Minnesota · Public charity
Hennepin County Bar Foundation
The HENNEPIN COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION is a 501(c)(3) charitable corporation that serves as the charitable arm of the hennepin county bar association. The foundation provides equal access to justice for the people of hennepin county through financial grants to law-related organizations and projects.
- $120k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $120,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $120,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 13
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $375k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Hennepin County Bar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 1 | $120k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $136k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $137k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $182k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $166k | 17% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $212k | 42% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $170k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $111k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteer Lawyers Network Ltd | $936,250 | 9 | 9% |
| Children's Law Center of Minnesota | $31,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Legalcorps | $30,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Legal Rights Center | $29,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Discapacitados Abriendose Caminos | $25,000 | 4 | 9% |
| Battered Women's Legal Advocacy Project | $21,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Rainbow Health Minnesota | $20,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Seward Neighborhood Group | $13,400 | 3 | 2% |
| Indian Child Welfare Act Law Center | $12,500 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volunteer Lawyers Network Ltd | $936,250 | 9 | 9% |
| Children's Law Center of Minnesota | $31,500 | 5 | 1% |
| Legalcorps | $30,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Legal Rights Center | $29,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Discapacitados Abriendose Caminos | $25,000 | 4 | 9% |
| Battered Women's Legal Advocacy Project | $21,500 | 4 | 2% |
| Rainbow Health Minnesota | $20,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Seward Neighborhood Group | $13,400 | 3 | 2% |
| Indian Child Welfare Act Law Center | $12,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Sojourner Project Inc | $12,500 | 3 | 1% |
| Council on American-Islamic Relations Minnesota | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Conflict Resolution Center | $10,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Civil Society | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Hennepin County Bar Association | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tubman | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Cornerhouse | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Domestic Abuse Project Inc | $5,700 | 2 | 0% |
| Community Mediation & Restorative Servic Es Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Asian Women United of Minnesota | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($10k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Hennepin County Bar 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 · The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Women's Foundation of Minnesota · Minnesota State Bar Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Minnesota Justice Foundation · Elmer L & Eleanor J Andersen Foundation · Propel Nonprofits
How this is measured
About Hennepin County Bar Foundation
- How much does Hennepin County Bar Foundation give?
- Hennepin County Bar Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $120,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 13 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Hennepin County Bar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (95%), Health (2%), Community Improvement (1%).
- Who are Hennepin County Bar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Volunteer Lawyers Network Ltd ($936k), Children's Law Center of Minnesota ($32k), Legalcorps ($30k).
- Does Hennepin County Bar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Hennepin County Bar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Otto Bremer Trust, The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is Hennepin County Bar Foundation based?
- Hennepin County Bar Foundation is based in MN.
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