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

Start with the funders already giving to health in Minnesota, currently Mayo Clinic Group Return, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Minnesota from out of state.

Who is the largest health funder in Minnesota?

Mayo Clinic Group Return gives the most to health organizations in Minnesota, $11.2B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to health in Minnesota?

$15.2B reached 1,493 health organizations in Minnesota, from 5,066 funders. 88% 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 · Health

Who funds health in Minnesota

Funding is concentrated: Mayo Clinic alone draws 82% of every health grant dollar in Minnesota. One funder dominates the giving, Mayo Clinic Group Return, at 74% of the total.

$15.2B

granted

1,493

organizations

88%

from in-state

The short version

5,066 funders gave $15.2B to 1,493 health organizations in Minnesota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
88% of that came from funders also based in Minnesota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of health in Minnesota is Mayo Clinic Group Return, at $11.2B.
The health organization drawing the most is Mayo Clinic, at $12.4B.

Largest funders of health in Minnesota

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

1Mayo Clinic Group Return$11.2B 2Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$167M 3Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation$160M 4Children's Health Care Foundation$117M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$98M 6Critical Access Group$97M 7The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc$87M 8Allina Health Foundation$71M 9Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation Inc C/O Joel E Sammet & Co LLP$70M 10Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation$66M

Health organizations in Minnesota that draw the most

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

Mayo Clinic$12B

1,483 other health organizations$1.9B

How to find health funders in Minnesota

1
Start with the funders already active in Minnesota
The funders giving the most to health in Minnesota are Mayo Clinic Group Return, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. A funder already writing health checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the health 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
Most health money here is local, so focus on Minnesota funders first before widening the search.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a health nonprofit in Minnesota?: Start with the funders already giving to health in Minnesota, currently Mayo Clinic Group Return, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. Then look at who funds the health organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Minnesota from out of state.
Who is the largest health funder in Minnesota?: Mayo Clinic Group Return gives the most to health organizations in Minnesota, $11.2B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to health in Minnesota?: $15.2B reached 1,493 health organizations in Minnesota, from 5,066 funders. 88% 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 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

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.