Grant/loan Resources

• Minnesota grants from state agencies
  
• 2010 HUD Sustainable Communities Planning Grant Program
  
• A.J. Muste Memorial Institute Social Justice Fund Grants
  
• Acorn Foundation
  
• Active Living by Community Design Grants
  
• Active Living Minnesota and Healthy Eating Grants
  
• Agroforestry Advance Loan Fund
  
• AgStar Fund for Rural America
  
• AgStar Wind Power Financing
  
• Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellowship for Academics
  
• Allstate Foundation
  
• Annie's Homegrown Sustainable Agriculture Scholarships
  
• Ben & Jerry's Foundation Grants
  
• Bicycle-related Grants
  
• Blandin Foundation Community Grants
  
• Blandin Foundation Grants & Community Leadership Program
  
• Boat U.S. Foundation Grants
  
• Campus Ecology Fellowships
  
• Campus Sustainability Funds
  
• Captain Planet Foundation Grants
  
• Clean Water Partnership / Nonpoint Pollution Funds
  
• Climate/Energy Citizen Partnership Grants
  
• Common Counsel Foundation
  
• Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) grants -- $2 million
  
• Community Assistantship Program
  
• Community Development Corporation Support
  
• Community Interns
  
• Community POWER (Partners on Waste Education and Reduction) Grants
  
• Conservation Innovation Grants
  
• Conservation Security Program (CSP)
  
• Cooperative Conservation Partnership Initiative
  
• Cottonwood Foundation grants
  
• Current Energy Funding Opportunities
  
• Cynthia Krieg Memorial Watershed Stewardship Fund grants - from Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
  
• DEED Redevelopment Grant Program
  
• DuPont Community Involvement Program
  
• E85 FFV-Only Leasing Program
  
• E85 Fueling Equipment Grants
  
• Earthwatch Institute Grants for Field-Based Research
  
• Ecolab Foundation
  
• Energy Foundation Grants
  
• Energy Performance Financing
  
• Environmental Justice Small Grants Program
  
• Environmental Literacy Grants for Formal K-12 Education
  
• Environmental Stewardship Fund Grants
  
• Environmental Stewardship Scholarships for Residential High School
  
• Environmental Support Center (ESC) Grants
  
• EPA Environmental Education Grants
  
• EPA grants to develop local and tribal government "Climate Showcase Communities"
  
• EPA Seeks Applications for Environmental Community Grants
  
• EPA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants
  
• Experiment in Rural Cooperation: University of MN Southeast Regional Sustainable Development Partnership
  
• Farm Aid Grants
  
• Farmers' Market Promotion Program Grants
  
• Federal Grants -- one-stop shop
  
• Federal Transportation Funds: Demystifying $240 Billion
  
• First Nations Development Institute Grants
  
• Free Paint for Community Projects
  
• Freshwater Future Grants
  
• Fund for Wild Nature Grants
  
• Funders' Networks for Livable Communities & Neighborhoods
  
• Funding for Habitat Restoration Projects
  
• Funding for projects to enhance forest ecosystems in Superior National Forest
  
• Funds for Environmental Advertising Campaigns
  
• Funds for Habitat Restoration in the Great Lakes, and Coastal Regions
  
• Gannett Foundation
  
• Gardener's Supply Donation Program
  
• Grants for Northern MN Farm-Based Energy Projects
  
• Grants for Rural Development in Southeast Minnesota
  
• Grants for Summer Interns
  
• Great Lakes Project Grants
  
• Green Communities Initiative in Minnesota and Nationally
  
• Greening Middle School Education
  
• Greenworks Grants
  
• Headwaters Foundation for Justice
  
• Healthy Lakes and Rivers Partnership Program Grants
  
• Home Depot Environmental Grants
  
• Honor the Earth - Funds for Native Environmental Work
  
• HRK Foundation
  
• HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grants - $100 million available
  
• IDEA Competition Grants
  
• Increase Your Green grants (for teens)
  
• Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment
  
• Ittleson Foundation
  
• Joyce Foundation
  
• Kathy Kinzig Grant at Eco Education
  
• Kresge Foundation - green building grants; underserved populations
  
• Lake and Stream Conservation Partnership Grants
  
• Laura Jane Musser Fund Grants
  
• Lindbergh Foundation Grants
  
• Live Green, Live Smart Micro Grants
  
• Loan Guarantees for Innovative Energy Projects
  
• Loans for Community Development Organizations
  
• Loans for Transit Systems
  
• Loans to Minnesota Small Businesses for Environmental Improvement
  
• Local Government and School District Renovations (Facility Cost-Share) Grant Program
  
• Local Government Renewable Energy Grants - up to $4,300,000 available
  
• McKnight Foundation Environmental Grants
  
• McKnight Foundation Environmental Grants - Focusing on Mississippi River
  
• MDU Resources Foundation
  
• Melinda Gray Ardia Environmental Foundation Grants
  
• Metropolitan Council Livable Communities Grants
  
• Micro-Energy and Conservation Home Improvement Loans
  
• Midwest Assistance Program Loans
  
• Migratory Bird Grant Program
  
• Minneapolis Climate Change Micro Grants
  
• Minnesota Campus Compact Collaborating for Change Mini-Grant Program
  
• Minnesota Clean Air ChoiceTM Scholarship
  
• Minnesota Energy Efficiency Grants
  
• Minnesota Energy Loans for homeowners
  
• Minnesota Grantmakers
  
• Minnesota Initiative Foundations
  
• Minnesota Local Trail Connections Grants
  
• Minnesota Sea Grant funding
  
• MN Clean Air Choice Scholarship
  
• MN DNR Community Conservation Assistance Grants
  
• MPCA Clean Water Partnership Grants and Loans
  
• MPCA Environmental Assistance Loan Program
  
• MPCA Green Chemistry and Design Demonstration Project Grants
  
• MPCA Offering $3 Million in Grants for Water Quality Projects
  
• Municipal Incentive for Energy Improvements in Buildings
  
• Nathan Cummings Foundation Grants
  
• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Grants
  
• National Forest Foundation Grants
  
• National Forests Preservation Grants
  
• National Geographic Education Foundation Grants
  
• National Trust for Historic Preservation Grants
  
• Nature of Learning Grants
  
• Norman Foundation Grants
  
• North American Wetlands Conservation Act Grants
  
• Northwest Minnesota Foundation grants
  
• Noyes Foundation Grants
  
• NPS Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program
  
• Organic Certification Cost Share Program
  
• Organic Farming Research Foundation
  
• Patagonia Environmental Grants
  
• Paul Newman Charitable Grants
  
• Recycled Running Tracks
  
• Residential solar hot air rebates available in Minnesota
  
• Residential Solar Rebates (Electric, and Hot Water) available from MN Office of Energy Security
  
• Responsible Mining Grants
  
• River Advocates Fundraising Resources
  
• Rockefeller Brothers Fund Grants
  
• Rural Community Development Initiative Grants
  
• Rural Development Grants for Business & Others
  
• Rural Energy for America grants
  
• Rural Energy Technical Assistance Funding
  
• Rural Housing Economic Development Program
  
• Schoolyard Habitat & Food Programs
  
• Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowships
  
• Seva Foundation Native American Community Grants
  
• Seventh Generation Fund
  
• Shoreland Habitat Restoration Grants
  
• Singing for Change Charitable Foundation Grants
  
• Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship
  
• Small Grants for Greenways Projects
  
• Small Grants Program for Wetlands Conservation
  
• Small Wind Rebates for MN Homeowners Now Available
  
• Smartway Trucking Loans
  
• Social Entrepreneur Funding
  
• Solar Energy Legacy Grants for MN Local Governments
  
• Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation grants and loans
  
• State Grants for Feedlot and Septic System Improvement Projects
  
• StEPP Foundation Grants
  
• Student Design Competition for Sustainability
  
• Surdna Foundation Grants
  
• Sustainable Affordable Housing Design Grants
  
• Sustainable Agriculture Demonstration Grants
  
• Sustainable Agriculture Loans at 3%
  
• Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  
• Sustainable Urban Forests Grants
  
• Sustaining Aquatic Environments - grants
  
• TechFoundation grants and assistance
  
• The Bradley Foundation
  
• The Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation
  
• Town Creek Foundation
  
• US EPA Grants for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Energy Efficiency in Homes and Buildings - $5,360,000 available
  
• USDA Higher Education Challenge Grants
  
• USDA Hunger-Free Communities Grants
  
• USDA Rural Development Section 9006 Clean Energy Grants & Loan Guarantees
  
• USDA Solid Waste Management Grants
  
• Value-Added Producer Grants
  
• Veatch Program Environmental Justice Grants
  
• Wallace Genetic Foundation
  
• Wal-Mart Community Grants and Sustainability Activities
  
• Waste Management, Inc. Charitable Giving
  
• Watershed Funding Web Site
  
• Wedgeshare Grants
  
• Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation Grants
  
• Wild Land & Wildlife Protection Grants
  
• Xcel Energy Renewable Development Fund