Minnesota · Private foundation
The Phileona 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.
- $1.1M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 62
- Grants FY2025
- 50
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 30%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $4,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $427,985
- Organizations funded a year
- 33 to 93
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 12
- Total assets, FY2025
- $21M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 30% of the organizations The Phileona Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $67k 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 | 60 | $946k | 37% |
| FY2024 | 50 | $992k | 30% |
| FY2023 | 61 | $1.0M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 93 | $1.5M | 44% |
| FY2021 | 76 | $987k | 51% |
| FY2020 | 64 | $1.1M | 50% |
| FY2019 | 55 | $624k | 58% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $658k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Animal Hospital | $2,136,185 | 8 | 7% |
| Temple Israel | $632,600 | 8 | n/a |
| Guthrie Theater Foundation | $260,006 | 6 | 0% |
| Nrdc Action Fund Inc | $206,550 | 3 | 1% |
| Nova Southeastern University Inc | $170,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Constellation Fund | $156,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Arthritis National Research Foundation | $150,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | $125,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Theater Latte Da | $109,255 | 8 | 1% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $104,335 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 172 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 42 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Phileona Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 162 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: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Minnesota Community Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Target Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Linsmayer James B Fdn Tr-Main · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Head Family Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Phileona Foundation
- How much does The Phileona Foundation give?
- The Phileona Foundation reported 62 grants totaling $1,069,153 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 33 and 93 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Phileona Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (26%), Philanthropy (25%), Arts & Culture (13%).
- Who are The Phileona Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Mission Animal Hospital ($2.1M), Temple Israel ($633k), Guthrie Theater Foundation ($260k).
- Does The Phileona Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 30% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Phileona 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 Phileona Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The McKnight Foundation.
- Where is The Phileona Foundation based?
- The Phileona Foundation is based in MN.
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