Minnesota · Private foundation
Stearns Foundation Inc
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $11k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2026
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $250
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 18
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $212k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 20% of the organizations Stearns Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 10 | $11k | 60% |
| FY2025 | 10 | $9k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $8k | 62% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $7k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $6k | 10% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $8k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $9k | 15% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $18k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riversong Music Festival | $5,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Hutchinson Center for the Arts | $3,600 | 3 | 1% |
| Gopher Campfire Sanctuary | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Parents for Seniors Inc | $2,400 | 10 | n/a |
| Crow River Habitat for Humanity Inc | $1,500 | 6 | 0% |
| McLeod Alliance | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of McLeod County | $900 | 2 | 1% |
| Aveyron Homes Inc | $850 | 4 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $600 | 3 | 0% |
| Hutchinson Health Foundation | $450 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riversong Music Festival | $5,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Hutchinson Center for the Arts | $3,600 | 3 | 1% |
| Gopher Campfire Sanctuary | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Parents for Seniors Inc | $2,400 | 10 | n/a |
| Crow River Habitat for Humanity Inc | $1,500 | 6 | 0% |
| McLeod Alliance | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of McLeod County | $900 | 2 | 1% |
| Aveyron Homes Inc | $850 | 4 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $600 | 3 | 0% |
| Hutchinson Health Foundation | $450 | 2 | n/a |
| Meghan's Place Inc | $400 | 2 | 0% |
| 2b Continued | $375 | 1 | 0% |
| Greater Minnesota Family Services | $300 | 1 | 0% |
| Hutchinson Farmers Market | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Equul Access Inc | $200 | 1 | 1% |
| Tim Orth Memorial Foundation | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Hutchinson Music Boosters | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Hutchinson Concert Association | $150 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($82k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Stearns Foundation Inc 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: Southwest Initiative Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Stearns Foundation Inc
- How much does Stearns Foundation Inc give?
- Stearns Foundation Inc reported 10 grants totaling $10,675 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 18 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does Stearns Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (46%), Arts & Culture (30%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are Stearns Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Riversong Music Festival ($5k), Hutchinson Center for the Arts ($4k), Gopher Campfire Sanctuary ($3k).
- Does Stearns Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Stearns Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Stearns Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Southwest Initiative Foundation, Minnesota Community Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is Stearns Foundation Inc based?
- Stearns Foundation Inc is based in MN.
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