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

Start with the funders already giving to employment in Minnesota, currently National Education Association of The, The McKnight Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Minnesota from out of state.

Who is the largest employment funder in Minnesota?

National Education Association of The gives the most to employment organizations in Minnesota, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to employment in Minnesota?

$68M reached 83 employment organizations in Minnesota, from 337 funders. 59% 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 · Employment

Who funds employment in Minnesota

Employment funding in Minnesota is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Twin Cities Rise leads, and the money reaches 83 groups. Minnesota's employment organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 4 funders each.

$68M

granted

organizations

59%

from in-state

The short version

337 funders gave $68M to 83 employment organizations in Minnesota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
59% of that came from funders also based in Minnesota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of employment in Minnesota is National Education Association of The, at $7M.
The employment organization drawing the most is Twin Cities Rise, at $8M.

Largest funders of employment in Minnesota

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

1National Education Association of The$7M 2The McKnight Foundation$6M 3The Chicago Community Trust$6M 4The James M Stanton Foundation$4M 5The Minneapolis Foundation$3M 6Greater Twin Cities United Way$3M 7Target Foundation$2M 8Otto Bremer Trust$2M 9Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation$2M 10Lennar Foundation$1M

Employment organizations in Minnesota that draw the most

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

73 other employment organizations$17M

Twin Cities Rise$8M Minnesota Assistance Council For$7M Centro de Trabajadores Unidos En Lucha$7M Communidades Latinas Unidas$7M Education Minnesota$7M Hired$5M

How to find employment funders in Minnesota

1
Start with the funders already active in Minnesota
The funders giving the most to employment in Minnesota are National Education Association of The, The McKnight Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust. A funder already writing employment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the employment 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
41% of employment money in Minnesota comes from funders elsewhere, so national employment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Minnesota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a employment nonprofit in Minnesota?: Start with the funders already giving to employment in Minnesota, currently National Education Association of The, The McKnight Foundation, The Chicago Community Trust. Then look at who funds the employment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Minnesota from out of state.
Who is the largest employment funder in Minnesota?: National Education Association of The gives the most to employment organizations in Minnesota, $7M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to employment in Minnesota?: $68M reached 83 employment organizations in Minnesota, from 337 funders. 59% 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.

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The regranting layer

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Strange bedfellows

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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.