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

Start with the funders already giving to education in Minnesota, currently Educational Credit Management Corporation, 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 Management Corporation gives the most to education organizations in Minnesota, $1.9B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to education in Minnesota?

$5.6B reached 1,675 education organizations in Minnesota, from 3,682 funders. 76% 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 Management Corporation, at 33% of the total.

$5.6B

granted

1,675

organizations

76%

from in-state

The short version

3,682 funders gave $5.6B to 1,675 education organizations in Minnesota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
76% 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 Management Corporation, at $1.9B.
The education organization drawing the most is Ecmc Group Inc, at $1.8B.

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 Management Corporation$1.9B 2Ecmc Group Inc$705M 3Serveminnesota$272M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$132M 5Schoeneckers Foundation$119M 6The Minneapolis Foundation$111M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$106M 8Wem Foundation$85M 9The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation$78M 10Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation$72M

Education organizations in Minnesota that draw the most

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

Ecmc Group Inc$1.8B

1,665 other education organizations$1.7B

Ecmc Education Inc$441M University of Minnesota Foundation$391M Ecmc Foundation$287M Reading and Math Inc$265M

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 Management Corporation, 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
24% 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 Management Corporation, 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 Management Corporation gives the most to education organizations in Minnesota, $1.9B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to education in Minnesota?: $5.6B reached 1,675 education organizations in Minnesota, from 3,682 funders. 76% 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.