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

Start with the funders already giving to science in Minnesota, currently Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, Children's Cancer Research Fund, Museum of Science. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Minnesota from out of state.

Who is the largest science funder in Minnesota?

Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research gives the most to science organizations in Minnesota, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to science in Minnesota?

$13M reached 47 science organizations in Minnesota, from 103 funders. 33% 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 · Science

Who funds science in Minnesota

Funding is concentrated: University of Minnesota Foundation alone draws 43% of every science grant dollar in Minnesota.

$13M

granted

organizations

33%

from in-state

The short version

103 funders gave $13M to 47 science organizations in Minnesota across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
33% of that came from funders also based in Minnesota; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of science in Minnesota is Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, at $2M.
The science organization drawing the most is University of Minnesota Foundation, at $5M.

Largest funders of science in Minnesota

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

1Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research$2M 2Children's Cancer Research Fund$2M 3Museum of Science$2M 43m Open Fund$556k 5Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc$500k 6George W Neilson Foundation$422k 7The Blackbaud Giving Fund$373k 8Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation Inc$341k 9The Heising-Simons Foundation$295k 10Arizona Science Center$276k

Science organizations in Minnesota that draw the most

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

University of Minnesota Foundation$5M Science Museum of Minnesota$3M

37 other science organizations$2M

Native Skywatchers Incorporated$484k New Hope Research Foundation Inc$417k

How to find science funders in Minnesota

1
Start with the funders already active in Minnesota
The funders giving the most to science in Minnesota are Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, Children's Cancer Research Fund, Museum of Science. A funder already writing science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the science 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
67% of science money in Minnesota comes from funders elsewhere, so national science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Minnesota.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a science nonprofit in Minnesota?: Start with the funders already giving to science in Minnesota, currently Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, Children's Cancer Research Fund, Museum of Science. Then look at who funds the science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Minnesota from out of state.
Who is the largest science funder in Minnesota?: Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research gives the most to science organizations in Minnesota, $2M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to science in Minnesota?: $13M reached 47 science organizations in Minnesota, from 103 funders. 33% 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.