Funding search · The McKnight Foundation · grants

The McKnight Foundation: all 4,463 grants

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

• $70,000

  Forecast Public Artworks · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

  For general operating support

• $70,000

  L'Institut D'Economie Rurale · 2023

  For Strengthening the Contributions of Fonio to Agroecological Production and Nutritious Food Systems in West Africa

• $70,000

  Latinolead · St Paul, MN · 2023

  For general operating support

• $70,000

  Minnesota Engagement On Shelter and Housing · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  To support efforts to end homelessness on Reservations throughout Minnesota

• $70,000

  Mixed Blood Theatre Company · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  For general operating and leadership transition support

• $70,000

  Northwest Minnesota Arts Council · Warren, MN · 2023

  For re-granting programs in support of individual artists and culture bearers

• $70,000

  Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council · Waseca, MN · 2023

  For re-granting programs in support of individual artists and culture bearers

• $70,000

  Tiwahe Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2023

  To scale the capacity of the Oyate Leadership Network, a network of collaborative, intergenerational Indigenous leadership grounded in the collective knowledge, talents, and wisdom of American Indians living in Minnesot… read allTo scale the capacity of the Oyate Leadership Network, a network of collaborative, intergenerational Indigenous leadership grounded in the collective knowledge, talents, and wisdom of American Indians living in Minnesota, and for general operating support less
• $70,000

  American Institute of Architects - Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  To build neighborhoods of racial equity, environmental justice, and community health in areas affected in the unrest through community advocacy of a multi-sector change agenda; to support and reimagine the Affordable Ho… read allTo build neighborhoods of racial equity, environmental justice, and community health in areas affected in the unrest through community advocacy of a multi-sector change agenda; to support and reimagine the Affordable Housing Design Awards program less
• $70,000

  Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2022

  Forage and Fallows Phase IV: Promoting and Refining Options for Sustainable Soil and Landscape Management

• $70,000

  Latin American Council of Social Sciences · 2022

  To expand and strengthen the achievements, recovering learnings and experiences, and to consolidate the community of knowledge and practice

• $70,000

  Latinolead · St Paul, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $70,000

  Minnesota Engagement On Shelter and Housing · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  To support efforts to end homelessness on Reservations throughout Minnesota

• $70,000

  Northwest Minnesota Arts Council · Warren, MN · 2022

  For re-granting programs in support of individual artists

• $70,000

  Pangea World Theater · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $70,000

  Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council · Waseca, MN · 2022

  For re-granting programs in support of individual artists

• $70,000

  Theater Mu · St Paul, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $70,000

  Tiwahe Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2022

  To meaningfully scale the capacity of the newly relaunched Oyate Leadership Network, a network of collaborative, intergenerational Indigenous leadership grounded in the collective knowledge, talents, and wisdom of Ameri… read allTo meaningfully scale the capacity of the newly relaunched Oyate Leadership Network, a network of collaborative, intergenerational Indigenous leadership grounded in the collective knowledge, talents, and wisdom of American Indians living in Minnesota less
• $70,000

  Friends of the Minnesota Sinfonia · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for continued support of the Sinfonia's New Works by Minnesota-Based Composers program, and for general operating support

• $70,000

  Friends of the Minnesota Sinfonia · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for continued support of the Sinfonia's New Works by Minnesota-Based Composers program, and for general operating support

• $70,000

  Northern Clay Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $70,000

  Northern Clay Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $70,000

  Northwest Minnesota Arts Council · Warren, MN · 2021

  for re-granting programs in support of individual artists

• $70,000

  Northwest Minnesota Arts Council · Warren, MN · 2021

  for re-granting programs in support of individual artists

• $70,000

  Organic Growers' Research and Information-Sharing Network · Bainbridge, NY · 2021

  Supporting agroecological research, development, and information-sharing at the Kenya AE Hub

• $70,000

  Organic Growers' Research and Information-Sharing Network · Bainbridge, NY · 2021

  Supporting agroecological research, development, and information-sharing at the Kenya AE Hub

• $70,000

  Pangea World Theater · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $70,000

  Pangea World Theater · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $70,000

  Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council · Waseca, MN · 2021

  for re-granting programs in support of individual artists

• $70,000

  Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council · Waseca, MN · 2021

  for re-granting programs in support of individual artists

• $70,000

  Propel Nonprofits · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  to build the capacity of a youth-led movement to increase the democratic participation, educational opportunity, and long-term financial prosperity of BIPOC youth and young adults in Minneapolis and St. Paul

• $70,000

  Propel Nonprofits · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  to build the capacity of a youth-led movement to increase the democratic participation, educational opportunity, and long-term financial prosperity of BIPOC youth and young adults in Minneapolis and St. Paul

• $70,000

  Theater Mu · Saint Paul, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $70,000

  Theater Mu · Saint Paul, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $70,000

  Vocalessence · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support, and for a concert series

• $70,000

  Vocalessence · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support, and for a concert series

• $70,000

  American Indian Oic · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  To support Takoda Programs -- career pathway programming

• $70,000

  L'Institut D'Economie Rurale · 2020

  Intensifying Fonio Farming in Diverse Agro-ecological Systems in Mali

• $70,000

  Neighborhood Development Alliance · Saint Paul, MN · 2020

  For general operating support

• $70,000

  Northern Clay Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For general operating support

• $70,000

  Northwest Minnesota Arts Council · Warren, MN · 2020

  For re-granting programs in support of individual artists

• $70,000

  Organic Growers' Research and Information-Sharing Network · Bainbridge, NY · 2020

  Supporting agroecological research, development, and information-sharing at the Kenya AE Hub

• $70,000

  Pangea World Theater · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For general operating support

• $70,000

  Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council · Waseca, MN · 2020

  For re-granting programs in support of individual artists

• $70,000

  Theater Mu · Saint Paul, MN · 2020

  For general operating support

• $70,000

  Tiwahe Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  To support the growth and development of the Oyate Network Leadership model

• $69,000

  Cirad · 2023

  CowpeaSquare 2: Co-designing and scaling-up of cropping systems through the integration of decentralized varietal selection and agroecological crop management options

• $69,000

  L'Institut D'Economie Rurale · 2022

  Intensifying Fonio Farming in Diverse Agro-ecological Systems in Mali

• $69,000

  Volunteer Efforts for Development Concerns · 2021

  Promoting farmer based research for improved productivity of cereals in eastern Uganda

• $69,000

  Volunteer Efforts for Development Concerns · 2021

  Promoting farmer based research for improved productivity of cereals in eastern Uganda

• $68,000

  Centre De Cooperation Internationale En Recherche Agronomique Pour Le Devel · 2022

  CowpeaSquare 2: Co-designing and scaling-up of cropping systems through the integration of decentralized varietal selection and agroecological crop management options

• $68,000

  Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2022

  To build the Circular Bionutrient Economy to Enhance Systems Health in Africa's Lake Victoria Basin

• $67,000

  Poverty and Health Integrated Solutions · 2022

  Building the Circular Bionutrient Economy to Enhance Systems Health in Africa's Lake Victoria Basin

• $67,000

  Inclusive Prosperity Capital · Rocky Hill, CT · 2020

  To support Midwest expansion of clean energy financing and explore the creation of a green bank in Minnesota

• $66,000

  Million Artist Movement · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

  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 m… read allFor 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 less
• $66,000

  London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · 2022

  For Applying participatory decision-making processes to support smallholder farmers' actions for nutrition-sensitive and sustainable local agri-food systems

• $66,000

  Million Artist Movement · Saint Paul, MN · 2021

  for program support

• $66,000

  Million Artist Movement · Saint Paul, MN · 2021

  for program support

• $66,000

  University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  McKnight/University of Minnesota Evaluation Studies Graduate Assistantship

• $65,000

  Council On Foundations · Washington, DC · 2024

  for general operating support

• $65,000

  National Center for Family Philanthropy · Washington, DC · 2024

  for general operating support

• $65,000

  Red Eye Collaboration · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $65,000

  The Miami Foundation · Miami, FL · 2024

  to launch a Minnesota matching fund which will provide critical matching support to eligible local- and state-focused nonprofit newsrooms serving communities around the state

• $65,000

  Minnesota Council of Nonprofits · St Paul, MN · 2023

  To support the Virginia McKnight Binger Unsung Hero Awards in 2023

• $65,000

  Clean Energy Economy Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  To accelerate equitable clean energy and climate solutions in the Midwest

• $65,000

  L'Institut D'Economie Rurale · 2021

  Intensifying Fonio Farming in Diverse Agro-ecological Systems in Mali

• $65,000

  L'Institut D'Economie Rurale · 2021

  Intensifying Fonio Farming in Diverse Agro-ecological Systems in Mali

• $65,000

  Renewing the Countryside Ii · Zumbro Falls, MN · 2020

  To develop robust Minnesota participation and leadership in the Artisan Grain Collaborative in order to advance soil health and water quality improvement, and for general operating support

• $64,000

  Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2024

  to build the Circular Bionutrient Economy to Enhance Systems Health in Africa's Lake Victoria Basin

• $64,000

  Poverty and Health Integrated Solutions · 2024

  Building the Circular Bionutrient Economy to Enhance Systems Health in Africa's Lake Victoria Basin

• $64,000

  Poverty and Health Integrated Solutions · 2023

  Building the Circular Bionutrient Economy to Enhance Systems Health in Africa's Lake Victoria Basin

• $63,000

  Curators of the University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2024

  Building a functional locally-based early warning forecast system in the high Andes: Increasing the resilience of agro-ecological systems

• $63,000

  Cornell University · Ithaca, NY · 2023

  To build the Circular Bionutrient Economy to Enhance Systems Health in Africa's Lake Victoria Basin

• $63,000

  West Side Citizens Organization · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

  For general operating support

• $60,000

  Asociacion Nahual · 2024

  Seedlings for Change

• $60,000

  Coffee House Press · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  International Potato Center · 2024

  Andean Insights and Narrative: Agrobiodiversity and Seed systems to empower Agroecology (Insights)

• $60,000

  Lake Region Arts Council · Fergus Falls, MN · 2024

  for re-granting programs that support individual artists and cultural bearers

• $60,000

  Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources · 2024

  Strengthening farmer-managed seed systems for improved seed quality and access to preferred varieties in Malawi

• $60,000

  Manor House Agricultural Centre · 2024

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Milkweed Editions · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Minnesota Center for Book Arts · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Outfront Minnesota Community Services · St Paul, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Region 2 Arts Council · Bemidji, MN · 2024

  for re-granting programs in support of individual artists and culture bearers

• $60,000

  Vermont Caribbean Institute · Burlington, VT · 2024

  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

• $60,000

  Virginia Organizing · Charlottesville, VA · 2024

  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

• $60,000

  Engage Winona · Winona, MN · 2023

  To multiply impact on systems and build community and citizen power through homegrown cultural features that build relationships and shift mental models, and for general operating support

• $60,000

  Fundacion Ekorural · 2023

  Alternative Networks of Production and Consumption: Facilitating rural-urban encounters to strengthen Local Healthy Food Systems

• $60,000

  Greater Minnesota Worker Center · Saint Cloud, MN · 2023

  For general operating support

• $60,000

  Lake Region Arts Council · Fergus Falls, MN · 2023

  For re-granting programs that support individual artists and cultural bearers

• $60,000

  Milkweed Editions · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  For general operating support

• $60,000

  Minnesota Center for Book Arts · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  For general operating support of an organization celebrating and preserving the traditional art of bookmaking, alongside explorations of contemporary papermaking, bookbinding, printing, typography, and graphic design

• $60,000

  Pillsbury United Communities · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  To support a comprehensive and robust community engagement process with residents and stakeholders for the reconstruction of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue South Minneapolis, where George Floyd was murdered

• $60,000

  Ragamala Dance · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  For capacity building support

• $60,000

  Region 2 Arts Council · Bemidji, MN · 2023

  For re-granting programs in support of individual artists and culture bearers

• $60,000

  Coffee House Press · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $60,000

  Filmnorth · St Paul, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $60,000

  Fundacin Aliados · 2022

  Case study research, Enabling rural farm enterprises to improve local livelihoods and increase ecosystem services; and to enable a farmer research network to validate agroecological options that respond to local context

• $60,000

  Greater Minnesota Worker Center · Saint Cloud, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $60,000

  Lake Region Arts Council · Fergus Falls, MN · 2022

  For re-granting programs in support of individual artists