· Private foundation
Kopp Family Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k210 grants · $510k
- $10k–50k35 grants · $744k
- $50k–250k17 grants · $1.6M
- $250k+1 grant · $250k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| SISTERS RISING WORLDWIDE | $250,000 |
| KRISTIN KOPP SMITH DAF | $200,000 |
| LINDSEY & BRIAN LANG DAF | $200,000 |
| SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND | $200,000 |
| COMMONBOND COMMUNITIES | $150,000 |
| VOLUNTEERS ENLISTED TO ASSIST PEOPLE | $100,000 |
| NC LITTLE MEMORIAL HOSPICE INC | $100,000 |
| MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT | $83,000 |
| NORMANDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $80,000 |
| CENTURY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $70,000 |
| CANA FAMILY INSTITUTE | $60,000 |
| INVER HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| ANOKA RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $50,000 |
| VOLUNTEERS ENLISTED TO ASSIST PEOPLE | $50,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against -4% for those funded once.
332 repeat relationships: 174 still active in FY2025, 158 since wound down; 20 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $477k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SHSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND7× · 2018–2025 · $1.0M · revenue +81%
- SRSisters Rising Worldwide5× · 2021–2025 · $780k · revenue +137%
COMMONBOND COMMUNITIES7× · 2018–2025 · $754k · revenue +174%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $200k
- AEAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATIONone grant, 2024 · $200k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $100k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…
Move minnesota leads the movement for an equitable and sustainable transportation system that puts people first. we are passionate about connecting communities, ending the climate crisis, expanding access to jobs and resources, and…
MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.
Led by minnesota state university students, we are the inclusive voice for all future, current, and former students. we actively work to represent and support minnesota state university students and advocate at a campus, state, and federal…
Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.
Minnesota state college southeast foundation assists the college in achieving excellence in technical education for employment by developing financial and community resources for students, employers, and communities within our service area.
Connectability of mn, inc. works to advance the independence, productivity, and full citizenship of people experiencing physical or invisible barriers.
Touchstone mental health provides innovative, person-centered services that foster hope, health and well-being. we envision a world where all people whose lives are affected by mental illness will flourish with effective treatment, quality…
The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…
Mity's mission is to inspire and challenge intellectually curious students to pursue their passions within a diverse, inclusive community and empower them by building skills and relationships for lifelong success.
Our mission is "empowering individuals and communities by helping people, buy, fix and keep their homes". to further this work, we provide homeownership education and advising as well as residential community lending programs to families…
United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.
How this is measured
123 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 123 of the 458 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND ↗
- Who funds Sisters Rising Worldwide ↗
- Who funds COMMONBOND COMMUNITIES ↗
- Who funds Normandale Community College Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds VEAP Inc ↗
- Who funds CENTURY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds INVER HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AGATE HOUSING & SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC ↗
- Who funds MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AVE MARIA ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds NORTH HENNEPIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds N C LITTLE MEMORIAL HOSPICE INC ↗
- Who funds ANOKA-RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF SAINT PAUL COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds DAKOTA COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ANOKA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Cana Family Institute ↗
- Who funds DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
- Who funds ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds Chesterton Academy of the St Croix Valley ↗
- Who funds PEOPLE RESPONDING IN SOCIAL MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
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: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Walser Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Pentair Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Kopp Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kopp Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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