Funding search · The McKnight Foundation · grants

The McKnight Foundation: all 4,463 grants

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

• $300,000

  Clean Grid Alliance · St Paul, MN · 2023

  For general operating support, and to support the Land & Liberty Coalition

• $300,000

  Clean Up the River Environment · Montevideo, MN · 2023

  For general operating support - to support CURE's continued leadership bringing forward rural voices on Energy, Working Lands, and Democracy issues in Greater Minnesota and neighboring states

• $300,000

  Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · Jackson, WY · 2023

  For the Staryk Family Fund

• $300,000

  Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy · St Paul, MN · 2023

  For strategy leadership to transform the energy sector, decarbonize building, maximize implementation of new laws, and achieve equitable outcomes at the Public Utilities Commission

• $300,000

  Our Streets Minneapolis · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  For general operating support, and for capacity building

• $300,000

  Owmniyomni Okhodayapi · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  To restore St. Anthony Falls as Owamniyomni, conveying control to the Dakota Tribes and initiating transformation of the site into a place of healing, connection, and education that honors Native history and living cult… read allTo restore St. Anthony Falls as Owamniyomni, conveying control to the Dakota Tribes and initiating transformation of the site into a place of healing, connection, and education that honors Native history and living culture less
• $300,000

  Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023

  To decarbonize the power, transportation, and building sectors in Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin, to realize an equitable clean energy future; guided by principles of democratic organizing and racial justice

• $300,000

  Aeon · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For general operating support, and to strengthen capacity to advocate for, acquire, rehabilitate, and stabilize affordable housing

• $300,000

  Clean Grid Alliance · St Paul, MN · 2022

  For general operating support, and to support the Land & Liberty Coalition

• $300,000

  Conservation Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $300,000

  Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota · Saint Paul, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $300,000

  Minnesota Council of Churches · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For general operating support, and to support the Truth in Reparations project

• $300,000

  Native Governance Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For general operating support, and to support the We Are Still Here - Minnesota project

• $300,000

  Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2022

  To replace fossil fuels with clean energy as part of a broad and powerful climate justice movement

• $300,000

  University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  To support the Gun Violence Prevention Clinic at the University of Minnesota Law School

• $300,000

  Aeon · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  or general operating support, and to strengthen capacity to advocate for, acquire, rehabilitate, and stabilize affordable housing

• $300,000

  Aeon · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  or general operating support, and to strengthen capacity to advocate for, acquire, rehabilitate, and stabilize affordable housing

• $300,000

  Centro De Trabajadores Unidos En La Lucha · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  to support equitable new models for development, housing, and community safety

• $300,000

  Centro De Trabajadores Unidos En La Lucha · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  to support equitable new models for development, housing, and community safety

• $300,000

  Clean Grid Alliance · St Paul, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $300,000

  Clean Grid Alliance · St Paul, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $300,000

  Conservation Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $300,000

  Conservation Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $300,000

  Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership · Saint Paul, MN · 2021

  for general operating support, and for regional goal setting

• $300,000

  Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership · Saint Paul, MN · 2021

  for general operating support, and for regional goal setting

• $300,000

  Native Governance Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support, and to support the We Are Still Here - Minnesota project

• $300,000

  Native Governance Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support, and to support the We Are Still Here - Minnesota project

• $300,000

  Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2021

  to replace fossil fuels with clean energy as part of a broad and powerful climate justice movement

• $300,000

  Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2021

  to replace fossil fuels with clean energy as part of a broad and powerful climate justice movement

• $300,000

  The Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2021

  to advance regional competitiveness by creating vibrant neighborhoods through equitable parks-centric urban redevelopment

• $300,000

  The Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2021

  to advance regional competitiveness by creating vibrant neighborhoods through equitable parks-centric urban redevelopment

• $300,000

  Ceres · Boston, MA · 2020

  To leverage Ceres' influence with institutional investors and food/agriculture companies to accelerate a transition toward improved corporate water stewardship, and for general operating support

• $300,000

  Clean Grid Alliance · Saint Paul, MN · 2020

  For general operating support

• $300,000

  Conservation Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For general operating support

• $300,000

  Educators for Excellence · New York, NY · 2020

  To support Educators 4 Excellence's general operations and to enable a coalition of nonprofits to promote more effective teacher licensing

• $300,000

  Healthy Gulf · New Orleans, LA · 2020

  For general operating support, and to conduct an externally led self-assessment to understand staff perceptions and attitudes, as well as structural and other organizational barriers to change

• $300,000

  Minnesota Housing Partnership · Saint Paul, MN · 2020

  For general operating support, and to build public will and increase investment needed to address the gap between income and housing costs through advocacy, innovations, and practice

• $300,000

  National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2020

  To improve agricultural sustainability in the upper Mississippi River basin by increasing cover crop use, and reducing policy barriers inhibiting conservation practice adoption, and for general operating support

• $300,000

  Sierra Club Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2020

  To expand clean energy in Minnesota and other key Midwestern states and secure an equitable transition to 100 percent clean energy by 2050

• $300,000

  Southwest Initiative Foundation · Hutchinson, MN · 2020

  To build a pathway to teaching for diverse candidates in and around Worthington, Minnesota

• $300,000

  The Land Institute · Salina, KS · 2020

  For general operating support

• $300,000

  The Trust for Public Land · San Francisco, CA · 2020

  To advance regional competitiveness by creating vibrant neighborhoods through equitable parks-centric urban redevelopment

• $300,000

  University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  To establish a regranting fund for organizations and projects that are working towards new strategies that increase housing stability

• $290,000

  Minnesota Council of Nonprofits · St Paul, MN · 2021

  to provide general operating support, coordinate nonprofit information about and access to American Rescue Plan funds, and support the executive leadership transition underway at MCN

• $290,000

  Minnesota Council of Nonprofits · St Paul, MN · 2021

  to provide general operating support, coordinate nonprofit information about and access to American Rescue Plan funds, and support the executive leadership transition underway at MCN

• $279,000

  Minneapolis College of Art and Design · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For a fellowship program for mid-career visual artists in Minnesota

• $278,000

  Minneapolis College of Art and Design · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For a fellowship program for mid-career visual artists in Minnesota

• $278,000

  Minneapolis College of Art and Design · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  To support the McKnight Fellowships for Visual Artists

• $276,000

  Minneapolis College of Art and Design · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for a fellowship program for visual artists

• $276,000

  Minneapolis College of Art and Design · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for a fellowship program for mid-career visual artists in Minnesota

• $276,000

  Minneapolis College of Art and Design · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for a fellowship program for mid-career visual artists in Minnesota

• $275,000

  Native American Community Development Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $275,000

  St John'S Hospital Foundation · Jackson, WY · 2021

  for program support

• $275,000

  St John'S Hospital Foundation · Jackson, WY · 2021

  for program support

• $275,000

  Iowa State University Foundation · Ames, IA · 2020

  To accelerate the adoption of prairie strips on farms for better water quality

• $270,000

  Fundacion Para El Desarrollo Agrario · 2024

  Rural-urban partnerships for the on-farm conservation of Peru's native chilli peppers

• $270,000

  Center for Economic Inclusion · St Paul, MN · 2023

  For general operating support

• $270,000

  Climate Generation · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $270,000

  Climate Generation · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $267,000

  University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  to engage and support Minnesota communities in implementing clean energy projects

• $263,000

  University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  To engage and support Minnesota communities in implementing clean energy projects

• $258,000

  The Loft · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $258,000

  The Loft · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $255,000

  Center for Rural Affairs · Lyons, NE · 2020

  To advance a set of state and federal policy outcomes that improve water quality and reduce agricultural pollution in Iowa and surrounding states, and for general operating support

• $250,000

  Aeon · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  to support operational and organizational development

• $250,000

  Alliance for a Just Society · Seattle, WA · 2024

  to support both urban and reservation-based Indigenous nonpartisan civic engagement

• $250,000

  Build Wealth Mn · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  Calstart · Pasadena, CA · 2024

  to work with rural communities across the Midwest to advance EV adoption by providing them with resources and tools they need to successfully apply for state and federal resources and transition to zero-emissions fleets

• $250,000

  Center for Community Change · Washington, DC · 2024

  to help community and labor leverage federal investments and use of Community Benefit Plans in developing more inclusive economies, while facilitating the transition to a clean energy economy

• $250,000

  Center for Evaluation Innovation · Washington, DC · 2024

  to listen to and leverage the voices of visionary philanthropic leaders

• $250,000

  City of Lakes Community Land Trust · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund · Rockford, IL · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  Coalition of Asian American Leaders · St Paul, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  Conservation Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  Elevate Energy · Chicago, IL · 2024

  to develop a direct pay program that is accessible and scalable to rural municipalities, Tribes, and nonprofits, and to complete six demonstration projects that provide technical assistance to leverage direct pay

• $250,000

  Farmers Union Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2024

  to empower family farmers to lead on climate action, developing and building support for farmer informed solutions that position agriculture to play a greater role in mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate ch… read allto empower family farmers to lead on climate action, developing and building support for farmer informed solutions that position agriculture to play a greater role in mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change less
• $250,000

  Friends of the Mississippi River · St Paul, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

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

  to support starting a residential solar panel installation program for Habitat for Humanity homes in Minnesota

• $250,000

  Hmong American Partnership · St Paul, MN · 2024

  for a program to build community wealth and financial self-sufficiency in the communities that need it most by providing access to capital for local entrepreneurs from Twin Cities' immigrant and refugee communities

• $250,000

  Hourcar · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  Housing Justice Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  Indiana Democracy Collective · Indianapolis, IN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  Initiative Foundation · Little Falls, MN · 2024

  to enhance collaboration with the University of Minnesota's Climate Adaptation Partnership (CAP), West Central Initiative (WCI), and Region 9 Development Commission (R9) to facilitate access to state and federal funding… read allto enhance collaboration with the University of Minnesota's Climate Adaptation Partnership (CAP), West Central Initiative (WCI), and Region 9 Development Commission (R9) to facilitate access to state and federal funding for rural low-income communities less
• $250,000

  Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia-United Renters for Justice · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  Itasca Economic Development Corporation · Grand Rapids, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  Latino Economic Development Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law · Washington, DC · 2024

  To support lawyers' committe response to civil rights decisions and related impacts

• $250,000

  Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  Michigan Saves · Lansing, MI · 2024

  to support the launch of an Indiana Green Bank to access federal, state, and private finance to decarbonize Indiana's economy and to center equity in climate financing and planning

• $250,000

  Minnesota Housing Partnership · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  Native Governance Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  Navigate · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  to develop and implement a scalable paid leadership development program for BIPOC immigrant/refugee essential workers in the meatpacking and agricultural sectors

• $250,000

  Northcountry Cooperative Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  One Roof Community Housing · Duluth, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  Partnership Project · Washington, DC · 2024

  to build capacity for equitable climate solutions in the Midwest

• $250,000

  Project for Pride in Living · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  Renew Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  Rondo Community Land Trust · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  Seward Redesign · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $250,000

  Stand Up Indiana · Indianapolis, IN · 2024

  for general operating support