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Minnesota Community Foundation

Purpose: we inspire generosity, advocate for equity and invest in community-led solutions. Aspiration: we envision an equitable, just and vibrant minnesota where all communities and people thrive. Values: we listen. We innovate and learn. Community is our compass. We commit to equity. We nurture philanthropy. About MINNESOTA COMMUNITY…

$31M
Granted FY2019
421
Grants FY2019
408
Organizations funded FY2019
34%
First-time grantees FY2019
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Median grant, FY2019
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2019
$2,100,000
Organizations funded a year
377 to 408
FY2017 to FY2019
States reached, FY2019
23

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2019, 34% of the organizations Minnesota Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 30% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8.0M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsOther
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 yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2019408$27M34%
FY2018394$22M42%
FY2017377$28Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2019.

Education$18MHealth$16MArts & Culture$14MHuman Services$8.4MPhilanthropy$7.7MReligion$3.3MEnvironment$2.6MYouth Development$2.5MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2019, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Planned Parenthood North Central States Foundation$8,600,000235%
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$4,670,70332%
University of Minnesota Foundation$4,341,50231%
Scholarship America Inc$2,687,20930%
Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College$1,771,6672n/a
The Better Angels Society Inc$1,500,00017%
Lifeworks Services Inc$1,492,80531%
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota$1,315,09631%
Ironworld Development Corporation$1,188,455319%
Planned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota$1,099,85431%
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All grantees of Minnesota Community Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Planned Parenthood North Central States Foundation$8,600,000235%
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$4,670,70332%
University of Minnesota Foundation$4,341,50231%
Scholarship America Inc$2,687,20930%
Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College$1,771,6672n/a
The Better Angels Society Inc$1,500,00017%
Lifeworks Services Inc$1,492,80531%
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota$1,315,09631%
Ironworld Development Corporation$1,188,455319%
Planned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota$1,099,85431%
Juxtaposition Arts Inc$1,073,975343%
Lakeview Methodist Health Care Center$1,046,848111%
St John's Lutheran Home$1,004,73632%
Amherst H Wilder Foundation$1,001,89331%
St Andrews Evangelical Lutheran Church$950,0003n/a
Warroad Memorial Arena Association$907,785380%
Minnesota Zoo$880,9363n/a
Project Success$802,775310%
International Institute of Minnesota$750,250115%
National Park Foundation$750,18111%
Nature Conservancy$649,1623n/a
Givemn$648,283317%
Hiawatha Academies$525,00021%
Fairmont Opera House Inc$517,92034%
Minnesota Historical Society$508,13421%
Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance$504,30432%
Minneapolis American Indian Center$500,2501n/a
Minneapolis Public School$500,0502n/a
Lanesboro Arts Center$500,0001n/a
Itasca Community College Foundation$500,000159%
The Digdeep Right to Water Project$500,000116%
Fresh Ministries Inc$500,000117%
Friends of the Bandshell Park Inc$500,000192%
Ilan-Lael Inc Dba Ilan-Lael Foundation$450,0001n/a
Minneapolis Regional Chamber Development Foundation$439,370278%
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mn Minnesotanorth Dakotasouth Dakota$413,75038%
Filmnorth$400,000171%
The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library$382,95734%
One Heartland$370,000126%
Craft in America$350,000120%
Independent School District 829$334,8463n/a
First Peoples Fund$305,000113%
Carleton College$303,53830%
Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital Inc$300,00012%
The Hills Youth and Family Services$300,00013%
City of Warroad$288,0263n/a
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society$273,25031%
Conservation International Foundation$271,34310%
Friends of the Orphans D/B/A Nph-Usa$261,50021%
Glory of Christ Lutheran Church$250,0003n/a
Independent School District #701$244,1293n/a
Freeborn County Historical Society$243,601399%
Guthrie Theater Foundation$230,46120%
Astera Health$226,88430%
University of Arizona Foundation$220,00010%
Fairview Foundation$210,25022%
Independent School District 283$206,2703n/a
Dakota County Technical College Foundation$202,128310%
United Methodist Church of le Sueur$198,0002n/a
Minnesota State University Student Association Inc$191,192310%
St Croix Lutheran High School Association$187,9573n/a
Abbott Northwestern Hospital Foundation$187,71132%
Independent School District 129$187,5533n/a
Young America's Foundation$182,92030%
Greater Twin Cities United Way$177,85030%
South Central Minnesota Youth for Christ Inc$176,48735%
Global Minnesota$171,961212%
Wilderness Inquiry Inc$170,67031%
Salvation Army$170,3443n/a
Animal Humane Society$166,90430%
Albert Lea Public Education Foundation$163,438334%
United Way of Ne Minnesota$162,10333%
College Possible Inc$158,45031%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$155,50020%
Art Shanty Projects$150,0001n/a
Montessori Training Center of Minnesota Inc$150,0001n/a
Council on Foundations Inc$150,00010%
Minnesota Council on Foundations$150,00017%
Heshima Association$150,000310%
Northern Cass School District No 97$150,0001n/a
Avera Health$150,00030%
Independent School District #297$150,0001n/a
Harrisburg School District 41-2$150,0001n/a
Episcopal Community Services$150,00011%
Safe Families for Children Alliance$150,00015%
Morrison County Historical Society$149,885334%
Children's Health Care Foundation$147,69921%
City of Springfield$142,2013n/a
Junior Achievement North$139,30031%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$138,53830%
Northfield Public Schools$135,5603n/a
United Methodist Church of Willmar$135,5003n/a
Friends of Randolph Scholars$133,190262%
Peace Lutheran Church of Plymouth$133,0003n/a
Hennepin Technical College Foundation$131,89435%
Luther Seminary$126,5003n/a
Zumbrota Community Trust$125,426362%
Howard School District 48-3$125,4253n/a
Lower Sioux Indian Community$125,0002n/a
Trondhjem Lutheran Church$123,4853n/a
New Century School$120,00013%
Hope Centers for Children of Africa$120,000145%
St Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church$116,0003n/a
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe$115,0002n/a
Prairie Island Indian Community$115,0002n/a
Agate Housing & Services Inc$114,95921%
Wayzata School District 284$114,6853n/a
Chisholm Kids Plus$114,670339%
Waseca County Historical Society$113,864332%
Young Life$111,30030%
St Therese Church of Deephaven$110,0002n/a
Commonbond Communities$109,00021%
Communidades Latinas Unidas En Servico Inc$108,50011%
Minnesota Valley Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc$108,487363%
Owatonna Arts Center Foundation$106,1293n/a
Hopekids Inc$105,77822%
Minnesota Jewish Community Center Foundation$105,00011%
Albert Lea School District$103,9953n/a
Pinky Swear Foundation$102,50014%
City of Montevideo$102,5001n/a
City of Wadena$102,0573n/a
Warroad Historical Society$101,2503n/a
Second Harvest Heartland$101,08530%
AFSA High School - Charter School No 407$100,00012%
City of Roseau$100,0001n/a
Isd 197$100,0001n/a
International Justice Mission$100,00030%
Midway Star Academy$100,00012%
Smithsonian Institution$100,00010%
Metro Solutions Inc$100,00012%
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa$100,0001n/a
White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians$100,0001n/a
Minnesota Wildflower Montessori School$100,0001n/a
Upper Sioux Community$100,0001n/a
Fairmont Community Hospital Foundation$100,000136%
International Wolf Center$100,00013%
Prodeo Academy Charter School #4213$100,00012%
Exploration High School$100,0001n/a
Red Lake Comprehensive Health Services$100,0001n/a
Achieve Twin Cities$99,00013%
Independent School District 695$98,2373n/a
Cook County Historical Society$97,083319%
University of Chicago$96,00030%
White Bear Center for the Arts$95,94832%
Independent School District 2752$95,1093n/a
City of Waseca$93,1803n/a
Face It Foundation$91,250319%
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery$90,25031%
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity$90,01530%
Meetinghouse Church$90,0003n/a
The Pilgrim Center for Reconciliation$90,000313%
Brooklyn Bridge Alliance for Youth$90,0001n/a
Friends of Lakeside Lab Inc$88,3493n/a
Park Nicollet Foundation$88,00031%
St Louis Park Emergency Program Inc$86,93431%
Westwood Community Church$86,0002n/a
Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa$85,0001n/a
Sleepy Eye Healthcare Foundation$85,000175%
Sharing and Caring Hands Inc$84,95030%
Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc$84,00020%
Best of Waseca Inc Best of Waseca County$81,475220%
The Center for Victims of Torture$80,19030%
Community Action Center Inc$77,62233%
Windom Area Hospital$75,0001n/a
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy$75,00013%
Bdote Learning Center$75,00014%
Indian Legal Assistance Program$75,000217%
Northfield Historical Society Inc$74,378312%
Northfield Senior Citizens Inc FiftyNorth$74,20618%
Independent School District #2155$71,8403n/a
St Raphael Catholic School$70,7003n/a
Page Education Foundation$70,54531%
Independent School District 531$70,0002n/a
Denison University$69,14220%
City of Hutchinson$68,9951n/a
First Presbyterian Church$68,8612n/a
Independent School District 2168$68,1243n/a
Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative$67,00030%
The Hope Chest for Breast Cancer Foundation$65,70032%
Concordia College Corporation$65,00030%
Home and Community Options Inc$64,71030%
North Shore Health Care Foundation$64,227310%
Hopi School Inc$63,0001n/a
Area Food Shelf of New Richland$62,090333%
Milaca United Methodist Church$62,0003n/a
Groves Academy$61,75030%
Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners$60,75030%
Way to Grow$60,00021%
Community Emergency Assistance Programs Inc$60,00031%
USA Hockey Inc$58,50030%
Catholic Relief Services$58,0502n/a
City of Garrison$58,0002n/a
Frogtown Garden$57,975215%
Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation$57,50021%
Como Friends$57,43031%
Saint John's University$55,75010%
City of Wells$55,0002n/a
YWCA of Minneapolis$55,00030%
Minnesota FFA Foundation Inc$54,66634%
New Ulm Area Foundation Inc$54,084135%
Henning Landmark Center Inc$54,000337%
Treehouse Inc$54,00021%
Grace Lutheran Church$53,3622n/a
City of Alden$53,1603n/a
Casa of Pueblo Inc$53,00019%
Knob Hill Sportsmens Club Inc$52,500226%
Dream of Wild Health$52,50018%
Saint Paul Public Schools$52,5001n/a
Spencer Community School Foundation$52,000315%
Brown County Historical Society$51,732310%
Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota Inc$51,20531%
Pillsbury United Communities$51,0001n/a
Good Earth Village$51,00016%
Isd 256$50,9401n/a
Blue Earth County$50,9021n/a
United Way of Freeborn County Inc$50,87734%
State Street Theatre Co$50,500314%
Pro Kinship for Kids$50,100320%
Young Men's Christian Association of Albert Lea Minnesota Inc$50,0753n/a
City of Duluth$50,0001n/a
Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc$50,00011%
The Sanneh Foundation$50,00012%
Southwest Health and Human Services$50,0001n/a
Intercongregation Communities Association Inc$50,0001n/a
Goodhue County$50,0001n/a
Bolder Options$50,00015%
Equal Measure$50,00011%
Polk County$50,0001n/a
Stride Academy Charter School$50,00011%
Zeta Psi Educational Foundation$50,00024%
Youth & Families Determined to Succeed$50,000125%
Studio School$50,0001n/a
Alexandria Area Young Men's Christian Association$50,00012%
Austin Public Schools$50,0001n/a
Sejong Academy Charter School No 4215$50,00012%
Leader Dogs for the Blind$50,00010%
Austin Community Growth Ventures$50,00020%
Happy Hearts Fund Inc$50,0001n/a
Wnet$50,0001n/a
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Minnesota$50,00011%
Bowman Second Chance Thoroughbred Adoption$49,831315%
Propel Nonprofits$49,00021%
Appetite for Change Inc$48,50031%
Breakthrough T1d$48,35030%
South Central Service Cooperative$48,0001n/a
West Side Community Health Services Inc$47,70810%
City of Starbuck$47,6993n/a
Alden-Conger Public Schools Independent School District 242$47,0263n/a
Level Up Academy$47,00012%
Bethesda Foundation of Willmar$47,00038%
Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center$46,20536%
FairVote Minnesota Foundation$46,00035%
On Eagles Wings Ministry$45,0001n/a
Alaqua Animal Refuge Inc$45,0001n/a
Northfield Healthy Community Initiative$43,80031%
Reach Out and Read Inc$43,67730%
City of Lewiston$43,6001n/a
Douglas County Public Health Hospice$43,5002n/a
Kabekona Lake Association$42,4961n/a
Nami Minnesota$42,02531%
City of Hibbing$41,5003n/a
Area Neighborhood Service Center Inc$41,43533%
Every Meal$40,75030%
Minneapolis College of Art and Design$40,50030%
Shakopee Educational Endowment$40,369333%
Hubbard County$40,0763n/a
City of Virginia$40,0001n/a
Ain Dah Yung (Our Home) Center$40,00011%
St John Lutheran Home$38,87020%
The Arc Minnesota Inc$38,12231%
Ten Thousand Things Theater$38,05033%
Communication Center State Services for the Blind$37,5232n/a
Minnesota Orchestral Association$37,41220%
Boys and Girls Club of Detroit Lakes$36,79511%
City of Chisholm$36,7002n/a
Chisholm Beautification Association Inc$36,6833n/a
Independent School District #640$35,4673n/a
Family Tree Inc$35,00011%
Mind Body Solutions$35,00017%
Breaking Free Inc$35,0001n/a
Prison Fellowship International$35,00020%
Jeremiah Program$35,00020%
Minnesota State College Student Association Inc$34,6153n/a
Minnesota State High School League Foundation$34,52214%
Northfield Union of Youth$34,3112n/a
Eastern Carver County Schools$34,2873n/a
Independent School District 2835$34,1993n/a
City of New Ulm$33,9633n/a
Springfield Area Food Shelf$32,9503n/a
Osprey Wilds Environmental Learning Center$32,87631%
Allina Health System$32,80020%
Albert Lea Civic Music Association$32,629341%
City of St Louis Park$32,5003n/a
City of Fairmont$32,0002n/a
Northern Star Council$32,00020%
Bemidji Community Food Shelf Inc$31,00014%
Young Mens Christian Association of the North$30,50020%
Als Therapy Development Foundation Inc$30,00020%
Harold and Mickey Smith Jewish Academy$30,00020%
Independent School District 545 He$30,0001n/a
Warroad Care Center$30,00030%
Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church$30,0002n/a
City of Shakopee$30,0001n/a
We Care Project$30,000312%
The Banyan Foundation$30,00012%
Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund Inc$29,6052n/a
Independent School District 88$29,3733n/a
Bet Shalom$29,0753n/a
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$29,00020%
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts$28,75020%
MinnPost$28,75031%
Minnesota Debate Teachers Association$28,6123n/a
Dassel-Cokato Public Schools$28,5543n/a
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Mn$28,50532%
Brooklyn Park Rotary Foundation$28,450218%
Ahrc New York City Foundation Inc$28,39811%
Carris Health Foundation$28,23730%
The Jungle Theater$28,00021%
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church$28,0001n/a
Waseca-Le Sueur Regional Library Sy$27,8922n/a
World Citizen Inc$27,540262%
New London-Spicer Educational Foundation$27,500111%
Franklin General Hospital Foundation$27,44239%
Nmdp Foundation$27,21410%
Independent School District #2169$27,2003n/a
Fulda Public School District #505$27,2003n/a
Wadena County Historical Society$27,181318%
Success Through Adults Reaching Stu$27,1003n/a
First Baptist Church$27,0003n/a
Washburn Center for Children$26,50020%
Albert Lea Freeborn County Chamber Foundation$26,34038%
North Dakota State University Foundation$26,00010%
Friends of Wadena Golf Course$26,0002n/a
City of Gilbert$25,8323n/a
St Charles Foundation for Academic Excellence$25,5303n/a
Owatonna Foundation Inc$25,5001n/a
Girl Scouts of Mn and Wi River Valleys Inc$25,06620%
Wild Rivers Conservancy of the St Croix & Namekagon$25,00012%
Independent School Dist #116$25,0001n/a
American Indian Community Housing Organization$25,00011%
Indigenous Roots$25,00022%
Gilda's Club Twin Cities Inc$25,00013%
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc$25,00010%
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians$25,0001n/a
Central Lutheran Church Foundation$25,0001n/a
Independent School District 477$25,0001n/a
Wadena County Humane Society$25,00017%
Montessori American Indian Childcare Center Incorporated$25,00016%
Isd 12$25,0001n/a
West Central Mn Educ Television$25,00010%
University of Wisconsin - River Falls Foundation Inc$25,00020%
Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association$25,00027%
Friends & Co$25,00013%
Mewinzha Ondaadiziike Wiigaming$25,0001n/a
American Indian Family Center$25,00011%
Friendship Academy of the Arts$25,00011%
Partners for Krabbe Research$25,000173%
Pine County$25,0001n/a
Independent School District 2364$25,0001n/a
Minnesota Online High School$25,00011%
Clifton House Inc$25,00012%
Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center$24,96510%
Isd #423 - Hutchinson$24,5502n/a
Fairmont Area Kinship Inc$24,08138%
Pacer Center Inc$23,75030%
Legacy Children's Foundation$23,50022%
Friends of the Library Foundation of le Sueur$23,214340%
Independent School District #690$23,2003n/a
Confidence Learning Center Inc$23,00021%
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities$23,00010%
Minnesota Independence College and Community$23,0001n/a
Hibbing College Foundation$22,92336%
The Minnesota Camp Fire Foundation$22,910176%
Faith Lutheran Church of Coon Rapids Inc$22,8003n/a
Augsburg University$22,58030%
Glacial Hills Elementary School$22,55021%
Safe Hands Animal Rescue$22,50012%
Pipestone Area Softball-Baseball As$22,500117%
Life Enrichment for the Elderly Inc$22,47831%
First Presbyterian Church$22,3851n/a
Cloquet Shaw Memorial Public Library Foundation Inc$22,0912n/a
Hope Lutheran Church$21,9002n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$21,80020%
St James Public Schools$21,7893n/a
The Family Partnership$21,21410%
Listening Point Foundation$20,558310%
Samaritan's Purse$20,53310%
Bethlehem Academy Corporation$20,5002n/a
Animal Sanctuary of the St Croix Valley$20,50021%
Minneapolis Theodore Roosevelt High School Foundat$20,50029%
Cross Catholic Outreach Inc$20,5001n/a
Floodwood Services and Training Inc$20,40021%
Episcopal Homes Foundation of Minnesota$20,25011%
Goodhue Education Foundation$20,1123n/a
Standing Rock Community Development$20,00021%
Make Old Things New Inc$20,0002n/a
Housing in Action Inc$20,00010%
Children & Nature Network$20,00021%
Beyond Our Door$20,00013%
United Community Action Partnership$20,0001n/a
Region Nine Area Inc$20,000119%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Minnesota$20,00020%
Canvas Health Inc$20,00020%
Emma Norton Services$20,00011%
River Lakes Hockey$20,00019%
Productive Alternatives Inc$20,00010%
City of Ottertail$20,0001n/a
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$20,00020%
City of Dunnell$20,0001n/a
St Mark United Methodist Church$20,0002n/a
Alliance Francaise de Mpls-St Paul$20,00022%
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church$20,0002n/a
The Film Society of Minneapolis St Paul$20,00031%
Lake Wapogasset Lutheran Bible Camp Assoc$20,0002n/a
Black Men Teach$20,0001n/a
True Friends$20,00020%
Wooddale Church$20,0001n/a
City of Sherburn$19,8322n/a
Beth El Foundation of Minnesota Inc$19,70013%
Friends of St Charles Public Library$19,6271n/a
Minnesota State University Mankato Foundation Inc$19,60020%
Anoka-Ramsey Community College Foundation$19,54715%
Carver County Historical Society$19,52232%
The Bridge for Youth$19,50020%
Cornerstone Advocacy Service$19,50030%
Teen Mercy$19,500335%
Assumption School$19,2003n/a
City of Austin$18,5653n/a
St Louis Park Friends of the Arts$18,50039%
Catholic Youth Camps Inc$18,50022%
Mayo Clinic$18,2263n/a
Guild$18,00010%
Dunwoody College of Technology$18,00010%
First Congregational United Church of Christ$18,0002n/a
Semcac$17,67520%
New Chances Humane Society$17,5002n/a
City of Ceylon$17,5001n/a
New York Mills Arts Retreat$17,50026%
New York Shakespeare Festival$17,50020%
Church of the Sacred Heart of Owatonna Minnesota$17,5003n/a
Fairmont Firefighters Relief Association$17,500110%
Minnewaska Lake Association Inc$17,1541n/a
Ready Set Smile Pa$17,0001n/a
Life Center of Freeborn County Inc$16,75027%
American Cancer Society Inc$16,75020%
Alexandria Technical & Community College Foundation$16,71911%
Roseau Isd #682$16,5633n/a
Upper Midwest Rebild Scholarship$16,4203n/a
Common Hope$16,00010%
Voices for Racial Justice$15,50022%
Honor the Earth$15,40011%
Catholic Foundation$15,4001n/a
Church of Saint Katherine Drexel$15,1502n/a
Alden Area Food Shelf$15,0002n/a
Youth Villages Inc$15,00010%
Minnesota Fraternal Order of Police Foundation$15,00019%
HealthFinders Collaborative Inc$15,00011%
Opportunity Partners$15,00010%
Native American Community Clinic$15,00010%
United Way of West Central Mn$15,00012%
City of Truman$15,0001n/a
Danube Area Athletic Club$15,0001n/a
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$15,00010%
Range Engineering Council$14,850210%
First Lutheran Church of Albert Lea Minnesota$14,6501n/a
Divine Mercy Catholic School$14,5002n/a
Crow River Drumline Association$14,500119%
The Children's Center$14,20021%
City of Lucan$14,0502n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities - Upper Midwest$14,01220%
Youth Farm and Market Project$14,0001n/a
Starbuck Fire Department Auxiliary$14,000239%
Nexus-Kindred Family Healing$13,95410%
Equul Access Inc$13,750214%
Alight$13,75010%
Albert Lea Art Center$13,500210%
Minneapolis Recreation Development Inc Love One Another$13,4502n/a
Friends of the Hennepin County Library$13,30020%
Irem Chapter 45 Educational Foundation$13,1732n/a
East Chain Activity Center$13,0052n/a
Northfield Arts Guild$12,8742n/a
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$12,75010%
Minnesota Youth Athletic Services$12,6561n/a
United Way of McLeod County$12,5211n/a
Conventual Franciscan Friars of Marytown Inc$12,5002n/a
Positive Coaching Alliance$12,50010%
Minnesota Chamber Foundation$12,50011%
Children's Dental Services Inc$12,50010%
City of Mapleton$12,5001n/a
The Basilica of St Mary$12,0001n/a
Warroad Summer Theatre Company$12,000118%
Heartline Ministries$12,00011%
Fulton Christian Fellowship$12,0001n/a
Heifer Project International$12,00020%
New Prague Area Education Foundation$11,970211%
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation$11,85010%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$11,75020%
Children's Theatre Company and School$11,66020%
Grace Lutheran Church$11,5351n/a
Angel Fund$11,20026%
McGregor Friends of the Library$11,1621n/a
Temple Israel$11,0001n/a
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$11,00011%
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School$11,0001n/a
Minnesota Music Educators Association$10,53221%
Superior Hiking Trail Association$10,50021%
Valley Community Presbyterian Church$10,4502n/a
Pi Kappa Delta$10,22323%
Minnewaska Area Schools$10,1642n/a
Minnesota State Academy for the Blind Foundation$10,148218%
Agricultural Utilization Research Institute$10,00010%
Friends of the Cheyenne River Youth Project$10,0001n/a
Islamic Resource Group$10,0001n/a
Northland College$10,00010%
Native Womens Society of the Great Plains Reclaiming Our Sacredness$10,00012%
The Principia Corporation$10,00010%
North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems$10,00013%
Native Governance Center$10,00010%
Wadena Area College Foundation$10,0001n/a
East Side Freedom Library$10,0001n/a
Wabasso Booster Club$10,00014%
First Baptist Christian Schools$10,0001n/a
Hutchinson Music Boosters$10,0001n/a
Fishing Has No Boundaries Inc$10,00012%
North St Paul Area Food Shelf$10,0001n/a
Faribault Area Senior Citizens Inc$10,00012%
Arcata Press$10,00012%
Pangea World Theater$10,0001n/a
Athletes Committed to Educating Students$10,00011%
Herzl Camp Association Inc$10,00010%
City of Spring Valley$10,0001n/a
Northland Foundation$10,00010%
Christ the King Catholic Church$10,0001n/a
Avera McKennan$10,00010%
Interlaken Heritage Days$10,0001n/a
South Central College Foundation$10,00011%
KIPP Minnesota$10,00010%
Northside Boxing Club Inc$10,00012%
Baker Senior Center Naples Inc$10,00010%
UND Alumni Association and Foundation$10,00010%
Italian Cultural Center$10,0001n/a
Direct Relief$10,00010%
Bountifield International$10,00011%
Xerces Society Inc$10,00010%
Friends of Ngong Road$10,00011%
Minnesota Association for Children's Mental Health$10,00011%
St Josephs Indian School$10,0001n/a
Minnetonka Diamond Club$10,0001n/a
Wells Historical Society$10,0001n/a
Hawthorne Valley Association Inc$10,00010%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$10,00010%
Southern California Public Radio$10,00010%
Selby Avenue Jazzfest$10,000110%
Impact Hub Msp$10,00011%
The@Lake Shetek Baptist Camp Inc$10,0001n/a
Common Cup Ministry Inc$10,0001n/a
Sitting Bull College$10,00010%
Martin County Veterans Memorial$10,00015%
Ronald McDonald House Charities Midwest Mn Wi Ia$10,00010%
Humane Society of Kandiyohi and Meeker Counties$10,00012%
St David's Center$10,00010%
Beds for Kids$10,0001n/a
Friends of the Orchestra Ltd$10,0001n/a
Guadalupe Center Inc$10,00010%
Center for Economic Inclusion$10,0001n/a
New Ulm Turnverein$10,00013%
Waseca Sleigh & Cutter Festival Inc$9,900123%
Friends of the Park Rapids Public Library Inc$9,7841n/a
Children's Cancer Research Fund$9,75010%
City of Ormsby$9,5001n/a
Pipestone County Historical Society$9,50014%
City of Wanda$9,4981n/a
Independent School District #85$9,2501n/a
Inver Hills Community College Foundation$9,0001n/a
City of Northrop$8,7751n/a
Senai International Inc$8,65013%
Glenwood Community School Foundation$8,5001n/a
Special Olympics Minnesota Inc$8,40910%
Youth First Inc$8,35014%
Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association Inc$8,2751n/a
Loaves and Fishes Too$8,00010%
North St Paul-Maplewood-Oakdale District$8,0001n/a
Project 1590 Inc$8,000115%
Lac Courte Oreilles Foundation Inc$8,0001n/a
Pelican Breeze Foundation$8,0001n/a
Tentmakers$8,00011%
Friends School of Minnesota$8,00010%
Danbury Community Club$8,0001n/a
Martin County Minnesota$8,0001n/a
First Universalist Church$7,9921n/a
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship O$7,9731n/a
Partners for a Healthy Wadena Region$7,8001n/a
Advocates for Family Peace$7,63311%
Iowa Western Community College Foundation$7,59910%
Waseca Soccer Club Inc$7,525120%
The Center for Special Needs Trust Administration Inc$7,51210%
Asphult Cemetery Association$7,5001n/a
Springboard for the Arts$7,50010%
The Open Door$7,50010%
St Stephen's Episcopal Church$7,5001n/a
Bloomington School Dist$7,2041n/a
Friends of Ascension Catholic Grade School$7,20010%
National Audubon Society Inc$7,11610%
Bridging Inc$7,09410%
Church of Sacred Heart$7,0611n/a
Minnesota Youth Intervention Programs Association$7,00012%
Saint Anns Church$7,0001n/a
National Vitality Center Inc$7,0001n/a
Martin Luther High School$7,0001n/a
Future Wave Inc$7,0001n/a
St Paul's United Church of Christ-Henderson Food Shelf$6,8401n/a
Keystone Community Services$6,78010%
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota Inc$6,75010%
City of New Richland$6,5651n/a
Big Sandy Camp and Retreat Center$6,5001n/a
Ramsey County Bar Foundation$6,50015%
Friends of the Mississippi River$6,50010%
Wadena Hockey Club$6,50014%
Waseca Classic Inc$6,5001n/a
Citizens for Global Solutions Minnesota$6,4921n/a
Twin Cities Public Television Inc$6,30010%
Simpson Housing Services Inc$6,25010%
Minnesota Gerontological Society$6,2061n/a
Sanshin Zen Community$6,2041n/a
Beth El Synagogue$6,0151n/a
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$6,00010%
Community Violence Intervention Center$6,00010%
Minnesota Music Hall of Fame Inc$6,0001n/a
Neighborhood Development Center Inc$6,00010%
Excelsior Methodist Church$6,0001n/a
Minnewaska Lutheran Home$6,00010%
Riverland Community College Foundation$6,00011%
Crudem Foundation Inc$6,0001n/a
Gospel Missionary Union$6,0001n/a
Wonderlust Productions$6,0001n/a
Saint John Lutheran Church$6,0001n/a
Spare Key$6,00010%
Trademark Theater$6,00015%
North House Folk School$6,00010%
Grand Center for Arts & Culture Inc$5,80010%
Delano Education Foundation$5,7481n/a
Divine Mercy Catholic Church$5,6001n/a
Project for Pride in Living Inc$5,55010%
Martin County Historical Society$5,50010%
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis$5,50010%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$5,50010%
Hutchinson Center for the Arts$5,5001n/a
City of Trimont$5,5001n/a
Evangelical Mount Olivet Lutheran Church$5,5001n/a
Infants Remembered in Silence Inc$5,50014%
Blue Earth Nicollet County Humane Society Inc$5,50011%
Tiffany Foundation$5,5001n/a
Adath Jeshurun Congregation$5,4751n/a
Janesville Matters$5,4501n/a
Floodwood Kids Plus$5,4401n/a
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$5,40410%
Martin County Preservation Association$5,40014%
Rotary Club of Northfield$5,3741n/a
Ujamaa Place$5,35010%
Waseca Arts Council Inc$5,32717%
Minnesota Jung Association Inc$5,3131n/a
Christ the King Lutheran Church of New Ulm$5,3001n/a
Father Flanagan's Boys' Home$5,30010%
Walker Art Center$5,25010%
Majestic Hills Ranch Foundation$5,25010%
Think Small$5,25010%
People Incorporated$5,25010%
White Earth Land Recovery Project$5,2501n/a
Wabash College$5,25010%
Faith Lutheran Church$5,2501n/a
Gustavus Adolphus College$5,21510%
Bethlehem Inn of Waseca$5,2051n/a
world federalist movementinst for global policy Ltd$5,19410%
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic Inc$5,1751n/a
City of Janesville$5,1001n/a
Martin County Humane Society$5,09613%
International Mountain Bicycling Association$5,07210%
Vinje Lutheran Church$5,0331n/a
Fulda Food Shelf Inc$5,0131n/a
Farm Rescue$5,01310%
Murray County Food Shelf Inc$5,0131n/a
Hospice of Murray County Inc$5,01310%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($69k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Minnesota Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 32 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPlanned Parenthood North Central States Foundation: $8,600,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetMinnesota Public Radio American Public Media: $4,670,703 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $4,341,502 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetScholarship America Inc: $2,687,209 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Better Angels Society Inc: $1,500,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetLifeworks Services Inc: $1,492,805 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetLutheran Social Service of Minnesota: $1,315,096 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetIronworld Development Corporation: $1,188,455 over 3y, 19% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota: $1,099,854 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetJuxtaposition Arts Inc: $1,073,975 over 3y, 43% of budgetLakeview Methodist Health Care Center: $1,046,848 over 1y, 11% of budgetSt John's Lutheran Home: $1,004,736 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetAmherst H Wilder Foundation: $1,001,893 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetWarroad Memorial Arena Association: $907,785 over 3y, 80% of budgetProject Success: $802,775 over 3y, 10% of budgetInternational Institute of Minnesota: $750,250 over 1y, 15% of budgetNational Park Foundation: $750,181 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGivemn: $648,283 over 3y, 17% of budgetHiawatha Academies: $525,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFairmont Opera House Inc: $517,920 over 3y, 3.9% of budgetMinnesota Historical Society: $508,134 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMid-Minnesota Legal Assistance: $504,304 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetItasca Community College Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 59% of budgetThe Digdeep Right to Water Project: $500,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetFresh Ministries Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetFriends of the Bandshell Park Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 92% of budgetMinneapolis Regional Chamber Development Foundation: $439,370 over 2y, 78% of budgetAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mn Minnesotanorth Dakotasouth Dakota: $413,750 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetFilmnorth: $400,000 over 1y, 71% of budgetThe Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library: $382,957 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetOne Heartland: $370,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetCraft in America: $350,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetFirst Peoples Fund: $305,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetCarleton College: $303,538 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital Inc: $300,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetThe Hills Youth and Family Services: $300,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetThe Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society: $273,250 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetConservation International Foundation: $271,343 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of the Orphans D/B/A Nph-Usa: $261,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFreeborn County Historical Society: $243,601 over 3y, 99% of budgetGuthrie Theater Foundation: $230,461 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAstera Health: $226,884 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $220,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFairview Foundation: $210,250 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetDakota County Technical College Foundation: $202,128 over 3y, 9.5% of budgetMinnesota State University Student Association Inc: $191,192 over 3y, 10% of budgetAbbott Northwestern Hospital Foundation: $187,711 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $182,920 over 3y, 0.4% of budget

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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 200.

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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 FoundationMN201× affinity386 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · The Minneapolis Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Minnesota Historical Society · Pohlad Family Foundation · C K Blandin Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Mardag Foundation · Southern Minnesota Initiative 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.

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About Minnesota Community Foundation

How much does Minnesota Community Foundation give?
Minnesota Community Foundation reported 421 grants totaling $31,132,050 in its FY2019 IRS filing. It funded between 377 and 408 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2019.
What does Minnesota Community Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2019, its largest causes are Education (21%), Health (19%), Arts & Culture (17%).
Who are Minnesota Community Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2019: Planned Parenthood North Central States Foundation ($8.6M), Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media ($4.7M), University of Minnesota Foundation ($4.3M).
Does Minnesota Community Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2019, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Minnesota Community Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Greater Twin Cities United Way, The Minneapolis Foundation.
Where is Minnesota Community Foundation based?
Minnesota Community Foundation is based in MN.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 706 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2020) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2019, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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