Minnesota · Private foundation
Charles P & Mary E Belgarde Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $128k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 7%
- First-time grantees FY2024
Read this first · the figures below need context
96% of Charles P & Mary E Belgarde Foundation’s FY2026 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2026 names 11 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2025, the last year Charles P & Mary E Belgarde Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 13 organizations, $128k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 15
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 7% of the organizations Charles P & Mary E Belgarde Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 17 | $128k | 12% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $108k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $126k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $115k | 14% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $107k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $127k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 12 | $86k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Harvest Heartland | $138,625 | 8 | 0% |
| Byron Dorgan Youth Wellness Center | $95,000 | 8 | 5% |
| Division of Indian Work | $85,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Native American Rights Fund Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| St Anns Church | $50,000 | 5 | n/a |
| St Josephs Indian School | $40,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Twin Cities Rise | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| MIGIZI Communications Inc | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Dream of Wild Health | $30,670 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Harvest Heartland | $138,625 | 8 | 0% |
| Byron Dorgan Youth Wellness Center | $95,000 | 8 | 5% |
| Division of Indian Work | $85,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Native American Rights Fund Inc | $80,000 | 8 | 0% |
| St Anns Church | $50,000 | 5 | n/a |
| St Josephs Indian School | $40,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Twin Cities Rise | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| MIGIZI Communications Inc | $35,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Dream of Wild Health | $30,670 | 7 | 0% |
| Lower Phalen Creek Project | $30,500 | 7 | 1% |
| Tm Mikinaak Ode Center | $30,000 | 5 | 2% |
| Native American Veterans Assistance | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Lake Street Council | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Turtle Mountain Community College | $9,000 | 2 | 0% |
| All Indigenous Recruiting Organization | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($146k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Charles P & Mary E Belgarde 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 · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Minnesota Humanities Center · Mortenson Family Foundation · Headwaters Foundation for Justice · Northwest Area Foundation · Manitou Fund · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · First Nations Development Institute · Common Counsel Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Charles P & Mary E Belgarde Foundation with peer funders
About Charles P & Mary E Belgarde Foundation
- How much does Charles P & Mary E Belgarde Foundation give?
- Charles P & Mary E Belgarde Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $128,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 15 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does Charles P & Mary E Belgarde Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2026, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (20%), Youth Development (11%), Human Services (11%).
- Who are Charles P & Mary E Belgarde Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2026: Second Harvest Heartland ($139k), Byron Dorgan Youth Wellness Center ($95k), Division of Indian Work ($85k).
- Does Charles P & Mary E Belgarde Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles P & Mary E Belgarde 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 Charles P & Mary E Belgarde Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Otto Bremer Trust, Margaret a Cargill Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is Charles P & Mary E Belgarde Foundation based?
- Charles P & Mary E Belgarde Foundation is based in MN.
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