How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Minnesota?

Start with the funders already giving to community development in Minnesota, currently The Bush Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development 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 community development in Minnesota?

$753M reached 822 community development organizations in Minnesota, from 1,157 funders. 72% 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 · Community development

Who funds community development in Minnesota

Community development funding in Minnesota is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Nexus Community Partners leads, and the money reaches 822 groups.

$753M

granted

822

organizations

72%

from in-state

The short version

1,157 funders gave $753M to 822 community development organizations in Minnesota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
72% of that came from funders also based in Minnesota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of community development in Minnesota is The Bush Foundation, at $83M.
The community development organization drawing the most is Nexus Community Partners, at $75M.

Largest funders of community development in Minnesota

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

1The Bush Foundation$83M 2The McKnight Foundation$77M 3The Minneapolis Foundation$40M 4Otto Bremer Trust$33M 5The Chicago Community Trust$29M 6Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation$27M 7Target Foundation$22M 8CSJ Ministries Foundation$20M 9Greater Twin Cities United Way$18M 10Northwest Area Foundation$14M

Community development organizations in Minnesota that draw the most

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

812 other community development organizations$439M

Nexus Community Partners$75M

How to find community development funders in Minnesota

1
Start with the funders already active in Minnesota
The funders giving the most to community development in Minnesota are The Bush Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation. A funder already writing community development checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the community development 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
28% of community development money in Minnesota comes from funders elsewhere, so national community development funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Minnesota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a community development nonprofit in Minnesota?: Start with the funders already giving to community development in Minnesota, currently The Bush Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation. Then look at who funds the community development organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Minnesota from out of state.
Who is the largest community development funder in Minnesota?: The Bush Foundation gives the most to community development organizations in Minnesota, $83M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to community development in Minnesota?: $753M reached 822 community development organizations in Minnesota, from 1,157 funders. 72% 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.