Year Program Category Recipient Amount
2024 Special Projects Human Services

Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota
Center for Changing Lives: Frogtown-Rondo

$120,000
2025 Special Projects Human Services

The Bridge for Youth
Emergency shelter renovations

$150,000
2025 Special Projects Human Services

Domestic Abuse Project
Domestic Violence Workgroup Expansion

$100,000
2025 Special Projects Human Services

Wayside Recovery Center
Creating Healing Spaces Campaign

$150,000
2025 Special Projects Human Services

Women's Advocates
Housing and Shelter Expansion Capital Campaign

$120,000
2013 Invited Grants Environment

Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota
Support for the Land Acquisition Fund

$25,000
2013 Invited Grants Environment

Trustees of Reservations
General operating support

$50,000
2012 Invited Grants Environment

Envision Minnesota
General operating support

$20,000
2012 Invited Grants Environment

Freshwater Foundation
Support for the Master Water Stewards program

$10,000
2012 Invited Grants Environment

Methow Conservancy
General operating support

$30,000
2012 Invited Grants Environment

The Trust for Public Land
Frogtown Farm and Park Project

$100,000
2012 Invited Grants Environment

Trustees of Reservations
General operating support in memory of Kate Butler Peterson

$35,000
2011 Invited Grants Environment

Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center
Support for capacity building for the EarthSense Alliance

$30,000
2011 Invited Grants Environment

Methow Conservancy
General operating support

$30,000
2014 Invited Grants Environment

The Nature Conservancy
Rivers of Southeast Minnesota

$25,000
2014 Invited Grants Environment

Trustees of Reservations
General operating support

$50,000
2015 Invited Grants Environment

Kinnickinnic River Land Trust
General operating support

$10,000
2015 Invited Grants Environment

The Nature Conservancy
Saint Croix River protection

$15,000
2015 Invited Grants Environment

The Trustees of Reservations
General operating support

$50,000
2016 Invited Grants Environment

Minnesota Environmental Partnership
The next stage of the Dedicated Fund Working Group

$15,000
2016 Invited Grants Environment

The Trustees of Reservations
General operating support

$50,000
2016 Invited Grants Environment

Wilderness Inquiry
General operating support

$10,000
2017 Invited Grants Environment

The Trustees of Reservations
General operating support

$50,000
2017 Invited Grants Environment

Saint Paul Parks Conservancy
Rice Park Revitalization Project

$25,000
2017 Invited Grants Environment

Wilderness Inquiry
General operating support

$50,000
2018 Invited Grants Environment

The Trustees of Reservations
General operating support

$100,000
2018 Invited Grants Environment

FRESHFARM
general operating support and food access programs

$15,000
2018 Invited Grants Environment

Wilderness Inquiry
General operating support and the Voyageur Canoe Program

$65,000
2018 Invited Grants Environment

Saint Paul Parks Conservancy
Sepak Takraw / Kato Courts

$25,000
2018 Invited Grants Environment

American Rivers
Minnesota floodplain restoration

$10,000
2019 Invited Grants Environment

Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Farm land preservation, agricultural conservation initiatives, and general operating support

$30,000
2019 Invited Grants Environment

Wilderness Inquiry
General operating support

$50,000
2020 Invited Grants Environment

The Trustees of Reservations
General operating support

$100,000
2020 Invited Grants Environment

Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Preservation initiatives and general operating support

$20,000
2020 Invited Grants Environment

International Dark-Sky Association
General education, outreach, and public policy work

$15,000
2020 Invited Grants Environment

The Nature Conservancy
Our Water Campaign

$50,000
2020 Invited Grants Environment

Wilderness Inquiry
General operating support

$65,000
2020 Invited Grants Environment

Dodge Nature Center
General operating support for core services during the COVID-19 Pandemic

$30,000
2020 Invited Grants Environment

Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center
Emergency financial assistance during the COVID-19 Pandemic

$30,000
2020 Invited Grants Environment

Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center
Emergency financial needs during the COVID-19 Pandemic

$30,000
2021 Invited Grants Environment

Wilderness Inquiry
General operating support

$75,000
2021 Invited Grants Environment

Dodge Nature Center
COVID-19 emergency relief

$20,000
2021 Invited Grants Environment

Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center
COVID-19 emergency relief

$30,000
2021 Invited Grants Environment

Friends of the Mississippi River
COVID-19 emergency relief

$20,000
2021 Invited Grants Environment

Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
COVID-19 emergency relief

$20,000
2021 Invited Grants Environment

Mississippi Park Connection
COVID-19 emergency relief

$20,000
2021 Invited Grants Environment

The Conservation Fund
COVID-19 emergency relief

$20,000
2021 Invited Grants Environment

The Nature Conservancy
COVID-19 emergency relief

$20,000
2021 Invited Grants Environment

The Trust for Public Land
COVID-19 emergency relief

$20,000
2021 Invited Grants Environment

Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center
COVID-19 emergency relief

$20,000

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