Minnesota · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Minnesota

Imperigo has identified 426 funders that made 2,715 grants totaling $213.4M to 306 community improvement organizations in Minnesota, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Community Improvement Funding in Minnesota

Total granted $213.4M
Funders 426
Grants 2,715
Organizations funded 306

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. CSJ Ministries Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $20.1M · through 2023 · 86.7% of their giving
$20.1M
2. Banyan Investment Corporation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.7M · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$5.7M
3. The Minneapolis Foundation
170 grants to 55 organizations · largest $3.2M · through 2024 · 2.6% of their giving
$15.6M
4. Northwest Private Industry Council Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $568K · through 2024 · 75.9% of their giving
$1.9M
5. Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
184 grants to 68 organizations · largest $876K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$12.5M
6. Propel Nonprofits
21 grants to 13 organizations · largest $698K · through 2024 · 9.7% of their giving
$2.4M
7. Greater Twin Cities United Way
40 grants to 16 organizations · largest $628K · through 2024 · 4.9% of their giving
$4.6M
8. Nice Ride Minnesota
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $644K · through 2023 · 96.3% of their giving
$644K
9. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $590K · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$2.2M
10. Taylor Family Farms Foundation Inc
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $320K · through 2025 · 15.4% of their giving
$688K
11. United Way of Southwest Minnesota
23 grants to 2 organizations · largest $48K · through 2024 · 32.6% of their giving
$464K
12. Service Employees Intl Union Local 26
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $192K · through 2023 · 37.4% of their giving
$342K
13. The Jones Family Foundation
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 11.8% of their giving
$501K
14. Granite Charitable
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $229K · through 2024 · 11.8% of their giving
$453K
15. United Way of Douglas & Pope Counties
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $58K · through 2024 · 19.7% of their giving
$267K
16. Rf Catalytic Capital Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 1.5% of their giving
$3.5M
17. Twin Cities-Metro Certified Development
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 40.0% of their giving
$240K
18. Suncoast Credit Union
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2020 · 8.5% of their giving
$500K
19. United Way of Nobles County
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2023 · 28.3% of their giving
$210K
20. United Way of Mower County Inc
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $155K · through 2024 · 7.7% of their giving
$535K
21. Minnesota Wild Foundation
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $86K · through 2024 · 13.9% of their giving
$284K
22. Cfleads
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2021 · 8.4% of their giving
$400K
23. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $608K · through 2023
$4.5M
24. StriveTogether Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $525K · through 2023 · 1.9% of their giving
$1.7M
25. The Chicago Community Trust
12 grants to 6 organizations · largest $15.0M · through 2023
$15.3M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to community improvement work in Minnesota, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 13 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering community improvement work, with an address in Minnesota. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable community improvement funding in Minnesota, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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