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 4 of 4

214. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
37 grants to 20 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$2.7M
215. Network for GoodDonor-advised
31 grants to 14 organizations · largest $93K · through 2024
$559K
216. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
28 grants to 9 organizations · largest $210K · through 2024
$1.3M
218. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
34 grants to 13 organizations · largest $55K · through 2024
$442K
223. City of Lakes Community Land TrustRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.3M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.8M
224. Three Rivers Community Action IncRegrantor
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $412K · through 2025 · 21.3% of their giving
$1.4M
225. YouthpriseRegrantor
38 grants to 14 organizations · largest $417K · through 2025 · 10.0% of their giving
$2.7M
226. Minnesota Council on FoundationsRegrantor
13 grants to 13 organizations · largest $404K · through 2024 · 16.3% of their giving
$1.3M
227. Jewish Family and Children's Service of MinnesotaRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $300K · through 2025 · 25.9% of their giving
$1.0M
228. Metropolitan Economic Development AssociationRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 47.5% of their giving
$1.0M
229. California Volunteers FundRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $472K · through 2024 · 19.5% of their giving
$945K
230. Breakthrough Energy FoundationRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.8M · through 2024 · 2.8% of their giving
$6.5M
231. Mahube-Otwa Community Action Partnership IncRegrantor
16 grants to 3 organizations · largest $128K · through 2024 · 22.9% of their giving
$823K
232. MultiplierRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$3.1M
233. Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce Charitable FoundationRegrantor
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $520K · through 2024 · 25.3% of their giving
$607K
234. Midwest Minnesota Community Development CorporationRegrantor
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $98K · through 2024 · 34.1% of their giving
$486K
235. Gopac Education Fund IncRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $368K · through 2024 · 14.6% of their giving
$632K
236. St Cloud Rotary Foundation IncRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $120K · through 2024 · 35.2% of their giving
$309K
237. Southwest Initiative FoundationRegrantor
12 grants to 6 organizations · largest $480K · through 2024 · 5.2% of their giving
$1.2M
238. Housing First NetworkRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2022 · 44.0% of their giving
$260K
239. Headwaters Foundation for JusticeRegrantor
24 grants to 15 organizations · largest $100K · through 2023 · 6.2% of their giving
$765K
240. Greater Minnesota Housing FundRegrantor
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $188K · through 2024 · 8.5% of their giving
$556K
241. Southern Minnesota Initiative FoundationRegrantor
34 grants to 19 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 7.4% of their giving
$635K
242. Green Cities AccordRegrantor
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $98K · through 2025 · 62.3% of their giving
$233K
243. Opportunity Finance NetworkRegrantor
5 grants to 5 organizations · largest $750K · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$1.9M

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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