Foundations that fund organizations in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Minneapolis nonprofits
2,286 private foundations gave $772M to Minneapolis organizations in their latest filings; 37 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
8,203 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Minneapolis around $220K. 56 of these funders are based in Minnesota; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 2,286
- Accept applications
- 37
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Minneapolis
- $772M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 8,203
- Typical median grant
- $220K
- Based in MN
- 56%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Minneapolis organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wem Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 51 | $152M | $1.0M | Preselected only | General |
| The McKnight Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 202 | $50M | $100K | Yes | for general operating support; to leverage power to transform systems and ensure intersect…; for award programs supporting research in neuroscience |
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Indianapolis, IN | 7 | $38M | $1.0M | Yes | Thriving congregations initiative; Christian faith&life storytellg init; Clergy health and wellness hub proj |
| Jtb Family Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | $15M | $15M | Preselected only | General support |
| The Bush Foundation | St Paul, MN | 34 | $14M | $150K | Yes | This ecosystem grant provides general operating support for…; Support for work related to a program-related investment in…; To spread a gender-affirming care model to serve communitie… |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 23 | $13M | $230K | Yes | Matching gifts; 80501 honoring culturally based approaches to keeping tobac…; 78324 understanding and sharing historical and current comm… |
| The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 116 | $13M | $35K | Yes | Human services; Education; Health |
| Otto Bremer Trust | St Paul, MN | 30 | $13M | $200K | Yes | General operations; Food programs; Relief agency |
| US Bank Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | 1 | $12M | $12M | Yes | General purpose |
| Margaret a Cargill Foundation | Eden Prairie, MN | 26 | $11M | $2,500 | Preselected only | Employee service award; Other operating support; Midwest culture bearers award |
| Windgate Charitable Foundation Inc | Little Rock, AR | 5 | $11M | $400K | Preselected only | Art & culture |
| Rbc Foundation - USA | Minneapolis, MN | 8 | $10M | $461K | Yes | General |
| Pohlad Family Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 91 | $7.9M | $50K | Yes | General operating support; For housing stability services and supports; For organizational capacity building |
| Cargill Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 51 | $7.9M | $125K | Yes | Participation recognition cargill foundation childhood nutr…; Stem for all; Career and college readiness minneapolis (mps) and saint pa… |
| Bentson Foundation | Wayzata, MN | 9 | $7.7M | $50K | Yes | General |
| Lynne & Andrew Redleaf Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 9 | $7.6M | $701K | Preselected only | General operations; Mental health and addiction services; General operations, support services |
| Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation | Bayport, MN | 41 | $7.4M | $45K | Yes | General operating; Program or project; Capital campaign |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 6 | $7.2M | $463K | Yes | Postsecondary education; Maternal, newborn, child nutrition and health; Delivery of solutions to improve global health; research an… |
| Elmer L & Eleanor J Andersen Foundation | St Paul, MN | 1 | $5.5M | $5.5M | Preselected only | See schedule a |
| Target Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 49 | $5.3M | $100K | Yes | Economic opportunity - hometown; Economic opportunity - hometown (ecosystem) |
| The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 4 | $5.2M | $900K | Preselected only | Improving survival outcomes through university of minnesota…; Continuing development of oxygen super-saturated saline for…; Engineering antigen-specific regulatory t cells for use in… |
| Pepsico Foundation Inc | Purchase, NY | 1 | $5.2M | $5.2M | Preselected only | Scholarship Program |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 13 | $5.0M | $300K | Yes | For general operating support; For the conveners network leadership development and conven…; For the carbon management program |
| The Wurtele Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | $5.0M | $5.0M | Preselected only | General operations of the organization |
| Kahr Foundation-Ima | Minnetrista, MN | 17 | $4.9M | $125K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | 16 | $4.7M | $238K | Yes | Matching gift; Core support for the spark justice fund to support grassroo…; Core support for the fund for trans generations to support… |
| The Kendeda Fund | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $4.5M | $4.5M | Preselected only | implementation fund of the 10-year strategic plan |
| Wells Fargo Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 22 | $4.5M | $43K | Preselected only | General Operating Support; Support for Northside Forward; Business Development Support for |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | 7 | $4.4M | $400K | Yes | To support leadership transition and a different approach t…; To continue support for indigenous foodways education; To continue support for the national institute for directin… |
| Room & Board Foundation | Golden Valley, MN | 2 | $4.4M | $2.2M | Preselected only | Unrestricted charitable grant |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | New York, NY | 10 | $4.2M | $375K | Preselected only | Advancing lgbtqi rights; General operating support; Advancing racial justice |
| The Sauer Family Foundation | St Paul, MN | 33 | $4.0M | $95K | Yes | Building strong family relationships; Building emotional well-being; Building educational success |
| Builders Vision Foundation | Chicago, IL | 12 | $3.9M | $250K | Preselected only | to support an arts project in Chicago; to support a project involving coordination with non-operat…; to provide general operating support |
| Peter J King Family Foundation | Golden Valley, MN | 8 | $3.7M | $310K | Preselected only | General purpose |
| The James M Stanton Foundation | Bloomington, MN | 15 | $3.7M | $100K | Preselected only | Human services |
| Lejeune Family Foundation | Wayzata, MN | 3 | $3.4M | $50K | Preselected only | General operations |
| Mortenson Family Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 129 | $3.1M | $15K | Yes | Unrestricted; Smith foundry; Sumner library |
| Lenzmeier Family Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 16 | $3.1M | $93K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Enlight Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $3.0M | $3.0M | Preselected only | Education |
| Ghr Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 22 | $2.9M | $25K | Preselected only | General Operations; General Operations; Expansion Pilot; St. Peter Claver Catholic School |
| Cla Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 6 | $2.9M | $48K | Preselected only | Program specific support; General operating |
| The James Irvine Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 2 | $2.7M | $1.4M | Preselected only | To support Research and Development in CA; To support Fair Work in California |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 5 | $2.7M | $220K | Yes | Working towards a resilient and equitable food system; Fostering youth development and leadership |
| Northwest Area Foundation | St Paul, MN | 16 | $2.6M | $125K | Preselected only | General operating support; Sponsorship; Grantmaking for indigenous, black and ecosystem-building su… |
| Dominium Foundation | Plymouth, MN | 2 | $2.6M | $1.3M | Preselected only | General operating |
| Freedom Together Foundation | New York, NY | 5 | $2.5M | $400K | Preselected only | Building clean: saving resources, creating jobs, and improv…; Black-led movement fund; Communities transforming policing fund |
| Skylight Charitable Trust | Scottsdale, AZ | 5 | $2.5M | $377K | Preselected only | General support; Psp genomics initiative; Neural inflammation project fund study |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | 5 | $2.5M | $250K | Preselected only | In support of disability inclusion fund's difxtech; In support of the disability inclusion fund; For flexible support of the racial equity in journalism fund |
| Leon J Simkins Charitable Foundation | Miami, FL | 1 | $2.4M | $2.4M | Preselected only | Charitable |
| Antonello Family Foundation | New Brighton, MN | 1 | $2.4M | $2.4M | Preselected only | Art donation |
| Piper Sandler Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 11 | $2.3M | $5,000 | Yes | Board leader program; Gift matching payments; Corporate match payment |
| Hugh J Andersen Foundation | Bayport, MN | 44 | $2.2M | $40K | Yes | General operating support; East metro general operating support; Crane ord. apartments-capital improv |
| Wilson Foundation | St Paul, MN | 9 | $2.2M | $300K | Preselected only | Joint/workforce grant; Climate/policy, workforce/poverty grant; Climate/policy grant |
| Sps Commerce Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | $2.1M | $2.1M | Preselected only | Community charities |
| Abbvie Foundation | North Chicago, IL | 1 | $2.1M | $2.1M | Preselected only | Scholarships Management Fees and Awards |
| The Jennings Family Foundation C/O National Christian Foundation Tc | Edina, MN | 12 | $2.0M | $75K | Yes | General Support |
| George Family Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 46 | $2.0M | $20K | Preselected only | Core mission support; Supplemental grant for true north leadership program at 1440; Conservation crew program |
| Schnieders Family Foundation | St Paul, MN | 5 | $2.0M | $2,000 | Preselected only | Program support |
| Carolyn Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 2 | $2.0M | $1.0M | Yes | See attachment 2; See attachment 3 |
| The Joyce Foundation | Chicago, IL | 15 | $2.0M | $100K | Yes | Education & economic mobility; Environment; Democracy |
| John and Denise Graves Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 53 | $2.0M | $35K | Yes | Education; Youth development; Discretionary |
| Foundation for Educational Research and Development | Paradise Valley, AZ | 4 | $2.0M | $263K | Preselected only | General charitable purpose |
| Hugh and Michelle Harvey Family Foundation | Denver, CO | 1 | $2.0M | $2.0M | Preselected only | Program specific |
| Joyful Noise Charitable Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 5 | $2.0M | $27K | Preselected only | Program support; Scholarships; Capital campaign support |
| John Templeton Foundation | West Conshohocken, PA | 3 | $1.9M | $574K | Yes | Agency, directionality, and function: foundations for a sci…; For general support; Rooted in relationships: cultivating character through comm… |
| Sit Investment Associates Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 46 | $1.9M | $10K | Preselected only | Operating |
| The Kresge Foundation | Troy, MI | 14 | $1.9M | $119K | Yes | General operating support; Project support for pre-development of mixed-use affordable…; Project support for a hybrid convening |
| Prospect Creek Foundation | Wayzata, MN | 6 | $1.8M | $18K | Yes | Operational |
| Manitou Fund | White Bear Lake, MN | 10 | $1.8M | $100K | Preselected only | General operating; Conservation crew program; Literacy programs |
| Swenson Family Foundation | Orange, CA | 3 | $1.8M | $132K | Preselected only | Swenson sail program 2025; Glensheen, 2025; To further the exempt purpose of the organization |
| Arcus Foundation | New York, NY | 3 | $1.8M | $525K | Yes | Support for the emerging lgbtq leaders of color fund to res…; Support for the fund for trans generations to build a free… |
| Democracy Fund Inc | Washington, DC | 4 | $1.6M | $225K | Preselected only | Program support for the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund; Program support for the Racial Equity in Journalism Fund Fe…; Program support for Tribal Broadband Bootcamp |
| Bcbsm Foundation Inc | St Paul, MN | 21 | $1.6M | $75K | Yes | Spark Education; To increase healthcare enrollment among the most impacted c…; Welcome Home Afghans in MN |
| David & Janis Larson Foundation C/O FIRST Trust Company LLC | Minneapolis, MN | 9 | $1.6M | $100K | Preselected only | General charitable purposes; Larson leadership development |
| Intel Foundation | Hillsboro, OR | 1 | $1.6M | $1.6M | Preselected only | Andy grove scholarship for intel employees' children |
| Harry & Jan Sweere Foundation | Lakeville, MN | 8 | $1.5M | $50K | Preselected only | General Operations; Conference in Colorado, Scholarship Program; Group Therapy |
| Hrk Foundation | St Paul, MN | 52 | $1.5M | $5,000 | Yes | Gos; Keep our clinics program; Early youth eyecare (e.y.e.) st. paul program |
| Waverley Street Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Preselected only | Soil Health Opportunities & Tools (SHOT) Fund |
| Up in Smoke Foundation | Naples, FL | 2 | $1.5M | $750K | Preselected only | General support |
| The Douglass Brandenborg Family Fdn | Edina, MN | 14 | $1.4M | $100K | Preselected only | General operating support; General operating support, matching grant; General operating support, stem day support |
| The Baszucki Family Foundation | San Mateo, CA | 2 | $1.4M | $695K | Preselected only | 16-week ketogenic intervention for bipolar depression: road…; Funders for regenerative agriculture membership. |
| Cross Works Foundation | St Joseph, MN | 6 | $1.4M | $98K | Preselected only | General fund |
| Arie and Ida Crown Memorial | Chicago, IL | 5 | $1.3M | $100K | Yes | Program; General operating |
| Xcel Energy Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 117 | $1.3M | $1,004 | Yes | Match credit card donation (501(c)3) grant; Match a previous donation (501(c)3) grant; Community vitality |
| Dr Ralph & Marian Falk Medical Research Tr | Dallas, TX | 6 | $1.3M | $190K | Yes | Severity measure- adductor; T3 therapy - heart failure; Sound waves assessment via |
| Alliss Educational Foundation-Equity | Milwaukee, WI | 3 | $1.3M | $262K | Yes | General operating |
| The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | 48 | $1.3M | $10K | Preselected only | General operating support; For a girls' empowerment outing at stem night at mn lynx ga…; Please see grant agreement letter |
| Foundation for a Just Society | New York, NY | 2 | $1.3M | $625K | Preselected only | To support the black-led movement fund; To support the emerging lgbtq leaders of color fund (ellc) |
| The Peterson Family Foundation | Excelsior, MN | 1 | $1.2M | $1.2M | Preselected only | General support |
| Jpmorgan Chase Foundation | New York, NY | 33 | $1.2M | $500 | Preselected only | Matching contribution (general operating support); In support of financial health; In support of underserved small business expansion |
| The Wallace Foundation | New York, NY | 4 | $1.2M | $150K | Preselected only | To participate in Wallace's Advancing Well-Being in the Art… |
| Blythe Brenden-Mann Foundation | Sioux Falls, SD | 8 | $1.2M | $20K | Preselected only | General operating; Various funds; Various funds and |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 12 | $1.2M | $74K | Preselected only | Localization of waves; W. i. fine theoretical physics institute; Moire materials |
| Acorn Charitable Trust | Minneapolis, MN | 1 | $1.2M | $1.2M | Preselected only | General purpose to be determined by the grantee |
| Alumbra Innovations Foundation | Bentonville, AR | 1 | $1.2M | $1.2M | Preselected only | to support the Center for Infectious Disease Research and P… |
| Ciresi Walburn Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 14 | $1.1M | $75K | Yes | Education; Ascension catholic academy; Community |
| Good Ventures Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 2 | $1.1M | $556K | Preselected only | Research initiative; Assess the capability of large language models to automate… |
| Opus Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | 33 | $1.1M | $5,000 | Preselected only | General Operations; Giving Campaign; Program Support |
| Patrick and Aimee Butler Family | St Paul, MN | 30 | $1.1M | $28K | Preselected only | General operating support; New youth housing facility in north; Capital improvements to the northsid |
| David & Leni Moore Family Foundation II | New York, NY | 1 | $1.1M | $1.1M | Preselected only | General purpose |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in Minneapolis, Minnesota?
Wem Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, Lilly Endowment Inc, Jtb Family Foundation, The Bush Foundation and 95 others reported grants to Minneapolis organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in Minneapolis. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.