Minnesota · Public charity
Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District
Enhancing the vitality of downtown minneapolis by making an area of approximately 120 square blocks (the "district") cleaner, greener, safer, and vibrant.
- $142k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $135k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $13,200
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $116,096
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $135k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $93k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $104k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $139k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $103k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $318k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $522k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 10 | $426k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vibrant & Safe Downtown | $782,118 | 8 | 27% |
| Hennepin Theatre Trust | $69,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Minneapolis Downtown Council | $52,415 | 4 | 1% |
| Salvation Army | $45,120 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Lightsmn Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 3% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $25,046 | 2 | 0% |
| Citizens for a Loring Park Community | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Summit Academy Oic | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Presbyterian Church in the USA Westminster Presbyterian Churc | $19,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Streets | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 17 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vibrant & Safe Downtown | $782,118 | 8 | 27% |
| Hennepin Theatre Trust | $69,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Minneapolis Downtown Council | $52,415 | 4 | 1% |
| Salvation Army | $45,120 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Lightsmn Inc | $45,000 | 2 | 3% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $25,046 | 2 | 0% |
| Citizens for a Loring Park Community | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Summit Academy Oic | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| United Presbyterian Church in the USA Westminster Presbyterian Churc | $19,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Streets | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Marketing Minneapolis LLC | $13,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Youthlink | $10,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Young Mens Christian Association of the North | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Minnesota Sports Corp | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Green Cities Accord | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| North Loop Neighborhood Association | $6,000 | 1 | 10% |
| At Home Group | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($674k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District
- How much does Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District give?
- Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District reported 3 itemized grants totaling $135,331, out of $141,771 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (77%), Community Improvement (7%), Arts & Culture (7%).
- Who are Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Vibrant & Safe Downtown ($782k), Hennepin Theatre Trust ($69k), Minneapolis Downtown Council ($52k).
- Does Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation.
- Where is Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District based?
- Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District is based in MN.
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