Minnesota · Public charity
Minnesota State Fair Foundation
The MINNESOTA STATE FAIR FOUNDATION's mission is to preserve and improve the historic minnesota state fairgrounds and support state fair programs and projects in agriculture, arts & culture, education, the environment, and history.
- $1.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,498,118
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,498,118
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $25M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Minnesota State Fair Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 1 | $1.5M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $2.0M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $1.2M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $821k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $806k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $941k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $1.2M | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 State Agricultural Society | $10,403,016 | 9 | n/a |
About Minnesota State Fair Foundation
- How much does Minnesota State Fair Foundation give?
- Minnesota State Fair Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $1,508,086 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Minnesota State Fair Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (71%), Arts & Culture (29%).
- Who are Minnesota State Fair Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Minnesota State Agricultural Society ($10M).
- Does Minnesota State Fair Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Minnesota State Fair Foundation based?
- Minnesota State Fair Foundation is based in MN.
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