Minnesota · Private foundation
Schneewind 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.
- $312k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 2
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 75%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $302,269
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $302,269
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $62k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 75% of the organizations Schneewind Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 51% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 49% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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 | 1 | $302k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $41k | 75% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $50k | 75% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $48k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $128k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $128k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $37k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $27k | 67% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood Community Church | $302,269 | 1 | n/a |
| Musical Instrument Museum | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $24,999 | 3 | 0% |
| Naval Aviation Museum Foundation Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Promise686 Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Minnesota Independence College and Community | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mission of Hope Inc Mission of Hope Haiti Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Animal Humane Society | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Together for Good | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood Community Church | $302,269 | 1 | n/a |
| Musical Instrument Museum | $80,000 | 4 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $24,999 | 3 | 0% |
| Naval Aviation Museum Foundation Inc | $13,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Promise686 Inc | $12,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Minnesota Independence College and Community | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mission of Hope Inc Mission of Hope Haiti Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Animal Humane Society | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Together for Good | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Source Mn Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Every Third Saturday Inc | $8,333 | 1 | 3% |
| Treehouse Inc | $8,333 | 1 | 1% |
| Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery | $8,333 | 1 | 0% |
| North County Lifeline Inc Dba Lifeline Community Services | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Twloha Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Viviennes Joy Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Semper Fi & America's Fund | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Smile Network International | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Blood Cancer United Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($232k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Schneewind 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 · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
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About Schneewind Foundation
- How much does Schneewind Foundation give?
- Schneewind Foundation reported 2 grants totaling $312,269 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Schneewind Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (60%), Arts & Culture (11%), Human Services (8%).
- Who are Schneewind Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Westwood Community Church ($302k), Musical Instrument Museum ($80k), University of Minnesota Foundation ($25k).
- Does Schneewind Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 75% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Schneewind 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 Schneewind Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc, Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota.
- Where is Schneewind Foundation based?
- Schneewind Foundation is based in MN.
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