Minnesota · Public charity
Minnesota Corn Growers Association
Identify and promote opportunities for corn growers while enhancing quality of life.
- $866k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 21
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $748k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $11,540
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $150,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 34
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Minnesota Corn Growers Association funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 20 | $748k | 35% |
| FY2024 | 21 | $486k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $783k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $851k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $570k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 32 | $730k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $1.1M | 12% |
| FY2018 | 34 | $902k | 32% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom | $594,000 | 8 | 33% |
| Fluence Media | $526,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Southwest Minnesota State University Foundation | $508,197 | 8 | 3% |
| MN United Soccer | $484,250 | 4 | n/a |
| Farm Policy Facts | $450,000 | 9 | 31% |
| St Paul Saints Baseball | $405,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Minnesota State Agricultural Society | $320,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Minnesota Soybean Growers Association | $319,380 | 9 | 6% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $262,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Click Advertising | $260,250 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 65 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom | $594,000 | 8 | 33% |
| Fluence Media | $526,500 | 8 | n/a |
| Southwest Minnesota State University Foundation | $508,197 | 8 | 3% |
| MN United Soccer | $484,250 | 4 | n/a |
| Farm Policy Facts | $450,000 | 9 | 31% |
| St Paul Saints Baseball | $405,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Minnesota State Agricultural Society | $320,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Minnesota Soybean Growers Association | $319,380 | 9 | 6% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $262,250 | 7 | 0% |
| Click Advertising | $260,250 | 2 | n/a |
| Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation | $248,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Gophers Sports Properties | $224,950 | 3 | n/a |
| Renewable Fuels Association | $175,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Minnesota Agricultural Interpretive Center | $145,000 | 6 | 5% |
| Turnkey Events and Promotion | $130,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Minnesota Farm Bureau Federation | $115,250 | 8 | 1% |
| Portage Marketing | $101,500 | 2 | n/a |
| A Greater Minnesota | $95,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Minnesota FFA Foundation Inc | $89,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Wolf Pack Sports Properties LLC | $77,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Historical Society | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mower Soil & Water Conservation District | $71,685 | 6 | n/a |
| Iowa Corn Grower's Association | $70,042 | 3 | 0% |
| American Farm Bureau | $69,040 | 7 | n/a |
| North Carolina State University Foundation Inc | $65,188 | 2 | 0% |
| West Central Mn Educ Television | $65,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Education Projects & Partnerships L | $65,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Minnesota Association of Wheat Growers | $59,600 | 8 | 2% |
| Farmers Union Foundation | $55,000 | 6 | 3% |
| Minnesota 4-H Foundation | $49,000 | 1 | 5% |
| University of Minnesota | $48,230 | 4 | n/a |
| Minnesota Milk Producers Association | $47,500 | 6 | 3% |
| National Corn Growers Association | $40,700 | 3 | 0% |
| Minnesota Agri-Growth Council Inc | $37,500 | 4 | 3% |
| Minnesota State Cattlemen's | $37,000 | 5 | 4% |
| US Grains Council | $36,186 | 1 | 0% |
| United States Grains Council | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Minnesota State Fair Foundation | $27,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Minnesota Grain & Feed Association | $26,165 | 5 | 1% |
| Texas Corn Producers Board | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Twin Cities in Motion | $24,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Illinois Corn Marketing Board | $21,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Minnesota Crop Production Retailers Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| National Academy of Sciences | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Minnesota Pork Board | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Greater Mankato Growth Inc | $16,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Heartland | $15,964 | 2 | 0% |
| Minnesota Beef Council | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| North Dakota State University | $11,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Faribault County SWCD | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bioindustrial Manufacturing and Design Ecosystem Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Environmental Initiative | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Agriculture in the Classroom Organization | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Twin Cities Moms Blog | $5,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Illinois Corn Growers Association | $5,500 | 1 | 0% |
| LetterHigh Publishing | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Twin Cities Moms Blog | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Growth Energy | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| ND Corn Growers Association | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Governors Biofuels Coalition | $5,000 | 1 | 34% |
| Ohio Corn and Wheat Grower's Association | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Farm Camp Minnesota | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Great River Greening | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Minnesota Zoo | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Pullers of MN | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($127k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Minnesota Corn Growers Association supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 38 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.
Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Minnesota Foundation For Agriculture · Iowa Corn Grower's Association · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Chs Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Mightycause Charitable Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Minnesota Corn Growers Association with peer funders
About Minnesota Corn Growers Association
- How much does Minnesota Corn Growers Association give?
- Minnesota Corn Growers Association reported 21 itemized grants totaling $748,390, out of $865,575 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 34 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Minnesota Corn Growers Association fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (28%), Food & Nutrition (27%), Recreation & Sports (23%).
- Who are Minnesota Corn Growers Association's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom ($594k), Fluence Media ($527k), Southwest Minnesota State University Foundation ($508k).
- Does Minnesota Corn Growers Association fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Minnesota Corn Growers Association?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Land O'Lakes Foundation, Minnesota Foundation For Agriculture.
- Where is Minnesota Corn Growers Association based?
- Minnesota Corn Growers Association is based in MN.
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