Minnesota · Public charity
Minnesota Chamber Foundation
The organization's mission is to bring stakeholders together to promote prosperity and long-term growth of minnesota's economy.
- $266k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 93%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $152k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $51,913
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 19
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $880k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 93% of the organizations Minnesota Chamber Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 95% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 5% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $244k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureCrime & LegalHealthReligionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 13 | $152k | 92% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $256k | 93% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $271k | 89% |
| FY2021 | 19 | $272k | 84% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $130k | 92% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $104k | n/a |
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What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Environment$1.0MCommunity Improvement$63kEducation$24kPublic Safety & Disaster$19kFood & Nutrition$17kHealth$14kReligion$13kYouth Development$12kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier Lighting | $60,264 | 2 | n/a |
| Highland Collision Center | $51,913 | 1 | n/a |
| O'Leary Auto Body Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lighten Up LLC | $44,117 | 2 | n/a |
| Elite Cleaners | $43,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minneapolis Propco LLC | $34,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ariel Inc | $31,684 | 2 | n/a |
| Foci Mn Center for Glass Arts | $28,215 | 1 | 4% |
| The Retrofit Companies | $27,785 | 1 | n/a |
| Focus Arts LLC | $27,179 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Premier Lighting | $60,264 | 2 | n/a |
| Highland Collision Center | $51,913 | 1 | n/a |
| O'Leary Auto Body Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lighten Up LLC | $44,117 | 2 | n/a |
| Elite Cleaners | $43,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minneapolis Propco LLC | $34,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ariel Inc | $31,684 | 2 | n/a |
| Foci Mn Center for Glass Arts | $28,215 | 1 | 4% |
| The Retrofit Companies | $27,785 | 1 | n/a |
| Focus Arts LLC | $27,179 | 1 | n/a |
| Alkarama Mall Inc | $26,575 | 1 | n/a |
| Rs Eden | $24,521 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Lakes Waldorf School | $24,285 | 1 | 1% |
| New Rules Gbc | $23,745 | 1 | n/a |
| The C Chase Company | $23,196 | 1 | n/a |
| Brin Glass Company | $22,072 | 1 | n/a |
| Jerry's Enterprise Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $19,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Studio Eight | $18,039 | 2 | n/a |
| First Universalist Church | $17,895 | 1 | n/a |
| Graphic Systems | $17,687 | 1 | n/a |
| John Wolf Enterprises | $17,002 | 2 | n/a |
| Hmong Village | $15,861 | 2 | n/a |
| Larry Hopfenspirger Rvoc | $15,469 | 2 | n/a |
| Twinwest Chamber Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Park Avenue United Met | $14,570 | 1 | n/a |
| As Soon as Possible Inc | $14,165 | 1 | n/a |
| United Noodles | $14,134 | 1 | n/a |
| Allina Health System | $13,540 | 1 | 0% |
| Minify Energy | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Abu-Hurira Islamic Center | $13,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Little Earth Neighborhood Early Learning Center Corporation | $11,613 | 1 | 4% |
| Posh Properties | $11,403 | 1 | n/a |
| White Bear Area Chamber of Commerce | $11,070 | 1 | 4% |
| Hd Coin Laundry | $11,025 | 1 | n/a |
| Gassen Company | $10,927 | 1 | n/a |
| Winona Area Chamber of Commerce | $10,901 | 2 | 1% |
| Diamond Vogel | $10,680 | 1 | n/a |
| Church of St Michael | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| First Covenant Church St Paul Mn | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Becker County Food Pantry Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| The Church of St Joseph the Worker | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Young Mens Christian Association of the North | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Michaels Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Golden Valley Country Club | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Electric Fetus | $9,873 | 1 | n/a |
| Arbor Commercial Group | $9,662 | 1 | n/a |
| Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota | $9,410 | 1 | 0% |
| Starr One Stop Automotive | $9,386 | 1 | n/a |
| Faneta Development LLC | $9,384 | 1 | n/a |
| We Are Nuts LLC | $9,141 | 1 | n/a |
| Magnalick Enterprises Inc | $9,111 | 1 | n/a |
| Cord-Sets Inc | $8,873 | 1 | n/a |
| Many River Apartments | $8,228 | 1 | n/a |
| Uni-Systems LLC | $8,003 | 1 | n/a |
| Millerbernd Manufacturing | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sagal Management | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Edge Associates | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brainerd Lakes Area Chambers of Commerce | $7,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Greater Mankato Growth Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Lakeville | $7,474 | 1 | n/a |
| Sup II Quarry Retail L | $7,205 | 1 | n/a |
| Springfield Area Food Shelf | $7,093 | 1 | 6% |
| Twins Ballpark | $6,943 | 1 | n/a |
| Don's Leather Cleaning | $6,785 | 1 | n/a |
| Artistic Finishes | $6,759 | 1 | n/a |
| Everest LLC | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Pillsbury United Communities | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Hfs Properties | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sun Foods | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gatr Trucking | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Cw Loft | $5,920 | 1 | n/a |
| Source Mn Inc | $5,817 | 1 | 0% |
| New Ulm Chamber of Commerce | $5,750 | 1 | 1% |
| Valvoline | $5,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Vestalia Hospitality | $5,287 | 1 | n/a |
| Pinwheel Arts Studio | $5,220 | 1 | n/a |
| Sebastian Joe's Ice Cream | $5,207 | 1 | n/a |
| Saints Peter and Paul School | $5,153 | 1 | n/a |
| Metronorth Chamber of Commerce Workforce Development Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Minnesota Chamber Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 19.
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.
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN9.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
About Minnesota Chamber Foundation
- How much does Minnesota Chamber Foundation give?
- Minnesota Chamber Foundation reported 13 itemized grants totaling $151,921, out of $266,156 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 19 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Minnesota Chamber Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (86%), Community Improvement (5%), Education (2%).
- Who are Minnesota Chamber Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Premier Lighting ($60k), Highland Collision Center ($52k), O'Leary Auto Body Inc ($50k).
- Does Minnesota Chamber Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 93% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Minnesota Chamber Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, American Endowment Foundation.
- Where is Minnesota Chamber Foundation based?
- Minnesota Chamber Foundation is based in MN.
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More from the funding graph
The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home