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The McKnight Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$146M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
790
Grants FY2024
521
Organizations funded FY2023
16%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$100,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000,000
Organizations funded a year
521 to 606
FY2019 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
34
Total assets, FY2024
$2.7B
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 16% of the organizations The McKnight Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesEducationCivil RightsOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving565$114M21%
FY2023521$94M16%
FY2022532$95M18%
FY2021521$87M24%
FY2020559$91M16%
FY2019606$79Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Environment$167MCommunity Improvement$99MPhilanthropy$91MArts & Culture$69MHousing & Shelter$62MEducation$45MFood & Nutrition$35MHealth$26MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United States Energy Foundation$47,351,00057%
The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience$22,176,1006100%
Youthprise$19,825,000647%
Greater Minnesota Housing Fund$13,261,500643%
Family Housing Fund$11,000,000669%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$9,162,00061%
University of Minnesota Foundation$8,867,00061%
The Energy Foundation$7,275,00016%
Fresh Energy$7,048,000641%
Propel Nonprofits$5,858,000639%
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All grantees of The McKnight Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
United States Energy Foundation$47,351,00057%
The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience$22,176,1006100%
Youthprise$19,825,000647%
Greater Minnesota Housing Fund$13,261,500643%
Family Housing Fund$11,000,000669%
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$9,162,00061%
University of Minnesota Foundation$8,867,00061%
The Energy Foundation$7,275,00016%
Fresh Energy$7,048,000641%
Propel Nonprofits$5,858,000639%
Northland Foundation$4,700,000546%
Takeaction Mn Education Fund$4,661,000631%
Pillsbury United Communities$4,500,000610%
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development Inc$4,140,000612%
Meridian Institute$4,098,00067%
Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota Inc$4,075,000495%
Minnesota Home Ownership Center$4,006,000647%
The Cowles Center$2,956,000663%
Nexus Community Partners$2,852,000615%
Metropolitan Economic Development Association$2,762,000617%
Bme Networks Inc$2,600,000425%
Northcountry Cooperative Foundation$2,600,000674%
St Paul Transportation Management Organization$2,500,000661%
Climate and Clean Energy Equity Fund$2,500,00018%
Conservation Minnesota$2,500,000637%
Center for Rural Affairs$2,385,000611%
Amherst H Wilder Foundation$2,357,00062%
The Playwrights' Center Inc$2,336,000630%
Minnesota Housing Partnership$2,315,000625%
V3 Sports Inc$2,275,000413%
Land Bank Twin Cities Inc$2,250,000418%
Sierra Club Foundation$2,096,00060%
Seward Redesign Inc$2,085,000619%
Project for Pride in Living Inc$2,017,40062%
Rewiring America$2,000,00015%
Juxtaposition Arts Inc$1,928,700623%
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy$1,925,000620%
Pangea World Theater$1,820,000546%
Center for Economic Inclusion$1,813,00058%
Inclusive Prosperity Capital Inc$1,795,000613%
The Loft Inc$1,794,000621%
Unidos Minnesota Education Fund$1,752,000658%
Global Philanthropy Partnership$1,750,000515%
Clean Up the River Environment$1,750,000667%
Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia- United Renters for Justice$1,750,000626%
Build Wealth MN Inc$1,735,000613%
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc$1,735,00061%
Clean Energy Economy Minnesota$1,700,000641%
Citizens Utility Board of Minnesota$1,700,000576%
Metropolitan Regional Arts Council$1,700,000615%
Minneapolis College of Art and Design$1,664,00051%
Filmnorth$1,651,000645%
Minnesota Community Land Trust Coalition$1,640,000421%
Penumbra Theatre Company Inc$1,638,500628%
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$1,627,00061%
Alliance for Metropolitan Stability$1,620,000650%
American Composers Forum$1,617,000645%
Clean Grid Alliance (Fna Wind on the Wires)$1,601,00069%
Aeon$1,600,00062%
Northside Economic Opportunity Network$1,552,000516%
Region Nine Development Commission$1,510,0002n/a
Springboard for the Arts$1,508,000614%
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc$1,505,000612%
The Partnership Project Inc$1,500,00061%
Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership$1,472,00066%
Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers$1,440,000612%
Northern Clay Center$1,423,800523%
Commonbond Communities$1,401,00061%
Land Stewardship Project$1,381,200513%
Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative$1,375,00048%
Minnesota Council on Foundations$1,364,700610%
Neighborhood Development Center Inc$1,357,00063%
Minnesota Voice$1,350,000558%
Our Streets$1,330,000466%
Native American Community Development Institute$1,325,000621%
Artist Communities Alliance$1,323,000631%
Native Governance Center$1,303,500615%
Center for Energy and Environment$1,302,00051%
Working Partnerships Inc$1,300,000443%
Forth Mobility Fund$1,300,000511%
Renew Wisconsin Inc$1,300,000625%
Clean Wisconsin Inc$1,295,000613%
Climate Generation$1,278,500632%
Copal-Education Fund Communidades Organizando El Poder y la A$1,257,000620%
Ndn Collective Inc$1,251,00042%
Southeast Asia Development Program Inc$1,250,000270%
Towerside Innovation District$1,220,0003n/a
Hope Community Inc$1,220,000611%
Congregations Caring for Creation$1,205,000632%
Centro de Trabajadores Unidos En Lucha$1,200,950611%
Hourcar$1,200,000628%
Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative$1,190,00063%
City of Lakes Community Land Trust$1,165,00069%
Coalition of Asian American Leaders$1,150,000513%
State Power Fund$1,150,00016%
Ceres Inc$1,128,30062%
The Brookings Institution$1,125,00021%
Friends of the Mississippi River$1,125,000513%
Macphail Center for Music$1,124,00062%
Minnesota Center for Book Arts$1,113,000634%
Housing Justice Center$1,077,000541%
Mn350$1,070,000628%
Indigenous Roots$1,062,000632%
Latino Economic Development Center$1,058,00066%
Textile Center of Minnesota$1,055,000622%
Ohio Progressive Collaborative Education Fund$1,050,000211%
Housing in Action Inc$1,050,00067%
The Trust for Public Land$1,050,00030%
Urban Sustainability Directors Network$1,050,00064%
Iowa Environmental Council$1,025,000623%
Forecast Public Artworks$1,016,000534%
Isaiah$1,002,00039%
Goodpower Education Fund Inc$1,000,00055%
Association for Black Economic Power$1,000,000473%
Home Line$1,000,000615%
Minnesota Comeback$1,000,000180%
Voices for Racial Justice$970,000630%
Elevate Energy$952,00041%
Sahan Journal$952,000617%
The Rondo Community Land Trust$947,00057%
Highpoint Center for Printmaking$930,500614%
Capi USA$900,00065%
Regents of the University of Michigan$870,0003n/a
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity$868,00051%
Farmers Union Foundation$850,000621%
Clean Water Fund$850,000212%
Smart Growth America$835,00046%
Northside Achievement Zone$820,00063%
Regenerative Agriculture Foundation$818,00026%
Emerge Community Development$805,00055%
Hmong American Farmers Association$802,000514%
One Roof Community Housing$801,000410%
National Wildlife Federation$800,00021%
Institute for Local Self Reliance$800,00067%
Environmental Initiative$795,000211%
Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota$785,000613%
Foundation for Louisiana$785,000311%
Groundswell International Inc$781,00067%
African Economic Development Solutions$777,000615%
First Peoples Fund$752,00064%
Practical Farmers of Iowa$750,000311%
Majorityaction$750,000515%
Nafasi Fund$750,000212%
Itasca Economic Development Corpor$750,000320%
Center for International Policy Inc$750,000211%
Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency$746,000611%
African Career Education & Resources In$725,000538%
Art of the Rural$710,000550%
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc$710,00068%
Lake Street Council$710,000614%
Evhybridnoire Inc$701,00048%
Communidades Latinas Unidas En Servico Inc$700,00061%
Hired$685,00042%
Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation$680,00029%
Twin Cities Public Television Inc$680,00060%
Minneapolis American Indian Center$660,00043%
Artspace Projects Inc$655,00051%
Wisconsin Farmers Union Foundation$650,000346%
Center For Rural Policy & Development$650,000626%
American Rivers Inc$640,00023%
Citizens League$635,000618%
Environmental Working Group$625,00033%
Minnesota Council of Churches$625,0003n/a
Center for Earth Energy and Democracy$610,000538%
African Development Center$604,00064%
Conservative Energy Network$600,00062%
R Street Institute$600,00061%
Climate Jobs National Resource Center Inc$600,00048%
Central Minnesota Arts Board$600,000610%
Regenerative Agriculture Alliance$600,000411%
Evergreen Collaborative$600,00035%
Solar United Neighbors Inc$600,00062%
People's Action Institute$600,00042%
Cultural Wellness Center$600,000210%
MinnPost$585,00066%
Native Sun Community Power Development$575,000423%
Lawyers for Good Government Inc$575,00018%
The Land Institute$567,00045%
Council on Foundations Inc$565,00061%
West Side Citizens Organization$563,000533%
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy$560,00059%
Plymouth Christian Youth Center$555,70064%
City of Saint Paul$553,0005n/a
Department of Public Transformation$551,000426%
Michigan Civic Education Fund$550,00014%
Minnesota Youth Collective Education Fund$550,000334%
Arrowhead Regional Arts Council$540,000612%
Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Inc$540,000612%
Neighborhood Development Alliance Inc$540,00067%
BlueGreen Alliance Foundation$535,00063%
Interstate Renewable Energy Council$525,00064%
Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota$525,000521%
Tu Dance$524,500620%
All Square$519,50059%
Prairie Rivers Network$510,000228%
Organic Growers Research and Information Sharing N$510,000497%
African American Leadership Forum$509,000610%
Hmong American Partnership$502,00031%
Vote Run Lead Inc$500,00047%
Community Power$500,000419%
Great Mn Schools$500,000113%
Potlikker Capital$500,000128%
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency$500,0001n/a
The Schott Foundation for Public Education$500,00017%
Power a Clean Future Ohio$500,000115%
Shared Capital Coop$500,0001n/a
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement$495,00056%
Congressional Progressive Caucus Center$485,000116%
Prepare and Prosper$482,00057%
National Center for Family Philanthropy Inc$480,00062%
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund$480,00020%
Renewing the Countryside$475,100614%
Regulatory Assistance Project$475,00061%
United Nations Foundation Inc$475,00050%
Minnesota Environmental Partnership$465,000269%
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United Inc$465,00044%
Healthy Gulf$460,000224%
Public Functionary$460,000332%
Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment Through Research$455,000524%
Minnesota Education Equity Partnership$450,000316%
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$450,00050%
Building Decarbonization Coalition$450,00032%
New Buildings Institute$440,00033%
Theater Mu Incorporated$440,000612%
Greater Minnesota Worker Center$432,000482%
Greater Twin Cities United Way$430,00030%
Earth Island Institute Inc$425,00011%
Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council$420,000610%
Northwest Minnesota Arts Council$420,000614%
Educators for Excellence Inc$415,00033%
Red Eye Collaboration$415,000653%
Sabathani Community Center$402,00034%
Electrification Coalition Foundation$400,00043%
Mni Sota Fund$400,000328%
American Indian Oic$400,00044%
Dream of Wild Health$400,00035%
Food and Environment Reporting Network Inc$400,00058%
The Great Northern Winter Festival$400,000528%
New American Development Cente$400,000525%
Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters$400,00069%
Iowa State University Foundation$400,00020%
Jewish Community Action$400,000415%
St John's Health Foundation$400,00026%
The River Alliance of Wisconsin Inc$400,000241%
The Cedar Cultural Center Inc$400,00069%
Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement$390,000613%
Latinolead Inc$385,000416%
Pollen Midwest$382,000425%
Taikoarts Midwest$380,000637%
Louisiana Environmental Action Network$375,000249%
Access Philanthropy Charities$375,00047%
Slipstream Group Inc$375,00050%
Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest$375,00041%
Evergreen Climate Innovations$375,00054%
Building Dignity and Respect Standards Council$375,000469%
Environmental and Energy Study Institute$375,00064%
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota Inc$375,00035%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$375,00030%
Lanesboro Arts Center$371,000631%
Mixed Blood Theatre Company$370,000611%
Duluth Art Institute Assoc$365,000633%
Boys and Girls Club of the Flathead Reservation and Lake County$364,00054%
Region 2 Arts Council$360,000613%
Milkweed Editions Inc$360,00062%
Wisconsin Conservation Voices Inc$360,000216%
Coffee House Press Inc$360,000510%
Lake Region Arts Council$360,00069%
New York Mills Arts Retreat$360,000645%
Southwest Minnesota Arts Council$356,000410%
Family Freedom Center$351,000364%
American Indian Community Housing Organization$351,00062%
Rocky Mountain Institute$351,00050%
Park Square Theatre$351,00063%
In the Heart of the Beast Puppet and Mas$350,800525%
Ragamala Dance$350,000613%
Isuroon$350,00039%
Dakota Wicohan$350,000615%
Center for Community Change$350,00021%
Ed Allies$350,000315%
The Center for Evaluation Innovation Inc$350,000111%
Closeknit$350,000455%
Minnesota Center for Employee Ownership$350,000464%
Guthrie Theater Foundation$350,00041%
Lower Phalen Creek Project$350,000133%
Active Transportation Alliance$350,00028%
Freshwater Society$345,000221%
Young Women's Christian Association of St Paul$335,00063%
Rosy Simas Danse Inc$330,000624%
Ayada Leads$330,000548%
East Side Neighborhood Development Company Inc$330,00068%
Minneapolis Regional Chamber Development Foundation$330,000229%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$325,00020%
Ananya Dance Theatre$325,000513%
Vibrant & Safe Downtown$325,000419%
The New Impact Fund$325,000316%
Connectup Institute$325,000326%
Black Appalachian Coalition$325,000322%
Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood For$325,000510%
Cornell University$325,00030%
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders$313,00064%
Housinglink$310,00066%
Regeneration International$305,000534%
Oxfam-America Inc$303,00020%
Womenventure$302,00062%
The Good Acre$302,00038%
North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems$301,000352%
George Floyd Global Memorial$301,000326%
The Chisholm Legacy Project Inc$300,00023%
Jobs Foundation$300,00024%
Seiu Education and Support Fund$300,00032%
New America Foundation$300,00020%
Nextstage$300,000216%
Local Progress Policy Institute$300,00032%
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators$300,000219%
Grassroots Power Project$300,00035%
Public Health Law Center Inc$300,00015%
Asian Economic Development Association$300,00049%
Illusion Theater and School Inc$300,000414%
The Climate Group Inc$300,00033%
Center for Planning Excellence$300,00029%
American Farmland Trust$300,00021%
Corporation for Supportive Housing$300,00020%
Ipm Institute of North America Inc$300,000212%
Tending the Soil Mn$300,000211%
The Network for Better Futures Dba Better Futures Minnesota$300,00034%
The Delta Institute$300,00027%
Community Action Network$300,00044%
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society$300,00031%
Tntp Inc$300,00020%
Renew New England Alliance$300,000315%
Vote Solar$300,00061%
Habitable$300,00034%
Great River Greening$300,00029%
Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Assoc$300,00039%
Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative$300,000236%
East Side Freedom Library$300,000326%
Winrock International Institute for Agricultural Development$300,00020%
Teton Raptor Center$300,00054%
Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association Inc$300,000310%
Honor the Earth$300,00023%
National Lead for America Inc$300,00022%
The Awood Center$300,000420%
Teach for America Inc$300,00030%
Graywolf Press$300,00034%
Minnesota Community Action Association Resource Fund$300,000350%
Owamniyomni Okhodayapi$300,000110%
Fair Count Inc$300,00014%
The Jungle Theater$300,000510%
CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC Biodiversity Funders Grp$296,00068%
Macrostie Art Center$295,000632%
The Film Society of Minneapolis St Paul$295,00068%
Nautilus Music Theater$290,000628%
The Tiwahe Foundation$285,000410%
Council on American-Islamic Relations Minnesota$285,000427%
Huge Improv Theater$282,000616%
Frogtown Neighborhood Association$280,000424%
The University of Montana Foundation$276,00060%
The Funders Network Inc$276,00063%
The Five Wings Arts Council$276,00068%
Foster Advocates$275,000317%
Trustees of Purdue University$272,0002n/a
Ten Thousand Things Theater$270,00066%
University of St Thomas$270,00030%
Forum of Regional Arts Councils of Minnesota Inc$270,000682%
Northern Lightsmn Inc$270,000548%
Neighborhood Funders Group$270,00061%
Duluth Playhouse Inc$270,00063%
New Native Theatre$270,000620%
East Central Regional Arts Council$268,00067%
Region Five Development Commission$267,0004n/a
Creative Enterprise Zone$265,000434%
Corcoran Neighborhood Organization$264,000343%
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute Inc$262,500244%
Outfront Minnesota Community Services$260,00039%
Grand Marais Arts Inc$260,000622%
Indigenous Peoples Task Force$251,00037%
Alliance for a Just Society$250,00013%
Northern Community Radio Inc$250,000116%
Somali Museum and Cultural Center$250,000620%
In Black Ink$250,000626%
Teatro del Pueblo Inc$250,000523%
In Progress$250,000616%
North House Folk School$250,00063%
Nonviolent Peaceforce$250,00034%
Migration Policy Institute$250,00022%
Calstart Inc$250,00010%
Missouri Coalition for the Environment Foundation$250,000137%
Akiing 8th Fire$250,00014%
Stand Up Indiana Inc$250,0001n/a
Entertainment 2 Affect Change$250,00019%
Borealis Philanthropy$250,00030%
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law$250,00011%
Sprout Mn$250,000321%
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts$250,00030%
World Resources Institute$250,00020%
City of Bloomington$250,0002n/a
Clean Energy Jobs and Justice Fund$250,000124%
Minnesota Indigenous Business Alliance$250,000346%
Michigan Saves$250,00011%
Indiana Democracy Collective Inc$250,000116%
Twin Cities Media Alliance$240,000581%
The History Theatre Inc$240,00064%
Frank Theatre$240,000666%
Taxpayers for Common Sense$240,00029%
BIG NFP DBA Blacks in Green$237,0001n/a
Engage Winona$235,000350%
Theater Latte Da$232,50064%
Hamline Midway Coalition$230,000452%
Franconia Sculpture Park Legeros$230,00069%
Arcata Press$230,000616%
100 Rural Women$225,000372%
Midwest Environmental Advocates Inc$225,000217%
National Young Farmers Coalition Inc$225,00031%
Atchafalaya Basinkeeper Inc$225,000263%
The Uli Foundation$225,00031%
Association of Minnesota Counties$225,00014%
Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development$225,000244%
Growth & Justice$225,000337%
Exodus Financial Services$220,000317%
Mizna$220,000615%
Threads Dance Project$220,000630%
Brownbody$219,000616%
Zeitgeist$215,000641%
Fortis Capital$215,000316%
Zorongo Flamenco Inc$210,000528%
Open Eye Theatre$210,000614%
Mission Investors Exchange Inc$207,50063%
Arena Dances Inc$205,000643%
Minnesota Black Collective Foundation$205,00027%
Foci Mn Center for Glass Arts$205,00069%
The Voter Participation Center$200,00011%
Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless$200,00048%
Iowa Business for Clean Energy$200,000138%
Center for Hmong Arts and Talent$200,000623%
National Indian Education Assn$200,00025%
Grist Magazine Inc$200,00021%
Minnesota Orchestral Association$200,00040%
Greater Bemidji Inc$200,00025%
Faith in Place$200,00024%
United Way for Southeastern Michigan$200,00010%
Association of Minnesota Public Educational Radio Stations Inc$200,00035%
Fmw Nonprofit Solutions$200,00028%
Sustainable Food Laboratory Inc$200,00026%
Center for American Progress$200,00010%
Iowa Rivers Revival$200,000270%
Izaak Walton League of America Inc$200,000263%
Climate Land Leaders$200,000230%
Great Plains Action Society$200,000222%
The Moving Company$200,000650%
Midwest Tribal Energy Resources Association Inc$200,000212%
Katha Dance Theatre$200,000612%
Voteorg$200,00016%
Iowa Association of Soil Conservation District Commissioners$200,00038%
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$200,00020%
Wisconsin Wetlands Association Inc$200,000211%
Kulture Klub Collaborative$200,000629%
Creative Mn$200,0002100%
Recharge America Inc$200,000411%
Merrick Community Services$200,00027%
Mission Edge San Diego$200,00011%
The Anika Foundation$200,000221%
The Minnesota Opera$200,00041%
Montpelier Foundation$200,00021%
Children's Defense Fund$200,00020%
US Water Alliance$200,00022%
MIGIZI Communications Inc$200,00027%
Envision Communities Inc$200,000225%
Summit Academy Oic$200,00021%
Jugaad Leadership Program$197,000441%
Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance$196,00021%
West Broadway Business and Area Coalition$195,000318%
United States Artists Inc$195,00021%
Business Council for Sustainable Energy$192,00062%
Hiawatha Academies$190,00021%
Monkeybears Harmolodic Workshop$190,000555%
Grantmakers in the Arts$190,00065%
Illinois Stewardship Alliance$186,000212%
Reconnectrondo$185,000333%
Black Label Movement$185,000642%
Ballet Works Inc$185,000319%
Minnesota Museum of American Art$183,33247%
Iowa Agriculture Water Alliance$180,00029%
New Arab American Theater Works$180,000450%
Minnesota Fringe Festival$180,000615%
Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies Inc$180,00063%
Plains Art Museum$180,00062%
Our Turn Inc$180,00035%
Environmental Grantmakers Association$176,30062%
West Bank Business Association$175,000353%
Contemporary Dance Arts Inc$175,000459%
Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce Charitable Foundation$175,00039%
Walker Art Center$175,00021%
Full Circle Theater Company$175,000649%
Quantified Ventures$175,0002n/a
Friends of the Minnesota Sinfonia$175,000325%
World Press Institute$175,000619%
Little Earth Residents Association Inc$175,00045%
Duluth Superior Symphony Associatio$170,00064%
Singers Minnesota Choral Artists$170,000613%
St Paul Neighborhood Network$170,00063%
Hmong Cultural Center$170,000613%
The Wetlands Initiative$170,00025%
The Pivot Fund Inc$165,00019%
Community Reinvestment Fund Inc$165,00021%
Minnesotans' Military Appreciation Fund$161,00052%
Vocalessence$160,00033%
Growth Philanthropy Network Inc$160,000116%
Paramount Center for the Arts$160,00038%
Minnesota Humanities Center$160,00034%
Pueblos de Lucha y Esperanza Minnesota$160,000261%
The Association of State Wetland Managers Inc$160,000218%
Child Bridge Inc$157,00052%
Wonderlust Productions$155,000613%
Hutchinson Center for the Arts$155,000639%
Commonweal Theatre Company$151,00063%
Boreal Development$151,000194%
Hennepin Theatre Trust$150,50051%
Walnut Way Conservation Corporation$150,00015%
Minnesota Music Coalition$150,000525%
Sustainable Markets Foundation$150,00020%
Bridgemakers$150,000111%
Cantus$150,00039%
Illinois Environmental Council Education$150,00029%
Native Americans in Philanthropy$150,00061%
Mzc Foundation Inc$150,00032%
Minneapolis Parks Foundation$150,00032%
Jobs to Move America$150,00011%
Network for the Development of Children of African Descent$150,00028%
Kaddatz Galleries Ltd$150,000615%
Upstream Minnesota$150,0001n/a
Arts Center of Saint Peter Inc$150,000543%
Lake Pepin Legacy Alliance$150,000251%
The Children's Learning Center Inc$150,00031%
New Majority Capital Foundation Inc$150,00015%
International Institute of Minnesota$150,00021%
Lunar Inc$150,000212%
Flying Foot Forum$150,000455%
Women For Political Action Change Education & Advo$150,000358%
Resource Conservation and Development for Northeast Iowa Inc$150,00026%
Earth Charter Indiana Inc$150,000210%
Minnesota Brownfields$150,000221%
Theatre B$150,000624%
The Saint Paul Parks Conservancy$150,000262%
The Sanneh Foundation$150,00042%
Indiana Conservation Fund Inc$150,000118%
Policylink$150,00010%
Twin Cities Rise$150,00032%
Hennepin County Library$150,0001n/a
Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate$150,000224%
Trout Unlimited Inc$150,00020%
Agape Child Development Center$150,00025%
Ecolibrium3$150,00038%
City of Brooklyn Center$150,0001n/a
National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation$150,000220%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$150,00030%
Citizen Action of Wisconsin Education Fund Inc$150,00016%
Promise Neighborhood of Central Minnesota$150,000216%
International Rivers Network$150,00019%
Plug in America$150,00052%
Metro Blooms$150,00035%
Minnesota Prison Writing Workshop$150,00065%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$150,00020%
Community Neighborhood Housing Services$150,00013%
Youth With a Mission of Montana a Corporation$148,5004n/a
One22 Inc$145,00032%
Inclusive Development International$140,00026%
Soo Visual Arts Center Inc$140,000612%
Centro Tyrone Guzman$140,00051%
Minnesota Engagement on Shelter and Housing$140,000210%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$140,00061%
Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts$140,00061%
Rochester Art Center$140,00046%
Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center$137,00069%
Shared-Use Mobility Center$135,00024%
Midtown Greenway Coalition$135,000348%
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc$135,00061%
Soomaal House of Art$135,0006n/a
Exposed Brick Theatre$132,500429%
Rain Taxi Inc$130,000611%
Common Cause Education Fund$126,00021%
Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater Inc$125,000372%
Equal Justice Initiative$125,00010%
Sead Project$125,000310%
East Metro Strong$125,000229%
Minnesota Theater Alliance$125,000440%
Element Community Health Fund Inc$125,000129%
Crow River Players Inc$121,000336%
National Fish Habitat Fund Inc$120,0002n/a
The Mountain Institute Inc$120,00018%
Mississippi Park Connection$120,00023%
The Sand County Foundation Inc$120,00022%
The Lighthouse$120,0002n/a
Salzburg Global Seminar Inc$120,00021%
Northfield Arts Guild$120,00065%
Community Safety Network$120,00036%
Teton Youth and Family Services$120,00022%
Partnership in Property Commercial Land Trust$115,00039%
Fargo-Moorhead Opera Company$115,00056%
International Accountability Project$113,000220%
University of California Santa Barbara$113,0003n/a
Movement Strategy Center$112,50020%
Saint Paul Downtown Alliance$110,000114%
Yellow Tree Theatre$110,00059%
Virginia Organizing Inc$110,00021%
Social Enterprise Msp$106,0002100%
Minnesota Ballet Inc$105,00049%
Stairstep Foundation$103,50027%
The Tiny News Collective Inc$102,00023%
Philanthrofund Foundation Inc$100,500211%
Climate Cabinet Education$100,00014%
Latino Youth Development Collaborative-Lydc$100,0002n/a
Aapi Civic Engagement Fund$100,00012%
Canary Media Inc$100,00012%
Sejong Academy Charter School No 4215$100,00022%
Reinvent Stockton Foundation$100,00011%
Minnesota Healing Justice Network$100,000140%
Proinspire$100,00014%
Fathers Rise Together Inc Family Rise Together Inc$100,000112%
The Blake School$100,00020%
Northwest Indian Community Development Center Nwicdc$100,00012%
Model Cities of St Paul Inc$100,00013%
GrassRoots In Action$100,000138%
Fairview Foundation$100,00021%
Environmental Protection Network$100,00013%
Pastors United Community Advocacy Inc$100,00016%
Sharing Our Roots$100,000111%
Iowa Farmers Union Education Foundation$100,000134%
Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan Inc$100,00011%
Breakthrough Twin Cities$100,00025%
Goodwill Industries Inc$100,00020%
Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Teton Area$100,00013%
Environmental Health Watch$100,00012%
Afro American Development Association$100,0001n/a
Iowa Policy Project$100,0001n/a
The Ohio Organizing Collaborative$100,00012%
Build From Within Alliance$100,00019%
United Negro College Fund Inc$100,00010%
Living Through Giving Foundation$100,00016%
Environment News Trust$100,000125%
Southwest Regional Development Commission$100,0002n/a
Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association$100,0001n/a
White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians$100,0004n/a
NEO Philanthropy Inc$100,00010%
Perception Institute Inc$100,00017%
Coalition for Green Capital D/B/A American Green Bank Consortium$100,00013%
Saint George's School$100,00011%
Ffwd$100,00010%
Racing Magpie$100,000119%
Tennessee Clean Water Network$100,000241%
We Win Institute Inc$100,000113%
Marbleseed Inc$100,00024%
Rockwood Leadership Institute$100,00011%
Healing Justice Foundation$100,00014%
Community Entry Services Inc$100,00011%
Nonprofit Information Networking Association$100,00022%
Bemidji Community Arts Council Inc$100,00065%
Clean River Partners Inc$100,00029%
Onecommunity Alliance$100,000158%
NAACP Empowerment Programs Inc$100,00010%
Environmental Law Institute$100,00012%
St Patrick Hospital Foundation$96,00041%
International Women's Media Foundation$95,00041%
Bloomington Theatre and Art Center$95,00052%
Capital Institute$95,000132%
Intercongregation Communities Association Inc$90,00031%
Hispanics in Philanthropy$90,00061%
Minnesota African American Hertiage Museum and Gallery$90,000226%
Project Prep Oly Develop Program$89,00055%
Ramsey County General Account$85,0003n/a
Yale University$84,0002n/a
The Wildflower Foundation$82,50050%
Minnesota State College Student Association Inc$80,00024%
Midway Contemporary Art$80,00044%
Ideoorg$80,00011%
Harrison Neighborhood Association$80,000233%
Bdote Learning Center$80,00021%
Fargo-Moorhead Orchestral Association$80,00038%
30000 Feet$80,000212%
Colorado State University Foundation$80,00010%
Minnesota Chorale$80,00048%
Children's Theatre Company and School$80,00020%
Minnesota Dance Theatre & The Dance Institute$80,00037%
Neighborhood House$76,00021%
Greater Metropolitan Housing Corporation$75,00012%
America's Watershed Initiative$75,0001n/a
Earthrights International Inc$75,00011%
Twin Cities Innovation Alliance$75,000329%
Peak Grantmaking Inc$75,00060%
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians$75,0001n/a
American Sustainable Business Institute Inc$75,00018%
Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources$75,00019%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis$75,00010%
Wisconsin Philanthropy Network Inc$75,00016%
Clean Energy States Alliance Inc$75,00015%
GridLab Inc$75,00012%
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Inc$75,00012%
Way to Grow$75,00021%
Green America$75,00011%
Unitecloud$75,000137%
Raffaella Foundation$74,500169%
Northeast Minneapolis Arts Assoc$70,000310%
Asian AmericansPacific Islanders in Philanthropy Inc$70,00061%
Center for the Analysis of Sustainable Agricultural Systems$70,0002n/a
Michigan State University$66,0002n/a
We Are All Criminals$62,500616%
The Aspen Institute Inc$60,00020%
Community Cancer Fund$60,00022%
Ballet Co-Laboratory$60,00033%
Manidoo Ogitigaan$60,00036%
Caribbean Agroecology Institute Inc (Fka Vermont Caribbean Institute Inc)$60,00014%
Folwell Neighborhood Association$60,000224%
Literacy Minnesota$60,0001n/a
Utah Athletic Foundation$60,00020%
Mankato Symphony Orchestra Inc$60,000321%
Grand Center for Arts & Culture Inc$60,00037%
Biomimicry for Social Innovation$58,000217%
East-West Management Institute Inc$55,00010%
Mission Valley Ice Arena Association$55,00028%
The Data Foundation Inc$55,00012%
20 Theatre Company Twin Cities$55,000315%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$52,00020%
Head and Heart Philanthropy$50,00019%
Soil Health Institute$50,00011%
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc$50,00012%
Detroit Parent Network$50,00016%
Minnesota Land Trust$50,00011%
Women Winning$50,00025%
Storm King Art Center$50,00020%
Schubert Club The$50,00021%
Franklin Center$50,00012%
Friends of the Little Spokane River Valley$50,0001n/a
Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation Inc$50,00011%
Institute for Market Transformation$50,00011%
Ecology Center$50,00014%
TREND Community Development Corporation$50,00013%
Third Way Institute$50,00010%
National Association of Latino Arts and Culture$50,00011%
Community Center for the Arts$50,00011%
Benevolent Healthcare Foundation$50,00010%
Midwest Academy$50,00012%
Food Group Minnesota Inc The$50,00010%
Tibetan American Foundation of Minnesota$50,00017%
The Redemption Project$50,00019%
College of Saint Benedict$50,00010%
Mission Valley Christian Academy In$50,00026%
Cycles for Change$50,000115%
West Central Mn Educ Television$50,00021%
New York Shakespeare Festival$50,00020%
Minnesota Historical Society$49,00050%
Momentum Community Inc$45,00017%
Red Wing Arts Association$45,00015%
Legacy Philanthropy Works$45,00013%
Zenon Dance Company and School Inc$45,000114%
Candid$44,00040%
Edge Funders Alliance$42,00061%
Uptake Institute$40,000133%
More Than a Single Story Inc$40,000211%
Motionpoems Inc$40,000230%
New Dawn Theatre Company$40,0002n/a
Muslim American Society of Minnesota$40,0001n/a
Minnesota Hope Dealerz Service Corporation$40,0001n/a
Mission Valley Aquatics$40,00015%
Vanessa Behan$40,00021%
Ely Folk School$40,00028%
The Soap Factory$40,000136%
Vsa Minnesota$40,0001n/a
(Neo)Muralismos de Mexico$40,000112%
Media Impact Funders Inc$35,00031%
St Paul Academy and Summit School$35,00040%
District Council 13 Inc$33,000120%
Techsoup Global$30,65060%
West Hennepin Affordable Housing Land Trust$30,00012%
Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Inc Dba Funders for Lgbtq Issues$30,00020%
Win Back$30,000114%
The Henry L Stimson Center$30,00010%
Saint Paul Ballet$30,00024%
Minnesota Justice Research Center$26,00023%
Farview Athetics Council$25,0001n/a
Faith Crusades Ministries$25,00013%
Braver AngelsInc$25,00010%
St Cloud State University Foundation Inc$25,00010%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$25,0001n/a
Planet Earth First$25,0001n/a
State Leadership Project$25,00010%
Montessori Training Center of Minnesota Inc$25,00050%
The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association$25,00017%
Dispute Resolution Center$25,00017%
Samaritan's Purse$25,00010%
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center Inc$25,00040%
The Doug Coombs Foundation$25,00012%
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$25,0001n/a
Becoming Jackson Whole$25,00017%
Enterprise Community Partners Inc$25,00010%
Jackson Hole Working$22,500218%
Foundation Financial Officers Group Inc$22,40051%
Technology Association of Grantmakers Inc$21,00060%
Tofte Lake Center Inc$21,00026%
Jackson Hole Public Art$20,00014%
Teton County Search & Rescue Foundation$20,00011%
Spokane Guilds' School & Neuromuscular Center$20,00020%
Craft Institute Inc$20,000112%
GuideStar USA Inc$20,00021%
Victoria Theater Arts Center dba 825 Arts$20,00011%
The Urban Village Inc$20,00013%
Friends of the Hennepin County Library$20,00010%
Urban League Twin Cities$20,00011%
The Madison Art and Innovation Center$20,00019%
Hennepin Health Foundation$20,00030%
The Legal Revolution$20,00025%
Wilderness Inquiry Inc$20,00010%
Serpentina Arts Inc$20,000122%
The Alliance for Climate Protection$20,00010%
Nonprofit for Black Girls$20,0001n/a
Jackson Hole Community Housing Trust$20,00010%
Grand Teton National Park Foundation$20,00030%
Future Generations Inc$20,000113%
Oaks Indian Mission Inc$18,00012%
Center for Emergent Diplomacy$18,0001n/a
Pitzer College$17,00020%
Jackson Hole Land Trust$15,00010%
Compas Inc$15,00011%
Our Rescue$15,00010%
Christian Center of Park City$15,00010%
Legal Rights Center$15,00030%
Thousand Currents$15,00010%
The Arts Partnership$15,00030%
Lake Country School Montessori Learning Environments$15,00030%
States Newsroom$15,00010%
A Mothers Love Initiative$15,00021%
Sanctuary Covenant Church Minneapolis Mn$15,0002n/a
University of Wyoming Foundation$15,00030%
Minnesota Chamber Foundation$15,00011%
Park City Conservation Association$15,00013%
Heroes and Horses Inc$15,00010%
Southern Youth Leadership Development Institute$15,00013%
Trees That Feed Foundation$12,50013%
American Players Theatre of Wisconsin Inc$12,50010%
The Solar Foundation$12,00010%
Spokesman-Recorder$10,0001n/a
National Ability Center$10,00010%
Girls Rocks$10,0001n/a
National Urban Indian Family Coalition$10,00011%
Asset Funders Network$10,00010%
Art Is My Weapon$10,000112%
North Lake County Library Foundation$10,00011%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$10,00010%
Rescue Mission of Salt Lake Inc$10,00010%
EATS Park City$10,00014%
Shift$10,00014%
The International Network for Aid Relief and Assistance Inc$10,00011%
The Pachamama Alliance$10,00010%
Youthlink$10,00010%
Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas$10,00010%
Cancer Can'T$10,00013%
Protect Our Winters$10,00010%
The Thinking Project Institute$10,00014%
River City Youth$10,000113%
Mountain Trails Foundation$10,00011%
Community Partners$10,00010%
Trustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota$10,00020%
The Hiddo Soor International Organi$10,000115%
Serve Spokane$10,00011%
Peace House Inc$10,00010%
Jackson Hole Community Radio Inc$10,00013%
Common Sense Media$10,00010%
After Innocence$10,00011%
Native American Church of Crow Creek Agency$8,0001n/a
Project Success$5,40020%
FairVote Minnesota Foundation$5,00011%
The Link$5,00010%
Faith and Community Empowerment$5,00011%
Mountain Life Evangelical Free Church of Park City Utah$5,0001n/a
Girls Actively Participating$5,00013%
Policing Equity$5,00010%
Outdoor Alliance$5,00010%
Citizen Father Foundation Inc$5,0001n/a
The Brandlab$5,00010%
Oyate Hotanin$5,00014%
Greater Yellowstone Coalition$5,00010%
Northern Star Council$5,00010%
Walker West Music Academy$5,00010%
Cdp North America Inc$4,40020%
Central Minnesota Community Empowerment Organization$4,00010%
Girl Scouts of Mn and Wi River Valleys Inc$3,50010%
The Communications Network$3,50010%
Confluence Philanthropy Inc$3,30020%
A Time to Revive$3,00010%
JSAW xtreme$3,0001n/a
Faith and Learning International NFP$2,90010%
The General Council of the Assemblies of God$2,4001n/a
Cranbrook Educational Community$2,00010%
Eastern Illinois Foodbank$2,00010%
Serveminnesota$2,00010%
Iqra Education Center$2,0001n/a
Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education$2,00010%
Higher Works Collaborative$2,00011%
Mill City Summer Opera$2,0001n/a
Door County Land Trust Inc$2,00010%
Boardsource$2,00010%
Ann Bancroft Foundation$1,70010%
Minnesota Black Chamber of Commerce$1,50010%
Power of People Leadership Institute$1,1501n/a
Center for Civic Policy$1,00010%
Naeva$1,00010%
Third Avenue Playhouse Inc$1,00010%
The Ole Education Fund$1,00010%
Freedom for Immigrants$1,00010%
Frogtown Garden$1,00011%
Prairie Island Indian Community$1,0001n/a
Second Harvest Heartland$1,00010%
The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Vanderbilt University$1,00010%
Chamber Trust$1,00011%
Project Fine$1,00010%
Somos Un Pueblo Unido$1,00010%
New Life Family Services$1,00010%
Civic News Company$1,00010%
The Greenlining Institute$1,00010%
Clare Housing$50010%
Christian Brothers Conference - Washington DC$5001n/a
Engineering Ministries International USA$40010%
Asian Women United of Minnesota$30010%
Kaposia Inc$25010%
Pesticide Action Network North America$2001n/a
Mill City Farmers Market Charitable Fund$20010%
House of Charity$20010%
Haven Housing$20010%
CaringBridge$20010%
American Heart Association Inc$20010%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$20010%
New Mexico In Depth Inc$2001n/a
Special Olympics Minnesota Inc$20010%
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery$17010%
A Breath of Hope Lung Foundation$10010%
Animal Humane Society$5010%
Mightycause Charitable Foundation$5010%
Wikimedia Foundation Inc$3510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 174 recipients with no EIN on record ($50M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The McKnight Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 147 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnited States Energy Foundation: $47,351,000 over 5y, 7.2% of budgetThe McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience: $22,176,100 over 6y, 100% of budgetYouthprise: $19,825,000 over 6y, 47% of budgetGreater Minnesota Housing Fund: $13,261,500 over 6y, 43% of budgetFamily Housing Fund: $11,000,000 over 6y, 69% of budgetLocal Initiatives Support Corporation: $9,162,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $8,867,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetThe Energy Foundation: $7,275,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetFresh Energy: $7,048,000 over 6y, 41% of budgetPropel Nonprofits: $5,858,000 over 6y, 39% of budgetNorthland Foundation: $4,700,000 over 5y, 46% of budgetTakeaction Mn Education Fund: $4,661,000 over 6y, 31% of budgetPillsbury United Communities: $4,500,000 over 6y, 9.6% of budgetGreat Plains Institute for Sustainable Development Inc: $4,140,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetMeridian Institute: $4,098,000 over 6y, 7.3% of budgetHabitat for Humanity of Minnesota Inc: $4,075,000 over 4y, 95% of budgetMinnesota Home Ownership Center: $4,006,000 over 6y, 47% of budgetThe Cowles Center: $2,956,000 over 6y, 63% of budgetNexus Community Partners: $2,852,000 over 6y, 15% of budgetMetropolitan Economic Development Association: $2,762,000 over 6y, 17% of budgetBme Networks Inc: $2,600,000 over 4y, 25% of budgetNorthcountry Cooperative Foundation: $2,600,000 over 6y, 74% of budgetSt Paul Transportation Management Organization: $2,500,000 over 6y, 61% of budgetClimate and Clean Energy Equity Fund: $2,500,000 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetConservation Minnesota: $2,500,000 over 6y, 37% of budgetCenter for Rural Affairs: $2,385,000 over 6y, 11% of budgetAmherst H Wilder Foundation: $2,357,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetThe Playwrights' Center Inc: $2,336,000 over 6y, 30% of budgetMinnesota Housing Partnership: $2,315,000 over 6y, 25% of budgetV3 Sports Inc: $2,275,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetLand Bank Twin Cities Inc: $2,250,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetSierra Club Foundation: $2,096,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetSeward Redesign Inc: $2,085,000 over 6y, 19% of budgetProject for Pride in Living Inc: $2,017,400 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetRewiring America: $2,000,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetJuxtaposition Arts Inc: $1,928,700 over 6y, 23% of budgetMinnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy: $1,925,000 over 6y, 20% of budgetPangea World Theater: $1,820,000 over 5y, 46% of budgetCenter for Economic Inclusion: $1,813,000 over 5y, 7.8% of budgetInclusive Prosperity Capital Inc: $1,795,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetThe Loft Inc: $1,794,000 over 6y, 21% of budgetUnidos Minnesota Education Fund: $1,752,000 over 6y, 58% of budgetGlobal Philanthropy Partnership: $1,750,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetClean Up the River Environment: $1,750,000 over 6y, 67% of budgetInquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia- United Renters for Justice: $1,750,000 over 6y, 26% of budgetBuild Wealth MN Inc: $1,735,000 over 6y, 13% of budgetUniversity of Vermont and State Agricultural College Foundation Inc: $1,735,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetClean Energy Economy Minnesota: $1,700,000 over 6y, 41% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Target FoundationMN217.5× affinity152 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Target Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · The Bush Foundation · Propel Nonprofits · Headwaters Foundation for Justice · Mortenson Family Foundation · Northwest Area Foundation · Minnesota Humanities Center · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Jerome Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About The McKnight Foundation

How much does The McKnight Foundation give?
The McKnight Foundation reported 790 grants totaling $145,891,450 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 521 and 606 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
What does The McKnight Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (25%), Community Improvement (15%), Philanthropy (14%).
Who are The McKnight Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: United States Energy Foundation ($47M), The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience ($22M), Youthprise ($20M).
Does The McKnight Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The McKnight Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The McKnight Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Target Foundation, Fr Bigelow Foundation, The Bush Foundation.
Where is The McKnight Foundation based?
The McKnight Foundation is based in MN.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 1155 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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