Minnesota · Public charity
Minnesota Veterans 4 Veterans Trust
The MINNESOTA VETERANS 4 VETERANS TRUST fund helps minnesota veterans integrate into society, and lead healthier and independent lives by funding programs for veteran organizations in the state of minnesota.
- $310k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $279k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $12,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 15
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Minnesota Veterans 4 Veterans Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $62k 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 | 13 | $279k | 62% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $241k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $143k | 44% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $213k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $273k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $86k | 43% |
| FY2019 | 10 | $172k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $177k | 57% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disabled American Veterans of Minnesota Foundation Inc | $198,194 | 6 | 8% |
| Magnus Veterans Foundation | $170,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans | $155,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum | $107,938 | 3 | 10% |
| Minnesota Zoo | $107,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Open Arms of Minnesota | $82,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Minnesota Association of County Veterans Service Officers | $61,640 | 2 | 56% |
| American Legion Auxiliary National Headquarters | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| United Heroes League | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Department of Minnesota of the VFW Auxiliary | $49,500 | 5 | 3% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disabled American Veterans of Minnesota Foundation Inc | $198,194 | 6 | 8% |
| Magnus Veterans Foundation | $170,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans | $155,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Minnesota Military and Veterans Museum | $107,938 | 3 | 10% |
| Minnesota Zoo | $107,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Open Arms of Minnesota | $82,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Minnesota Association of County Veterans Service Officers | $61,640 | 2 | 56% |
| American Legion Auxiliary National Headquarters | $55,000 | 5 | 0% |
| United Heroes League | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Department of Minnesota of the VFW Auxiliary | $49,500 | 5 | 3% |
| Vine Faith in Action | $45,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Minnesota Flyers Gymnastics Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Mn Medal of Honor Memorial | $35,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Independent Lifestyles Inc a Center for Independent Living | $32,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Mandatory Fun Outdoors | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Every Third Saturday Inc | $30,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Minnesota Veterans Outdoors | $28,199 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Ripley Minnesota Veterans Outdoors Programs | $25,459 | 1 | n/a |
| Camp Cuperlia Outdoors | $20,912 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Military Family Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Allina Health Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Middle River Veterans Outdoors Inc | $17,500 | 2 | n/a |
| American Legion Auxiliary Dept of Minnes | $15,900 | 2 | 1% |
| Fort Snelling National Cemetery Committee | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ars Bellum Foundation | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Eaglewatch Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Southern Mn Crisis Nursery Dba Ivy House | $15,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Minnesota Paralyzed Veterans of America | $14,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War | $13,890 | 1 | n/a |
| Armadillo Project | $13,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Bear Creek Development Center Inc | $13,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Mn Vets on the Lake | $12,686 | 1 | n/a |
| Time on the Water | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| US Naval Academy | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Emerge Mothers Academy | $10,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Believet Canine Service Partners Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Military Order of the Purple Heart | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Stairlifts for Vets | $10,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Mn Veterans Pantry | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Sherburne County | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Military Order of the Purple Heart | $7,500 | 1 | 41% |
| Recovery Community Network Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 2% |
| The American Legion Department of Minnesota | $7,016 | 1 | 0% |
| Free Urns for Veterans | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ft Snelling Memorial Rifle Squad | $6,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Yellow Medicine County | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ft Snelling Nca Memorial Rifle Squad | $5,711 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($20k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Minnesota Veterans 4 Veterans Trust supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 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: Disabled American Veterans of Minnesota Foundation Inc · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Minnesota Veterans 4 Veterans Trust
- How much does Minnesota Veterans 4 Veterans Trust give?
- Minnesota Veterans 4 Veterans Trust reported 13 itemized grants totaling $279,310, out of $310,310 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 15 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Minnesota Veterans 4 Veterans Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (48%), Arts & Culture (11%), Recreation & Sports (11%).
- Who are Minnesota Veterans 4 Veterans Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Disabled American Veterans of Minnesota Foundation Inc ($198k), Magnus Veterans Foundation ($170k), Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans ($155k).
- Does Minnesota Veterans 4 Veterans Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Minnesota Veterans 4 Veterans Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Disabled American Veterans of Minnesota Foundation Inc, The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation.
- Where is Minnesota Veterans 4 Veterans Trust based?
- Minnesota Veterans 4 Veterans Trust is based in MN.
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