Minnesota · Public charity
Social Venture Partners Minnesota
SOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS MINNESOTA accelerates the impact of youth - serving nonprofits in the Twin Cities by fostering a community of engaged philanthropists. Our vision is a future where every young person has the opportunity to pursue a better future.
- $79k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $67k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $100k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations Social Venture Partners Minnesota funded were first-time grantees, receiving 45% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k 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 | 4 | $67k | 75% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $100k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 6 | $135k | 33% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $106k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $120k | 57% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $160k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $150k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $125k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30000 Feet | $76,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Connections to Independence | $76,000 | 3 | 5% |
| New Vision Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | 6% |
| The Cookie Cart | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Reclaim | $75,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Bolder Options | $75,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Roots for the Home Team | $75,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Upturnships Inc | $56,000 | 3 | 6% |
| The Brandlab | $50,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Elpis Enterprises | $50,000 | 2 | 6% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30000 Feet | $76,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Connections to Independence | $76,000 | 3 | 5% |
| New Vision Foundation | $75,000 | 3 | 6% |
| The Cookie Cart | $75,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Reclaim | $75,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Bolder Options | $75,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Roots for the Home Team | $75,000 | 3 | 11% |
| Upturnships Inc | $56,000 | 3 | 6% |
| The Brandlab | $50,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Elpis Enterprises | $50,000 | 2 | 6% |
| Ain Dah Yung (Our Home) Center | $40,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Youthprise | $35,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Wallin Education Partners | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Spark Youth | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| World Savvy | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Transforming Generations Tg | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Foster Advocates | $20,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Wildflyer Coffee | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Junior Achievement North | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| HOPE 4 Youth | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Green Garden BaleryUrban Str | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($47k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Social Venture Partners Minnesota 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: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Youthprise · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Sundance Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation
How this is measured
About Social Venture Partners Minnesota
- How much does Social Venture Partners Minnesota give?
- Social Venture Partners Minnesota reported 4 itemized grants totaling $67,000, out of $78,500 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Social Venture Partners Minnesota fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (69%), Food & Nutrition (8%), Employment (7%).
- Who are Social Venture Partners Minnesota's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: 30000 Feet ($76k), Connections to Independence ($76k), New Vision Foundation ($75k).
- Does Social Venture Partners Minnesota fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Social Venture Partners Minnesota?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust.
- Where is Social Venture Partners Minnesota based?
- Social Venture Partners Minnesota is based in MN.
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