Minnesota · Private foundation
The Windibrow 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.
- $75k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $17,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 30
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 9
- Total assets, FY2025
- $827k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations The Windibrow Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 24 | $75k | 4% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $51k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $50k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 30 | $56k | 3% |
| FY2021 | 29 | $66k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 27 | $55k | 7% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 29 | $34k | 21% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Outdoor Leadership School | $64,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Science Museum of Minnesota | $32,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Reid Park Zoological Society | $31,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $20,500 | 4 | 0% |
| East Bay School for Boys | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media | $12,850 | 9 | 0% |
| Minnetonka Center for the Arts | $12,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Hermitage No Kill Cat Shelter | $12,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Masters School | $9,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Repower Fund | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Outdoor Leadership School | $64,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Science Museum of Minnesota | $32,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Reid Park Zoological Society | $31,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $20,500 | 4 | 0% |
| East Bay School for Boys | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media | $12,850 | 9 | 0% |
| Minnetonka Center for the Arts | $12,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Hermitage No Kill Cat Shelter | $12,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Masters School | $9,750 | 9 | 0% |
| Repower Fund | $8,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Twin Cities Public Television Inc | $6,200 | 8 | 0% |
| The Blake School | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum | $5,000 | 7 | 0% |
| St Paul Academy and Summit School | $4,050 | 9 | 0% |
| Sea Shepherd Conservation Society | $3,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Tucson Wildlife Center Inc | $2,750 | 6 | 0% |
| Tucson Audubon Society | $2,550 | 9 | 0% |
| Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners | $2,500 | 5 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $2,350 | 7 | 0% |
| American Indian College Fund | $1,700 | 2 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $1,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the Eel River | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of the Hennepin County Library | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($184k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Windibrow Foundation supplied at peak.
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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: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Windibrow Foundation
- How much does The Windibrow Foundation give?
- The Windibrow Foundation reported 24 grants totaling $74,850 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 30 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Windibrow Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (27%), Environment (23%), Arts & Culture (16%).
- Who are The Windibrow Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: National Outdoor Leadership School ($65k), Science Museum of Minnesota ($33k), Reid Park Zoological Society ($32k).
- Does The Windibrow Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Windibrow 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 Windibrow Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Community Foundation for Southern Arizona, Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Windibrow Foundation based?
- The Windibrow Foundation is based in MN.
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