Minnesota · Private foundation
Dorothy M and E Milton Kleven Family 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.
- $146k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Grants FY2025
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 21
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Dorothy M and E Milton Kleven Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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 | 21 | $146k | 19% |
| FY2024 | 20 | $125k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $136k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $138k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $121k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $142k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 21 | $142k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $141k | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Olaf College | $390,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Augsburg University | $250,400 | 9 | 0% |
| Normandale Evangelical Lutheran Church of Edina | $117,216 | 9 | n/a |
| People Reaching Out to Other People Inc | $76,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners | $64,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Marie Sandvik Center | $34,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Metro Hope Ministries Inc | $33,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Josiah Venture | $29,000 | 5 | 0% |
| VEAP Inc | $27,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Community Emergency Service Inc | $19,000 | 4 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Olaf College | $390,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Augsburg University | $250,400 | 9 | 0% |
| Normandale Evangelical Lutheran Church of Edina | $117,216 | 9 | n/a |
| People Reaching Out to Other People Inc | $76,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners | $64,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Marie Sandvik Center | $34,000 | 9 | n/a |
| Metro Hope Ministries Inc | $33,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Josiah Venture | $29,000 | 5 | 0% |
| VEAP Inc | $27,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Community Emergency Service Inc | $19,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Every Meal | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Apple Tree Dental | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fill & Mind & Heart Inc | $6,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Minnesota Symphonic Winds Inc | $6,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Food Group Minnesota Inc The | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Sharing and Caring Hands Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Norway House | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cityjoy | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Second Harvest Heartland | $5,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Ediths House Inc | $3,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Minnehaha Academy | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Luther College | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Coco's Heart Dog Rescue | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Normandale Hill Elemntary PTA | $2,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St Andrew Lutheran Church | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Elimisha Childrens Project | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Diabetes Association | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Minnesota Independence College and Community | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood North Central States Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Grace Lutheran Church | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc | $400 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the L E Phillips Memorial Public Library Inc | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Woodlake Lutheran Church | $200 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($107k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dorothy M and E Milton Kleven Family 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.
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How this is measured
Compare Dorothy M and E Milton Kleven Family Foundation with peer funders
About Dorothy M and E Milton Kleven Family Foundation
- How much does Dorothy M and E Milton Kleven Family Foundation give?
- Dorothy M and E Milton Kleven Family Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $145,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 21 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Dorothy M and E Milton Kleven Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (53%), Religion (18%), Food & Nutrition (12%).
- Who are Dorothy M and E Milton Kleven Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Olaf College ($390k), Augsburg University ($250k), Normandale Evangelical Lutheran Church of Edina ($117k).
- Does Dorothy M and E Milton Kleven Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dorothy M and E Milton Kleven Family 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 Dorothy M and E Milton Kleven Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is Dorothy M and E Milton Kleven Family Foundation based?
- Dorothy M and E Milton Kleven Family Foundation is based in MN.
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