Funding · Minnesota · Human services
Who funds human services in Minnesota
Human services funding in Minnesota is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Planned Parenthood Minnesota North leads, and the money reaches 843 groups.
The short version
- 1,564 funders gave $680M to 843 human services organizations in Minnesota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
- 63% of that came from funders also based in Minnesota; the rest reached in from out of state.
- The largest funder of human services in Minnesota is Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, at $66M.
- The human services organization drawing the most is Planned Parenthood Minnesota North, at $44M.
Largest funders of human services in Minnesota
The funders giving the most to human services organizations in Minnesota, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.
Human services organizations in Minnesota that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
How to find human services funders in Minnesota
- 1Start with the funders already active in Minnesota
The funders giving the most to human services in Minnesota are Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
- 2See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services 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.
- 3Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
37% of human services money in Minnesota comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Minnesota.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Minnesota?
- Start with the funders already giving to human services in Minnesota, currently Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Minnesota from out of state.
- Who is the largest human services funder in Minnesota?
- Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund gives the most to human services organizations in Minnesota, $66M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
- How much grant money goes to human services in Minnesota?
- $680M reached 843 human services organizations in Minnesota, from 1,564 funders. 63% 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
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.