Minnesota · Private foundation
Cannon Valley Communications 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.
- $144k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2025
- 30
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 47%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 40
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 47% of the organizations Cannon Valley Communications Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k 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 | 30 | $144k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 30 | $125k | 47% |
| FY2023 | 30 | $96k | 27% |
| FY2022 | 40 | $110k | 35% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $118k | 28% |
| FY2020 | 29 | $101k | 28% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $97k | 29% |
| FY2018 | 27 | $94k | 15% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of South Dakota Foundation | $140,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Bricelyn Community Club Inc | $53,800 | 9 | n/a |
| Salvation Army | $50,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Venice Theatre Inc | $38,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Wells Area Food Shelf | $23,000 | 9 | 3% |
| All Faiths Food Bank Inc | $18,000 | 7 | 0% |
| True Friends | $16,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media | $15,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Global Volunteers | $15,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Elysian Fire Department Relief Association | $15,000 | 3 | 3% |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 61 recipients with no EIN on record ($430k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Cannon Valley Communications Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Pentair Foundation · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · United Way Worldwide · Ibm International Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
Compare Cannon Valley Communications Foundation with peer funders
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About Cannon Valley Communications Foundation
- How much does Cannon Valley Communications Foundation give?
- Cannon Valley Communications Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $144,150 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 40 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Cannon Valley Communications Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (18%), Public Safety & Disaster (13%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are Cannon Valley Communications Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of South Dakota Foundation ($140k), Bricelyn Community Club Inc ($54k), Salvation Army ($50k).
- Does Cannon Valley Communications Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 47% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cannon Valley Communications 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 Cannon Valley Communications Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation, Minnesota Community Foundation.
- Where is Cannon Valley Communications Foundation based?
- Cannon Valley Communications Foundation is based in MN.
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