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Women's Foundation of Minnesota

Women's Foundation of Minnesota is a statewide community foundation investing in ending systemic inequities and driving innovation for gender and racial justice. WFM applies an Intersectional Equity Framework inclusive of gender, race, place, and additional identities (ethnicity, sovereignty, socioeconomic class, age, disability, LGBTQ+,…

$4.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
90
Itemized grants FY2025
96
Organizations funded FY2024
23%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$3.9M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$20,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$340,000
Organizations funded a year
69 to 108
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
7
Total assets, FY2025
$39M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Women's Foundation of Minnesota funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $746k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving87$3.8M34%
FY202496$4.0M23%
FY202394$2.2M35%
FY202283$2.0M23%
FY2021108$2.7M46%
FY202069$1.7M32%
FY201984$2.1M49%
FY201872$2.0Mn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Human Services$3.6MEducation$3.5MYouth Development$2.8MHealth$2.0MCommunity Improvement$1.9MCrime & Legal$1.4MCivil Rights$1.3MPhilanthropy$793kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Young Women's Christian Association of St Paul$1,067,60683%
Actm Corp$1,002,500315%
Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College$880,0006n/a
Dunwoody College of Technology$553,50040%
New York Women's Foundation Inc$489,96552%
The Link$486,39172%
Men as Peacemakers$404,00978%
Minnesota Zoo Foundation$359,00071%
Friends of Saint Paul College$350,000314%
Our Justice$344,427835%
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All grantees of Women's Foundation of Minnesota by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Young Women's Christian Association of St Paul$1,067,60683%
Actm Corp$1,002,500315%
Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College$880,0006n/a
Dunwoody College of Technology$553,50040%
New York Women's Foundation Inc$489,96552%
The Link$486,39172%
Men as Peacemakers$404,00978%
Minnesota Zoo Foundation$359,00071%
Friends of Saint Paul College$350,000314%
Our Justice$344,427835%
Southside Family Charter School$323,985113%
uCodeGirl$301,8787n/a
University of Minnesota$293,2706n/a
Kwanzaa Community Church PCUSA Liberty Community Church PCUSA$260,50072%
Nexus Community Partners$258,50052%
Outfront Minnesota Community Services$257,95084%
The Center for Victims of Torture$225,09930%
Centro Tyrone Guzman$217,04081%
Hope Community Inc$216,80053%
Communidades Latinas Unidas En Servico Inc$211,36080%
Neighborhood Development Center Inc$200,50021%
Minneapolis Community & Technical College Foundation$200,000110%
Bemidji State University Alumni and Foundation$200,00012%
Hennepin County Library$200,0002n/a
Casa de Esperanza$199,5003n/a
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$193,23840%
Hmong American Partnership$189,50070%
Dakota Wicohan$186,50086%
MIGIZI Communications Inc$185,50062%
Family Tree Inc$180,86071%
St Paul Youth Services$180,50066%
Young Women's Christian Association of Duluth$168,00055%
Planned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota$161,82050%
YWCA of Minneapolis$161,54070%
Firecracker Foundation$160,000315%
Sead Project$159,000612%
Ann Bancroft Foundation$151,75066%
Ain Dah Yung (Our Home) Center$145,00041%
Discapacitados Abriendose Caminos$140,500541%
Girl Scouts of Mn and Wi River Valleys Inc$136,00060%
Young Women's Christian Association of Mankato$133,70035%
Project Fine$131,50083%
Healing Justice Foundation$127,50021%
Pillsbury United Communities$125,50050%
Takeaction Mn Education Fund$124,91121%
We Health Clinic P A$121,50054%
Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assualt Coalition$115,50045%
Power of People Leadership Institute$115,00035%
Bagosendaan$114,000885%
Minnesota African Womens Association$113,00045%
Violence Intervention Project$112,50052%
Augsburg University$111,25050%
Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault$108,25342%
Project Diva$101,500413%
Possibility Labs$100,0001n/a
Breaking Free Inc$97,50052%
Unidos Minnesota Education Fund$97,50039%
Access Philanthropy Charities$95,00043%
Annex Teen Clinic Inc$94,86061%
Terebinth Refuge$93,75052%
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota$92,76070%
Muslim American Leadership Alliance$91,900510%
United Community Action Partnership$91,5006n/a
Phumulani$90,7504n/a
Esperanza United$86,00041%
Asian Women United of Minnesota$85,00042%
Committee Against Domestic Abuse Inc$85,00041%
Divine Konnections Inc$85,00032%
Range Engineering Council$84,000657%
Hnub Tshiab - Hmong Women Achieving Together$84,000567%
Jeremiah Program$77,50040%
Women's Initiative for Self-Empowerment$75,00035%
Amherst H Wilder Foundation$75,00050%
Coalition of Asian American Leaders$72,50032%
St Catherine University$71,00040%
Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches$70,76043%
Sexual Violence Center$70,50033%
All Square$70,45032%
Reclaim$69,50034%
Advocates for Reproductive Education$67,55057%
First Witness Child Advocacy Center$62,50021%
Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center$58,50021%
Tubman$57,50020%
Women For Political Action Change Education & Advo$57,50024%
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board$55,2944n/a
Girl Scouts - Dakota Horizons$54,00030%
Best Academy Inc$54,00030%
Peacemaker Resources$54,00037%
Options Fund$53,3503n/a
The Anika Foundation$53,00034%
Ayada Leads$52,500230%
Division of Indian Work$52,00021%
Planned Parenthood North Central States$51,25020%
Vanderbilt University$50,71020%
Black Disability Collective$50,5002n/a
University of Minnesota Foundation$50,20040%
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities$50,0001n/a
Violence Free Minnesota$50,00032%
Northwest Technical College - Bemidji Foundation$50,0001n/a
Hume-Fogg Association$50,0002n/a
Cu de Novo Collective$50,0001n/a
Gender Justice$50,00012%
Children's Theatre Company and School$50,00010%
Aliveness Project Inc$50,0001n/a
Saint Paul Public Schools$50,0001n/a
Reviving the Islamic Sisterhood For$48,25041%
Way to Grow$48,14050%
Womens Rural Advocacy Programs$47,50032%
Voices for Racial Justice$47,50032%
Marnitas Table Inc$45,00025%
Little Earth Residents Association Inc$45,00021%
100 Rural Women$45,000155%
Womenventure$43,00040%
Jtp Professional Service Corporation$43,00020%
Women's Advocates Inc$42,50030%
Family Safety Network of Cass County Inc$42,50035%
Neighborhood House$42,00030%
Restoration for All Inc$42,00036%
One Heartland$41,50022%
North Dakota Women in Need$40,00036%
Girls for Gender Equity Inc$40,00011%
African Women and Youth Resource Center$40,0002n/a
High School for Recording Arts$40,00020%
Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers$40,00021%
Sexual Assault Services Inc$37,50035%
Asian Media Access$35,5002n/a
Southside Family Charter School$35,2102n/a
Northwest Indian Community Development Center Nwicdc$35,00011%
Propel Nonprofits$35,00010%
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc$32,6241n/a
Cornerhouse$32,50021%
Courage Kenny Foundation$32,50020%
Pacer Center Inc$32,50020%
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota Inc$31,75020%
Civic Nation$31,00021%
Ostara Initiative$30,75023%
Domestic Abuse Project Inc$30,00021%
Minnesota Youth Collective Education Fund$30,00024%
Isuroon$29,00022%
Greater Twin Cities United Way$28,50010%
Youthlink$26,50011%
Northside Economic Opportunity Network$25,00013%
First Peoples Fund$25,0001n/a
The Links Foundation Incorporated$25,00010%
The Sanneh Foundation$25,00011%
North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems$25,0001n/a
Artspace Projects Inc$25,0001n/a
Honor the Earth$25,00011%
Friends of Ngong Road$25,00011%
MIGIZI Communications Inc$25,0001n/a
Springboard for the Arts$25,00010%
Womens Funding Network$25,00022%
The Advocates For Human Rights$25,00011%
Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault$25,00012%
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency Incorporated$25,00010%
Family Freedom Center$25,00013%
Duluth Community School Collaborative$25,00013%
Planned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Action Fund$25,00012%
General Federation of Womens Clubs$25,0001n/a
Womn Act$24,45033%
The Tiwahe Foundation$21,50024%
Change Starts With Community$20,50021%
Friends of the Hennepin County Library$20,50020%
Vote Run Lead Inc$20,30022%
CaringBridge$20,00010%
Transforming Generations Tg$20,0001n/a
Resources Justice & Management$20,00025%
Face to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc$20,00020%
Violence Prevention Center$20,00016%
American Association of University Women Inc$20,00020%
Queerspace Collective$20,00012%
Battered Women's Legal Advocacy Project$20,00011%
Mn8$20,00022%
Minnesota African Women Coalition$20,0001n/a
SWOP Minneapolis$20,000113%
Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment Through Research$20,00022%
Our Space$20,0001n/a
Love First$20,0001n/a
Mindful Life Project$20,00020%
YMCA of the Greater Twin Cities$19,7602n/a
Minnesota Black Collective Foundation$19,75020%
Ruth's House of Hope$18,50023%
Alight$18,10010%
Twin Cities Public Television Inc$18,00020%
The Fields Retreat and Learning Center$17,50023%
Philanthrofund Foundation Inc$17,50022%
Guthrie Theater Foundation$17,50020%
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center Inc$17,50020%
Achieve Twin Cities$17,5001n/a
Unprison Project$17,5002n/a
Africa Classroom Connection$17,00025%
Copal-Education Fund Communidades Organizando El Poder y la A$15,25020%
My Very Own Bed$15,00011%
Cedar Riverside Neighborhood Revitalization Program$15,00016%
Minneapolis Public School$15,0001n/a
Threads Dance Project$15,00019%
Graywolf Press$15,00010%
Washington Area Women's Foundation$14,46520%
Women's Foundation of Alabama$14,46521%
Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts Inc$14,46521%
Women's Foundation for a Greater Memphis$14,46520%
Women's Foundation of California$14,46520%
Chinese American Chamber of Commerc$14,00011%
I Am Resources$13,0001n/a
Positive Image$13,00017%
Life House Inc$12,50010%
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery$12,00020%
Pollen Midwest$11,75012%
Oasis for Youth$11,00011%
Womens Foundation of the South$11,00011%
Wallin Education Partners$11,00020%
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts$10,50010%
Apostle Island's Historic Preservation Conservancy$10,0001n/a
Latinolead Inc$10,0001n/a
Foster Advocates$10,0001n/a
Kellogg Fellows Leadership Alliance Inc$10,000137%
Telling Queer History$10,00019%
Women of Nations$10,00010%
Rainbow Research Inc$10,00011%
Givemn$10,00010%
Young Mens Christian Association of the North$10,00010%
Global Rights for Women$10,00011%
We Want the Land Coalition Inc$10,0001n/a
Mewinzha Ondaadiziike Wiigaming$10,00011%
An Opera Theatre$10,00016%
Thinkself Inc$10,00011%
Normandale Community College Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Cultural Wellness Center$10,0001n/a
Girls Educational and Mentoring Services Inc$10,00010%
Unitecloud$10,00015%
Whole Woman's Health Alliance$10,00010%
Minnesota Seeds of Justice$10,00011%
Penumbra Theatre Company Inc$10,00010%
The Foundation of the Women Presidents Organization Inc$10,00013%
Ccf Community Initiatives Fund$10,00010%
Planting people growing justice leadership institute$10,00012%
Women's Sports Museum Inc$10,000122%
Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia- United Renters for Justice$10,00011%
Grace Place Inc$10,00014%
Genesys Works$10,0001n/a
Caring Path$10,0001n/a
Rivers of Hope$10,00012%
The Lakota Fund Incorporated$10,00010%
Minnesota National Organization for Women Foundation$10,0001n/a
Women's Medical Fund Inc$10,0001n/a
Women Who Influence$10,0001n/a
Phumulani MN African Women Against Violence$10,0001n/a
Aurora-St Anthony Neighborhood Development Corporation$10,00013%
Rice County Neighbors United$10,0001n/a
Project Hope Mn$10,0001n/a
The Bridge for Youth$10,00010%
Bancroft Arnesen Explore$10,0001n/a
Four Bands Community Fund Inc$10,00010%
Amazeworks$10,00013%
Interfaith Action of Greater Saint Paul$10,0001n/a
Womens Environmental Institute at Amador Hill$10,0001n/a
National Florence Crittenton Mission$10,00010%
Missions Inc Programs$10,00010%
Source Mn Inc$9,16711%
Dress for Success Twin Cities$8,50011%
Commonbond Communities$7,75010%
Advancement of Hmong Americans$7,5001n/a
Council on American-Islamic Relations Minnesota$7,50012%
Sisters in Christ Global$7,5001n/a
Anna Marie's Alliance$7,50010%
Truth House Foundation$7,5001n/a
Vietnamese Social Services of Minnesota$7,50010%
Pearl Battered Women's Resource Center$7,50012%
Southwest Crisis Center$7,50011%
Women Winning$7,50011%
Twin Cities Innovation Alliance$7,50011%
Family Values for Life$7,50011%
Al-Maa'uun$7,50010%
Saint Peters African Methodist Episcopal Church$7,5001n/a
Partners for Affordable Housing$7,50011%
National Network of Abortion Funds$7,5001n/a
West Side Citizens Organization$7,50011%
African Career Education & Resources In$7,50010%
Women Initiative Network of Liberia$7,500121%
Startanew$7,500120%
Southeast Seniors A living at homeblock nurse program$7,50013%
Pro-Choice Minnesota Foundation$7,00012%
Elder Voice Advocates$6,600120%
University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire Foundation Inc$6,42410%
FamilyWise Services$6,10010%
Church of St Thomas the Apostle$6,0001n/a
Hopewell Music Cooperative-North$5,50012%
Minnesota Council on Foundations$5,32510%
United States of Care Campaign$5,25010%

Where it is load-bearing

Women's Foundation of Minnesota supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 8 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of St Paul: $1,067,606 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetActm Corp: $1,002,500 over 3y, 15% of budgetDunwoody College of Technology: $553,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetNew York Women's Foundation Inc: $489,965 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetThe Link: $486,391 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetMen as Peacemakers: $404,009 over 7y, 8.2% of budgetMinnesota Zoo Foundation: $359,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetFriends of Saint Paul College: $350,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetOur Justice: $344,427 over 8y, 35% of budgetSouthside Family Charter School: $323,985 over 1y, 13% of budgetKwanzaa Community Church PCUSA Liberty Community Church PCUSA: $260,500 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetNexus Community Partners: $258,500 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetOutfront Minnesota Community Services: $257,950 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetThe Center for Victims of Torture: $225,099 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCentro Tyrone Guzman: $217,040 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetHope Community Inc: $216,800 over 5y, 2.8% of budgetCommunidades Latinas Unidas En Servico Inc: $211,360 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetNeighborhood Development Center Inc: $200,500 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMinneapolis Community & Technical College Foundation: $200,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetBemidji State University Alumni and Foundation: $200,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetMinnesota Public Radio American Public Media: $193,238 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHmong American Partnership: $189,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetDakota Wicohan: $186,500 over 8y, 5.9% of budgetMIGIZI Communications Inc: $185,500 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetFamily Tree Inc: $180,860 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetSt Paul Youth Services: $180,500 over 6y, 5.9% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of Duluth: $168,000 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota: $161,820 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA of Minneapolis: $161,540 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFirecracker Foundation: $160,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetSead Project: $159,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetAnn Bancroft Foundation: $151,750 over 6y, 6.5% of budgetAin Dah Yung (Our Home) Center: $145,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetDiscapacitados Abriendose Caminos: $140,500 over 5y, 41% of budgetGirl Scouts of Mn and Wi River Valleys Inc: $136,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of Mankato: $133,700 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetProject Fine: $131,500 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetHealing Justice Foundation: $127,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetPillsbury United Communities: $125,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTakeaction Mn Education Fund: $124,911 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetWe Health Clinic P A: $121,500 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetMinnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assualt Coalition: $115,500 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetPower of People Leadership Institute: $115,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetBagosendaan: $114,000 over 8y, 85% of budgetMinnesota African Womens Association: $113,000 over 4y, 5.4% of budgetViolence Intervention Project: $112,500 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetAugsburg University: $111,250 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault: $108,253 over 4y, 2.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN118.9× affinity128 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Headwaters Foundation for Justice · The Minneapolis Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · The McKnight Foundation · Youthprise · Mardag Foundation · The Bush Foundation · Medica Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Women's Foundation of Minnesota

How much does Women's Foundation of Minnesota give?
Women's Foundation of Minnesota reported 90 itemized grants totaling $3,911,298, out of $4,194,063 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 69 and 108 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Women's Foundation of Minnesota fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (17%), Education (17%), Youth Development (13%).
Who are Women's Foundation of Minnesota's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Young Women's Christian Association of St Paul ($1.1M), Actm Corp ($1.0M), Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College ($880k).
Does Women's Foundation of Minnesota fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Women's Foundation of Minnesota?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Headwaters Foundation for Justice, The Minneapolis Foundation.
Where is Women's Foundation of Minnesota based?
Women's Foundation of Minnesota is based in MN.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 299 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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