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

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

Who is the largest housing funder in Minnesota?

The McKnight Foundation gives the most to housing organizations in Minnesota, $37M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in Minnesota?

$226M reached 172 housing organizations in Minnesota, from 535 funders. 73% 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 · Housing

Who funds housing in Minnesota

$226M reached 172 housing organizations in Minnesota, from 535 funders, with no single one dominating.

$226M

granted

172

organizations

73%

from in-state

The short version

535 funders gave $226M to 172 housing organizations in Minnesota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
73% of that came from funders also based in Minnesota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in Minnesota is The McKnight Foundation, at $37M.
The housing organization drawing the most is People Serving People Inc, at $30M.

Largest funders of housing in Minnesota

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

1The McKnight Foundation$37M 2People Serving People Charities Inc$28M 3The Chicago Community Trust$15M 4Presbyterian Homes Housing & Assisted$13M 5Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$11M 6Volunteers of America National Services$9M 7Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$7M 8Catholic Community Foundation$6M 9Otto Bremer Trust$6M 10The Minneapolis Foundation$5M

Housing organizations in Minnesota that draw the most

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

162 other housing organizations$94M

People Serving People Inc$30M Jeremiah Program$27M Greater Minnesota Housing Fund$13M City of Lakes Community Land Trust$13M

How to find housing funders in Minnesota

1
Start with the funders already active in Minnesota
The funders giving the most to housing in Minnesota are The McKnight Foundation, People Serving People Charities Inc, The Chicago Community Trust. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing 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
27% of housing money in Minnesota comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Minnesota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Minnesota?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in Minnesota, currently The McKnight Foundation, People Serving People Charities Inc, The Chicago Community Trust. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Minnesota from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in Minnesota?: The McKnight Foundation gives the most to housing organizations in Minnesota, $37M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in Minnesota?: $226M reached 172 housing organizations in Minnesota, from 535 funders. 73% 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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The DAF merry-go-round

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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.