McKnight Foundation

Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems

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The McKnight Foundation supports work that promotes justice, creativity, and well-being for people and the planet.

The Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems (CRFS)—formerly the Collaborative Crop Research Program (CCRP)—works to ensure that all people have access to nutritious food produced locally and sustainably.

The program supports participatory, collaborative research focused on transforming agroecological food systems in 10...

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Total Annual Giving: $145,891,450

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Total Assets: $2,712,040,525

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The financial information is based on the most recent 990-PF tax form for 2024

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This funder has a page on their website listing previous grantees.: Grants Awarded

You can review tax forms on ProPublica. Learn more about them and the 990.: 990s

This is a list of grant recipients noted on the funder’s 990 forms.

This includes forms filed in 2018 and later, so it can include information for tax years earlier than that.

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If the details are not included, e.g. “Various”, they may be indicated on the PDF on the IRS site.

Tax Year	Recipient	City	Country	Amount	Purpose
2023	Fundacion AGRECOL Andes	Cochabamba	BL	$43,000	Promoting agroecological consumption in cochabamba, bolivia
2023	Fundacin Aliados	Quito	EC	$100,000	Case study research, enabling rural farm enterprises to improve local livelihoods and increase ecosystem services; and to enable a farmer research network to validate agroecological options that respond to local context
2021	Wageningen University	Wageningen	NL	$74,000	Pathways to agroecological intensification of crop-livestock farming systems of southern mali - iii
2022	Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources	Lilongwe	MI	$100,000	Agroecology hub for scaling out agro-ecological intensification in maize-legume systems in malawi
2021	Volunteer Efforts for Development Concerns	Kampala	UG	$69,000	Promoting farmer based research for improved productivity of cereals in eastern uganda

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The most recent tax form filed for 2024 lists the following key individuals.

Name	Title	City	State / Province Sort descending	Country
	Director	Minneapolis	MN	US
Neeraj Mehta	Vp Of Programs	Minneapolis	MN	US
	Investment Committee	Minneapolis	MN	US
	Investment Committee	Minneapolis	MN	US
	Assistant Secretary	Minneapolis	MN	US
Jacques Hebert	Comms Director	Minneapolis	MN	US
	Director	Minneapolis	MN	US
	Director	Minneapolis	MN	US
Greiner Construction Inc	Construction Services	Minneapolis	MN	US
Stephanie Duffy	Dir Grants &Prog Ops	Minneapolis	MN	US
	Director, Board Chair	Minneapolis	MN	US
Elizabeth McGeveran	Vp Of Investments	Minneapolis	MN	US
	Director, Treasurer	Minneapolis	MN	US
	Director, Board Vice Chair	Minneapolis	MN	US
	Director	Minneapolis	MN	US
	Secretary, Vp Of Fin & Ops	Minneapolis	MN	US
	Investment Committee	Minneapolis	MN	US
	Director	Minneapolis	MN	US
Studio BV LLC	Interior Design Services	Minneapolis	MN	US
	Director	Minneapolis	MN	US

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