Minnesota · Public charity
Minnesota Zoo Foundation
The MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION raises contributed income and supports conservation and animal care programs on behalf of the minnesota zoo. The mission of the minnesota zoo is to connect people, animals, and the natural world to save wildlife.
- $6.4M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $6.1M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $219,594
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,883,089
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $19M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Minnesota Zoo 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.
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 | 4 | $6.1M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $5.5M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $6.2M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $8.3M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $3.4M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $4.2M | 57% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $1.4M | 50% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $2.2M | 50% |
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 Zoo | $37,507,055 | 9 | n/a |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $1,621,377 | 9 | 0% |
| Woodland Park Zoological Society | $53,433 | 5 | 0% |
| Global Conservation Network | $45,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Zoo Conservation Outreach Group Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 4% |
| World Parrot Trust USA Inc | $17,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Advanced Telemetry Systems Inc | $6,930 | 1 | n/a |
| Dallas Zoological Society | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rewild | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Secore International Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Zoo | $37,507,055 | 9 | n/a |
| Wildlife Conservation Society | $1,621,377 | 9 | 0% |
| Woodland Park Zoological Society | $53,433 | 5 | 0% |
| Global Conservation Network | $45,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Zoo Conservation Outreach Group Inc | $35,000 | 4 | 4% |
| World Parrot Trust USA Inc | $17,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Advanced Telemetry Systems Inc | $6,930 | 1 | n/a |
| Dallas Zoological Society | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Rewild | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Secore International Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The North Carolina Aquarium Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Minnesota Zoo Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Minnesota Zoo Foundation
- How much does Minnesota Zoo Foundation give?
- Minnesota Zoo Foundation reported 4 itemized grants totaling $6,136,183, out of $6,417,847 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Minnesota Zoo Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (100%), Environment (0%).
- Who are Minnesota Zoo Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Minnesota Zoo ($38M), Wildlife Conservation Society ($1.6M), Woodland Park Zoological Society ($53k).
- Does Minnesota Zoo Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Minnesota Zoo Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Minnesota Zoo Foundation based?
- Minnesota Zoo Foundation is based in MN.
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