Minnesota · Private foundation
Elmer L & Eleanor J Andersen Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $334k
- Granted FY2023
- 67
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 66
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
94% of Elmer L & Eleanor J Andersen Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to The Minneapolis Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Elmer L & Eleanor J Andersen Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 52 organizations, $334k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2023
- $260k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 58 to 68
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 38% of the organizations Elmer L & Eleanor J Andersen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 22% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 78% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 66 | $260k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 68 | $243k | 51% |
| FY2020 | 58 | $217k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota Inc | $97,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Mn350 | $14,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy | $13,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Joyce Preschool | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Ramsey County Historical Society Inc | $9,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Voyageurs Conservancy | $9,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Minnesota Museum of American Art | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Children's Law Center of Minnesota | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
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What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($266k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Elmer L & Eleanor J Andersen 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 · The Minneapolis Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Hardenbergh Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Mardag Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation
How this is measured
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About Elmer L & Eleanor J Andersen Foundation
- How much does Elmer L & Eleanor J Andersen Foundation give?
- Elmer L & Eleanor J Andersen Foundation reported 67 itemized grants totaling $259,500, out of $334,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 58 and 68 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Elmer L & Eleanor J Andersen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (76%), Religion (2%), Arts & Culture (2%).
- Who are Elmer L & Eleanor J Andersen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota Inc ($97k), Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless ($15k), Mn350 ($14k).
- Does Elmer L & Eleanor J Andersen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Elmer L & Eleanor J Andersen 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 Elmer L & Eleanor J Andersen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, Fr Bigelow Foundation.
- Where is Elmer L & Eleanor J Andersen Foundation based?
- Elmer L & Eleanor J Andersen Foundation is based in MN.
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