How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Minnesota?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Minnesota, currently The McKnight Foundation, Wem Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Minnesota from out of state.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Minnesota?

$629M reached 709 arts and culture organizations in Minnesota, from 1,131 funders. 55% came from funders also based in Minnesota.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Minnesota · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Minnesota

$629M reached 709 arts and culture organizations in Minnesota, from 1,131 funders, with no single one dominating.

$629M

granted

709

organizations

55%

from in-state

The short version

1,131 funders gave $629M to 709 arts and culture organizations in Minnesota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
55% of that came from funders also based in Minnesota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Minnesota is The McKnight Foundation, at $50M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Borealis Philanthropy, at $99M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Minnesota

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in Minnesota, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1The McKnight Foundation$50M 2Wem Foundation$38M 3Corporation for Public Broadcasting$36M 4Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation$35M 5American Public Media Group$32M 6The Minneapolis Foundation$30M 7The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation$18M 8Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$16M 9The Ford Foundation$15M 10The Arts Partnership$13M

Arts and culture organizations in Minnesota that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

699 other arts and culture organizations$315M

Borealis Philanthropy$99M Minnesota Public Radio$72M Minnesota Historical Society$32M Twin Cities Public Television Inc$27M

How to find arts and culture funders in Minnesota

1
Start with the funders already active in Minnesota
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Minnesota are The McKnight Foundation, Wem Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
45% of arts and culture money in Minnesota comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Minnesota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Minnesota?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Minnesota, currently The McKnight Foundation, Wem Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Minnesota from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Minnesota?: The McKnight Foundation gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Minnesota, $50M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Minnesota?: $629M reached 709 arts and culture organizations in Minnesota, from 1,131 funders. 55% came from funders also based in Minnesota.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.