How do I find funders for a medical research nonprofit in Minnesota?

Start with the funders already giving to medical research in Minnesota, currently Allina Health System, Skylight Charitable Trust, American Assoc of Neuromuscular &. Then look at who funds the medical research 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 medical research in Minnesota?

$35M reached 39 medical research organizations in Minnesota, from 201 funders. 47% 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 · Medical research

Who funds medical research in Minnesota

Three organizations take 77% of all medical research funding in Minnesota, led by Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation. Minnesota's medical research organizations are comparatively well-backed, averaging 5 funders each.

$35M

granted

organizations

47%

from in-state

The short version

201 funders gave $35M to 39 medical research organizations in Minnesota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
47% of that came from funders also based in Minnesota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of medical research in Minnesota is Allina Health System, at $6M.
The medical research organization drawing the most is Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, at $11M.

Largest funders of medical research in Minnesota

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

1Allina Health System$6M 2Skylight Charitable Trust$4M 3American Assoc of Neuromuscular &$2M 4Hennepin Healthcare System Inc$2M 5Yale University$1M 6American Academy of Neurology Institute$1M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$1M 8The Minneapolis Foundation$1M 9Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$1M 10Vanderbilt University Medical Center$1M

Medical research organizations in Minnesota that draw the most

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

Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation$11M American Brain Foundation$10M Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute$6M American Neuromuscular Foundation$2M

29 other medical research organizations$2M

How to find medical research funders in Minnesota

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Start with the funders already active in Minnesota
The funders giving the most to medical research in Minnesota are Allina Health System, Skylight Charitable Trust, American Assoc of Neuromuscular &. A funder already writing medical research checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the medical research 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
53% of medical research money in Minnesota comes from funders elsewhere, so national medical research funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Minnesota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a medical research nonprofit in Minnesota?: Start with the funders already giving to medical research in Minnesota, currently Allina Health System, Skylight Charitable Trust, American Assoc of Neuromuscular &. Then look at who funds the medical research organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Minnesota from out of state.
Who is the largest medical research funder in Minnesota?: Allina Health System gives the most to medical research organizations in Minnesota, $6M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to medical research in Minnesota?: $35M reached 39 medical research organizations in Minnesota, from 201 funders. 47% 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.