Minnesota · Public charity
Greater Minnesota Housing Fund
Please see schedule o.founded in 1996 by the mcknight foundation and blandin foundation, GREATER MINNESOTA HOUSING FUND (gmhf) is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, certified community development financial institution (cdfi) with the mission of supporting the creation of strong communities and affordable homes by making strategic investments and…
- $1.9M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 32
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $1.9M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $45,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $375,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 26
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $303M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 58% of the organizations Greater Minnesota Housing Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $398k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 30 | $1.9M | 60% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $1.3M | 58% |
| FY2022 | 26 | $1.4M | 65% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $620k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $496k | 42% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $735k | 41% |
| FY2018 | 16 | $853k | 31% |
| FY2017 | 16 | $754k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Housing Finance Agency | $1,232,700 | 7 | n/a |
| Housing Justice Center | $1,138,500 | 8 | 52% |
| Minnesota Housing Partnership | $504,261 | 7 | 6% |
| Engage Winona | $451,500 | 3 | 76% |
| Home Line | $410,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless | $301,750 | 7 | 18% |
| Minnesota Home Ownership Center | $284,300 | 8 | 1% |
| Corporation for Supportive Housing | $250,000 | 7 | 0% |
| American Indian Community Housing Organization | $187,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Life House Inc | $179,866 | 2 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Housing Finance Agency | $1,232,700 | 7 | n/a |
| Housing Justice Center | $1,138,500 | 8 | 52% |
| Minnesota Housing Partnership | $504,261 | 7 | 6% |
| Engage Winona | $451,500 | 3 | 76% |
| Home Line | $410,000 | 7 | 6% |
| Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless | $301,750 | 7 | 18% |
| Minnesota Home Ownership Center | $284,300 | 8 | 1% |
| Corporation for Supportive Housing | $250,000 | 7 | 0% |
| American Indian Community Housing Organization | $187,500 | 1 | 5% |
| Life House Inc | $179,866 | 2 | 5% |
| Northcountry Cooperative Foundation | $145,000 | 4 | 8% |
| Divine Konnections Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 12% |
| Greater Minnesota Housing Fund | $107,750 | 2 | 2% |
| Center City Housing Corp | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Red Lake Supportive Housing 2 | $100,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative | $95,000 | 2 | 1% |
| All Parks Alliance for Change | $90,000 | 7 | 20% |
| Amherst H Wilder Foundation | $90,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Housinglink | $85,000 | 3 | 3% |
| National Assn of Housing & Redevelopment Minnesota Chapter of Nahro | $77,997 | 2 | 29% |
| The Urban Land Institute | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pohlad Family Foundation | $65,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Link | $64,200 | 1 | 1% |
| Family Housing Fund | $55,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Watchmen Properties | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Build Wealth MN Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Amani Construction & Development | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Closeknit | $50,000 | 3 | 9% |
| Housing & Redevelopment Authority of Clay County | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Project Restore Minnesota | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Leech Lake Financial Services Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fathers Rise Together Inc Family Rise Together Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Phumulani | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Riverfront Development Partners LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Face to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Steps of Strategy | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Watchman 3121 LLC | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Life Community Development Corporation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vision Development Group | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nicholas Capital & Wenrich Property | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hidalgo Investments | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Outlaw Development | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hearth Connection | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bluu | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Project for Pride in Living Inc | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Propel Nonprofits | $30,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Arra Properties | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| DC Legacy Development | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Continuum Care Center | $29,753 | 1 | 9% |
| Three Rivers Community Action Inc | $28,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Neighborhood Healthsource | $28,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Clare Housing | $26,900 | 1 | 0% |
| Atlas Real Estate | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Engagement on Shelter and Housing | $25,000 | 1 | 7% |
| L&M Homes LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wenrich Property & Development | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Africa Community Development Corporation | $25,000 | 1 | 53% |
| Wakey Real Estate | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aumur Development Group | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Headwaters Regional Development Com | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Southside Community Health Services Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Faneta Development LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reinvesting in Communities and Housing | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hazaelee Sellers | $16,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Housing & Redevelopment Authority of Mora | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Dnd Realty | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Hospital Association | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership | $10,252 | 3 | 0% |
| Ahc Education and Leadership Center | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Simpson Housing Services Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cura Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boreal Development | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Magnolia Homes LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Housing Partnership Network Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Develecor LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Heartland Lakes Development Commiss | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Itasca County Housing and Redevelopment Authority | $9,995 | 1 | n/a |
| St Louis Park Housing Authority | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Moorhead Public Housing Agency | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Star Policy | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lower Sioux Housing Authority | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Bois Forte Band of Chippewa | $5,467 | 2 | n/a |
| Central Minnesota Housing Partnership Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Brownton Housing Corporation | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Red Lake Reservation Housing Authority | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hillcrest Community Cooperative | $4,770 | 1 | n/a |
| Meeker County Hra | $4,716 | 1 | n/a |
| White Earth Reservation Housing Aut | $1,840 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($70k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Greater Minnesota Housing Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 46 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 McKnight Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Target Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Family Housing Fund · Mardag Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Medica Foundation · Headwaters Foundation for Justice
How this is measured
About Greater Minnesota Housing Fund
- How much does Greater Minnesota Housing Fund give?
- Greater Minnesota Housing Fund reported 32 itemized grants totaling $1,871,366, out of $1,911,817 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 26 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Greater Minnesota Housing Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (72%), Community Improvement (11%), Youth Development (4%).
- Who are Greater Minnesota Housing Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Minnesota Housing Finance Agency ($1.2M), Housing Justice Center ($1.1M), Minnesota Housing Partnership ($504k).
- Does Greater Minnesota Housing Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Greater Minnesota Housing Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Otto Bremer Trust, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The McKnight Foundation.
- Where is Greater Minnesota Housing Fund based?
- Greater Minnesota Housing Fund is based in MN.
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