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

Start with the funders already giving to environment in Minnesota, currently The McKnight Foundation, United States Energy Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment 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 environment in Minnesota?

$149M reached 141 environment organizations in Minnesota, from 550 funders. 46% 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 · Environment

Who funds environment in Minnesota

$149M reached 141 environment organizations in Minnesota, from 550 funders, with no single one dominating.

$149M

granted

141

organizations

46%

from in-state

The short version

550 funders gave $149M to 141 environment organizations in Minnesota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
46% of that came from funders also based in Minnesota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of environment in Minnesota is The McKnight Foundation, at $22M.
The environment organization drawing the most is Fresh Energy, at $18M.

Largest funders of environment in Minnesota

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

1The McKnight Foundation$22M 2United States Energy Foundation$10M 3The Minneapolis Foundation$9M 4Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation$7M 5University of Minnesota Foundation$5M 6Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$4M 7Climate Imperative Foundation$4M 8John D and Catherine T Macarthur$3M 9Freedom Together Foundation$3M 10Serveminnesota$3M

Environment organizations in Minnesota that draw the most

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

131 other environment organizations$60M

Fresh Energy$18M BlueGreen Alliance Foundation$17M Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation$9M Voyageur Outward Bound School$7M

How to find environment funders in Minnesota

1
Start with the funders already active in Minnesota
The funders giving the most to environment in Minnesota are The McKnight Foundation, United States Energy Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation. A funder already writing environment checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the environment 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
54% of environment money in Minnesota comes from funders elsewhere, so national environment funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Minnesota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a environment nonprofit in Minnesota?: Start with the funders already giving to environment in Minnesota, currently The McKnight Foundation, United States Energy Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation. Then look at who funds the environment organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Minnesota from out of state.
Who is the largest environment funder in Minnesota?: The McKnight Foundation gives the most to environment organizations in Minnesota, $22M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to environment in Minnesota?: $149M reached 141 environment organizations in Minnesota, from 550 funders. 46% 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.