Grants awarded
Who does Minnesota Humanities Center fund?
Minnesota Humanities Center has awarded $16 million across 392 grants to 228 grantees between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in arts & culture. Its typical grant is $20,000, with most between $11,550 and $45,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $22,722 versus $18,697 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$16.2M
Typical grant
$20K
Grantees
228
Grants
392
Years
2019–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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Minnesota Children's Museum
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$1.9M | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Hunger Solutions Minnesota
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$1.6M | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Springboard for the Arts
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$511K | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Childrens Museum of Southern Minnesota
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$461K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Wondertrek Children's Museum
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$387K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$310K | 3 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
The Children's Museum of Rochester INC
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$246K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| E East Phillips Neighborhood Institute | $232K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | — |
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$200K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$190K | 4 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
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$190K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Sead Project
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$184K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$182K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$177K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Wheel and Cog Childrens Museum of Hutchinson
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$172K | 5 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
Walker West Music Academy
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$171K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| T The Works | $168K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Young Mens Christian Association of the North
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$164K | 3 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| O Otter Cove Childrens Museum LLC | $152K | 2 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| G Great River Children's Museum | $140K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$140K | 3 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$138K | 3 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$137K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| R Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood for Empowerment | $131K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio INC
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$131K | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| P Planting People Growing Justice Leadership Institute | $122K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| H Hmong Museum | $121K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$120K | 2 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Arcata Press
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$119K | 3 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Hmong Cultural Center of Minnesota
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$115K | 3 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| R Region 5 Children's Museum | $113K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| H Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerments | $112K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$112K | 2 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Green Card Voices
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$106K | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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Asian Economic Development Association
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$105K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$102K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| I Individual recipient | $97K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Pangea World Theater
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$96K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| I In Black Ink | $91K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$87K | 3 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$86K | 4 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
| S Sgu Veterans and Families of U S A INC | $83K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Migizi Communications INC
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$81K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MN | |
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$79K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
The Rondo Community Land Trust
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$79K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$79K | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
The Film Society of Minneapolis St Paul
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$77K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| N Native American Community Development Institute | $75K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$75K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MN | |
| C Center for Leadership | $75K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| T The Urban Village | $75K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Soomaal House of Art | $73K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$72K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MN | |
Center for Hmong Arts & Talent
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$70K | 4 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
MN Zej Zog
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$70K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
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$68K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | WI | |
| I Individual recipient | $68K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| R Red Wing Arts | $68K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| M Minors in Need of Resettlement | $67K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| N Neomuralismos De Mexico | $66K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$66K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| H Hmong Cultural Center | $65K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Kairos Alive
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$65K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| O Otter Cove Children's Museum LLC | $65K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| Y YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities | $62K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
New Arab American Theater Works
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$61K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
| I Individual recipient | $60K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| S Somali Youth and Farm | $60K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$59K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Twin Cities International Film Festival
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$54K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
India Association of Minnesota INC
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$54K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$52K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| H Hawj United of Minnesota | $51K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$51K | 2 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| L Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota | $50K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Winona County Historical Society INC
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$48K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | MN | |
| U Unite Cloud | $47K | 3 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | — |
| A Access Philanthropy Charities | $47K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MN | |
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$47K | 2 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
| I Individual recipient | $45K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| E East Phillips Neighborhood Institute | $44K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Public Art Saint Paul
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$43K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Native American Community Development Institute
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$43K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| S Spark the Children's Museum of Rochester | $42K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Dakhota Iapi Okhodakichiye
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$41K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | MN | |
Twin Cities Rise
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$41K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$41K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| W Wdse-Wrpt | $40K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | MN | — |
Minnesota Transportation Museum INC
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$40K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MN | |
| S Somali American Society | $40K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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$40K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MN | |
| F Freeborn County Historical Society | $40K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MN | |
Olmsted County Historical Society
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$40K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MN | |
| C Chinese American Chamber of Commerce Corp | $38K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | PA | |
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
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$38K | 2 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Minnesota African American Heritage Museum and Gallery
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$38K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | MN | |
| R Ragamala Dance Company | $38K | 2 | 2021–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Somali American Social Service Association
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$37K | 2 | 2019–2020 | 2020 | MN | |
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$35K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Duluth Art Institute Association
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$34K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MN |
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