Minnesota · Private foundation
Matrix 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.
- $250k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Matrix 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 | 7 | $220k | 43% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $39k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $25k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $30k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $9k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $31k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $62k | 25% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $31k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Zoo Foundation | $110,500 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Northern Star Council | $12,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Aim Higher Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Heartland | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Wingspan Life Resources | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($188k), not named here.
About Matrix Foundation
- How much does Matrix Foundation give?
- Matrix Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $250,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Matrix Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (37%), Health (35%), Animals (16%).
- Who are Matrix Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Minnesota Zoo Foundation ($111k), University of Minnesota Foundation ($100k), Trustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota ($20k).
- Does Matrix Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Matrix Foundation 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.
- Where is Matrix Foundation based?
- Matrix Foundation is based in MN.
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