Minnesota · Public charity
Fredrikson & Byron Foundation
Fredrikson & byron is committed to improving the communities where we live and work. The FREDRIKSON & BYRON FOUNDATION exists to support our attorneys' philanthropic efforts and volunteer work in our communities. The foundation focuses its grant making in areas where we believe we can make a difference. The foundation makes grants to law…
- $869k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 34
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $612k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 24 to 29
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $183k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Fredrikson & Byron Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 42% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $257k 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 | 33 | $612k | 15% |
| FY2024 | 29 | $613k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $490k | 28% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $642k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $621k | 4% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $609k | 4% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $623k | 4% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $577k | 31% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fund for Legal Aid | $535,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Volunteer Lawyers Network Ltd | $365,000 | 9 | 3% |
| UND Alumni Association and Foundation | $223,400 | 7 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Development Center Inc | $209,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance | $200,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Advocates For Human Rights | $195,000 | 9 | 1% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $150,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Legal Services of North Dakota | $140,500 | 9 | 1% |
| Minnesota Justice Foundation | $136,000 | 9 | 5% |
| Trustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota | $135,000 | 7 | 0% |
Show all 47 grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Fredrikson & Byron 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: Otto Bremer Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Robins Kaplan Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Minnesota State Bar Foundation · Minnesota Justice Foundation · Faegre Drinker Foundation · Equal Justice Works · Pohlad Family Foundation · The McKnight Foundation
How this is measured
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About Fredrikson & Byron Foundation
- How much does Fredrikson & Byron Foundation give?
- Fredrikson & Byron Foundation reported 34 itemized grants totaling $612,000, out of $868,700 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 29 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Fredrikson & Byron Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (42%), Education (15%), Community Improvement (7%).
- Who are Fredrikson & Byron Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Fund for Legal Aid ($535k), Volunteer Lawyers Network Ltd ($365k), UND Alumni Association and Foundation ($223k).
- Does Fredrikson & Byron Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Fredrikson & Byron Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Otto Bremer Trust, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation.
- Where is Fredrikson & Byron Foundation based?
- Fredrikson & Byron Foundation is based in MN.
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