How much does Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation) give?

Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation) reported 63 grants totaling $9,571,600 in its FY2020 IRS filing.

What does Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation) fund?

By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (75%), Community Improvement (17%), Education (4%).

Who are Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation)'s largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: University of Minnesota Foundation ($1.6M), The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation ($500k), World Emergency Relief ($350k).

Does Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation) accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation)?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Hardenbergh Foundation.

Foundation Dossiers

Minnesota · Private foundation

Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation)

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$9.6M
Granted FY2020: 63
Grants FY2020: 38
Organizations funded FY2020

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93% of Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation)’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Blackbaud Giving Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 2 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation) named its own grantees at scale: 29 organizations, $10M. It is dated, not current.

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Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

Median grant, FY2020: $50,000
Largest grant, FY2020: $2,302,035
States reached, FY2020: 9
Total assets, FY2020: $25M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Philanthropy$30MCommunity Improvement$7.0MEducation$1.7MFood & Nutrition$625kInternational$470kEnvironment$200kHuman Services$75kArts & Culture$69kOther$0

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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
University of Minnesota Foundation	$1,570,001	3	0%
The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation	$500,000	1	1%
World Emergency Relief	$350,000	2	3%
Greater Twin Cities United Way	$350,000	1	1%
Second Harvest Heartland	$125,000	1	0%
Waterorg	$100,000	1	1%
Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce Charitable Foundation	$100,000	1	5%
Project Wet Foundation Inc	$75,000	1	10%
Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center	$50,000	1	2%
Neighborhood House	$50,000	1	1%

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All grantees of Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation) by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
University of Minnesota Foundation	$1,570,001	3	0%
The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation	$500,000	1	1%
World Emergency Relief	$350,000	2	3%
Greater Twin Cities United Way	$350,000	1	1%
Second Harvest Heartland	$125,000	1	0%
Waterorg	$100,000	1	1%
Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce Charitable Foundation	$100,000	1	5%
Project Wet Foundation Inc	$75,000	1	10%
Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center	$50,000	1	2%
Neighborhood House	$50,000	1	1%
Great River Passage Conservancy	$50,000	1	13%
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities	$35,000	1	1%
Minnesota Computers for Schools	$35,000	1	2%
Minnesota Academy of Science	$30,000	1	10%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Minnesota	$25,000	1	1%
Communities in Schools	$25,000	1	0%
Actors Theater of Minnesota	$20,000	1	9%
Penumbra Theatre Company Inc	$20,000	1	1%
Global Compact Network USA Inc	$20,000	1	2%
United Hospital Foundation	$15,000	1	0%
Twin Cities Regional Science Fairs	$15,000	1	19%
Saint Paul Police Foundation	$15,000	1	7%
Starbase Minnesota Inc	$12,500	1	0%
Dress for Success Twin Cities	$12,500	1	2%
Minnesota Orchestral Association	$12,150	1	0%
Children's Heartlink	$10,000	1	0%
Minnesota Historical Society	$10,000	1	0%
Economic Club of Minnesota	$3,820	1	1%
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts	$3,500	1	0%
Turtle Creek Chamber Orchestra Inc	$3,000	1	n/a
Smile Train Inc	$1,000	1	0%

Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($7.1M), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation) supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 30.

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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.

Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN21.6× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Hardenbergh Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · United Way Worldwide · The Minneapolis Foundation · Medtronic Communities Foundation · Nicholson Family Foundation

How this is measured

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation)

How much does Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation) give?: Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation) reported 63 grants totaling $9,571,600 in its FY2020 IRS filing.
What does Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation) fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (75%), Community Improvement (17%), Education (4%).
Who are Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation)'s largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: University of Minnesota Foundation ($1.6M), The National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation ($500k), World Emergency Relief ($350k).
Does Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation) accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation)?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Blackbaud Giving Fund, Hardenbergh Foundation.
Where is Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation) based?: Ecolab Foundation (A/K/A Ecolab Industry Foundation) is based in MN.