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TY 2020 ExpenditureResponsibilityStmt
Name:
The McKnight Foundation
EIN:
41-0754835
Software ID:
20011424
Software Version:
2020v4.0
Grantee's Name Grantee's Address Grant Date Grant Amount Grant Purpose Amount Expended By Grantee Any Diversion By Grantee? Dates of Reports By Grantee Date of Verification Results of Verification
Natural Capitalism Solutions
 
11823 North 75th Street
Longmont,CO80503
2017-08-25 175,000 For the expansion of the iMatter program in the upper Midwest 175,000 0 Final Report, 2/12/2020 2020-05-04 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Natural Capitalism Solutions
 
11823 North 75th Street
Longmont,CO80503
2018-08-24 50,000 For enhanced communication capacity of the iMatter program in the upper Midwest 50,000 0 Final Report, 2/14/2020 2020-05-04 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Business Council for Sustainable Energy
 
805 15th Street NW Suite 708
Washington,DC20005
2019-05-17 32,000 To promote the Bloomberg New Energy Finance's annual Sustainable Energy in America Factbook with a focus on Minnesota and Midwest clean energy markets 32,000 0 Final Report, 8/21/2019 2020-05-04 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Business Council for Sustainable Energy
 
805 15th Street NW Suite 708
Washington,DC20005
2020-05-15 32,000 To promote Bloomberg New Energy Finance's annual Sustainable Energy in America Factbook with a focus on Minnesota and Midwest clean energy markets 32,000 0 Final Report, 10/22/2020 2021-04-25 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Quantified Ventures
 
1875 Connecticut Ave NW
Washington,DC20009
2019-08-23 175,000 To support efforts to bring Environmental Impact Bond structuring services to two cities along the Mississippi River 79,822 0 Interim Report, 7/14/2020 2020-10-16 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Ag Technology and Environmental Stewardship Foundation
 
1255 SW Prairie Trail Parkway
Ankeny,IA50023
2018-11-16 100,000 To support a drinking water pay-for-success feasibility study in three Iowa communities 100,000 0 Final Report, 12/3/2019 2020-05-04 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Trust for Coastal Stewardship
 
6329 Freret Street Suite 155F
New Orleans,LA70118
2013-08-16 75,000 For general operating support to accelerate coastal restoration in Louisiana 75,000 0 Final Report, 11/9/2020 2021-01-28 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
American Institute of Architects - Minnesota
 
275 Market St Suite 54
Minneapolis,MN55405
2018-05-18 80,000 To continue to build upon the success of the Affordable Design Award program with the goal of raising the level of housing design in the affordable housing field 40,000 0 Interim Report, 7/1/2019 2019-08-15 Due to grant amendment and timing of payment, no report was due in 2020.
Catalyst Arts
 
3218 Cleveland Street NE
Minneapolis,MN55418
2019-08-23 70,000 For support of Catalyst programming 0       The Foundation is still making attempts to obtain grantee report.
Greater Twin Cities United Way
 
404 South 8th St
Minneapolis,MN55404
2019-02-22 200,000 To fund family organizing, advocacy, and leadership training in Greater Minnesota 100,000 0 Interim Report, 2/28/2020 2020-03-20 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
NOAH Impact Fund LLC
 
332 Minnesota Street Suite 1650 Wes
t
Saint Paul,MN55101
2017-06-01 4,688,680 PRI - Purpose of financing the Borrower's ability to purchase and purchase of equity interests in Eligible Properties in furtherance of the objectives of the Program 4,688,680   Interim Report, 12/30/2020 2020-12-30 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Pillsbury United Communities
 
3650 Fremont Ave N
Minneapolis,MN55412
2018-08-24 312,000 For the continuation of the Environmental Justice Coordinating Council in North Minneapolis 162,000 0 Interim Report, 2/28/2020 2020-05-04 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Pillsbury United Communities
 
3650 Fremont Ave N
Minneapolis,MN55412
2018-11-16 250,000 To operationalize the community visions for Upper Harbor Terminal redevelopment and provide a model for redevelopment throughout North Minneapolis 149,243 0 Interim Report, 2/28/2020   To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Propel Nonprofits
 
1 SE Main Street Suite 600
Minneapolis,MN55414
2018-11-16 450,000 For Twin Cities Theatres of Color Coalition (TCTOCC) for strategic planning for its five members which produce theatre by, for, and about communities of color 300,000 0 Interim Report, 10/30/2020 2020-11-11 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation
 
101 Fifth Street East Suite 2400
Saint Paul,MN55101
2018-08-24 375,000 To support Itasca Project initiatives to enhance equitable regional economic competitiveness and quality of life, and to support expansion of a CEO DEI cohort 250,000 0 Financial Report, 7/10/2020 2020-08-12 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Soomaal House of Art
 
2200 Minnehaha Avenue Suite 200
Minneapolis,MN55404
2018-05-18 30,000 For support towards artist space, exhibits, and programming 30,000 0 Final Report, 9/2/2020 2020-10-23 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Soomaal House of Art
 
2200 Minnehaha Avenue Suite 200
Minneapolis,MN55404
2020-05-15 30,000 For support towards artist space, exhibits, and programming 0       To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
St Paul Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc
 
401 N Robert Street Suite 150
St Paul,MN55101
2018-08-24 116,032 To implement high impact 'Place for Everyone' strategies that retain and attract new public and private sector investment and jobs in downtown St. Paul 116,032 0 Final Report, 2/17/2020 2020-08-12 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
TakeAction Minnesota Education Fund
 
705 Raymond Avenue Suite 100
St Paul,MN55114
2018-11-16 100,000 To support Black Visions Collective organizational development and climate portfolio 100,000 0 Final Report, 12/15/2019 2020-05-04 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
TakeAction Minnesota Education Fund
 
705 Raymond Avenue Suite 100
St Paul,MN55114
2019-05-17 100,000 To support Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Accion Latina's (COPAL) capacity to elevate Latinx awareness on climate change and education in Minnesota 100,000 0 Final Report, 2/28/2020 2020-08-06 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience
 
710 Second Street South Suite 400
Minneapolis,MN55401
2009-11-14 45,475,000 For an awards program supporting research in neuroscience 33,126,172 0 Interim Report, 7/16/2020 2021-01-13 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
America's Watershed Initiative
 
117 N Kirkwood Road Ste 200
St Louis,MO63122
2018-11-16 100,000 To engage business, government, academic, and civic organizations toward advancing a more collaborative, integrated systems approach to managing the 31-state Mississippi River watershed 100,000 0 Final Report, 2/26/2020 2020-05-04 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Vredeseilanden VZW
 
 
 
2019-11-22 50,000 For Agroecological liquid bio-inputs ("bioles"): a review with special focus on the Andes 5,379 0 Interim Report, 10/30/2020 2021-02-02 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Seattle Foundation
 
1601 Fifth Ave Suite 1900
Seattle,WA98101
2019-08-23 150,000 For the Equitable Evaluation Initiative, which is working to shift evaluation and learning practice within the philanthropic ecosystem to one that advances and reflects equity 50,000 0 Interim Report, 3/21/2020 2020-03-23 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Agriculture Improvement Support Services
 
PO Box 100
40300
Homabay    
KE
2019-05-17 450,000 Embedding Option by Context interactions through improved participation and farmer leadership within the western Kenyan NGOs's Farmer Research Network 89,061 0 Interim Report, 6/29/2020 2020-10-09 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Agro Insight
 
Monseigneur Broekxstraat 2
Peer    
BE
2018-05-18 180,000 Videos for Andean Cropping Systems 109,041 0 Interim Report, 2/19/2020 2020-08-24 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Agro Insight
 
Monseigneur Broekxstraat 2
Peer    
BE
2020-05-15 80,000 Videos on agroecological intensification in Ecuador 0       To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Association Minim Song Panga
 
Cit 4 Aout Villa B18
Kaya    
UV
2019-11-22 88,000 Farmer research network around the farmer association AMSP in Burkina Faso-Lessons learned 2,899 0 Interim Report, 11/3/2020   To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
FUMA Gaskiya
 
BP 32
Maradi    
NG
2019-05-17 442,000 Women's fields-III: Refining FUMA Gaskiya's farmer research network approach with special emphasis on co-creation and data sharing with farmers 107,215 0 Interim Report, 3/18/2020 2020-03-30 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Grupo Yanapai
 
Tripoli 365
Miraflores 801
Lima    
PE
2014-08-15 520,000 Sowing the Andean Diet Escalating the Use of Agrobiodiversity to Improve Child Nutrition in Communities in Huancavelica 502,655 0 Final Report, 9/19/2020   To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Grupo Yanapai
 
Tripoli 365
Miraflores 801
Lima    
PE
2016-11-18 236,000 Forage and Fallows II: Expanding the impact of improved fallows and landscape management for soil fertility and ecosystem services 187,225 0 Interim Report, 2/28/2020 2021-04-29 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Grupo Yanapai
 
Tripoli 365
Miraflores 801
Lima    
PE
2019-05-17 352,000 Encouraging Diversity in the central Peruvian highlands: institutional innovations for the in situ conservation and utilization of agrobiodiversity 10,465 0 Interim Report, 2/28/2020 2020-03-30 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
IDEMS International Community Interest Company
 
15 Warwick Road
Reading    
UK
2018-11-16 75,000 Planning for a hub to bring together Agroecological Science, Practice and Movement 75,000 0 Final Report, 2/29/2020 2020-10-09 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
IDEMS International Community Interest Company
 
15 Warwick Road
Reading    
UK
2019-08-23 431,000 Building an extended CoP though an AE hub that bridges science, movement, and practice 24,708 0 Interim Report, 7/16/2020 2021-04-02 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
 
Keppel Street
London    
UK
2019-11-22 40,000 For Applying participatory decision-making processes to support smallholder farmers' actions for nutrition-sensitive and sustainable local agri-food systems 0       New grant. No reports due in 2020. To the knowledge of the Foundation, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Popular Knowledge Womens Initiative Farmer to Farmer Coop Society Ltd
 
PO Box 5029 Bukedea
Bukedea    
UG
2018-11-16 150,000 FRN-based community phytosanitation initiative for the control of cassava virus diseases in Bukedea district, Eastern Uganda 77,220 0 Interim Report, 6/30/2020 2020-09-17 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Soils Food and Healthy Community Organization
 
PO Box 36 Ekwendeni
Mzimba Mzuzu Northern Region
Ekwendeni    
MI
2018-11-16 75,000 Map agroecologial nutrition and gender equity practices and knowledge systems amongst smallholder farmers who have engaged with SFHC in northern Malawi 75,000 0 Final Report, 5/1/2020 2020-06-30 To the knowledge of the Foundation, and based on the grantee's reports, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant and no verification efforts have been considered necessary.
Statistics for Sustainable Development
 
6 Southern Court
South Street
Reading    
UK
2016-08-26 1,211,000 Research Methods Support 1,215,209 0 Final Report, 10/31/2019 2020-09-28 Expended amount is higher than amount paid because it includes income earned on the grant funds net of fees. To the knowledge of the Foundation, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant.
Statistics for Sustainable Development
 
6 Southern Court
South Street
Reading    
UK
2019-08-23 1,050,000 Research Methods Support III 574,928 0 Interim Report, 5/31/2020 2020-09-28 Expended amount is higher than amount paid because it includes income earned on the grant funds net of fees. To the knowledge of the Foundation, no portion of the funds have been diverted from the purposes of the grant.