How much does Hardenbergh Foundation give?

Hardenbergh Foundation reported 185 grants totaling $6,821,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 148 and 174 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.

What does Hardenbergh Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (17%), Arts & Culture (15%), Health (13%).

Who are Hardenbergh Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Neighborhood Development Center Inc ($1.2M), Community Dental Care ($1.2M), Ujamaa Place ($680k).

Does Hardenbergh Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does Hardenbergh Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as Hardenbergh Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fr Bigelow Foundation, Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.

Where is Hardenbergh Foundation based?

Hardenbergh Foundation is based in MN.

Foundation Dossiers

Minnesota · Private foundation

Hardenbergh Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6.8M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 185
Grants FY2025: 148
Organizations funded FY2024: 16%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $20,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $500,000
Organizations funded a year: 148 to 174; FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 4
Total assets, FY2025: $69M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 16% of the organizations Hardenbergh Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 21% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationHealthEnvironmentEmploymentOther

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	167	$6.8M	19%
FY2024	148	$5.8M	16%
FY2023	173	$5.3M	16%
FY2022	174	$5.9M	32%
FY2021	173	$4.7M	24%
FY2020	153	$5.0M	n/a

97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$5.8MArts & Culture$5.2MHealth$4.4MHousing & Shelter$4.0MYouth Development$3.4MCommunity Improvement$2.0MEducation$1.7MRecreation & Sports$1.7MOther$0

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, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Neighborhood Development Center Inc	$1,190,000	5	7%
Community Dental Care	$1,165,000	6	2%
Ujamaa Place	$680,000	6	1%
Lakeview Health Foundation	$600,000	2	4%
Keystone Community Services	$585,000	6	3%
The Arts Partnership	$560,000	6	5%
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota	$495,000	4	0%
Minnesota Historical Society	$450,000	6	1%
Presbyterian Homes Foundation	$450,000	2	3%
Walker West Music Academy	$442,500	5	2%

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All grantees of Hardenbergh Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Neighborhood Development Center Inc	$1,190,000	5	7%
Community Dental Care	$1,165,000	6	2%
Ujamaa Place	$680,000	6	1%
Lakeview Health Foundation	$600,000	2	4%
Keystone Community Services	$585,000	6	3%
The Arts Partnership	$560,000	6	5%
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota	$495,000	4	0%
Minnesota Historical Society	$450,000	6	1%
Presbyterian Homes Foundation	$450,000	2	3%
Walker West Music Academy	$442,500	5	2%
True Friends	$435,000	6	4%
Tubman	$410,000	6	2%
The Saint Paul Parks Conservancy	$405,000	6	43%
The Sanneh Foundation	$385,000	6	3%
Lower Phalen Creek Project	$350,000	2	12%
Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative	$350,000	2	1%
Commonbond Communities	$350,000	2	1%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc	$350,000	1	0%
Canvas Health Inc	$345,000	6	1%
Ain Dah Yung (Our Home) Center	$335,000	6	7%
Minnesota Transportation Museum Inc	$325,000	4	11%
Face to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc	$305,000	4	3%
The JK Movement	$300,000	5	22%
Latino Economic Development Center	$300,000	2	1%
Merrick Community Services	$285,000	6	3%
Our Lady of Peace	$280,000	4	2%
Equaspace	$250,000	1	20%
White Bear Lake Area Historical Society	$250,000	1	12%
180 Degrees Inc	$250,000	1	4%
Hudson Hockey Association Inc	$250,000	1	21%
Ablelight Inc	$250,000	1	0%
Episcopal Homes of Minnesota	$250,000	1	n/a
Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf Dba Open Cupboard	$245,000	4	1%
Cerenity Senior Care	$245,000	3	0%
Goodwill Industries Inc	$220,000	5	0%
Bridging Inc	$210,000	6	1%
Belwin Conservancy	$200,000	2	7%
Land Bank Twin Cities Inc	$200,000	1	7%
Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center	$200,000	2	3%
Tree Trust	$200,000	1	3%
Open Arms of Minnesota	$200,000	2	1%
The Trust for Public Land	$200,000	2	0%
The Playwrights' Center Inc	$200,000	2	8%
Filmnorth	$200,000	2	5%
Solid Ground Washington	$200,000	1	1%
Minndependent	$195,000	6	7%
Big Ideas Inc	$190,000	3	11%
Montessori Training Center of Minnesota Inc	$187,500	6	6%
Communidades Latinas Unidas En Servico Inc	$185,000	2	1%
Lyngblomsten Foundation	$180,000	1	13%
Northern Star Council	$180,000	6	0%
Scandia Heritage Alliance	$170,000	3	31%
People Incorporated	$165,000	6	0%
Washington County Historical Society Inc	$160,000	3	24%
The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library	$160,000	6	3%
Summit Academy Oic	$160,000	6	1%
Familymeans	$155,000	6	1%
Community Thread	$155,000	6	4%
Minnesota Zoo Foundation	$150,000	1	1%
The Drawer	$150,000	3	6%
RICE STREET GARDENS Rice Street Gardens	$150,000	1	22%
Emma Norton Services	$150,000	2	3%
Ramsey County Historical Society Inc	$150,000	5	7%
Guild	$147,500	6	0%
Victoria Theater Arts Center dba 825 Arts	$140,000	4	43%
Union Gospel Mission	$140,000	1	n/a
Union Gospel Mission Association of St Paul Inc	$137,500	4	0%
Elpis Enterprises	$135,000	6	3%
Young Mens Christian Association of the North	$135,000	3	0%
Great River Greening	$134,500	6	1%
Park Square Theatre	$130,000	6	2%
Minnesota Children's Museum	$130,000	6	1%
Minnesota Boat Club Inc	$125,000	1	37%
Great River Passage Conservancy	$125,000	5	9%
Hmong American Partnership	$120,000	5	0%
Metropolitan State University Foundation	$120,000	1	9%
Goodwill-Easter Seals Foundation Inc	$120,000	1	12%
Project for Pride in Living Inc	$115,000	6	0%
Jeremiah Program	$110,000	6	0%
Wildflyer Coffee	$110,000	4	6%
Neighborhood House	$110,000	3	1%
Springboard for the Arts	$110,000	6	1%
College Possible Inc	$105,000	5	0%
River Valley Riders	$105,000	6	11%
Women's Advocates Inc	$100,000	1	1%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation	$100,000	1	0%
Taiko Arts Center	$100,000	1	n/a
African Economic Development Solutions	$100,000	1	4%
Food Group Minnesota Inc The	$100,000	1	1%
Guiding Star Wakota	$100,000	1	5%
Solid Ground	$100,000	1	1%
Living Well Disability Services	$100,000	1	0%
Celtic Junction Arts Center Inc	$100,000	1	14%
Minnesota Humanities Center	$95,000	6	1%
Artreach St Croix	$90,000	2	13%
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society	$90,000	6	0%
Southern Mn Regional Legal Services Inc	$87,500	5	0%
Theresa Living Center	$85,000	6	3%
Ampersand Families	$85,000	6	1%
Daily Work	$85,000	6	5%
The Works	$85,000	6	1%
Family Values for Life	$85,000	6	3%
Camp Odayin	$85,000	6	2%
Valley Outreach	$85,000	6	0%
Reading Partners	$85,000	6	0%
Children's Dental Services Inc	$77,500	6	0%
Portico Healthnet	$77,500	6	1%
Jewish Family Service of St Paul	$75,000	5	1%
East Side Freedom Library	$75,000	1	13%
Achieve Twin Cities	$75,000	5	0%
Hmong American Farmers Association	$75,000	1	3%
Compas Inc	$75,000	6	1%
The Phoenix Residence Inc	$75,000	1	n/a
Polk County Historical Society	$70,000	6	28%
Lakes Center for Youth & Families	$70,000	5	2%
St Croix Family Resource Center	$70,000	4	5%
Freedom Place Inc	$68,500	2	20%
Karen Organization of Minnesota	$67,500	6	1%
Interfaith Action of Greater Saint Paul	$65,000	6	n/a
Jobs Foundation	$65,000	4	0%
Friends of the Mississippi River	$65,000	6	1%
North Star Scouting Memorabilia Inc	$65,000	5	11%
National Inventors Hall of Fame Inc	$65,000	6	0%
The Partnership Plan for Stillwater Area Public Schools	$65,000	6	4%
Hallie Q Brown Community Center Inc	$65,000	4	1%
International Institute of Minnesota	$65,000	4	0%
Urban Roots Mn	$65,000	6	1%
Hope Dental Clinic	$65,000	5	3%
University of Minnesota Foundation	$62,500	5	0%
The Minnesota Opera	$62,500	4	0%
Minnesota Academy of Science	$60,000	6	4%
Como Friends	$60,000	6	0%
East Side Learning Center	$60,000	6	2%
Breakthrough Twin Cities	$60,000	6	1%
Two Rivers Community Land Trust	$60,000	1	2%
Microgrants	$60,000	4	3%
Opportunity Neighborhood	$57,500	6	2%
At Home Group	$56,000	6	4%
Minnesota Recovery Connection	$55,000	6	1%
Bridging Hearts Inc	$55,000	6	18%
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota Inc	$55,000	5	0%
Valley Friendship Club	$55,000	6	5%
Washington County Historical Society	$55,000	3	4%
Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies	$52,500	6	1%
Serveminnesota	$52,500	4	0%
Allina Health System	$50,000	1	n/a
Aeon	$50,000	2	0%
Amherst H Wilder Foundation	$50,000	1	0%
Baztec Fishing & Outdoors	$50,000	1	n/a
River Valley Trails Inc	$50,000	1	51%
University of St Thomas	$50,000	1	0%
Iris Park Commons	$50,000	1	n/a
Womenventure	$50,000	1	1%
Junior Achievement North	$50,000	1	1%
Center for Irish Music	$50,000	1	10%
European Christmas Market	$50,000	1	18%
Catholic Schools Center of Excellence (Cscoe)	$50,000	3	0%
Minnesota Museum of American Art	$50,000	5	1%
Parkview Center School Ptsa PARK	$50,000	1	27%
Germanic-American Institute	$50,000	1	2%
Minnesota Council on Foundations	$47,000	3	0%
Firefighters for Healing	$45,000	4	1%
Arc Minnesota	$45,000	3	n/a
Foster Advocates	$45,000	4	2%
Schubert Club The	$45,000	4	1%
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities	$45,000	4	0%
Youth Service Bureau	$45,000	3	2%
The Cookie Cart	$45,000	4	1%
Osiris Organization	$45,000	4	12%
Minnesota Youth Symphonies	$43,750	6	2%
The St Paul and Ramsey County Domestic Abuse Intervention Project	$42,500	4	1%
Peacemaker Minnesota	$42,500	6	2%
American Composers Forum	$42,500	6	1%
Minnesota Boychoir	$42,500	6	2%
Music St Croix	$42,500	6	10%
Think Small	$40,000	4	0%
Before Racism	$40,000	3	8%
Youth Service Bureau Inc	$40,000	3	1%
Friends & Co	$40,000	3	3%
Association for Nonsmokers - Minnesota	$40,000	4	1%
Literacy Minnesota	$35,000	2	n/a
Osceola Community Health Foundation Inc	$35,000	1	4%
The Arc Minnesota Inc	$35,000	3	0%
Children's Law Center of Minnesota	$35,000	4	1%
Operation Help Inc	$35,000	3	1%
Face to Face Inc	$30,000	2	1%
Urban Boatbuilders Inc	$30,000	2	2%
Girl Scouts of Mn and Wi River Valleys Inc	$30,000	1	0%
Athletes Committed to Educating Students	$30,000	3	1%
Public Art Saint Paul	$30,000	2	4%
Westfields Hospital Inc	$30,000	1	0%
Interfaith Caregiver of Polk County Inc	$29,500	6	2%
Youth Farm and Market Project	$28,750	5	1%
Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota Inc	$27,500	3	0%
Friends of the Minnesota Sinfonia	$27,500	3	3%
Second Harvest Heartland	$27,500	3	0%
City of White Bear Lake	$26,000	6	n/a
Christian Community Homes and Services Inc Group Return	$25,000	1	0%
Franconia Sculpture Park Legeros	$25,000	1	4%
Penumbra Theatre Company Inc	$25,000	2	1%
St Anthony Park Area Seniors	$25,000	4	5%
Neighborhood House INC	$25,000	1	0%
Valley Chamber Chorale	$22,500	3	n/a
Neighborhood Network for Seniors	$21,250	4	3%
United Way of Washington County-East	$20,000	2	1%
The Children's Law Center	$20,000	2	0%
Merrill Arts Center	$20,000	2	6%
Rise Up Health Clinics	$20,000	2	2%
Wallin Education Partners	$20,000	2	0%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities	$20,000	2	0%
Science From Scientists Inc	$20,000	2	0%
Highland Friendship Club	$20,000	2	1%
St Paul Urban Tennis Program	$20,000	2	2%
Young Womens Christian Association of San Antonio	$20,000	1	0%
Children's Home Society of Minnesota	$20,000	2	0%
Minnesota Computers for Schools	$20,000	2	1%
Josephs Coat Inc	$20,000	2	1%
Allina Health Foundation	$20,000	2	0%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Green County Inc	$20,000	2	5%
History Theatre	$18,750	3	n/a
St Croix Valley Chamber Chorale Inc	$17,500	3	11%
Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans	$15,000	2	0%
Vision Loss Resources Inc	$15,000	1	1%
Thomas E & Edna D Carpenter Foundation	$15,000	2	1%
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts	$15,000	1	0%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis	$15,000	1	0%
Girls on the Run Minnesota Inc	$15,000	1	1%
American Diabetes Association	$15,000	1	n/a
Minnesota Youth Ski League	$15,000	1	3%
Black Men Teach	$15,000	1	0%
Hudson Area Backpack and Food Program Inc	$15,000	4	2%
Children's Home Society of Missouri	$12,500	1	0%
St Croix Chaplaincy Association	$12,000	3	2%
Stepping Stone Theater Co	$11,250	2	1%
East Side Elders	$11,250	3	2%
The Lift Community Development	$11,250	2	3%
St Andrews Evangelical Lutheran Church	$10,000	1	n/a
Age Well at Home	$10,000	1	6%
Saint Paul Police Foundation	$10,000	1	2%
Fairview Cemetery Association	$10,000	1	1%
Family Tree Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Upstream Arts Inc	$10,000	2	1%
Open Door Community Theatre	$10,000	1	8%
Wovan	$10,000	1	n/a
Courage Kenny Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Lifetrack Resources Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Northeast Residence Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Girls Dream Code	$10,000	1	7%
Center of Excellence Childrens Acad	$10,000	1	n/a
The History Theatre Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Star House	$10,000	1	n/a
Commusication	$10,000	1	3%
Twin Cities	$10,000	1	n/a
Stepping Stone Emergency Housing	$10,000	1	n/a
St Paul Art Collective	$10,000	1	24%
JP4 Foundation	$10,000	1	3%
Ready Set Smile Pa	$10,000	1	1%
Children's Home Society Foundation	$7,500	1	n/a
Friends of Saint Paul College	$7,500	1	1%
Illusion Theater and School Inc	$7,500	1	1%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 72 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.9M), not named here.

Hardenbergh Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

Tap a dot to name the grantee.

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 200.

Nonprofits that may fit its grantmaking

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.

Fr Bigelow FoundationMN204.6× affinity114 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fr Bigelow Foundation · Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Mardag Foundation · Hugh J Andersen Foundation · Andersen Corporate Foundation · The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Target Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Minneapolis 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 Hardenbergh Foundation

How much does Hardenbergh Foundation give?: Hardenbergh Foundation reported 185 grants totaling $6,821,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 148 and 174 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Hardenbergh Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (17%), Arts & Culture (15%), Health (13%).
Who are Hardenbergh Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Neighborhood Development Center Inc ($1.2M), Community Dental Care ($1.2M), Ujamaa Place ($680k).
Does Hardenbergh Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Hardenbergh Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Hardenbergh Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fr Bigelow Foundation, Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
Where is Hardenbergh Foundation based?: Hardenbergh Foundation is based in MN.