Minnesota State Grant Funding Opportunities
Clean Power Consultants helps businesses, agricultural operations, clean-energy developers, manufacturers, and other eligible organizations identify state grant funding opportunities and develop competitive grant applications. Explore current funding opportunities in Colorado and Minnesota below.
CSFS: Industrial innovation in food systems -implementation
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s (MPCA) industrial innovation in food systems program provides competitive grant funding to food and beverage manufacturing facilities and food system organic waste processing sites to cut climate pollution, improve efficiency, and reduce waste. Funding will help ensure that Minnesota’s food and beverage industry remains competitive, operational, and located within Minnesota.
The MPCA is soliciting proposals to distribute $40 million in grant funding to support industrial food and beverage manufacturers and food system organic waste processors across Minnesota. Applications open until all funding is awarded.
Round 1: applications accepted until July 1, 2026
Round 2: applications accepted until October 1, 2026
Round 3: applications accepted until January 1, 2027
Round 4: applications accepted until April 1, 2027
Round 5: applications accepted until July 1, 2027
Round 6: applications accepted until October 1, 2027
Round 7: applications accepted until January 1, 2028
Round 8: applications accepted until April 1, 2028
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The State Competitiveness Fund
Provides state matching money to help local groups in Minnesota win federal clean energy and climate grants.
Grant Overview
Total Funding: $40 million total via the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
Grant Size: $50,000 to $8 million per project, covering up to 60% of total costs.
Match Requirement: Recipients must provide at least 40% matching funds (non-federal).
Deadlines: Applications are rolling and reviewed quarterly:
July 1, 2026
October 1, 2026
January 1, 2027
April 1, 2027
April 1, 2028