How much does Education Minnesota give?

Education Minnesota reported 91 grants totaling $3,451,757 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 51 and 90 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Education Minnesota fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (51%), Employment (27%), Membership Benefit (12%).

Who are Education Minnesota's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59 ($5.2M), St Paul Federation of Educators Local 28 ($4.9M), Robbinsdale Federation of Teachers ($1.1M).

Does Education Minnesota fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Where is Education Minnesota based?

Education Minnesota is based in MN.

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Education Minnesota

EDUCATION MINNESOTA is a labor union representing approximately 86,000 members who work in public schools, higher education and other related fields throughout the state.

$3.5M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 91
Grants FY2025: 75
Organizations funded FY2024: 20%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $11,890
Largest grant, FY2025: $827,918
Organizations funded a year: 51 to 90; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $92M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Education Minnesota funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $227k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EmploymentEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther

How this is measured

First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	90	$3.5M	17%
FY2024	75	$2.9M	20%
FY2023	68	$2.4M	15%
FY2022	85	$3.0M	34%
FY2021	51	$2.7M	25%
FY2020	90	$2.7M	41%
FY2019	52	$2.3M	44%
FY2018	53	$916k	60%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$11MEmployment$5.7MMembership Benefit$2.5MCommunity Improvement$1.3MHuman Services$446kCrime & Legal$199kPublic Benefit$146kPhilanthropy$81kOther$0

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
Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59	$5,197,753	9	21%
St Paul Federation of Educators Local 28	$4,887,585	8	19%
Robbinsdale Federation of Teachers	$1,131,986	7	19%
American Federation of Teachers	$458,041	9	n/a
Better Together MN	$378,200	4	65%
Educators Leading The Profession	$323,972	4	18%
Anoka Hennepin Education Minnesota	$282,823	6	5%
United Teachers of South Washington County	$232,941	7	5%
Education Minnesota - Osseo	$220,229	6	4%
North Star Policy Institute	$200,000	3	55%

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All grantees of Education Minnesota by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59	$5,197,753	9	21%
St Paul Federation of Educators Local 28	$4,887,585	8	19%
Robbinsdale Federation of Teachers	$1,131,986	7	19%
American Federation of Teachers	$458,041	9	n/a
Better Together MN	$378,200	4	65%
Educators Leading The Profession	$323,972	4	18%
Anoka Hennepin Education Minnesota	$282,823	6	5%
United Teachers of South Washington County	$232,941	7	5%
Education Minnesota - Osseo	$220,229	6	4%
North Star Policy Institute	$200,000	3	55%
Minnetonka Teachers Association	$175,542	6	8%
Worthington Education Association	$173,060	5	44%
Chaska Education Association	$161,050	6	8%
Takeaction Minnesota	$146,000	6	3%
Minnesota State College Faculty	$143,127	5	2%
American Federation of Teachers	$134,414	6	22%
The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library	$132,500	9	1%
American Federation of Teachers	$130,119	7	40%
American Federation of Teachers Local 692 - Duluth	$128,881	6	4%
Forest Lake Education Association % Dave Sauer	$128,808	3	13%
American Federation of Teachers	$127,156	6	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$127,153	8	n/a
Dakota County United Educators	$125,112	5	2%
Education Minnesota Cambridge Isanti	$115,420	6	16%
Education Minnesota Osseo ESP	$109,321	7	9%
Eden Prairie Education Association	$106,763	5	6%
MN Council Number 5 of AFSCME	$100,000	1	0%
Shakopee Education Association	$98,770	4	35%
American Federation of Teachers Education MN Inter Distr 287 Local 2209	$92,868	4	5%
Working Partnerships Inc	$92,185	2	4%
Mankato Teachers' Association	$91,945	4	9%
South Suburban United Io	$91,359	7	72%
Great Southwest United	$90,956	9	14%
Education Moorhead	$90,697	5	30%
Elk River Education Association	$87,339	6	8%
American Federation of Teachers	$86,284	5	19%
American Federation of Teachers	$86,268	4	n/a
Hopkins Education Association	$85,615	4	22%
St Croix Education Association	$83,047	3	44%
American Federation of Teachers	$83,034	6	n/a
Education Minnesota Grand Rapids Bigfork Local 1314	$81,804	3	52%
Marshall Education Association	$77,099	3	n/a
Catalyst for Educational Change	$76,850	1	2%
Albert Lea Education Association	$76,575	5	8%
Brainerd United Educators Education Minnesota Brd	$72,346	2	8%
Burnsville Education Association	$72,127	4	17%
White Bear Lake Area Educators Local 7286	$70,101	4	5%
Central Lakes United	$69,074	9	n/a
One Minnesota Inaugural Committee	$65,000	2	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$64,686	5	n/a
Wayzata Education Association	$63,931	4	23%
Rochester Education Association	$63,598	2	20%
State Residential Schools Education	$62,777	6	n/a
Spring Lake Park Teachers United	$60,726	4	n/a
Mounds View Education Association	$59,244	4	8%
Centennial Education Association	$58,140	4	14%
American Federation of Teachers	$57,792	5	n/a
Education Hutchinson	$56,662	3	n/a
Fergus Falls Education Association	$56,214	3	n/a
Minnesota Valley Uniser	$56,190	7	n/a
Sauk Rapids Education Association	$54,912	3	n/a
Prior - Savage Education Association	$54,859	2	25%
Bemidji Education Association	$52,817	5	n/a
Leadership Matters Mn	$50,000	1	40%
University of Minnesota	$50,000	1	n/a
North Star Policy Action	$50,000	1	21%
Education Minnesota Lakeville 1803	$49,030	4	2%
Education Minnesota Western North	$46,002	6	n/a
Bloomington Federation of Teachers	$45,325	2	4%
School Board Integrity Project	$45,000	2	44%
Waconia Education Association	$44,912	3	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$44,236	6	n/a
Education Minnesota Rock Ridge	$43,162	4	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$43,036	5	n/a
Education Minnesota-Hastings	$42,978	3	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$42,064	2	n/a
Alexandria Education Association	$41,150	3	12%
Farmington Education Association	$40,315	2	35%
Fairmont Education Association	$40,000	3	n/a
Great Lakes Center for Education Research and Practice	$40,000	4	3%
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos En Lucha	$40,000	5	1%
Park Association of Teachers	$39,860	3	11%
American Federation of Teachers	$39,822	3	n/a
Milaca Education Association	$39,084	4	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$38,593	2	n/a
Luverne Education Association	$38,250	3	n/a
Uptake Institute	$38,000	4	14%
American Federation of Teachers	$37,481	4	54%
Minnesota Afl-Cio	$36,500	2	1%
American Federation of Teachers	$35,795	4	n/a
Hawley Education Association	$35,528	2	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$34,398	4	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$33,571	3	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$32,732	3	n/a
Annandale Education Association	$32,041	3	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$31,944	4	7%
Education Minnesota-Greenway Local No 1330	$31,328	3	n/a
Education Minnesotacloquet	$30,899	2	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$30,833	2	n/a
Montevideo Education Association	$30,413	3	n/a
Northland United	$30,095	4	n/a
Faribault Education Association	$30,000	2	n/a
Kasson Mantorville Education Mn	$29,368	3	n/a
Stewartville United Educators	$28,985	2	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$28,581	2	n/a
Educational Minnesota-Fillmore Central	$28,477	2	n/a
Education Minnesota Western South	$28,385	4	n/a
Sartell Education Association	$28,326	2	n/a
North Branch Education Association	$27,428	4	n/a
Forest Lake Association of Educational Professionals	$27,107	4	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$26,652	3	8%
American Federation of Teachers	$26,546	3	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$26,059	2	n/a
Alliance for a Better Minnesota	$26,000	1	2%
Jordan Education Association	$25,563	2	n/a
Delano Teachers Association	$25,469	3	n/a
Fridley Education Association	$24,808	2	37%
American Federation of Teachers	$24,045	3	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$23,141	3	n/a
New Ulm Education Association	$22,262	3	n/a
Martin County West Education Association	$21,885	2	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$21,715	1	n/a
Becker Education Association	$21,577	2	n/a
Mn Afl-Cio	$20,000	1	n/a
St Cloud Public School Teachers Association	$19,712	1	15%
American Federation of Teachers	$19,700	1	n/a
Education Minnesota Windom	$18,689	2	n/a
Education Minnesota-La Crescent	$18,470	3	n/a
Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted Education Association	$18,147	2	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$18,093	2	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$18,073	2	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$16,840	2	n/a
Hiawatha Valley Teachers United	$16,274	2	15%
Northland Remer Education Minnesota	$16,127	2	n/a
Bagley Education Association	$16,007	2	n/a
Education Minnesota Freshwater Education District	$16,000	2	n/a
Mid-Minnesota United	$15,750	2	n/a
Esko Education Association	$15,664	2	n/a
Winona Education Association	$15,329	2	5%
Education Minnesota - Roseville	$15,279	2	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$15,237	2	n/a
Parent Teacher Home Visits	$15,000	1	1%
Lake City Education Association	$14,874	2	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$14,739	2	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$14,447	2	n/a
Orono Education Association	$14,171	2	n/a
Goodhue Education Association	$14,103	1	n/a
Little Falls Education Minnesota	$13,941	1	n/a
Education Minnesota Duluth Clerical Local 692-1	$13,794	2	n/a
South Central Minnesota Uniserv	$12,805	2	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$12,600	2	n/a
Kenyon-Wanamingo Education Association	$12,525	2	n/a
Le Sueur-Henderson Education Association	$11,311	1	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$11,298	1	n/a
Plainview Elgin Millview Education	$11,287	1	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$10,985	2	n/a
Triton Educational Association	$10,696	2	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$10,525	1	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$10,481	1	n/a
National Education Association of the United States	$10,000	1	0%
Project Lakes and Plains	$10,000	1	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$10,000	1	n/a
Minnesota Nurses Association	$10,000	1	0%
One Minnesota Transition Committee	$10,000	1	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$10,000	1	n/a
Long Prairie Grey Education Association	$10,000	1	n/a
University Education Association	$8,885	1	n/a
Education Minnesota - St Clair	$8,788	1	n/a
Bemidji Esp Education Association	$8,722	1	n/a
Education Minnesota Jackson County Central	$8,660	1	n/a
Rush City Education Association	$8,606	1	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$8,395	1	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$8,200	1	n/a
Owatonna Education Association	$8,200	1	11%
Education Minnesota - Parkers	$7,959	1	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$7,705	1	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$7,500	1	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$7,297	1	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$7,050	1	n/a
Cook County Education Association	$7,049	1	n/a
Education Minnesota - Rocori	$7,033	1	n/a
Blue Earth Area Education Association	$7,010	1	n/a
Tri-City United Education Association	$6,900	1	n/a
Education Minnesota St James	$6,895	1	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$6,856	1	n/a
Education Minnesota Lakeview	$6,609	1	n/a
Mahtomedi Education Association	$6,580	1	n/a
Thief River Falls Education Association	$6,517	1	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$6,128	1	n/a
Education Minnesota Barnum	$6,125	1	n/a
Education Minnesota Pequot Lakes	$6,048	1	n/a
Deer River Education Association	$6,024	1	n/a
Education Minnesota Hutchinson Education Support Professionals	$6,015	1	n/a
Oakland Education Association's	$6,000	1	n/a
Outfront Minnesota Community Services	$6,000	1	n/a
North St Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale Education Association	$5,934	1	1%
American Federation of Teachers	$5,897	1	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$5,873	1	n/a
Belle Plaine Education Association	$5,868	1	n/a
Northfield Education Association	$5,751	1	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$5,635	1	n/a
Caledonia Education Association	$5,600	1	n/a
Sibley East Education Minnesota	$5,581	1	n/a
Litchfield Education Association	$5,544	1	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$5,543	1	n/a
Education Richfield	$5,500	1	n/a
Cass Lake Education Association	$5,400	1	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$5,370	1	n/a
Education Minnesota Morris Area Support Staff	$5,220	1	n/a
Ely Education Association	$5,163	1	n/a
American Federation of Teachers	$5,050	1	n/a

Education Minnesota supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 15 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 71 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 71.

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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.

Education Minnesota Foundation for Excellence in Teaching & LearningMN36.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 3 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Education Minnesota Foundation for Excellence in Teaching & Learning · National Education Association of the United States · Laborers International Union of North America - District Council of Mn and Nd · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Amazonsmile 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 Education Minnesota

How much does Education Minnesota give?: Education Minnesota reported 91 grants totaling $3,451,757 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 51 and 90 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Education Minnesota fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (51%), Employment (27%), Membership Benefit (12%).
Who are Education Minnesota's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Minneapolis Federation of Teachers Local 59 ($5.2M), St Paul Federation of Educators Local 28 ($4.9M), Robbinsdale Federation of Teachers ($1.1M).
Does Education Minnesota fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Education Minnesota?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Education Minnesota Foundation for Excellence in Teaching & Learning, National Education Association of the United States, Laborers International Union of North America - District Council of Mn and Nd.
Where is Education Minnesota based?: Education Minnesota is based in MN.