niger · 2022
Transforming Rural Communities in West Africa through Grain Processing, Market-led Nutrition, and Social Innovation
- $98,000
Forecast Public Artworks · St Paul, MN · 2021
to support a grant program for Minnesota mid-career public artists
- $98,000
Forecast Public Artworks · St Paul, MN · 2021
to support a grant program for Minnesota mid-career public artists
- $98,000
Grupo Yanapai · 2021
Encouraging Diversity in the central Peruvian highlands: institutional innovations for the in situ conservation and utilization of agrobiodiversity
- $98,000
Grupo Yanapai · 2021
Encouraging Diversity in the central Peruvian highlands: institutional innovations for the in situ conservation and utilization of agrobiodiversity
- $98,000
Forecast Public Artworks · Saint Paul, MN · 2020
To support a grant program for Minnesota public artists
- $98,000
Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2020
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
- $96,000
Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
To create asset building opportunities for low-income Minnesotans, reduce systemic barriers to economic mobility, and advance racial equity
- $96,000
Institut National De La Recherche Agronomique Du Niger · 2022
Exploring new ways of agro-ecological intensification of pearl millet-based subsistence farming in Niger (CATI-Gao)
- $95,000
Pillsbury United Communities · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
To support the North High Scholarship Fund
- $95,000
Capital Institute · Greenwich, CT · 2020
Blue Marble Infrastructure Phase 2
- $95,000
Institut De Recherche Pour Le Developpement · 2020
Agro2EcoS: Agroecological valorization of ecological sanitation waste
- $92,500
Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency · Rochester, MN · 2022
For general operating support
- $92,500
Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency · Rochester, MN · 2021
for general operating support
- $92,500
Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency · Rochester, MN · 2021
for general operating support
- $92,500
Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency · Rochester, MN · 2020
For general operating support
- $92,000
Institut National De La Recherche Agronomique Du Niger · 2024
Transforming Rural Food Systems by Processing to Improve Markets and Nutrition and Reinforce Resilience of Local Communities in West Africa
- $91,000
The Funders Network · Coral Gables, FL · 2023
To support the Mobility and Access Collaborative, and to do a Midwest scan of sustainable and equitable transportation to better understand the landscape of clean transportation strategies and engage more funders
- $91,000
Institut National De La Recherche Agronomique Du Niger · 2020
Exploring new ways of agro-ecological intensification of pearl millet-based subsistence farming in Niger (CATI-Gao)
- $90,000
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council · Duluth, MN · 2024
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists and culture bearers
- $90,000
Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council · Rochester, MN · 2024
for re-granting programs in support of individual artists and culture bearers
- $90,000
Amherst H Wilder Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
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
- $90,000
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council · Duluth, MN · 2023
For re-granting programs in support of individual artists and culture bearers
- $90,000
Neighborhood Development Alliance · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
For general operating support
- $90,000
Northern Lightsmn · St Paul, MN · 2023
For general operating support
- $90,000
Rosy Simas Danse · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
For general operating support and capital support
- $90,000
Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council · Rochester, MN · 2023
For re-granting programs in support of individual artists and culture bearers
- $90,000
University of Montana Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2023
For water-quality monitoring matching grant challenge at the Flathead Lake Biology Station
- $90,000
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council · Duluth, MN · 2022
For re-granting programs in support of individual artists
- $90,000
Minnpost · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
For general operating support
- $90,000
Neighborhood Development Alliance · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
For general operating support, and for succession planning project support
- $90,000
Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council · Rochester, MN · 2022
For re-granting programs in support of individual artists

