Grants received by year
Every foundation grant, by year
Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.
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Trillium Family FoundationSaint Paul, MN
2025
Boards and commissions leadership institute
$25,000 -
The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2024
for general operating support
$550,000 -
Northwest Area FoundationSt Paul, MN
2024
General operating support for capacity building
$500,000 -
Target FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2024
Economic opportunity - hometown (ecosystem)
$200,000 -
The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN
2024
This ecosystem grant provides general operating support for nexus community partners to help advance its charitable mission and support the work of others
$150,000 -
Mortenson Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2024
Unrestricted
$35,000 -
FR Bigelow FoundationSt Paul, MN
2024
General operating support
$10,000 -
The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN
2023
Nexus community partners is one of two steward organizations selected to design and operate community trust funds, seeded with $100 million by the bush foundation to address wealth disparities caused by historic racial injustices in our region. Nexus' open road fund will address wealth gaps in black communities across MN, ND and SD and redefine wealth according to values of the black community, reaffirming the excellence that has always been in black people.
$50,000,000 -
The Kendeda FundWilmington, DE
2023
General & Unrestricted
$600,000 -
The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2023
For general operating support
$550,000 -
Northwest Area FoundationSt Paul, MN
2023
General operating support
$250,000 -
The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN
2023
Nexus community partners offers several leadership development and capacity-building programs including: the boards and commissions leadership institute (blci), which helps train black, indigenous and people of color leaders to serve on boards and commissions; and the nexus community engagement institute, which helps organizations develop more effective and authentic strategies to engage the communities they serve. Ecosystem grants provide general operating support for organizations that support others to solve problems in their communities.
$160,000 -
Otto Bremer TrustSt Paul, MN
2023
General operations
$100,000 -
Pohlad Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2023
Project
$55,000 -
FR Bigelow FoundationSt Paul, MN
2023
Nexus' authorship and leadership work
$30,000 -
Opus FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2023
Program support for Minnesota Black Collective Foundation
$5,000 -
HRK FoundationSt Paul, MN
2023
Truartspeaks
$5,000 -
Mortenson Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2022
Unrestricted for the minnesota philanthropic collective to combat anti-blackness & realize racial justice
$1,000,000 -
The Kendeda FundWilmington, DE
2022
General & Unrestricted
$605,000 -
The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2022
For general operating support
$500,000 -
GHR FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2022
Community wealth development in bipoc communities
$400,000 -
Target FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2022
Economic opportunity - hometown (responsive)
$370,000 -
Northwest Area FoundationSt Paul, MN
2022
Transforming systems through community wealth building
$250,000 -
Target FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2022
Economic opportunity - hometown (ecosystem)
$200,000 -
The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN
2022
General operating support
$100,000 -
The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN
2022
This ecosystem grant provides general operating support for nexus community partners to help advance its charitable mission
$100,000 -
CH Robinson Worldwide FoundationSioux Falls, SD
2022
General operating fund
$55,000 -
BCBSM Foundation IncSt Paul, MN
2022
Community Engagement for Health Equity
$50,000 -
Public Welfare Foundation IncWashington, DC
2022
Support for TruArt Speaks
$50,000 -
FR Bigelow FoundationSt Paul, MN
2022
General operating support for nexus' leadership work
$30,000 -
The McNeely FoundationSt Paul, MN
2022
East side programming
$25,000 -
Marbrook FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2022
General operations of the organization
$10,000 -
HRK FoundationSt Paul, MN
2022
FBO truartspeaks
$5,000 -
The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN
2021
Nexus community partners will develop and test a new model for supporting healing and wellness for bipoc racial equity leaders in minnesota through sabbaticals. This 3.5-year project will include a community design process, pilot implementation and gradual full implementation of a paid sabbaticals program. The ultimate aim of this work is to advance progress on issues of racial equity in minnesota by supporting leaders to invest in their own wellness and rejuvenation for the work.
$3,150,000 -
The Kendeda FundWilmington, DE
2021
General & Unrestricted
$606,668 -
The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2021
for general operating support
$500,000 -
The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN
2021
Nexus community partners has been selected to steward a community trust fund that will address wealth disparities caused by historic racial injustice by investing in black communities across our region. This design and planning grant will support nexus to develop the program that will distribute the community trust fund through grants to individuals. Nexus will engage community members and partners as they develop the grant program.
$500,000 -
WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
2021
build economic ecosystems within communities of color that create meaningful wealth-building opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities that work to shrink racial and economic inequalities
$340,000 -
John D and Catherine T MacArthur FoundationChicago, IL
2021
to provide technical assistance to local jurisdictions for the participation and engagement of local communities as reform partners in the Safety and Justice Challenge
$325,000 -
Northwest Area FoundationSt Paul, MN
2021
Transforming systems through community wealth building
$250,000 -
GHR FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2021
Community wealth development in bipoc communities
$200,000 -
Target FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2021
Racial equity
$100,000 -
The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN
2021
This ecosystem grant provides general operating support for nexus community partners to help advance its charitable mission
$100,000 -
Otto Bremer TrustSt Paul, MN
2021
General operations
$90,000 -
The McNeely FoundationSt Paul, MN
2021
East side programming support
$35,000 -
The Walser FoundationBloomington, MN
2021
Shop for a cause
$13,225 -
Marbrook FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2021
General operations of the organization
$10,000 -
Archie D and Bertha H Walker FoundationExcelsior, MN
2021
Charitable
$7,500 -
Target FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2020
Ecosystem - in support of MN holistic black-led fund; 3-year grant
$1,500,000 -
The Kendeda FundWilmington, DE
2020
General & Unrestricted
$636,666 -
Northwest Area FoundationSt Paul, MN
2020
Seeding the minnesota holistic black-led movement fund
$500,000 -
WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
2020
enable the organization to achieve its mission of building more engaged and powerful communities of color through community-building initiatives that expand community wealth, foster social and human capital by providing general operating support
$360,000 -
John D and Catherine T MacArthur FoundationChicago, IL
2020
in support of Community Engagement in the Safety and Justice Challenge.
$350,000 -
WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
2020
build economic ecosystems within communities of color that create meaningful wealth-building opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities that work to shrink racial and economic inequalities
$350,000 -
John D and Catherine T MacArthur FoundationChicago, IL
2020
to provide technical assistance to local jurisdictions for the engagement of local communities in the Safety and Justice Challenge.
$325,000 -
The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2020
For general operating support, and for regranting funding to advance racial and economic equity in the Twin Cities region through community engagement, leadership development, and community wealth building
$325,000 -
Northwest Area FoundationSt Paul, MN
2020
Transforming systems through community wealth building
$250,000 -
John S and James L Knight FoundationMiami, FL
2020
To support a statewide collaboration of philanthropies to advance equity in minnesota.
$250,000 -
Target FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2020
Committed in 2019 - hometown - racial equity; 2-year grant
$150,000 -
The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN
2020
This ecosystem grant provides general operating support for nexus community partners to help advance its charitable mission
$110,000 -
BCBSM Foundation IncSt Paul, MN
2020
Community Engagement Capacity Building
$100,000 -
The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2020
To fund the MN Philanthropic Collective committed to combatting anti-Blackness and realizing racial justice while seeding a MN Holistic Black-Led Movement Fund
$100,000 -
Pohlad Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2020
Project
$100,000 -
Target FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2020
Racial equity
$100,000 -
The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN
2020
To support the philanthropic collective to combat anti-blackness & realize racial justice
$100,000 -
GHR FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2020
Nexus emergency reserve response and rebuilding
$100,000 -
Otto Bremer TrustSt Paul, MN
2020
General operations
$80,000 -
Winnebago Industries FoundationForest City, IA
2020
MN collective to combat anti-blackness, achieve equity
$50,000 -
The McNeely FoundationSt Paul, MN
2020
East side programming support
$36,500 -
Medtronic Communities FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2020
Covid-19 response
$25,000 -
Mortenson Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2020
Our mission is to build more engaged and powerful communities of color by supporting community-building initiatives that expand community wealth and foster social and human capital.
$25,000 -
Marbrook FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2020
General operations of the organization
$10,000 -
Archie D and Bertha H Walker FoundationExcelsior, MN
2020
Charitable
$7,500 -
The Kendeda FundWilmington, DE
2020
travel expenses for communications work in 2020
$5,000 -
Leo M Bernstein Family FoundationWashington, DC
2020
Community service
$5,000 -
The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2020
For an honorarium in appreciation of Repa Mekha's participation on a panel at the August board meeting
$2,000 -
John D and Catherine T MacArthur FoundationChicago, IL
2019
In support of community engagement in the safety and justice challenge.
$350,000 -
The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2019
For general operating support, and for regranting funding to advance racial and economic equity in the Twin Cities region through community engagement, leadership development, and community wealth building
$325,000 -
WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
2019
build economic ecosystems within communities of color that create meaningful wealth-building opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities that work to shrink racial and economic inequalities
$310,000 -
Northwest Area FoundationSt Paul, MN
2019
The cultivating wealth project
$200,000 -
Otto Bremer TrustSt Paul, MN
2019
For general operations to build the capacity of community-based organizations, individuals, and networks to advance equity in the twin cities.
$80,000 -
The McNeely FoundationSt Paul, MN
2019
East side programming support
$40,000 -
John and Denise Graves FoundationMinneapolis, MN
2019
Community tool grant
$20,000 -
Northwest Area FoundationSt Paul, MN
2019
Sponsorship for 15th anniversary event
$2,000 -
WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
2018
improve job quality, increase wages and create new employment by training a cohort of culturally competent technical assistance providers on the curriculum of worker cooperative conversions in the African American community
$250,000 -
Northwest Area FoundationSt Paul, MN
2018
The cultivating wealth project
$200,000 -
Northwest Area FoundationSt Paul, MN
2018
Cultivating wealth
$100,000 -
Archie D and Bertha H Walker FoundationExcelsior, MN
2018
Charitable
$5,000 -
WK Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
2017
improve job quality, increase wages and create new employment by training a cohort of culturally competent technical assistance providers on the curriculum of worker cooperative conversions in the African American community
$250,000
Funders of similar organizations nearby
Foundations that gave to other philanthropy and grantmaking organizations in Saint Paul, MN and are not among Nexus Community Partners’s funders above.
- Amazonsmile Foundation 55 grants Preselected only $7,381 to similar organizations
- Xcel Energy Foundation 6 grants Accepts applications $5,320 to similar organizations
- Cargill Foundation 3 grants Accepts applications $180,000 to similar organizations
- The Runyon Family Foundation 2 grants Preselected only $5,360,680 to similar organizations
- The Corridoni Foundation for Agency and Self-Determination 6 grants Preselected only $1,540,000 to similar organizations
- Manitou Fund 4 grants Preselected only $1,210,000 to similar organizations
- Patrick and Aimee Butler Family 14 grants Preselected only $785,500 to similar organizations
- Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation 4 grants Accepts applications $625,000 to similar organizations
About this match
Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 30-0658898 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.