Minnesota · Private foundation
Robins Kaplan Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $688k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 136
- Grants FY2024
- 91
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $32,282
- Organizations funded a year
- 91 to 139
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 14
- Total assets, FY2024
- $936k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Robins Kaplan Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $90k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 101 | $686k | 16% |
| FY2023 | 91 | $770k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 122 | $893k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 105 | $892k | 62% |
| FY2020 | 139 | $1.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Twin Cities United Way | $303,070 | 5 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc | $263,928 | 5 | 2% |
| University of St Thomas | $206,000 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $202,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Southern Mn Regional Legal Services Inc | $175,050 | 5 | 0% |
| The Advocates For Human Rights | $119,300 | 5 | 1% |
| Public Counsel | $110,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Volunteer Lawyers Network Ltd | $86,350 | 5 | 1% |
| Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | $78,950 | 4 | n/a |
| Children's Law Center of Minnesota | $76,150 | 5 | 2% |
Show all 192 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 83 recipients with no EIN on record ($710k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Robins Kaplan 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 · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Jamf Nation Global Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Walser Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Fredrikson & Byron Foundation
How this is measured
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About Robins Kaplan Foundation
- How much does Robins Kaplan Foundation give?
- Robins Kaplan Foundation reported 136 grants totaling $688,478 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 91 and 139 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Robins Kaplan Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (28%), Education (16%), Arts & Culture (11%).
- Who are Robins Kaplan Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Greater Twin Cities United Way ($303k), Special Olympics Massachusetts Inc ($264k), University of St Thomas ($206k).
- Does Robins Kaplan Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Robins Kaplan 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 Robins Kaplan Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust.
- Where is Robins Kaplan Foundation based?
- Robins Kaplan Foundation is based in MN.
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