Minnesota · Private foundation
Persephone Fund
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.
- $165k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2025
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Persephone Fund’s FY2025 grant dollars went to The Minneapolis Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2025
- $165,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $165,000
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2024 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Basilica Landmark | $200,000 | 1 | 2% |
About Persephone Fund
- How much does Persephone Fund give?
- Persephone Fund reported 1 grants totaling $165,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing.
- What does Persephone Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (88%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are Persephone Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2024 to FY2024: The Basilica Landmark ($200k).
- Does Persephone Fund 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.
- Where is Persephone Fund based?
- Persephone Fund is based in MN.
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