Climate and Racial Justice Grants

Nexus Community Partners (Nexus) Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI) is a 7-month leadership program that supports, trains and helps place people of color and other underrepresented community members on city and county publicly appointed boards and commissions that influence and impact equity in the Twin Cities Metro Area in economic development, health, housing, transit and workforce development.

MN350 unites Minnesotans as part of a global movement to stop catastrophic climate change and the pollution damaging our communities, speed the transition to clean energy, and create a just and healthy future for all.

Amherst H. Wilder Foundation’s Community Equity Program is an immersive political leadership program that brings together Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color (BIPOC) who want to get involved in MN’s legislative policy.

COPAL is a Latine, community-led organization that works to improve the quality of life for Latines in MN by building collective power, transforming systems, and creating opportunities for dignified life.

Friends of the Mississippi River engages people to protect, restore, and enhance the Mississippi River and its watershed in the Twin Cities region.

“Jugaad” is a Hindi and Punjabi word that means “innovation.” The Jugaad Leadership Program was developed in 2015 to empower the St. Cloud community to assume responsibility for positive social change.

Lander Climate Action Network (LCAN) is a grassroots nonpartisan group of Lander citizens working to create a sustainable future for our local community. Its MISSION is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Lander, WY through a commitment to environmental sustainability, community engagement, and economic viability.

The mission of the Wind River Food Sovereignty Project is to increase the supply of local, healthy, affordable food on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming by supporting Reservation-based food production.

The Nature Conservancy Wyoming is recognized for our ability to organize and leverage partners – from landowners and community leaders to ranchers and students – for landscape-scale outcomes. We deploy research and science to reclaim areas left scarred by development and to engage and educate all ages about the impact of a changing climate on plants and wildlife.

Through the introduction of new administrative approaches and placed-based opportunities for learning and connection, Wyoming Outdoor Council's Indigenous conservation program is working to develop an Indigenous-led perspective of stewardship and an approach to addressing the climate crisis that promotes cultural teachings.