Minnesota · Private foundation
Steen Family 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.
- $92k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $23,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 17
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $985k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 29% of the organizations Steen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 | 16 | $92k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 17 | $85k | 29% |
| FY2023 | 13 | $64k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $74k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $67k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $59k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $52k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $50k | 43% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Olaf College | $61,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota | $37,500 | 6 | 0% |
| A Peace of My Mind Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 8% |
| Wartburg College | $23,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Bethlehem Lutheran Church Twin Cities | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative | $22,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Community Cloud Forest Conservation | $10,300 | 7 | 0% |
| Holden Village | $9,160 | 3 | 0% |
| 29 11 International Exchange | $9,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Housing in Action Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Olaf College | $61,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota | $37,500 | 6 | 0% |
| A Peace of My Mind Inc | $30,000 | 5 | 8% |
| Wartburg College | $23,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Bethlehem Lutheran Church Twin Cities | $23,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative | $22,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Community Cloud Forest Conservation | $10,300 | 7 | 0% |
| Holden Village | $9,160 | 3 | 0% |
| 29 11 International Exchange | $9,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Housing in Action Inc | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Every Meal | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| St Johns Lutheran Church | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Sonoma Bach | $4,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Source Song Festival | $4,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Global Horizons Inc | $3,200 | 2 | 0% |
| Way to Grow | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Edina Orchestra Boosters | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Aeon | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Edina Band Boosters | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Trustees of Boston University | $1,000 | 3 | 0% |
| New Mexico State Univ Fdn Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Kgsa Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Edina Give and Go | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($319k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Steen Family 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 · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · The Douglass Brandenborg Family Fdn · Frey Foundation · Julie & Doug Baker Jr Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Centerpoint Energy Foundation Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · National Philanthropic Trust
How this is measured
About Steen Family Foundation
- How much does Steen Family Foundation give?
- Steen Family Foundation reported 16 grants totaling $92,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Steen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (58%), Education (15%), Arts & Culture (9%).
- Who are Steen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: St Olaf College ($61k), Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota ($38k), A Peace of My Mind Inc ($30k).
- Does Steen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Steen Family 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 Steen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Steen Family Foundation based?
- Steen Family Foundation is based in MN.
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