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 United States, Ecmc Foundation, Greater Twin Cities United Way. 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 United States gives the most to employment organizations in Minnesota, $20M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to employment in Minnesota?

$245M reached 370 employment organizations in Minnesota, from 659 funders. 58% 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 Communidades Latinas Unidas En Servico Inc leads, and the money reaches 370 groups.

$245M

granted

370

organizations

58%

from in-state

The short version

659 funders gave $245M to 370 employment organizations in Minnesota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
58% 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 United States, at $20M.
The employment organization drawing the most is Communidades Latinas Unidas En Servico Inc, at $20M.

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 United States$20M 2Ecmc Foundation$15M 3Greater Twin Cities United Way$14M 4Cwi Works Inc$14M 5Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation$8M 6The Minneapolis Foundation$8M 7United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipe$7M 8Sanford Group Return$7M 9Goodwill-Easter Seals Foundation Inc$6M 10Otto Bremer Trust$6M

Employment organizations in Minnesota that draw the most

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

360 other employment organizations$112M

Communidades Latinas Unidas En Servico Inc$20M Education Minnesota$20M Twin Cities Rise$17M Goodwill Industries Inc$15M Ecmc Education Inc$14M East Side Neighborhood Services Inc$12M Centro de Trabajadores Unidos En Lucha$12M Hmong American Partnership$9M

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 United States, Ecmc Foundation, Greater Twin Cities United Way. 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
42% 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 United States, Ecmc Foundation, Greater Twin Cities United Way. 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 United States gives the most to employment organizations in Minnesota, $20M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to employment in Minnesota?: $245M reached 370 employment organizations in Minnesota, from 659 funders. 58% 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.