Minnesota · Private foundation
786 Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $170k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 24
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations 786 Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $100k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $170k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $290k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 20 | $330k | 45% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $400k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $240k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $260k | 54% |
| FY2017 | 24 | $276k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Manito-Wish YMCA Inc | $300,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Aldo Leopold Nature Center Inc | $125,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Mata Amritanandamayi Center | $120,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Pacifica Christian High School | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center | $80,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Minnehaha Academy | $70,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Wisconsin Foundation | $49,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Michael Fields Agricultural Institute Inc | $45,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Lifetrack Resources Inc | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Keystone Community Services | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
Show all 40 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($661k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget 786 Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Lauretta Boyd Charitable Trust · Hardenbergh Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · Baird Foundation Inc · American Gift Fund · Colorado Gives Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
About 786 Foundation
- How much does 786 Foundation give?
- 786 Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $170,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 24 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does 786 Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (16%), Human Services (16%), Environment (13%).
- Who are 786 Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Camp Manito-Wish YMCA Inc ($300k), Aldo Leopold Nature Center Inc ($125k), Mata Amritanandamayi Center ($120k).
- Does 786 Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does 786 Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as 786 Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Otto Bremer Trust, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation.
- Where is 786 Foundation based?
- 786 Foundation is based in MN.
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