Minnesota · Private foundation
Wilson Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $2.0M
- Granted FY2023
- 11
- Grants FY2023
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 70%
- First-time grantees FY2023
Read this first · the figures below need context
67% of Wilson Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to National Philanthropic Trust, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 13 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Wilson Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 9 organizations, $2M. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2023
- $250,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $250,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 10
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Total assets, FY2023
- $88M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 70% of the organizations Wilson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 10 | $2.0M | 70% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $750k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development Inc | $900,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Youthprise | $900,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Project for Pride in Living Inc | $900,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative | $650,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Fresh Energy | $650,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Center for Energy and Environment | $650,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hired | $566,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Summit Academy Oic | $310,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Minnesota Home Ownership Center | $150,000 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development Inc | $900,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Youthprise | $900,000 | 3 | 5% |
| Project for Pride in Living Inc | $900,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative | $650,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Fresh Energy | $650,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Center for Energy and Environment | $650,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Hired | $566,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Summit Academy Oic | $310,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity | $250,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Minnesota Home Ownership Center | $150,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Community Action Duluth Inc | $71,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Avivo | $52,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southeast Minnesota Private Industry Council Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Minnesota Training Partnership Inc | $39,000 | 1 | 3% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($386k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wilson 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: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Xcel Energy Foundation · Target Foundation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · Fr Bigelow Foundation · The K Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · United States Energy Foundation
How this is measured
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About Wilson Foundation
- How much does Wilson Foundation give?
- Wilson Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $2,050,000 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 10 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Wilson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (53%), Environment (17%), Housing & Shelter (16%).
- Who are Wilson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development Inc ($900k), Youthprise ($900k), Project for Pride in Living Inc ($900k).
- Does Wilson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 70% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wilson 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 Wilson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, The McKnight Foundation.
- Where is Wilson Foundation based?
- Wilson Foundation is based in MN.
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