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, Mayo Clinic, 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, $5.3B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to health in Minnesota?

$7.8B reached 386 health organizations in Minnesota, from 1,887 funders. 93% 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 72% of every health grant dollar in Minnesota. One funder dominates the giving, Mayo Clinic Group Return, at 68% of the total.

$7.8B

granted

386

organizations

93%

from in-state

The short version

1,887 funders gave $7.8B to 386 health organizations in Minnesota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
93% 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 $5.3B.
The health organization drawing the most is Mayo Clinic, at $5.6B.

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$5.3B 2Mayo Clinic$1.1B 3Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation$118M 4Ucare Minnesota$115M 5Ucare Foundation$101M 6Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$52M 7Children's Health Care Foundation$46M 8Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$46M 9Allina Health Foundation$41M 10Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation$31M

Health organizations in Minnesota that draw the most

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

Mayo Clinic$5.6B Mayo Clinic Jacksonville$644M

376 other health organizations$515M

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, Mayo Clinic, 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, Mayo Clinic, 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, $5.3B across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to health in Minnesota?: $7.8B reached 386 health organizations in Minnesota, from 1,887 funders. 93% 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.