Legacy Grants
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Program Name: Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grants program
Funds projects in the state of Minnesota focused on preserving Minnesota's history and cultural heritage.
Geographic Scope: Minnesota
Funding Source: State of Minnesota, the Legacy Amendment through the vote of Minnesotans on Nov. 4, 2008
Past recipients of this program
Recent awards under this program (from Minnesota Historical Society's IRS filings)
Little Falls, MN · 2025
$273K
City of Hackensack
Hackensack, MN · 2025
$245K
City of Browns Valley
Browns Valley, MN · 2025
$208K
New Ulm, MN · 2025
$198K
Ramsey County Historical Society
St Paul, MN · 2025
$195K
983 grants in Minnesota Historical Society's 2020–2025 filings reference “Legacy Grants” in their stated purpose. Amounts and places as reported by the funder.
What Minnesota Historical Society actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 180
- Total given
- $7.64M
- Median grant
- $22K
- Range
- $5,196–$273K
- By dollars: Minnesota 100%. Top recipient cities: St. Paul, MN; Minneapolis, MN; Duluth, MN.
- <1% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 35% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Friends of Linden Hill Inc · Little Falls, MN
Legacy Grant for Rehabilitation of Exterior Barn, Carriage House and Greenhouse
$273K
City of Hackensack · Hackensack, MN
Legacy Grant for conservation building phase 1 preservation stabilization
$245K
City of Browns Valley · Browns Valley, MN
Legacy Grant for the Browns Valley Carnegie Public Library Preservation Project
$208K
Brown County · New ULM, MN
Legacy Grant for the BCHS Comprehensive Inventory Phase 6
$198K
Ramsey County Historical Society · St Paul, MN
Legacy Grant for projects focusing on archival digitization, exhibition planning,…
$195K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- History
- Nonprofits
Categories
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