Minnesota · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Community Improvement in Minnesota

Imperigo has identified 434 funders that made 2,817 grants totaling $240.1M to 316 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 $240.1M
Funders 434
Grants 2,817
Organizations funded 316

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. StriveTogether Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $525K · through 2023 · 1.9% of their giving
$1.7M
27. Cfleads
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2021 · 7.6% of their giving
$400K
28. Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation
14 grants to 2 organizations · largest $132K · through 2025 · 6.8% of their giving
$447K
29. Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation
23 grants to 11 organizations · largest $70K · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$597K
30. The Constellation Fund
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $150K · through 2023 · 3.9% of their giving
$769K
31. Drywall and Interior Systems Contractors Association Inc of NJ
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $69K · through 2024 · 19.9% of their giving
$130K
32. Family Housing Fund
17 grants to 11 organizations · largest $120K · through 2025 · 3.8% of their giving
$679K
33. Communitygiving
27 grants to 12 organizations · largest $223K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$1.4M
34. Spring Lake Park Lions Club
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $87K · through 2021 · 29.2% of their giving
$114K
35. Itasca-Mantrap Co-Op Electrical Ass'n
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $48K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$108K
36. Mightycause Charitable Foundation
81 grants to 39 organizations · largest $780K · through 2024
$2.5M
37. Charities Aid Foundation America
45 grants to 14 organizations · largest $2.1M · through 2024
$6.3M
38. Stratacor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 11.2% of their giving
$175K
39. White Bear Avenue Business Association
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $61K · through 2023 · 46.2% of their giving
$96K
40. Delta Dental of Minnesota
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $62K · through 2024 · 10.7% of their giving
$175K
41. Northland Foundation
23 grants to 8 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$650K
42. Kowalski's 4 Kids
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $62K · through 2025 · 9.7% of their giving
$175K
43. Jcahpo Education and Research Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $28K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$82K
44. Queens Public Communications Corporation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$80K
45. National Network of Public Health Institutes Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2023 · 1.7% of their giving
$926K
46. District Energy St Paul Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 57.7% of their giving
$75K
47. Lakeville Lions Club
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2024 · 15.1% of their giving
$89K
48. CFA Institute
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $124K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$621K
49. Lovin' Lake County
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $35K · through 2024 · 9.2% of their giving
$135K
50. Minnesota Community Foundation
9 grants to 9 organizations · largest $285K · through 2019 · 2.0% of their giving
$607K

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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