Minnesota · Private foundation
Frankard 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.
- $27k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 37
- Grants FY2025
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $2,400
- Organizations funded a year
- 27 to 34
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 16
- Total assets, FY2025
- $273k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Frankard Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% 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 | 36 | $27k | 8% |
| FY2024 | 34 | $23k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 32 | $31k | 9% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $20k | 3% |
| FY2021 | 31 | $20k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $23k | 7% |
| FY2019 | 28 | $24k | 21% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $25k | 14% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota | $21,600 | 9 | 1% |
| Cotter Schools | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Open Door | $5,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $5,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Minnesota Marine Art Museum | $4,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Freedom Flight Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 4% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Winona Orc Industries Inc | $3,600 | 9 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $2,700 | 9 | n/a |
| Home and Community Options Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 24 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota | $21,600 | 9 | 1% |
| Cotter Schools | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Open Door | $5,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $5,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Minnesota Marine Art Museum | $4,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Freedom Flight Inc | $4,000 | 2 | 4% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Winona Orc Industries Inc | $3,600 | 9 | 0% |
| Catholic Relief Services | $2,700 | 9 | n/a |
| Home and Community Options Inc | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Experimental Aircraft Association Inc | $2,250 | 9 | 0% |
| Good Shepherd Foundation | $2,230 | 3 | 2% |
| The Christian Brothers of the Midwest Inc | $2,000 | 9 | n/a |
| The Salvation Army | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Little Star Foundation Inc | $1,900 | 9 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $1,900 | 9 | n/a |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $1,600 | 7 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Beloved Asheville | $1,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Youth Aviation Foundation | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Chill Foundation | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Shelter the Homeless Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Lunches for Lakeville | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Gamehaven Council Inc Boy Scouts of America | $500 | 5 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 33 recipients with no EIN on record ($129k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Frankard 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
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About Frankard Foundation
- How much does Frankard Foundation give?
- Frankard Foundation reported 37 grants totaling $27,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Frankard Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (20%), Health (15%), Philanthropy (14%).
- Who are Frankard Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Down Syndrome Association of Minnesota ($22k), Cotter Schools ($10k), The Open Door ($6k).
- Does Frankard Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Frankard 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 Frankard Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Xcel Energy Foundation, Winona Community Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust.
- Where is Frankard Foundation based?
- Frankard Foundation is based in MN.
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