Funding search · The McKnight Foundation · grants

The McKnight Foundation: all 4,463 grants

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

• $200,000

  Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy · Saint Paul, MN · 2020

  To build MCEA's capacity to advocate for equitable climate policy that will help Minnesota achieve its greenhouse gas reduction goals for the electricity, transportation, and agriculture sectors

• $200,000

  Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative · Saint Louis, MO · 2020

  To work with decisionmakers in state and federal government and in the corporate sector to reduce nutrient pollution into the Mississippi River, and for general operating support

• $200,000

  National Audubon Society · New York, NY · 2020

  To preserve and restore vital natural systems in five Upper Mississippi River states, including a specific focus on floodplain forests, and for general operating support

• $200,000

  National Wildlife Federation · Reston, VA · 2020

  For general operating support

• $200,000

  New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2020

  To support grantmaking and assistance for organizing on climate and energy equity in the Midwest

• $200,000

  Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2020

  For program support, building out the Office of Financial Empowerment, the Financial Capability Network, and CollegeBound Saint Paul, a new effort of the Carter Administration in St. Paul

• $200,000

  The Delta Institute · Chicago, IL · 2020

  To design and implement farmer-facing capital and risk mitigation products that support the adoption of agricultural conservation practices, and for general operating support

• $200,000

  The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2020

  For restoration and monitoring of floodplains in the Mississippi River Basin that will support large-scale nutrient reduction, and for general operating support

• $200,000

  Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2020

  To build capacity for education and mobilization plans in the Midwest

• $200,000

  University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  To continue the development of an integrated research and outreach program on energy transition at the University of Minnesota

• $200,000

  University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  To support strategic collective action promoting continuous living cover on the landscape

• $200,000

  Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development · Little Rock, AR · 2020

  To build a leadership network, practitioner base, and statewide strategy for advancing regenerative grazing in Illinois aimed at improving water quality

• $199,000

  American Composers Forum · St Paul, MN · 2022

  For the McKnight Artist Fellowships for composers

• $198,000

  Filmnorth · St Paul, MN · 2023

  For the McKnight Artist Fellowships for media artists

• $196,000

  Filmnorth · St Paul, MN · 2023

  For the McKnight Artist Fellowships for media artists

• $196,000

  Filmnorth · St Paul, MN · 2022

  For the McKnight Artist Fellowships for media artists

• $195,000

  The Cowles Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for McKnight Artist Fellowships and development opportunities for midcareer choreographers in Minnesota

• $195,000

  Filmnorth · St Paul, MN · 2021

  for the McKnight Artist Fellowships for media artists

• $195,000

  Filmnorth · St Paul, MN · 2021

  for the McKnight Artist Fellowships for media artists

• $195,000

  American Composers Forum · Saint Paul, MN · 2020

  For the McKnight Artist Fellowships for composers

• $194,000

  Filmnorth · Saint Paul, MN · 2020

  For the McKnight Artist Fellowships for media artists

• $191,000

  The Cowles Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  For McKnight Artist Fellowships and development opportunities for midcareer choreographers in Minnesota

• $191,000

  The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For an awards program supporting research in neuroscience

• $190,000

  Takeaction Minnesota Education Fund · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

  To support environmental justice organizing work and program development

• $190,000

  Takeaction Minnesota Education Fund · Saint Paul, MN · 2022

  To support environmental justice organizing work and program development

• $190,000

  Takeaction Minnesota Education Fund · Saint Paul, MN · 2021

  to support environmental justice organizing work and program development

• $190,000

  Takeaction Minnesota Education Fund · Saint Paul, MN · 2021

  to support environmental justice organizing work and program development

• $190,000

  Takeaction Minnesota Education Fund · Saint Paul, MN · 2020

  To support multiracial grassroots organizing and environmental justice outreach in Minnesota

• $189,000

  International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics · 2022

  Networking4Seed II: Strengthening seed systems through farmer-research networks in a context of agroecological transition in West Africa

• $189,000

  The Cowles Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For McKnight Artist Fellowships and development opportunities for midcareer choreographers in Minnesota

• $187,000

  Minnesota Shubert Center for Dance and Music · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for McKnight Artist Fellowships and development opportunities for midcareer dancers in Minnesota

• $187,000

  Minnesota Shubert Center for Dance and Music · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for McKnight Artist Fellowships and development opportunities for midcareer dancers in Minnesota

• $186,000

  Minnesota Shubert Center for Dance and Music · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For McKnight Artist Fellowships and development opportunities for midcareer dancers in Minnesota

• $182,000

  Macphail Center for Music · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  for the McKnight Artist Fellowships for musicians

• $181,000

  Macphail Center for Music · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  For the McKnight Artist Fellowships for musicians

• $181,000

  Macphail Center for Music · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For the McKnight Artist Fellowships for musicians

• $181,000

  Macphail Center for Music · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for the McKnight Artist Fellowships for musicians

• $181,000

  Macphail Center for Music · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for the McKnight Artist Fellowships for musicians

• $180,000

  Metropolitan Economic Development Association · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

  to build capacity for the Access To Capital 2025 Initiative

• $180,000

  New York Mills Arts Retreat · New York Mills, MN · 2023

  For general operating support and for capital support - New York Mills is a regional artist service organization in Minnesota's Lakes Region that is focused on community-embedded arts practices.

• $180,000

  Macphail Center for Music · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For the McKnight Artist Fellowships for musicians

• $180,000

  Playwrights' Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For general operating and capital project support

• $180,000

  Rockefeller Family Fund · New York, NY · 2020

  To support the Just Transition Fund and advance economic development in priority coal-affected communities in the Midwest

• $180,000

  Taxpayers for Common Sense · Washington, DC · 2020

  To advocate for better use of federal tax dollars in the Upper Mississippi River basin, and for general operating support

• $180,000

  Wisconsin Conservation Voices · Madison, WI · 2020

  For general operating support

• $178,000

  Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center · 2024

  for AV4Resilience: African vegetables for enhanced functional diversity and resilience of production systems in Burkina Faso through women and youth empowerment

• $177,500

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2024

  to advance economic development in priority coal-affected communities in the Midwest

• $177,500

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2023

  To advance economic development in priority coal-affected communities in the Midwest

• $177,500

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2021

  to create economic opportunity in communities affected by the changing coal economy in the Midwest

• $177,500

  Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors · New York, NY · 2021

  to create economic opportunity in communities affected by the changing coal economy in the Midwest

• $175,000

  Colorado State University · Fort Collins, CO · 2024

  Smallholder Soil Health Assessment - Supporting soils research, awareness, and capacity building towards managing agroecosystems for agroecological transitions

• $175,000

  Evhybridnoire · Smyrna, GA · 2024

  for general operating support

• $175,000

  Global Philanthropy Partnership · Chicago, IL · 2024

  to support local- and community-driven clean transportation solutions in the Midwest

• $175,000

  Idems International Community Interest Company · 2024

  Methods support for agroecological research in West Africa

• $175,000

  Indigenous Roots · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

  for a fellowship program for Culture Bearers

• $175,000

  Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources · 2024

  Strengthening capacity, decision making and action on Agricultural and Food Systems Transformation through multi-stakeholder processes of the Malawi Agroecology Hub

• $175,000

  Minnesota Council of Nonprofits · St Paul, MN · 2024

  to support the statewide public policy and advocacy work of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and build the nonprofit sector's capacity to engage in public policy and effectively leverage collective power

• $175,000

  Neighborhood Development Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $175,000

  Evhybridnoire · Smyrna, GA · 2023

  For general operating support

• $175,000

  Global Philanthropy Partnership · Chicago, IL · 2023

  To support local- and community-driven clean transportation solutions in the Midwest

• $175,000

  Idems International Community Interest Company · 2023

  Methods support for agroecological research in West Africa

• $175,000

  Neighborhood Development Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

  For general operational support - NDC empowers entrepreneurs and community partners to transform low-income neighborhoods from within by providing access to capital, business knowledge and resources, and ongoing small b… read allFor general operational support - NDC empowers entrepreneurs and community partners to transform low-income neighborhoods from within by providing access to capital, business knowledge and resources, and ongoing small business support services less
• $175,000

  Pillsbury United Communities · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  To support community news and information publications and one-time executive transition funding

• $175,000

  Center for Rural Policy and Development · Mankato, MN · 2022

  For general operating support and one-time business plan development support

• $175,000

  Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2022

  For operating and program support to advance economic mobility, build wealth, and increase capacity and BIPOC leadership, for equitable and inclusive community and economic development in Duluth

• $175,000

  Native American Community Development Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $175,000

  Neighborhood Development Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2022

  For general operating support

• $175,000

  Statistics for Sustainable Development · 2022

  Research Methods Support

• $175,000

  Urban Homeworks · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For general operating and capacity building support

• $175,000

  Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2021

  for operating and program support to advance economic mobility, build wealth, and increase capacity and BIPOC leadership, for equitable and inclusive community and economic development in Duluth

• $175,000

  Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2021

  for operating and program support to advance economic mobility, build wealth, and increase capacity and BIPOC leadership, for equitable and inclusive community and economic development in Duluth

• $175,000

  Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support, and for capacity building for community wealth work

• $175,000

  Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support, and for capacity building for community wealth work

• $175,000

  Native American Community Development Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $175,000

  Native American Community Development Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $175,000

  Neighborhood Development Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $175,000

  Neighborhood Development Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2021

  for general operating support

• $175,000

  University of Greenwich · 2021

  FRN assessments of botanical pesticides to augment above and below ground ecosystem services for crop resilience

• $175,000

  University of Greenwich · 2021

  FRN assessments of botanical pesticides to augment above and below ground ecosystem services for crop resilience

• $175,000

  Urban Homeworks · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating and capacity building support

• $175,000

  Urban Homeworks · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for general operating and capacity building support

• $175,000

  Centro De Trabajadores Unidos En La Lucha · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For general operating support

• $175,000

  Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources · 2020

  Farmer research networks and multi environmental trials for improving soil health, productivity of maize-legume farming systems, and livelihoods

• $175,000

  Local Initiatives Support Corporation · New York, NY · 2020

  For general, program, and capacity building support to expand and implement Duluth LISC's integrated housing, economic/community revitalization, workforce, and asset building strategies

• $175,000

  Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers · Minneapolis, MN · 2020

  For general operating support, and to support Make Homes Happen Saint Paul

• $175,000

  Michael Fields Agricultural Institute · East Troy, WI · 2020

  For organizing to support conservation programming and policies that reduce agricultural pollution, and encouraging farmers' nutrient reduction practices, and for general operating support

• $175,000

  University of Greenwich · 2020

  FRN assessments of botanical pesticides to augment above and below ground ecosystem services for crop resilience

• $175,000

  Urban Sustainability Directors Network · Port Washington, WI · 2020

  To support Midwestern city leadership on decarbonization initiatives through learning networks

• $172,000

  Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources · 2021

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

• $172,000

  Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources · 2021

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

• $170,000

  Global Greengrants Fund · Boulder, CO · 2024

  Strengthening Climate-resilient Food Systems at the Territorial Level While Shifting Food System Policies

• $170,000

  Latinolead · St Paul, MN · 2024

  for general operating support

• $170,000

  Northern Clay Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

  For the McKnight Artist Fellowships for ceramic artists and a visiting ceramic artists residency program

• $170,000

  University of Greenwich · 2022

  FRN assessments of botanical pesticides to augment above and below ground ecosystem services for crop resilience

• $169,000

  International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics · 2023

  Networking4Seed II: Strengthening seed systems through farmer-research networks in a context of agroecological transition in West Africa

• $169,000

  Northern Clay Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

  For the McKnight Artist Fellowships for ceramic artists and a visiting ceramic artists residency program

• $168,000

  International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics · 2021

  Networking4Seed: Growing sustainable seed systems by learning from experiences across Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger

• $168,000

  International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics · 2021

  Networking4Seed: Growing sustainable seed systems by learning from experiences across Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger

• $168,000

  Northern Clay Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for the McKnight Artist Fellowships for ceramic artists and a visiting ceramic artists residency program

• $168,000

  Northern Clay Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2021

  for the McKnight Artist Fellowships for ceramic artists and a visiting ceramic artists residency program