Minnesota · Private foundation
Wem Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $359M
- Granted FY2023
- 135
- Grants FY2023
- 131
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $550,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $75,165,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 101 to 131
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 17
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 28% of the organizations Wem Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $48M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 131 | $358M | 28% |
| FY2022 | 101 | $179M | 21% |
| FY2021 | 121 | $18M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 124 | $28M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.
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, FY2020 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smithsonian Institution | $75,205,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Dunwoody College of Technology | $31,000,000 | 4 | 47% |
| Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts | $26,745,000 | 4 | 39% |
| Minnesota Historical Society | $25,935,000 | 4 | 32% |
| The Learning Alliance Inc | $21,525,200 | 4 | 21% |
| Abbott Northwestern Hospital Foundation | $15,000,000 | 3 | 15% |
| Second Harvest Heartland | $14,353,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Vero Beach Museum of Art Inc | $12,115,000 | 4 | 46% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $10,850,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Riverside Theatre Inc | $10,145,000 | 4 | 56% |
Show all 156 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 50 recipients with no EIN on record ($146M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Wem Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 32 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 147 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 Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Walser Foundation · Joyful Noise Charitable Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Sauer Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Ciresi Walburn Foundation
How this is measured
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About Wem Foundation
- How much does Wem Foundation give?
- Wem Foundation reported 135 grants totaling $359,470,304 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 101 and 131 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Wem Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2023, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (35%), Education (28%), Health (9%).
- Who are Wem Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2023: Smithsonian Institution ($75M), Dunwoody College of Technology ($31M), Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts ($27M).
- Does Wem Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wem 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 Wem Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation.
- Where is Wem Foundation based?
- Wem Foundation is based in MN.
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