Minnesota · Public charity
Northstar Education Finance Inc
To foster, aid, encourage and assist the pursuit of higher education by reducing the cost of higher education through the total higher education (the) loan program and additionally through a grants program.
- $12M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $492,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $8,374,379
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $728M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Northstar Education Finance Inc 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 | 9 | $12M | 44% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $4.3M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $4.7M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $4.8M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $4.9M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $3.8M | 0% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $3.2M | 20% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $1.9M | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallin Education Partners | $28,206,092 | 9 | 84% |
| College Possible Inc | $7,952,000 | 9 | 4% |
| Page Education Foundation | $2,146,700 | 9 | 16% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $1,876,250 | 9 | n/a |
| Achieve Twin Cities | $530,696 | 1 | 11% |
| Junior Achievement North Foundation | $500,000 | 1 | 29% |
| St Catherine University | $450,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Metropolitan State University Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | 13% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Northstar Education Finance Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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: Xcel Energy Foundation · Linsmayer James B Fdn Tr-Main · Otto Bremer Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About Northstar Education Finance Inc
- How much does Northstar Education Finance Inc give?
- Northstar Education Finance Inc reported 9 grants totaling $12,424,625 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Northstar Education Finance Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (99%), Youth Development (1%).
- Who are Northstar Education Finance Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wallin Education Partners ($28M), College Possible Inc ($8.0M), Page Education Foundation ($2.1M).
- Does Northstar Education Finance Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Northstar Education Finance Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Xcel Energy Foundation, Linsmayer James B Fdn Tr-Main, Otto Bremer Trust.
- Where is Northstar Education Finance Inc based?
- Northstar Education Finance Inc is based in MN.
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