Minnesota · Public charity
Minnesota Historical Society
The Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) is a non-profit educational and cultural institution established in 1849. MNHS collects, preserves, and tells the story of Minnesota's past through museum exhibits, libraries and collections, historic sites, educational programs and print and online publishing.
- $7.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 180
- Grants FY2025
- 152
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 16%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $22,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $272,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 152 to 213
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $349M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 16% of the organizations Minnesota Historical Society funded were first-time grantees, receiving 9% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $577k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentHealthOther
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 180 | $7.6M | 26% |
| FY2024 | 152 | $6.6M | 16% |
| FY2023 | 175 | $7.6M | 22% |
| FY2022 | 162 | $6.1M | 28% |
| FY2021 | 176 | $5.8M | 32% |
| FY2020 | 178 | $5.9M | 34% |
| FY2019 | 186 | $5.9M | 32% |
| FY2018 | 213 | $6.6M | 57% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Arts & Culture$39MEducation$4.5MEnvironment$2.9MReligion$2.6MHousing & Shelter$1.8MCommunity Improvement$1.8MCrime & Legal$1.0MRecreation & Sports$857kOther$0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Minnesota | $2,286,679 | 9 | n/a |
| Science Museum of Minnesota | $915,187 | 9 | 1% |
| Sacred Heart Area Historical Society | $894,926 | 8 | 85% |
| Ramsey County Historical Society Inc | $814,380 | 9 | 17% |
| Tower-Soudan Historical Society | $662,243 | 8 | 39% |
| City of Sandstone | $652,337 | 5 | n/a |
| Helga Township | $632,068 | 5 | n/a |
| First Congregational Church of Minnesota | $624,450 | 8 | n/a |
| Olmsted County Historical Society | $623,120 | 8 | 23% |
| Scott County Historical Society Inc | $585,895 | 8 | 40% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Minnesota | $2,286,679 | 9 | n/a |
| Science Museum of Minnesota | $915,187 | 9 | 1% |
| Sacred Heart Area Historical Society | $894,926 | 8 | 85% |
| Ramsey County Historical Society Inc | $814,380 | 9 | 17% |
| Tower-Soudan Historical Society | $662,243 | 8 | 39% |
| City of Sandstone | $652,337 | 5 | n/a |
| Helga Township | $632,068 | 5 | n/a |
| First Congregational Church of Minnesota | $624,450 | 8 | n/a |
| Olmsted County Historical Society | $623,120 | 8 | 23% |
| Scott County Historical Society Inc | $585,895 | 8 | 40% |
| Winona County Historical Society | $573,045 | 9 | 17% |
| McLeod County Historical Society | $546,627 | 4 | 55% |
| Brown County | $538,729 | 5 | n/a |
| Dakota County Mn | $524,587 | 8 | n/a |
| Waterford Township | $522,933 | 5 | n/a |
| Armory Arts and Music Center | $518,000 | 6 | 56% |
| Cathedral of Our Merciful Savior | $508,647 | 9 | n/a |
| Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center Authority | $504,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Roseau County Historical Society | $493,322 | 7 | 50% |
| St Olaf College | $491,844 | 7 | 0% |
| City of Madison | $491,329 | 6 | n/a |
| Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board | $483,173 | 6 | n/a |
| Central Presbyterian Church | $480,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Dakota County Historical Society | $462,666 | 7 | 20% |
| Lyon County Historical Society | $461,868 | 7 | 56% |
| City of Saint Paul | $459,432 | 5 | n/a |
| Friends of Christ Church Lutheran | $458,286 | 5 | 31% |
| Nobles County Historical Society | $457,492 | 9 | 16% |
| Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies Inc | $449,500 | 6 | 6% |
| Otter Tail County | $432,660 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Bigfork | $430,359 | 4 | n/a |
| Brown County Historical Society | $428,015 | 8 | 44% |
| City of Bemidji | $404,237 | 4 | n/a |
| Historical & Cultural Society of Clay County | $403,140 | 9 | 12% |
| Todd County | $400,654 | 6 | n/a |
| City of Winona | $398,644 | 5 | n/a |
| The American Swedish Institute | $396,540 | 6 | 2% |
| Dodge County Historical Society | $375,357 | 7 | 56% |
| Carver County Historical Society | $374,535 | 8 | 26% |
| City of Shakopee | $359,656 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Red Wing | $347,907 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Duluth | $344,967 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Delano | $342,460 | 4 | n/a |
| Three Rivers Park District | $332,952 | 5 | n/a |
| City of Hastings | $329,933 | 3 | n/a |
| Le Sueur County Historical Society | $326,954 | 5 | 26% |
| White Bear Lake Area Historical Society | $326,173 | 8 | 11% |
| Reclaim Community | $321,676 | 6 | n/a |
| Sinclair Lewis Foundation | $319,642 | 4 | 64% |
| Lake of the Woods County Historical Society | $319,229 | 5 | 81% |
| Minnesota Masonic Historical Society and Museum | $314,345 | 7 | 36% |
| Friends of Linden Hill Inc | $307,645 | 5 | 42% |
| Germanic-American Institute | $300,800 | 3 | 9% |
| Islamic Center of Winona | $300,344 | 6 | n/a |
| Charles Thompson Memorial Hall | $298,143 | 6 | 58% |
| Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College | $294,965 | 8 | n/a |
| The Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums Inc | $292,952 | 5 | 69% |
| Steele County Historical Society | $290,787 | 6 | 19% |
| Pipestone County Historical Society | $287,895 | 8 | 29% |
| Lake County Historical Society | $282,113 | 6 | 17% |
| Kandiyohi County Historical Society | $273,642 | 6 | 22% |
| Afton Historical Society | $272,742 | 8 | 62% |
| City of Hackensack | $271,961 | 4 | n/a |
| Lower Phalen Creek Project | $267,998 | 4 | 7% |
| Hennepin History Museum | $266,691 | 8 | 14% |
| City of Gaylord | $262,584 | 4 | n/a |
| Minnesota Orchestral Association | $260,500 | 5 | 0% |
| St Clements Episcopal Church | $260,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Rice County Historical Society | $257,797 | 7 | 43% |
| City of Browns Valley | $257,253 | 4 | n/a |
| Stearns County Historical Society | $256,037 | 6 | 14% |
| Independent School District #701 | $251,781 | 4 | n/a |
| Waseca County Historical Society | $249,060 | 4 | 71% |
| City of Lanesboro | $245,660 | 5 | n/a |
| County of Nobles | $239,498 | 4 | n/a |
| Northern Bedrock Conservation Corps | $238,360 | 4 | 17% |
| Hubbard County | $237,329 | 2 | n/a |
| Christ Lutheran Church on Capitol Hill | $230,215 | 4 | n/a |
| Rushford Area Historical Society | $227,713 | 4 | 71% |
| Golden Valley Historical Society | $227,448 | 6 | 60% |
| Crow Wing County | $224,548 | 2 | n/a |
| Murray County | $222,658 | 6 | n/a |
| Minnesota Zoo | $220,794 | 6 | n/a |
| Grant County | $219,400 | 4 | n/a |
| Minnesota Masonic Historic Buildings | $217,976 | 2 | 53% |
| Pine County Historical Society | $214,207 | 6 | 54% |
| City of Walters | $212,762 | 5 | n/a |
| North Star Scouting Memorabilia Inc | $210,120 | 5 | 89% |
| City Of Afton | $207,219 | 6 | n/a |
| Prairie Skyline Foundation Inc | $206,608 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Belview | $204,800 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Dawson | $203,385 | 5 | n/a |
| City of Appleton | $202,560 | 7 | n/a |
| Goodhue County Historical Society Inc | $202,430 | 4 | 19% |
| Norwegian-American Historical Assoc | $199,261 | 6 | 19% |
| Sherburne County | $198,900 | 3 | n/a |
| Danebod Lutheran Church | $196,900 | 4 | n/a |
| Children's Dental Services Inc | $192,500 | 4 | 1% |
| St Louis County Historical Society | $190,384 | 4 | 11% |
| Hmong Museum of Minnesota | $188,000 | 3 | 48% |
| Ironworld Development Corporation | $186,596 | 7 | 3% |
| Preserve Appletons Heritage | $186,276 | 1 | 68% |
| City of Belle Plaine | $185,863 | 3 | n/a |
| East Side Freedom Library | $185,543 | 7 | 12% |
| Hennepin County Library | $184,631 | 5 | n/a |
| City Of Henning | $184,232 | 9 | n/a |
| Pope County Historical Society | $184,026 | 6 | 12% |
| City of Brainerd | $183,373 | 4 | n/a |
| San Francisco Township | $175,133 | 3 | n/a |
| Heritage Organization of Romanian Americans in Minnesota | $172,673 | 5 | 32% |
| Friends of Historic Virginia Street Church | $172,595 | 3 | n/a |
| Faribault County Historical Society | $171,650 | 3 | 77% |
| Mower County Historical Society | $168,867 | 5 | 33% |
| Murray County Historical Society Inc | $164,992 | 8 | n/a |
| Bill and Bonnie Daniels Firefighter | $162,838 | 4 | 41% |
| City of Cannon Falls | $160,780 | 2 | n/a |
| Ernest C Oberholtzer Foundation | $156,990 | 4 | 6% |
| Maritime Heritage Minnesota | $156,882 | 6 | n/a |
| City of Maynard | $156,081 | 5 | n/a |
| Pipestone County | $154,197 | 3 | n/a |
| Fulda Heritage Society | $153,650 | 2 | n/a |
| Caponi Art Park | $152,516 | 7 | 24% |
| City of Coleraine | $149,726 | 4 | n/a |
| Mary T and James J Hill Library Foundation | $148,676 | 3 | 6% |
| City of Adams | $144,362 | 3 | n/a |
| Augsburg University | $144,044 | 3 | 0% |
| City of Elk River | $143,617 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Mendota Heights | $143,600 | 4 | n/a |
| Northfield Historical Society Inc | $137,962 | 7 | 9% |
| St John the Divine Episcopal Church | $134,520 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Mahnomen | $133,550 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Eden Prairie | $128,674 | 5 | n/a |
| The Bakken | $126,918 | 5 | 3% |
| Minnesotas Historic Northwest | $124,936 | 4 | 98% |
| Morrison County Historical Society | $123,484 | 5 | 25% |
| Edina Historical Society Inc | $121,015 | 5 | 17% |
| Duluth Playhouse Inc | $120,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Basilica Landmark | $119,984 | 2 | 0% |
| Polish Cultural Institute | $118,189 | 6 | 26% |
| Bird Island Cultural Centre | $116,213 | 3 | 12% |
| Minnesota Streetcar Museum | $115,800 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Pipestone | $111,922 | 6 | n/a |
| Laurentian Arts and Culture Alliance | $110,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fairmont Opera House Inc | $110,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Minnesota Special Education Leaders Foundation | $109,765 | 6 | n/a |
| Human Services Watonwan Co | $108,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Minnesota Lakes Maritime Society | $107,971 | 5 | 13% |
| Carleton College | $107,108 | 6 | 0% |
| Rethos F/K/A Preservation Alliance of Minnesota | $106,729 | 5 | 3% |
| Lac Qui Parle Co Historical Society | $106,412 | 3 | 10% |
| Cass Gilbert Society Inc | $106,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Waseca County | $105,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake Minnetonka Historical Society | $104,669 | 2 | 35% |
| Stillwater Public Library | $103,581 | 5 | n/a |
| Farmer Labor Education Committee Inc | $103,272 | 6 | n/a |
| Sibley County Historical Society Inc | $102,925 | 3 | n/a |
| Reconnectrondo | $100,000 | 3 | 16% |
| Proctor Area Historical Society | $99,313 | 3 | n/a |
| Minnesota Technology Foundation Inc | $98,825 | 2 | 18% |
| Swift County Historical Society | $96,400 | 3 | n/a |
| Washington County Historical Society | $94,000 | 4 | 4% |
| The Gunflint Trail Historical Society | $92,495 | 3 | 22% |
| Kasson Alliance for Restoration Inc | $91,622 | 4 | n/a |
| Amherst H Wilder Foundation | $90,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Afton Historical Society Press | $90,000 | 4 | 18% |
| Granite Falls Historical Society | $89,924 | 3 | n/a |
| Aitkin County Historical Society | $89,146 | 3 | 48% |
| Giants of the Earth Heritage Center Inc | $89,028 | 5 | 11% |
| Minnesota Archaeological Society | $88,944 | 3 | n/a |
| Maplewood Area Historical Society | $88,030 | 5 | 25% |
| Scandia Heritage Alliance | $87,500 | 6 | 12% |
| Saint Paul Public Schools | $86,973 | 4 | n/a |
| Rock County Historical Society | $86,199 | 2 | 26% |
| Springfield Area Historical Society | $86,197 | 3 | n/a |
| Houston County | $86,193 | 4 | n/a |
| Ramsey Hill Association | $85,700 | 3 | 52% |
| Mitchell Hamline School of Law | $83,520 | 4 | 0% |
| City of Cokato | $83,506 | 5 | n/a |
| City of Wykoff | $83,475 | 2 | n/a |
| Prospect House and Civil War Museum | $83,169 | 5 | 13% |
| Dodge County | $82,003 | 4 | n/a |
| The Museum of Russian Art | $78,165 | 2 | 3% |
| Minnesota Transportation Museum Inc | $77,338 | 4 | 5% |
| Minnesota Media Arts | $74,485 | 4 | 38% |
| City of Faribault | $73,000 | 2 | n/a |
| West Central Mn Educ Television | $72,965 | 2 | 1% |
| Pottery Museum Red Wing Inc | $72,107 | 4 | 16% |
| Jasper Area Historical Society | $71,566 | 4 | n/a |
| Clearwater County Historical Societ | $70,917 | 4 | 18% |
| Renville County Historical Society | $70,523 | 4 | 19% |
| Sacred Heart - John C Memorial Assn | $69,373 | 2 | 27% |
| City of New Ulm | $68,964 | 4 | n/a |
| Beltrami County Historical Society | $68,912 | 4 | 10% |
| Dakota Wicohan | $68,628 | 2 | 9% |
| Scandia Elim Church | $68,164 | 4 | n/a |
| Minnesotas Black Community Project | $67,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Airspace Minnesota | $67,398 | 2 | n/a |
| Twin City Model Railroad Club Inc | $66,900 | 3 | 7% |
| Edina Morningside Community Church | $66,864 | 6 | n/a |
| Pickwick Mill Inc | $66,584 | 1 | n/a |
| Marshall County Historical Society | $65,166 | 3 | n/a |
| Sylvan Township | $64,990 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington County | $64,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Sauk Centre Area Historical Society | $63,847 | 2 | n/a |
| Midwest Food Connection | $62,600 | 2 | 24% |
| Jackson County Historical Society | $62,543 | 3 | 35% |
| Sylvan Township | $61,950 | 2 | n/a |
| St James Opera House Restoration Project Inc | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Waconia | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Public Art Saint Paul | $60,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Mixtape Dance Mn | $60,000 | 2 | 44% |
| Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association | $56,790 | 2 | 61% |
| City of Moorhead | $56,321 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Wayzata | $55,400 | 2 | n/a |
| Greater Litchfield Opera House Assn | $55,000 | 2 | 8% |
| City of Canby | $54,900 | 3 | n/a |
| Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest | $54,773 | 4 | 8% |
| Marshall County | $54,372 | 3 | n/a |
| Minnesota Air National Guard | $53,694 | 4 | 10% |
| City of Tower | $52,170 | 2 | n/a |
| Springboard for the Arts | $50,968 | 1 | 1% |
| First Congregational Church of Winona | $50,050 | 2 | n/a |
| Presbyterian Church USA | $50,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Good Samaritan Episcopal Church | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Pacer Center Inc | $49,398 | 5 | 0% |
| Portal Research | $49,344 | 5 | n/a |
| City of Rochester | $48,938 | 4 | n/a |
| Crow Wing County Historical Society | $48,786 | 2 | 28% |
| City of Rockford | $48,510 | 1 | n/a |
| Victoria Theater Arts Center dba 825 Arts | $48,106 | 2 | 0% |
| County of Cass | $47,900 | 2 | n/a |
| St George Serbian Orthodox Church | $47,628 | 3 | n/a |
| Freeborn County Historical Society | $46,514 | 2 | 21% |
| City Of Clements | $46,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Westonka Historical Society | $45,902 | 5 | n/a |
| Meeker County Historical Society | $45,420 | 4 | 15% |
| Cook County Historical Society | $44,996 | 4 | 9% |
| The Urban Village Inc | $44,990 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Dassel | $44,910 | 2 | n/a |
| American Indian Family & Children's Services | $44,900 | 2 | 3% |
| Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa | $44,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Prairie Island Indian Community | $44,038 | 2 | n/a |
| Melrose Area Historical Society Inc | $43,959 | 2 | n/a |
| Carver County Public Health | $43,650 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Park Rapids | $42,994 | 2 | n/a |
| Minnesota Independent Scholars Forum | $42,445 | 3 | n/a |
| Wayzata Historical Society | $41,600 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Hopkins | $41,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Minnesota Museum of American Art | $40,055 | 3 | 1% |
| Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness | $40,032 | 1 | 2% |
| Cannon Falls Area Historical Societ | $40,000 | 4 | 38% |
| Minnesota Genealogical Society | $40,000 | 3 | 32% |
| The Artist Sanctuary | $39,690 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Tracy | $39,600 | 3 | n/a |
| Historic Saint Paul Corporation | $39,575 | 2 | 31% |
| Southeastern Libraries Cooperating | $39,500 | 4 | 0% |
| City of Ely | $39,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Carlton Cty Historical Society | $39,450 | 2 | 17% |
| Centro Tyrone Guzman | $38,980 | 2 | 1% |
| Somali Museum and Cultural Center | $38,497 | 1 | 10% |
| Sleepy Eye Area Historical Society | $38,183 | 2 | n/a |
| Chippewa County Historical Society | $37,985 | 2 | 18% |
| Anoka County Historical Society | $37,962 | 4 | 4% |
| Conservation Corps | $37,414 | 2 | 0% |
| West Concord Historical Society | $37,000 | 4 | 9% |
| City of Barnesville | $37,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of St Rose Inc | $36,797 | 3 | 51% |
| City of Beaver Creek | $36,090 | 1 | n/a |
| Irreducible Grace Foundation | $36,000 | 2 | 3% |
| West Central Minnesota Historical Association | $35,325 | 1 | n/a |
| Hmong Cultural Center | $34,850 | 3 | 3% |
| Fillmore County Historical Society | $34,755 | 4 | 14% |
| Granite Falls Municipal Hospital and Manor | $34,650 | 2 | n/a |
| Schroeder Area Historical Society | $34,200 | 1 | 31% |
| McLeod County Historic Partnership | $33,453 | 2 | n/a |
| Aim Interpretive Center Inc | $33,165 | 1 | 21% |
| Northfield Hospital | $32,937 | 3 | n/a |
| Trustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota | $32,499 | 2 | 0% |
| Lao Culture Dance & Traditional Fashion Show LLC | $32,400 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Litchfield | $32,142 | 2 | n/a |
| Unity Baptist Church | $31,826 | 4 | n/a |
| City of Hibbing | $31,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment Through Research | $31,680 | 1 | 4% |
| Wabasha County | $31,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Plymouth Ice Center City of Plymouth | $31,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Diverse Emerging Music Organization | $30,625 | 2 | 30% |
| Wright County Historical Society | $30,052 | 3 | 5% |
| Transforming Generations Tg | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Woodbury Heritage Society | $29,974 | 3 | n/a |
| Arlington Historical Society Inc | $29,944 | 2 | n/a |
| Center for Policy Design | $29,925 | 3 | 8% |
| Face to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc | $29,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Pioneerland Library System | $29,879 | 3 | n/a |
| Minnesota Society of Architectural Historians | $29,800 | 3 | n/a |
| Jordan Area Historical Society | $29,598 | 3 | n/a |
| Township of Teien | $29,595 | 3 | n/a |
| Red Lake Nation College | $29,376 | 2 | 0% |
| City of Minnetonka Historical Society | $29,315 | 3 | n/a |
| Douglas County Historical Society | $29,273 | 3 | 13% |
| Jewish Community Action | $29,110 | 3 | 1% |
| City of Little Falls | $28,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Lanesboro Historic Preservation Commission | $28,200 | 3 | n/a |
| Staples Historical Society | $28,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Robbinsdale Historical Society | $27,925 | 3 | n/a |
| Our Streets | $27,704 | 1 | 1% |
| Hallie Q Brown Community Center Inc | $27,400 | 3 | 0% |
| City of Excelsior | $27,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Cultural Archive of Modern Paganism Inc | $26,890 | 2 | 30% |
| Kanabec County Historical Society | $26,650 | 2 | 22% |
| City of White Bear Lake | $26,144 | 3 | n/a |
| Preserve Historic Dinkytown | $25,880 | 2 | n/a |
| Wheels Across the Prairie Museum | $25,727 | 3 | 5% |
| Owatonna Public Library | $25,650 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Two Harbors | $25,540 | 2 | n/a |
| Minneapolis American Indian Center | $25,515 | 1 | 0% |
| Stevens County Historical Society | $25,266 | 2 | 7% |
| Sherburne County Historical Society | $25,179 | 3 | 3% |
| Macalester College | $25,140 | 3 | 0% |
| Great Lakes Shipwreck Preservation Society | $25,094 | 2 | n/a |
| Dakota City Heritage Village Inc | $25,020 | 2 | 7% |
| Christ Episcopal Church | $24,863 | 1 | n/a |
| Our Saviours Evangelical Lutheran Church | $24,850 | 2 | n/a |
| Clarissa Community Museum | $24,342 | 3 | n/a |
| City of Ranier | $24,000 | 3 | n/a |
| In Progress | $24,000 | 1 | 4% |
| North Hennepen Pioneer Society | $24,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Arcata Press | $23,982 | 1 | 5% |
| Richfield Historical Society Inc | $22,840 | 2 | n/a |
| Carlton County | $22,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum | $21,180 | 2 | 6% |
| City of St Cloud | $20,644 | 2 | n/a |
| Dassel Area Historical Society Inc | $20,550 | 3 | 8% |
| Wiccan Church of Minnesota | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Champlin | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Progressive Missionary Baptist Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Otter Tail County Historical Society | $20,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Lind House Association Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 21% |
| Cottonwood County | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Minnetonka Community Church | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Luthers Little Explorers | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Delano Franklin Township Area Historical Society | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Project Get Outdoors | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Judy Garland Childrens Museum | $20,000 | 2 | 2% |
| North Star Foundation of the Mesaba Incorporated | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Cuyuna | $19,999 | 2 | n/a |
| Blue Earth County Historical Society | $19,983 | 2 | 3% |
| Nautilus Music Theater | $19,950 | 2 | 7% |
| Minnesota Museum of Mining | $19,950 | 2 | 15% |
| Cottonwood County Historical Society Inc | $19,900 | 2 | 8% |
| Beth El Foundation of Minnesota Inc | $19,890 | 2 | 3% |
| Minnesota Center for Book Arts | $19,886 | 1 | 2% |
| Minnesota Polish Medical Society | $19,880 | 2 | n/a |
| Milaca Area Historical Society | $19,879 | 2 | n/a |
| Vocalessence | $19,840 | 2 | 0% |
| North House Folk School | $19,800 | 1 | 1% |
| Kittson County Historical Society | $19,649 | 2 | 7% |
| Northfield Arts Guild | $19,600 | 2 | 2% |
| The Catholic Cemeteries | $19,510 | 2 | n/a |
| Taylor Township | $19,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of the History Museum of East Otter Tail | $19,495 | 1 | 24% |
| The Alano Society of Minneapolis Inc | $19,475 | 2 | 6% |
| St Michael's & St George's Ukrainian Church | $19,130 | 2 | n/a |
| St Olaf Lutheran Church | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Inver Hills Community College Foundation | $18,955 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Wenceslaus Catholic School | $18,682 | 2 | n/a |
| Polk County Historical Society | $18,665 | 1 | 32% |
| Asian Economic Development Association | $18,425 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Albert Lea | $18,262 | 1 | n/a |
| Heritage Group North | $18,235 | 2 | n/a |
| Friends of Highland Arts | $18,190 | 2 | n/a |
| Turtle Lake Township | $18,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Project for Pride in Living Inc | $18,125 | 2 | 0% |
| First Church of God in Christ | $18,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Hugo | $18,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mille Lacs County Historicalsociety | $17,899 | 2 | n/a |
| The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library | $17,340 | 1 | 0% |
| Balaton Area Historical Society | $17,208 | 2 | n/a |
| Cass County Historical Society | $16,772 | 1 | n/a |
| Meeker County Development Corp | $16,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Theater Mu Incorporated | $16,523 | 1 | 2% |
| True Directions Inc | $16,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Atwater Area Historical Society Inc | $16,452 | 2 | n/a |
| East Central Regional Library | $16,340 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Barrett | $16,071 | 2 | n/a |
| Excelsior Lake Minnetonka Historical Society | $16,027 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Fairmont | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Taylors Falls | $16,000 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Dayton | $15,899 | 1 | n/a |
| Grant County Historical Society Elbow Lake | $15,840 | 1 | n/a |
| First Baptist Church | $15,630 | 2 | n/a |
| Canton Historical Society | $15,560 | 2 | n/a |
| St Catherine University | $15,247 | 2 | 0% |
| Chaska Historical Society Inc | $15,150 | 2 | n/a |
| African American Registry | $15,096 | 2 | n/a |
| Sisu Heritage Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 54% |
| Yaj Neej Tshiab | $14,743 | 1 | n/a |
| Lao Assistance Center of Minnesota | $14,700 | 1 | 1% |
| Hibbing Historical Society | $14,155 | 2 | n/a |
| Childrens Museum of Southern Minnesota | $13,366 | 1 | 1% |
| Hormel Historic Home Inc | $13,150 | 1 | 2% |
| Minnesota Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church | $13,095 | 2 | n/a |
| North Chisago Historical Society | $12,590 | 2 | n/a |
| Celtic Junction Arts Center Inc | $12,569 | 2 | n/a |
| Olivet Congregational Church | $12,020 | 2 | n/a |
| Todd County Historical Society Inc | $11,235 | 2 | n/a |
| City of Mankato | $10,724 | 1 | n/a |
| Sibley County | $10,622 | 1 | n/a |
| Itasca County Historical Society | $10,417 | 1 | 5% |
| Fitzgerald in Saint Paul | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University Baptist Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Le Sueur Theatre Historic Preservation Corporation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Or Emet Congregation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Shattuck-St Mary's School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Minnesota Boat Club Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Commty | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Network for the Development of Children of African Descent | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Clinton | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Highland Heritage Project | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| North Central Minnesota Farm & Antique Association | $10,000 | 1 | 20% |
| City of Chaska | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Aeon | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Lukes Episcopal Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Benedictine Sisters Benevolent Association (Dba St Scholastica Monastery) | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Redwood Falls Parks and Recreation Department | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake Benton Opera House Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 23% |
| City of Frazee | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Positive Image | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Friends of Maplewood Cemetery | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| All Saints Episcopal Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ness Church Preservation Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arcola Mills Historic Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 44% |
| Association of Free Lutheran Congregations | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Yale Alumni Association of the Northwest | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Bagley | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Murdock | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Paul Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Bovey | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of St Thomas | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| State Street Theatre Co | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Zeitgeist Center for Arts and Community | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Minneota | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Redeemer Center for Life Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Life Tabernacle Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St James Public Schools | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Brooklyn Bridge Alliance for Youth | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Sokol Educational and Physical Culture Organization | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| City of Maplewood | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Black Men Teach | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Dawson Historical Properties | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Probstfield Farm Living History Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Fridley Historical Society | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Seward Redesign Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Preston Historical Society | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribal Council | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| CITIZENS FOR BACKUS AB Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City Of Eagle Bend | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| New Brighton Area Historicalsociety | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Ogilvie | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Underwood | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Grey Eagle | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Council of Churches | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| River Bend Nature Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Wells Historical Society | $10,000 | 1 | 22% |
| City of St Louis Park | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Humanities Center | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Duluth Art Institute Assoc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Rondo Avenue Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Jaques Art Center | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Twin Cities Tracks | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mlk Tennis Buffs | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eden Prairie Isd #272 | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grong Free Lutheran Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Council on Foundations | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Montevideo Public Library | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Park Place | $10,000 | 1 | 8% |
| St Paul Neighborhood Network | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Seward Neighborhood Group | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lower Sioux Indian Community | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minneapolis Riverfront Partnership | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake Harriet Spiritual Community | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montgomery Historical Society | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| United Protestant Church | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lake Superior Railroad Musuem | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Performance Lab | $9,999 | 1 | n/a |
| Denmark Township Historical Society | $9,999 | 1 | n/a |
| Franconia Township | $9,999 | 1 | n/a |
| Belle Plaine Historical Society Inc | $9,995 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Orono | $9,995 | 1 | n/a |
| City of St Charles | $9,995 | 1 | n/a |
| Blue Earth County | $9,995 | 1 | n/a |
| Roseville Historical Society | $9,995 | 1 | n/a |
| Clearwater County Veterans Memorial Association | $9,982 | 1 | n/a |
| Association of Chinese Americans for Social Justice | $9,980 | 1 | n/a |
| St Peters African Methodist Episcopal Church | $9,977 | 1 | n/a |
| Crossroads Panorama | $9,975 | 1 | 20% |
| Minnesota Boychoir | $9,970 | 1 | 2% |
| Plymouth Historical Society | $9,961 | 1 | n/a |
| Northern Ice Ties | $9,955 | 1 | n/a |
| Sod House Theater | $9,950 | 1 | 7% |
| Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association | $9,950 | 1 | 6% |
| Textile Center of Minnesota | $9,950 | 1 | 1% |
| Glencoe Historic Preservation Society | $9,938 | 1 | n/a |
| Nicollet County Historical Society | $9,925 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Mankato Diversity Council | $9,910 | 1 | 6% |
| City of Birchwood Village | $9,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Valley Community Presbyterian Church | $9,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Hanover Historical Society | $9,887 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwestern Health Sciences University | $9,879 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Springfield | $9,879 | 1 | n/a |
| Mahnomen County Historical Society | $9,879 | 1 | n/a |
| Plainview Area History Center Inc | $9,879 | 1 | n/a |
| Warroad Historical Society | $9,879 | 1 | n/a |
| Valley Grove Preservation Society | $9,850 | 1 | n/a |
| Ethnic Dance Theatre Inc | $9,823 | 1 | 17% |
| Southside Family Charter School | $9,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Minnesota Landmarks Inc | $9,800 | 1 | 0% |
| Building Remembrance for Reconciliation Br4r | $9,781 | 1 | n/a |
| Scholarship Fund of the Minneapolis Branch Aauw | $9,750 | 1 | 6% |
| City of Columbia Heights | $9,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Shoreview Historical Society | $9,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Blaine Historical Society | $9,733 | 1 | n/a |
| Phyllis Wheatley Community Center Inc | $9,700 | 1 | n/a |
| Lower Sioux Indian Community | $9,700 | 1 | n/a |
| International German Genealogy Partnership | $9,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Streets Mn | $9,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Ukrainian American Community Center Inc | $9,600 | 1 | 7% |
| Island Park Village Hall Preservation Society | $9,550 | 1 | n/a |
| George Floyd Global Memorial | $9,524 | 1 | 2% |
| Minnesota Architectural Foundation | $9,500 | 1 | 8% |
| Imhotep Center for Science Education & Knowledge Production | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Becker County Historical Society | $9,500 | 1 | 3% |
| Citizens for Global Solutions Minnesota | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Osseo | $9,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wadena County Historical Society | $9,380 | 1 | 14% |
| Metropolitan State University Foundation | $9,350 | 1 | 1% |
| Minnesota Dragonfly Society | $9,337 | 1 | n/a |
| Independent School District 545 He | $9,325 | 1 | n/a |
| International Institute of Minnesota | $9,315 | 1 | 0% |
| Minnesota Supreme Court Historical Society | $9,237 | 1 | n/a |
| Capitol Region Watershed District | $9,150 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Clarkfield | $9,150 | 1 | n/a |
| Northfield Public Schools | $9,015 | 1 | n/a |
| United Way of Ne Minnesota | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Lake City Minnesota | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Le Sueur County | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Belwin Conservancy | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cokato Historical Society | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Great River Regional Library | $8,990 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Roseau | $8,798 | 1 | n/a |
| Moorhead Legacy Education Foundation | $8,790 | 1 | 4% |
| Eden Prairie Historical Society | $8,755 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Eagan | $8,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Chisholm Kids Plus | $8,725 | 1 | 4% |
| Raymond W Cannon Education Foundation | $8,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Historic Hutchinson | $8,540 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Rapids Area Library | $8,513 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Easton | $8,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wings of the North | $8,474 | 1 | 1% |
| East Polk Heritage Center | $8,410 | 1 | n/a |
| African American Interpretive Center of Minnesota | $8,354 | 1 | n/a |
| Rondo Center of Diverse Expression | $8,350 | 1 | 2% |
| Upper Mississippi Academy | $8,190 | 1 | 0% |
| Mixed Blood Theatre Company | $8,119 | 1 | 1% |
| Wabasha County Historical Society | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sand Hill River Watershed District | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A World of Accordions | $8,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Dassel-Cokato Baseball Association | $7,978 | 1 | 12% |
| Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy | $7,950 | 1 | 1% |
| Society for the Study of Local and Regional History | $7,932 | 1 | n/a |
| Western Hennepin County Pioneer Association | $7,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Inver Grove Heights Schools | $7,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Bellevue Township | $7,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Sikh Society of Minnesota | $7,770 | 1 | n/a |
| Minneapolis College of Art and Design | $7,750 | 1 | 0% |
| The Minnesota Opera | $7,700 | 1 | 0% |
| Wanda Gag House Association Inc | $7,675 | 1 | n/a |
| Duluth Bethel Society | $7,650 | 1 | 0% |
| Calvary Baptist Church | $7,650 | 1 | n/a |
| Rollingstone Luxembourg Heritage Museum | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Yellow Medicine County Historical Society | $7,440 | 1 | n/a |
| Minneapolis Pops Orchestra Association | $7,403 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Veterinary Historical Museum | $7,315 | 1 | 23% |
| Historic Irvine Park Association | $7,265 | 1 | n/a |
| Harmony Area Historical Society | $7,235 | 1 | n/a |
| Pine City Area History Association | $7,200 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Chatfield | $7,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Cold Spring Area Historical Society | $7,200 | 1 | 9% |
| Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls | $7,125 | 1 | n/a |
| Hassan Area Historical Society | $7,098 | 1 | n/a |
| East Central Minnesota Pride | $7,030 | 1 | n/a |
| St Louis Park Historical Society | $7,017 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Middle River | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Virginia | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Isanti County Historical Society | $6,920 | 1 | 6% |
| Anoka Co Sr Caregiver Network | $6,840 | 1 | n/a |
| Houston County Historical Society | $6,796 | 1 | 1% |
| Cathedral Heritage Foundation | $6,779 | 1 | 2% |
| City of Blooming Prairie | $6,763 | 1 | n/a |
| India Association of Minnesota | $6,750 | 1 | 3% |
| Pennington County | $6,730 | 1 | n/a |
| Redwood County Historical Society | $6,500 | 1 | 7% |
| Minnesota Malayalee Association | $6,440 | 1 | n/a |
| Rochester Art Center | $6,320 | 1 | 1% |
| Kids-N-Kinship Inc | $6,300 | 1 | 2% |
| Finland Minnesota Historical Society | $6,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Peter Parish | $6,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Listening Point Foundation | $6,050 | 1 | 9% |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | $6,005 | 1 | 0% |
| Houston Area Preservation Initiative | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Isd 414 | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Centerville | $5,977 | 1 | n/a |
| Illusion Theater and School Inc | $5,970 | 1 | 1% |
| City of Waseca | $5,969 | 1 | n/a |
| Randolph Public Schools | $5,886 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Hokah | $5,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation | $5,736 | 1 | 0% |
| City of Wabasha | $5,688 | 1 | n/a |
| Martin County Historical Society | $5,683 | 1 | 0% |
| La Crescent Area Historical Society Inc | $5,676 | 1 | n/a |
| City of the Village of Minnetonka Beach | $5,675 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Cottage Grove | $5,546 | 1 | n/a |
| Danebo Inc DBA The Danish American Center | $5,458 | 1 | 3% |
| Midway Chamber of Commerce Foundation | $5,400 | 1 | 30% |
| Isd 882 Monticello Public Schools | $5,341 | 1 | n/a |
| Linden Hills Neighborhood Council | $5,250 | 1 | 7% |
| Denfeld Historic Organ Restoration and Preservation Alliance | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Morristown | $5,100 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Minnesota Historical Society supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 58 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
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.
Minnesota Humanities CenterMN72.8× affinity42 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
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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 Historical Society
- How much does Minnesota Historical Society give?
- Minnesota Historical Society reported 180 grants totaling $7,620,941 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 152 and 213 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Minnesota Historical Society fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (67%), Education (8%), Environment (5%).
- Who are Minnesota Historical Society's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Minnesota ($2.3M), Science Museum of Minnesota ($915k), Sacred Heart Area Historical Society ($895k).
- Does Minnesota Historical Society fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Minnesota Historical Society?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Minnesota Humanities Center, Minnesota Community Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is Minnesota Historical Society based?
- Minnesota Historical Society 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