Minnesota · Private foundation
The McNeely Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 117
- Grants FY2024
- 114
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 34%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 99 to 122
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $31M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 34% of the organizations The McNeely Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $291k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 99 | $1.6M | 30% |
| FY2023 | 114 | $1.6M | 34% |
| FY2022 | 116 | $1.5M | 26% |
| FY2021 | 116 | $1.3M | 32% |
| FY2020 | 122 | $1.3M | 46% |
| FY2019 | 99 | $1.2M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
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, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Phalen Creek Project | $576,250 | 6 | 8% |
| University of St Thomas | $425,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Urban Roots Mn | $316,500 | 6 | 6% |
| East Side Arts Council | $251,000 | 6 | 23% |
| 30000 Feet | $250,250 | 6 | 6% |
| St Paul Urban Tennis Program | $249,750 | 5 | 8% |
| East Side Neighborhood Development Company Inc | $245,000 | 5 | 9% |
| The Cookie Cart | $238,600 | 6 | 3% |
| Latino Economic Development Center | $215,500 | 5 | 2% |
| Breakthrough Twin Cities | $210,500 | 6 | 3% |
Show all 204 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 87 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.6M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The McNeely Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 173 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Hardenbergh Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Greater Twin Cities United Way · The McKnight Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mardag Foundation · Target Foundation
How this is measured
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About The McNeely Foundation
- How much does The McNeely Foundation give?
- The McNeely Foundation reported 117 grants totaling $1,628,375 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 99 and 122 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does The McNeely Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (18%), Education (13%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are The McNeely Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Lower Phalen Creek Project ($576k), University of St Thomas ($425k), Urban Roots Mn ($317k).
- Does The McNeely Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The McNeely Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The McNeely Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Fr Bigelow Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation.
- Where is The McNeely Foundation based?
- The McNeely Foundation is based in MN.
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