Minnesota · Private foundation
Pamela Bakken Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $90k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 16
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Pamela Bakken Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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 | 12 | $90k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $78k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $64k | 11% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $66k | 17% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $80k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $79k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Valley Alliance | $75,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Prior Lake Rotary Foundation | $63,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of St Thomas | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Adopt a Husky Minnesota | $22,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Children's Health Care Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Bakken | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Minnesota State Fair Foundation | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mountain Rescue Aspen Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Valley Alliance | $75,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Prior Lake Rotary Foundation | $63,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church | $55,000 | 3 | n/a |
| University of St Thomas | $50,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Adopt a Husky Minnesota | $22,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Children's Health Care Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Bakken | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Minnesota State Fair Foundation | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Mountain Rescue Aspen Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc | $7,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Prior Lake Association | $6,500 | 5 | n/a |
| Veterans of Foreign Wars of The United States | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Cedar Lake Conservation Club | $5,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Homeless & Wounded Warriors-Mn | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mn Minnesotanorth Dakotasouth Dakota | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $4,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($111k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Pamela Bakken 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: The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Pamela Bakken Foundation
- How much does Pamela Bakken Foundation give?
- Pamela Bakken Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $90,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 16 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Pamela Bakken Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (19%), Philanthropy (16%), Religion (14%).
- Who are Pamela Bakken Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Southern Valley Alliance ($75k), Prior Lake Rotary Foundation ($63k), Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church ($55k).
- Does Pamela Bakken Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Pamela Bakken Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Pamela Bakken Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation, Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation.
- Where is Pamela Bakken Foundation based?
- Pamela Bakken Foundation is based in MN.
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