Minnesota · Private foundation
Minnesota Association of Library Friends
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.
- $2k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $750
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $494k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Minnesota Association of Library Friends funded were first-time grantees, receiving 66% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 34% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 | 3 | $2k | 67% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $4k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $2k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $3k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $7k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 18 | $10k | 83% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $3k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $7k | 73% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Pelican Rapids Library | $1,955 | 3 | n/a |
| Friends of the Anoka County Library | $1,900 | 2 | n/a |
| The Friends of the Lakeville Heritage Library | $1,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Marine Library Association | $1,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Brainerd Public Library Inc | $1,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Austin Library Inc | $1,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Moorhead Mn Library | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of the Babbitt Public Library Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Sinclair Lewis Library | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Rochester Public Library Inc | $900 | 2 | 1% |
Show all 27 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Pelican Rapids Library | $1,955 | 3 | n/a |
| Friends of the Anoka County Library | $1,900 | 2 | n/a |
| The Friends of the Lakeville Heritage Library | $1,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Marine Library Association | $1,800 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Brainerd Public Library Inc | $1,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Austin Library Inc | $1,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Moorhead Mn Library | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Friends of the Babbitt Public Library Inc | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Sinclair Lewis Library | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Rochester Public Library Inc | $900 | 2 | 1% |
| Friends of the Rock County Library | $900 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the Cook Public Library | $750 | 2 | n/a |
| Becker County Friends of the Library | $750 | 2 | n/a |
| The Friends of the Morris Public Library | $750 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Fergus Falls Public Library | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Delano Friends of the Library | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Buffalo Library Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Ramsey County Library Friends | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the St James Library Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Wentworth Library | $400 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Kandiyohi County - Willmar Public Library | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| St Cloud Friends of the Library | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Virginia Public Library | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends and Foundation of the Northfield Public Library | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of the Isanti Area Library Inc | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Red Wing Public Library | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Douglas County Library Friends and Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 22 recipients with no EIN on record ($17k), 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: Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
Compare Minnesota Association of Library Friends with peer funders
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About Minnesota Association of Library Friends
- How much does Minnesota Association of Library Friends give?
- Minnesota Association of Library Friends reported 3 grants totaling $2,250 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Minnesota Association of Library Friends fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (76%), Public Safety & Disaster (6%), Environment (5%).
- Who are Minnesota Association of Library Friends's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Friends of the Pelican Rapids Library ($2k), Friends of the Anoka County Library ($2k), The Friends of the Lakeville Heritage Library ($2k).
- Does Minnesota Association of Library Friends fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Minnesota Association of Library Friends 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 Minnesota Association of Library Friends?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Minnesota Association of Library Friends based?
- Minnesota Association of Library Friends is based in MN.
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