Minnesota · Private foundation
Rooted Philanthropic
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.
- $2.5M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 42
- Grants FY2025
- 43
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 72%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $35,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $530,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 43
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $8.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 72% of the organizations Rooted Philanthropic funded were first-time grantees, receiving 73% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 42 | $2.5M | 36% |
| FY2024 | 43 | $2.4M | 72% |
| FY2023 | 21 | $2.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hill-Murray Foundation | $1,135,000 | 2 | n/a |
| East Side Neighborhood Development Company Inc | $388,450 | 3 | 20% |
| Latino Economic Development Center | $370,200 | 3 | 2% |
| The Esaba Charitable Foundation | $364,300 | 3 | 81% |
| Indigenous Roots | $318,500 | 3 | 10% |
| Local Initiatives Support Corporation | $248,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Center for Broadcast Journalism | $240,200 | 3 | 12% |
| Theresa Living Center | $180,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Urban Roots Mn | $140,325 | 2 | 4% |
| Womenventure | $135,000 | 2 | 2% |
Show all 48 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Rooted Philanthropic supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 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: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · Hardenbergh Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Target Foundation · Propel Nonprofits · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation · Northwest Area Foundation
How this is measured
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About Rooted Philanthropic
- How much does Rooted Philanthropic give?
- Rooted Philanthropic reported 42 grants totaling $2,453,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 43 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Rooted Philanthropic fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (28%), Community Improvement (27%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are Rooted Philanthropic's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Hill-Murray Foundation ($1.1M), East Side Neighborhood Development Company Inc ($388k), Latino Economic Development Center ($370k).
- Does Rooted Philanthropic fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 72% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Rooted Philanthropic 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 Rooted Philanthropic?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Fr Bigelow Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust.
- Where is Rooted Philanthropic based?
- Rooted Philanthropic is based in MN.
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