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Grant recipient EIN 41-1718834Environment

Who funds Environmental Initiative?

18 private foundations gave Environmental Initiative in Minneapolis, MN $3.8 million across 44 grants, in tax years 2017 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2017 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

44 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. John Larsen Foundation MNG Agy (PLG)Eagan, MN 2025

    General operating

    $3,500
  2. FR Bigelow FoundationSt Paul, MN 2024

    General operating support

    $30,000
  3. Patrick and Aimee Butler FamilySt Paul, MN 2024

    General operating support and the no

    $25,000
  4. Morgan Family FoundationYellow Springs, OH 2024

    (core) education of voters on equitable distribution of lottery funding for the environment

    $10,000
  5. Xcel Energy FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    Environmental sustainability

    $10,000
  6. Wal-Mart FoundationBentonville, AR 2023

    Nature

    $1,499,924
  7. CH Robinson Worldwide FoundationSioux Falls, SD 2023

    General operating fund

    $50,000
  8. FR Bigelow FoundationSt Paul, MN 2023

    Environmental justice coordinating council (ejcc)

    $30,000
  9. Patrick and Aimee Butler FamilySt Paul, MN 2023

    General operating support

    $15,000
  10. Xcel Energy FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2023

    Environmental sustainability

    $10,000
  11. FR Bigelow FoundationSt Paul, MN 2023

    Environmental justice coordinating council (ejcc)

    $10,000
  12. John Larsen Foundation MNG Agy (PLG)Eagan, MN 2023

    General operating

    $2,500
  13. Land O'Lakes FoundationSt Paul, MN 2023

    United way/lolgiving week- employee giving campaign matches

    $1,311
  14. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $145
  15. Xcel Energy FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2022

    Environmental sustainability

    $10,000
  16. FR Bigelow FoundationSt Paul, MN 2022

    Ejcc cohort one water summit 2022

    $10,000
  17. Kaplan Family FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2022

    Other

    $2,500
  18. Stuart & Nancy Friedell Family FoundationMinnetonka, MN 2022

    General Funding

    $1,000
  19. Land O'Lakes FoundationSt Paul, MN 2022

    United way/lolgiving week- employee giving campaign matches

    $353
  20. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $184
  21. Wal-Mart FoundationBentonville, AR 2021

    Nature

    $1,047,600
  22. Walton Family Foundation IncBentonville, AR 2021

    To support broader outreach and education on water quality policy in agriculture and understanding what diversity, equity, and inclusion looks like for conservation in Midwest row crop agriculture.

    $150,000
  23. FR Bigelow FoundationSt Paul, MN 2021

    Addressing health disparities by developing an environmental justice coordinating council

    $30,000
  24. Centerpoint Energy Foundation IncHouston, TX 2021

    Environmental initiative youth engagement in north minneapolis with northside safety n.e.t. (neighborhoods empowering teens)

    $5,000
  25. Stuart & Nancy Friedell Family FoundationMinnetonka, MN 2021

    General Funding

    $1,000
  26. Kaplan Family FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2021

    Other

    $500
  27. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $166
  28. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    To support Environmental Initiative's work between bringing unlikely partners together to ensure clean water for all Minnesota communities, and for general operating support

    $365,000
  29. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    To continue building Minnesota's clean energy future through the business-led Minnesota's Sustainable Growth Coalition, using their impact and influence to reach their ambitious and actionable goals

    $100,000
  30. Stuart & Nancy Friedell Family FoundationMinnetonka, MN 2020

    General Funding

    $1,000
  31. Kaplan Family FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2020

    Other

    $500
  32. Xcel Energy FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    Matching employee donation

    $400
  33. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $203
  34. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2019

    To support Environmental Initiative's work between bringing unlikely partners together to ensure clean water for all Minnesota communities, and for general operating support

    $155,000
  35. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2019

    To continue building Minnesota's clean energy future through the business-led Minnesota's Sustainable Growth Coalition, using their impact and influence to reach their ambitious and actionable goals

    $150,000
  36. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2019

    To support Environmental Initiative's work between bringing unlikely partners together to ensure clean water for all Minnesota communities, and for general operating support

    $25,000
  37. Margaret A Cargill FoundationEden Prairie, MN 2019

    Other operating support

    $3,000
  38. Kaplan Family FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2019

    Other

    $3,000
  39. Xcel Energy FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2019

    Matching employee donations

    $200
  40. Margaret A Cargill FoundationEden Prairie, MN 2018

    Employee matching grant

    $4,755
  41. Kaplan Family FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2018

    Other

    $3,000
  42. The Covia FoundationIndependence, OH 2018

    Environmental ed

    $1,000
  43. Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren LTD FoundBloomington, MN 2018

    Human services

    $500
  44. The Nash FoundationWilmington, DE 2017

    General & Unrestricted

    $2,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other environment organizations in Minneapolis, MN and are not among Environmental Initiative’s funders above.

  1. Mortenson Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 21 grants Accepts applications $430,500 to similar organizations
  2. Marbrook FoundationMinneapolis, MN 13 grants Preselected only $253,000 to similar organizations
  3. Longview FoundationMilwaukee, WI 12 grants Preselected only $23,000 to similar organizations
  4. PatagoniaorgVentura, CA 12 grants Preselected only $271,852 to similar organizations
  5. The Schmidt Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA 13 grants Accepts applications $2,597,500 to similar organizations
  6. Manitou FundWhite Bear Lake, MN 9 grants Preselected only $1,340,000 to similar organizations
  7. Neville Family FoundationEden Prairie, MN 10 grants Preselected only $35,000 to similar organizations
  8. Lenfestey Family Foundation IncGreen Bay, WI 5 grants Accepts applications $9,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 41-1718834 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.