How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Minnesota?

Start with the funders already giving to education in Minnesota, currently Educational Credit, Ecmc Group Inc, Serveminnesota. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Minnesota from out of state.

Who is the largest education funder in Minnesota?

Educational Credit gives the most to education organizations in Minnesota, $643M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Minnesota?

$2.1B reached 978 education organizations in Minnesota, from 2,172 funders. 77% 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 · Education

Who funds education in Minnesota

One funder dominates the giving, Educational Credit, at 30% of the total.

$2.1B

granted

978

organizations

77%

from in-state

The short version

2,172 funders gave $2.1B to 978 education organizations in Minnesota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
77% of that came from funders also based in Minnesota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of education in Minnesota is Educational Credit, at $643M.
The education organization drawing the most is Ecmc Group Inc, at $644M.

Largest funders of education in Minnesota

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

1Educational Credit$643M 2Ecmc Group Inc$248M 3Serveminnesota$144M 4Schoeneckers Foundation$85M 5Wem Foundation$75M 6The Minneapolis Foundation$54M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$51M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$48M 9The McKnight Foundation$41M 10The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation$34M

Education organizations in Minnesota that draw the most

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

968 other education organizations$659M

Ecmc Group Inc$644M Ecmc Foundation$193M University of Minnesota Foundation$142M University of St Thomas$142M Reading and Math Inc$140M Ecmc Education Inc$55M

How to find education funders in Minnesota

1
Start with the funders already active in Minnesota
The funders giving the most to education in Minnesota are Educational Credit, Ecmc Group Inc, Serveminnesota. A funder already writing education checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the education 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
23% of education money in Minnesota comes from funders elsewhere, so national education funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Minnesota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a education nonprofit in Minnesota?: Start with the funders already giving to education in Minnesota, currently Educational Credit, Ecmc Group Inc, Serveminnesota. Then look at who funds the education organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Minnesota from out of state.
Who is the largest education funder in Minnesota?: Educational Credit gives the most to education organizations in Minnesota, $643M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Minnesota?: $2.1B reached 978 education organizations in Minnesota, from 2,172 funders. 77% 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.