How much does Minnesota Council on Foundations give?

Minnesota Council on Foundations reported 21 itemized grants totaling $1,011,100, out of $1,081,100 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 42 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.

What does Minnesota Council on Foundations fund?

By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Community Improvement (30%), Housing & Shelter (11%).

Who are Minnesota Council on Foundations's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Young Mens Christian Association of the North ($1.5M), Stairstep Foundation ($409k), Community Reinvestment Fund Inc ($404k).

Does Minnesota Council on Foundations fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Minnesota Council on Foundations?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, The McKnight Foundation.

Where is Minnesota Council on Foundations based?

Minnesota Council on Foundations is based in MN.

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$1.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 21
Itemized grants FY2024: 3
Organizations funded FY2023: 33%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Itemized, FY2024: $1.0M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024: $25,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $550,000
Organizations funded a year: 3 to 42; FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 1
Total assets, FY2024: $5.9M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 33% of the organizations Minnesota Council on Foundations funded were first-time grantees, receiving 33% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthOther

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	18	$1.0M	56%
FY2023	3	$60k	33%
FY2022	24	$1.2M	92%
FY2021	42	$5.0M	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, FY2021 to 2024.

Human Services$2.5MCommunity Improvement$2.4MHousing & Shelter$897kPublic Benefit$784kEducation$284kHealth$249kArts & Culture$208kReligion$203kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Young Mens Christian Association of the North	$1,455,600	4	1%
Stairstep Foundation	$409,000	1	20%
Community Reinvestment Fund Inc	$404,000	1	1%
American Indian Community Development Corporation	$300,000	1	3%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation	$166,000	1	0%
Habitat for Humanity of MN	$166,000	1	n/a
Community Neighborhood Housing Services	$166,000	1	1%
Greater Minnesota Housing Fund	$166,000	1	1%
Latino Economic Development Center	$150,000	1	3%
Youthprise	$150,000	1	2%

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All grantees of Minnesota Council on Foundations by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Young Mens Christian Association of the North	$1,455,600	4	1%
Stairstep Foundation	$409,000	1	20%
Community Reinvestment Fund Inc	$404,000	1	1%
American Indian Community Development Corporation	$300,000	1	3%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation	$166,000	1	0%
Habitat for Humanity of MN	$166,000	1	n/a
Community Neighborhood Housing Services	$166,000	1	1%
Greater Minnesota Housing Fund	$166,000	1	1%
Latino Economic Development Center	$150,000	1	3%
Youthprise	$150,000	1	2%
African Economic Development Solutions	$130,000	1	3%
Northland Foundation	$130,000	1	0%
First Children's Finance	$125,000	2	2%
Nexus Community Partners	$125,000	1	4%
Minnesota Parent Union	$75,000	1	n/a
Community Integration Center	$75,000	1	n/a
Hmong American Partnership	$75,000	1	1%
African Minnesota Women Awawreness Group	$75,000	1	57%
Marnitas Table Inc	$75,000	1	6%
Mwanyagetinge	$75,000	1	55%
Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches	$74,950	1	3%
MIGIZI Communications Inc	$74,153	1	2%
Islamic Civic Society of America	$71,097	2	n/a
Neighborhood Development Center Inc	$70,000	1	1%
Ignite Afterschool	$70,000	1	2%
Central Minnesota Community Empowerment Organization	$69,960	2	8%
Hikmah Cultural Center	$66,214	1	n/a
The Arc Minnesota Inc	$65,000	1	1%
Somali Community Resettlement	$60,953	1	n/a
Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers	$60,000	1	0%
Riverside Plaza Tenants Association	$56,953	1	8%
Destiny Hill Church	$56,680	1	n/a
Native American Community Development Institute	$56,000	2	2%
New American Partnership	$50,000	1	n/a
Minnesota Home Ownership Center	$50,000	1	1%
Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers	$50,000	1	1%
Crown Medical Support Services	$50,000	1	9%
Agate Housing & Services Inc	$49,356	1	0%
The Beautywell Project	$46,266	1	36%
Northfield Healthy Community Initiative	$45,855	1	1%
Copal-Education Fund Communidades Organizando El Poder y la A	$42,500	1	1%
Access Philanthropy Charities	$42,500	1	2%
Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop	$40,000	1	6%
Voices for Racial Justice	$40,000	2	1%
Minnesota Voice	$40,000	1	5%
Cedar Riverside Neighborhood Revitalization Program	$39,999	1	21%
African Community Services	$39,899	1	3%
Hueman Partnership	$37,500	1	31%
East African Community Center	$35,572	1	n/a
League of Women Voters of Minnesota Educ	$35,500	1	5%
Propel Nonprofits	$35,000	1	0%
American Indian Family Center	$32,300	1	1%
Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging Inc	$32,000	1	0%
Gambian Association in Minnesota	$31,620	1	n/a
Neighborhood Development Alliance Inc	$31,000	1	2%
Chinese American Chamber of Commerc	$31,000	1	18%
Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota	$30,510	1	8%
Deaf Equity	$30,000	2	16%
Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment Through Research	$28,500	2	1%
African Career Education & Resources In	$28,500	2	1%
Capi USA	$28,500	2	0%
Fortified City International Ministries	$28,163	1	n/a
Sierra Leone Community in Minnesota	$26,300	1	16%
Karen Organization of Minnesota	$25,000	1	1%
Emerge Community Development	$25,000	1	0%
Minnesota Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster	$20,000	1	n/a
Diaspora Forces	$20,000	1	15%
National Youth Leadership Council	$18,300	1	2%
Lake Street Council	$15,000	1	1%
Aaop	$13,500	1	n/a
Candid	$13,500	1	0%
Latino Leadership Inc	$13,500	1	1%
Native Governance Center	$13,500	1	1%
African American Leadership Forum	$13,500	1	1%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($550k), not named here.

Minnesota Council on Foundations supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 61 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 61.

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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 FoundationMN70.4× affinity44 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Target Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Northwest Area Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · The Bush Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Youthprise · BCBSM Foundation Inc · Women's Foundation of Minnesota

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 Council on Foundations

How much does Minnesota Council on Foundations give?: Minnesota Council on Foundations reported 21 itemized grants totaling $1,011,100, out of $1,081,100 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 42 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Minnesota Council on Foundations fund?: By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (31%), Community Improvement (30%), Housing & Shelter (11%).
Who are Minnesota Council on Foundations's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Young Mens Christian Association of the North ($1.5M), Stairstep Foundation ($409k), Community Reinvestment Fund Inc ($404k).
Does Minnesota Council on Foundations fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Minnesota Council on Foundations?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, The McKnight Foundation.
Where is Minnesota Council on Foundations based?: Minnesota Council on Foundations is based in MN.