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 Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, American Public Media Group. 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?

$1.5B reached 1,307 arts and culture organizations in Minnesota, from 1,955 funders. 61% 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

$1.5B reached 1,307 arts and culture organizations in Minnesota, from 1,955 funders, with no single one dominating.

$1.5B

granted

1,307

organizations

61%

from in-state

The short version

1,955 funders gave $1.5B to 1,307 arts and culture organizations in Minnesota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
61% 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 Corporation for Public Broadcasting, at $172M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media, at $207M.

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.

1Corporation for Public Broadcasting$172M 2Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation$102M 3American Public Media Group$89M 4Wem Foundation$81M 5The Minneapolis Foundation$67M 6The McKnight Foundation$61M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$58M 8The Arts Partnership$42M 9National Philanthropic Trust$40M 10The Wurtele Foundation$32M

Arts and culture organizations in Minnesota that draw the most

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

1,297 other arts and culture organizations$878M

Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$207M Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts$75M Minnesota Orchestral Association$52M Minnesota Historical Society$44M

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 Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, American Public Media Group. 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
39% 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 Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, American Public Media Group. 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?: Corporation for Public Broadcasting gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Minnesota, $172M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Minnesota?: $1.5B reached 1,307 arts and culture organizations in Minnesota, from 1,955 funders. 61% 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 unnamed billions

grants reported with no recipient in the public record

The regranting layer

51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

The endowment market

who holds foundation money, and what just moved

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; 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.