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 2 of 4

26. Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation
23 grants to 11 organizations · largest $70K · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$597K
27. The Constellation Fund
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $150K · through 2023 · 3.9% of their giving
$769K
28. Drywall and Interior Systems Contractors Association Inc of NJ
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $69K · through 2024 · 19.9% of their giving
$130K
29. Family Housing Fund
17 grants to 11 organizations · largest $120K · through 2025 · 3.8% of their giving
$679K
30. Communitygiving
27 grants to 12 organizations · largest $223K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$1.4M
31. Spring Lake Park Lions Club
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $87K · through 2021 · 29.2% of their giving
$114K
32. Itasca-Mantrap Co-Op Electrical Ass'n
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $48K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$108K
33. Mightycause Charitable Foundation
80 grants to 38 organizations · largest $780K · through 2024
$2.5M
34. Charities Aid Foundation America
45 grants to 14 organizations · largest $2.1M · through 2024
$6.3M
35. Stratacor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 11.2% of their giving
$175K
36. White Bear Avenue Business Association
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $61K · through 2023 · 46.2% of their giving
$96K
37. Delta Dental of Minnesota
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $62K · through 2024 · 10.7% of their giving
$175K
38. Northland Foundation
23 grants to 8 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$650K
39. Jcahpo Education and Research Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $28K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$82K
40. Queens Public Communications Corporation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$80K
41. National Network of Public Health Institutes Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2023 · 1.7% of their giving
$926K
42. Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $460K · through 2020 · 3.4% of their giving
$460K
43. Lakeville Lions Club
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2024 · 15.1% of their giving
$89K
44. Lovin' Lake County
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $35K · through 2024 · 9.2% of their giving
$135K
45. Minnesota Community Foundation
9 grants to 9 organizations · largest $285K · through 2019 · 2.0% of their giving
$607K
46. LA Crosse Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $502K · through 2020 · 2.3% of their giving
$502K
47. Rice County Area United Way
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 8.9% of their giving
$127K
48. Northfield Shares
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $34K · through 2024 · 8.9% of their giving
$126K
49. Cfa Institute
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $124K · through 2023 · 2.0% of their giving
$523K
50. Kowalski's 4 Kids
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $62K · through 2024 · 9.0% of their giving
$112K

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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