Minnesota · Public charity
The Hormel Foundation
Is operated for the benefit of, and to assist in performing the functions and in carrying out the purpose of the Supported Organizations.
- $37M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 14
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $296,131
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $22,611,300
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 14
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $912M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Hormel Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 13 | $37M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 14 | $32M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 14 | $28M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $28M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $31M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $17M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Minnesota | $112,326,629 | 6 | n/a |
| Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College | $13,557,350 | 6 | n/a |
| Austin Community Charitable Fund | $10,064,016 | 6 | 99% |
| Austin Public Schools | $9,337,533 | 6 | n/a |
| City of Austin | $8,375,612 | 6 | n/a |
| United Way of Mower County Inc | $7,150,594 | 6 | 85% |
| Parenting Resource Center Inc | $5,961,392 | 6 | 21% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Austin Minnesota | $1,718,261 | 6 | 14% |
| Salvation Army | $1,574,762 | 6 | n/a |
| Cedar Valley Services Inc | $1,337,831 | 6 | 2% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Minnesota | $112,326,629 | 6 | n/a |
| Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College | $13,557,350 | 6 | n/a |
| Austin Community Charitable Fund | $10,064,016 | 6 | 99% |
| Austin Public Schools | $9,337,533 | 6 | n/a |
| City of Austin | $8,375,612 | 6 | n/a |
| United Way of Mower County Inc | $7,150,594 | 6 | 85% |
| Parenting Resource Center Inc | $5,961,392 | 6 | 21% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Austin Minnesota | $1,718,261 | 6 | 14% |
| Salvation Army | $1,574,762 | 6 | n/a |
| Cedar Valley Services Inc | $1,337,831 | 6 | 2% |
| Mayo Clinic | $975,804 | 6 | n/a |
| Austin Community Growth Ventures | $571,433 | 6 | 90% |
| Austin Community Scholarship Committee | $150,000 | 6 | 63% |
| Austin Area Foundation | $122,646 | 5 | 10% |
Where it is load-bearing
The Hormel Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 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: Mayo Clinic Group Return · Hormel Foods Corporation Charitable Trust · Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation · United Way of Mower County Inc · C K Blandin Foundation · Amg Charitable Gift Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Hormel Foundation
- How much does The Hormel Foundation give?
- The Hormel Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $36,866,954 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 14 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Hormel Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (78%), Community Improvement (6%), Human Services (5%).
- Who are The Hormel Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: University of Minnesota ($112M), Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College ($14M), Austin Community Charitable Fund ($10M).
- Does The Hormel Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Hormel Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mayo Clinic Group Return, Hormel Foods Corporation Charitable Trust, Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation.
- Where is The Hormel Foundation based?
- The Hormel Foundation is based in MN.
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