Minnesota · Private foundation
Inspired Investment Leadership
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.
- $900k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $45,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $47M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Inspired Investment Leadership funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $900k | 91% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $115k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $5k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc | $315,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Global Leadership Network | $250,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Little City Foundation | $90,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shenandoah County Pregnancy Center | $90,000 | 1 | 16% |
| Hand in Hand Christian Montessori | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota State Council on Economic Education | $45,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Providence Academy | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Neighbors Inc | $45,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($90k), not named here.
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: Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Inspired Investment Leadership
- How much does Inspired Investment Leadership give?
- Inspired Investment Leadership reported 11 grants totaling $900,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Inspired Investment Leadership fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (53%), Community Improvement (25%), Education (14%).
- Who are Inspired Investment Leadership's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc ($315k), Global Leadership Network ($250k), Little City Foundation ($90k).
- Does Inspired Investment Leadership fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Inspired Investment Leadership 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 Inspired Investment Leadership?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Charities Aid Foundation America, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program.
- Where is Inspired Investment Leadership based?
- Inspired Investment Leadership is based in MN.
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