Minnesota · Private foundation
The James M Stanton Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $6.2M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 29
- Grants FY2026
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $100,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $2,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 70
- FY2019 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 4
- Total assets, FY2026
- $14M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 3% of the organizations The James M Stanton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 | 23 | $4.7M | 9% |
| FY2025 | 34 | $5.1M | 3% |
| FY2024 | 49 | $10M | 6% |
| FY2023 | 57 | $7.6M | 23% |
| FY2022 | 70 | $9.1M | 4% |
| FY2021 | 69 | $11M | 87% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $4.5M | 94% |
| FY2019 | 2 | $893k | 100% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project for Pride in Living Inc | $6,500,000 | 6 | 6% |
| Dunwoody College of Technology | $6,300,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Summit Academy Oic | $5,575,000 | 7 | 7% |
| Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation | $4,862,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans | $4,000,000 | 5 | 5% |
| Microgrants | $3,986,000 | 5 | 52% |
| Twin Cities Rise | $2,700,000 | 7 | 18% |
| Neighborhood Development Center Inc | $1,700,000 | 3 | 10% |
| Alliance Housing Inc | $1,000,090 | 4 | 22% |
| Every Meal | $875,000 | 5 | 5% |
Show all 74 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 26 recipients with no EIN on record ($5.5M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The James M Stanton Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 72 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: Otto Bremer Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Target Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Edina Realty Foundation · The McKnight Foundation
How this is measured
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About The James M Stanton Foundation
- How much does The James M Stanton Foundation give?
- The James M Stanton Foundation reported 29 grants totaling $6,200,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 70 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
- What does The James M Stanton Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (28%), Education (21%), Health (11%).
- Who are The James M Stanton Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Project for Pride in Living Inc ($6.5M), Dunwoody College of Technology ($6.3M), Summit Academy Oic ($5.6M).
- Does The James M Stanton Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The James M Stanton 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 The James M Stanton Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Otto Bremer Trust, The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is The James M Stanton Foundation based?
- The James M Stanton Foundation is based in MN.
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