Funding search · The McKnight Foundation · grants

The McKnight Foundation: all 4,463 grants

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

• $60,000

  Milkweed Editions · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $60,000

  Minnesota Council of Nonprofits · St Paul, MN · 2022

  To support the Virginia McKnight Binger Unsung Hero Awards in 2021 and 2022

• $60,000

  Montana Community Foundation · Helena, MT · 2022

  For support as needed

• $60,000

  Pillsbury United Communities · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For operating support of Pillsbury House & Theatre, the professional arts arm of Pillsbury United Communities

• $60,000

  Region 2 Arts Council · Bemidji, MN · 2022

  For re-granting programs in support of individual artists

• $60,000

  Renewing the Countryside Ii · Hammond, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $60,000

  Association for the Development of Production and Training Activities · Bamako, MI · 2021

  Supporting and strengthening farmers' research networks to improve local innovation in Burkina Faso and Mali

• $60,000

  Association for the Development of Production and Training Activities · Bamako, MI · 2021

  Supporting and strengthening farmers' research networks to improve local innovation in Burkina Faso and Mali

• $60,000

  Cantus · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Cantus · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Coffee House Press · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Coffee House Press · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Corcoran Neighborhood Organization · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support, and project support for the public art project

• $60,000

  Corcoran Neighborhood Organization · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support, and project support for the public art project

• $60,000

  Filmnorth · St Paul, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Filmnorth · St Paul, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Graywolf Press · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Graywolf Press · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Greater Minnesota Worker Center · Saint Cloud, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Greater Minnesota Worker Center · Saint Cloud, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Lake Region Arts Council · Fergus Falls, MN · 2021

  for re-granting programs in support of individual artists

• $60,000

  Lake Region Arts Council · Fergus Falls, MN · 2021

  for re-granting programs in support of individual artists

• $60,000

  Milkweed Editions · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Milkweed Editions · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Minnesota Center for Book Arts · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Minnesota Center for Book Arts · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Minnesota Council of Nonprofits · St Paul, MN · 2021

  to support the Virginia McKnight Binger Unsung Hero Awards in 2021

• $60,000

  Minnesota Council of Nonprofits · St Paul, MN · 2021

  to support the Virginia McKnight Binger Unsung Hero Awards in 2021

• $60,000

  Pillsbury United Communities · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for operating support of Pillsbury House & Theatre, the professional arts arm of Pillsbury United Communities

• $60,000

  Pillsbury United Communities · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for operating support of Pillsbury House & Theatre, the professional arts arm of Pillsbury United Communities

• $60,000

  Region 2 Arts Council · Bemidji, MN · 2021

  for re-granting programs in support of individual artists

• $60,000

  Region 2 Arts Council · Bemidji, MN · 2021

  for re-granting programs in support of individual artists

• $60,000

  Renewing the Countryside Ii · Zumbro Falls, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Renewing the Countryside Ii · Zumbro Falls, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $60,000

  Association for the Development of Production and Training Activities · 2020

  Supporting and strengthening farmers' research networks to improve local innovation in Burkina Faso and Mali

• $60,000

  Coffee House Press · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For general operating support

• $60,000

  Corcoran Neighborhood Organization · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For general operating support, and project support for the public art project

• $60,000

  Filmnorth · Saint Paul, MN · 2020

  For general operating support

• $60,000

  Frogtown Neighborhood Association · Saint Paul, MN · 2020

  For general operating and project support

• $60,000

  Graywolf Press · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For general operating support

• $60,000

  Lake Region Arts Council · Fergus Falls, MN · 2020

  For re-granting programs in support of individual artists

• $60,000

  Milkweed Editions · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For general operating support

• $60,000

  Minnesota Center for Book Arts · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For general operating support

• $60,000

  Minnesota Council of Nonprofits · Saint Paul, MN · 2020

  To support the Virginia McKnight Binger Unsung Hero Awards in 2019 and 2020

• $60,000

  Native Governance Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2020

  To move forward narrative change work in Minnesota following March's We Are Still Here Minnesota event

• $60,000

  Pillsbury United Communities · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  To support Pillsbury House and Theatre

• $60,000

  Region 2 Arts Council · Bemidji, MN · 2020

  For re-granting programs in support of individual artists

• $60,000

  Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society · Saint Paul, MN · 2020

  For general operating support

• $60,000

  Salzburg Global Seminar · Washington, DC · 2020

  To build the capacity and global connections of 15 Young Cultural Innovators from Minnesota

• $60,000

  Seward Redesign · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For general operating support

• $60,000

  Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders · Santa Barbara, CA · 2020

  To support the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funder's work catalyzing action and collaboration among members and partners, and for general operating support

• $60,000

  University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  To fund MBA student consulting projects related to equitable accessibility, and to support two additional student projects

• $60,000

  Voices for Racial Justice · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For general operating support

• $60,000

  West Broadway Area Coalition · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For general operating support

• $60,000

  Wisconsin Conservation Voices · Madison, WI · 2020

  For general operating support

• $59,000

  Southwest Initiative Foundation · Hutchinson, MN · 2023

  To create long-lasting, vibrant and healthy communities by working to develop emerging leaders and create long-term systems change for equity

• $59,000

  Volunteer Efforts for Development Concerns · 2022

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

• $58,000

  University of Greenwich · 2023

  Optimising the use of bioinoculants, their role in crop production and crop protection with a focus on sorghum-legume cropping systems

• $58,000

  Association Malienne D'Eveil Au Developpement Durable · 2022

  Farmers Knowledge II

• $58,000

  National Agricultural Research Organization · 2022

  Up-scaling improved post harvest interventions through FRN for improved household food, nutrition and income security in eastern Uganda

• $56,000

  Social Enterprise Msp · Saint Paul, MN · 2021

  to fund the expansion of our community-led Pillar Event series that activates communities to build strength and capacity around funding, talent, quality of life, and support systems for social entrepreneurs, and for gen… read allto fund the expansion of our community-led Pillar Event series that activates communities to build strength and capacity around funding, talent, quality of life, and support systems for social entrepreneurs, and for general operating support less
• $56,000

  Social Enterprise Msp · Saint Paul, MN · 2021

  to fund the expansion of our community-led Pillar Event series that activates communities to build strength and capacity around funding, talent, quality of life, and support systems for social entrepreneurs, and for gen… read allto fund the expansion of our community-led Pillar Event series that activates communities to build strength and capacity around funding, talent, quality of life, and support systems for social entrepreneurs, and for general operating support less
• $55,000

  Data Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024

  to consult transportation GHG modeling for three Midwest states --Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois-- and share block-level data with civic organizations

• $55,000

  Fundacion Ekorural · 2024

  Andes Agroecologicos

• $55,000

  Housing Link · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $55,000

  Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  For general operating support and capital support

• $55,000

  Housing Link · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  For general operating support

• $55,000

  Pueblos De Lucha Y Esperanza · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  For general operating support

• $55,000

  Pueblos De Lucha Y Esperanza · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $55,000

  Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation · 2020

  To support the LIWG network to strengthen local communities' land rights in Lao PDR

• $55,000

  Lake Street Council · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For general operating support

• $55,000

  Meridian Institute · Dillon, CO · 2020

  Transforming Food Systems Together

• $55,000

  Smart Growth America · Washington, DC · 2020

  To support Minnesota Department of Transportation's new artist-in-residency program

• $55,000

  Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters · Madison, WI · 2020

  To engage Wisconsin leaders in key sectors to drive statewide climate and energy action

• $53,000

  Regeneration International · Finland, MN · 2024

  to support the People's Food Summit and Regeneration International's strategic planning

• $52,000

  Volunteer Efforts for Development Concerns · 2023

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

• $52,000

  Wageningen University · 2022

  Pathways to Agroecological Intensification of Crop-Livestock Farming Systems of Southern Mali - III

• $50,000

  Alliance for Metropolitan Stability · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $50,000

  American Indian Community Housing Organization · Duluth, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $50,000

  American National Red Cross · Washington, DC · 2024

  for hurricane relief

• $50,000

  Amherst H Wilder Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2024

  to provide support for the Minnesota Compass project; and to maintain the neighborhood profile approach, including small area data profiles and a custom mapping tool, for Minneapolis-St. Paul neighborhoods and statewide… read allto provide support for the Minnesota Compass project; and to maintain the neighborhood profile approach, including small area data profiles and a custom mapping tool, for Minneapolis-St. Paul neighborhoods and statewide regions less
• $50,000

  Art of the Rural · Winona, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $50,000

  Borealis Philanthropy · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  to support the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund

• $50,000

  Boys & Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation · Ronan, MT · 2024

  for general operating support

• $50,000

  Center for Popular Democracy · Brooklyn, NY · 2024

  to support a project of the Center for Popular Democracy: The Forge: Organizing Strategy and Practice, an online journal and forum for organizing strategy and practice among community, labor, electoral, movement, and di… read allto support a project of the Center for Popular Democracy: The Forge: Organizing Strategy and Practice, an online journal and forum for organizing strategy and practice among community, labor, electoral, movement, and digital organizers less
• $50,000

  Center for the Analysis of Sustainable Agricultural Systems (Casas) · Kensington, CA · 2024

  Develop a general framework for implementing physiologically based models (PBDMs), data, and weather files for use by researchers globally

• $50,000

  Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque · Dubuque, IA · 2024

  to convene, educate and assist local communities in building a clean energy infrastructure and to provide technical assistance to support accessing and managing federal grants

• $50,000

  Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Jackson, WY · 2024

  for the Coleman Family Fund

• $50,000

  Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Jackson, WY · 2024

  for the Staryk Family Fund

• $50,000

  Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio · St Paul, MN · 2024

  for programs supporting artists and culture bearers

• $50,000

  Comunidades Organizando El Poder Y La Accion Latina Copal Education · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $50,000

  Department of Public Transformation · Granite Falls, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $50,000

  Detroit Parent Network · Detroit, MI · 2024

  for general operating support

• $50,000

  East Central Regional Arts Council · Hinckley, MN · 2024

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

• $50,000

  East Side Neighborhood Development Company · St Paul, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $50,000

  Ed Allies · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  to build power among students and families from underserved communities by providing tools via advocacy training, connections to decision-makers, and innovative communication strategies to dismantle inequities and foste… read allto build power among students and families from underserved communities by providing tools via advocacy training, connections to decision-makers, and innovative communication strategies to dismantle inequities and foster inclusive policymaking less
• $50,000

  Entertainment 2 Affect Change · Los Angeles, CA · 2024

  to research, develop, cast, and film for sales materials and final product of a multi-episode television series, featuring Sean Sherman, about indigenous culinary ingredients, culture, history, and their impact today

• $50,000

  Groundswell International · Washington, DC · 2024

  for general operating support

• $50,000

  Grupo Yanapai · 2024

  AGUAPAN II : Promoting Agrobiodiversity in the Central Andes of Peru, Institutional Innovation for In Situ Conservation and Use of Agrobiodiversity

• $50,000

  Hope Community · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for general operating support