Minnesota · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Education in Minnesota

Imperigo has identified 961 funders that made 10,321 grants totaling $2.4B to 898 education organizations in Minnesota, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Minnesota

Total granted $2.4B
Funders 961
Grants 10,321
Organizations funded 898

Top Funders — page 4 of 4

139. Tulsa Community Foundation
51 grants to 23 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024
$3.0M
142. Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $740K · through 2024
$2.6M
154. California Community Foundation
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024
$4.0M
155. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
15 grants to 7 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024
$3.1M
160. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
11 grants to 7 organizations · largest $525K · through 2024
$2.2M
161. Howard Hughes Medical Institute
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $704K · through 2022
$1.3M
169. Tides Foundation
29 grants to 14 organizations · largest $805K · through 2024
$3.5M
173. Impactassetsinc
33 grants to 12 organizations · largest $253K · through 2024
$2.4M
176. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
53 grants to 18 organizations · largest $321K · through 2025
$3.2M
177. The US Charitable Gift Trust
42 grants to 28 organizations · largest $508K · through 2024
$2.2M
205. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
26 grants to 13 organizations · largest $800K · through 2024
$6.1M
208. Seattle Foundation
46 grants to 7 organizations · largest $333K · through 2024
$1.4M
240. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
85 grants to 56 organizations · largest $277K · through 2024
$1.7M
246. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $313K · through 2023
$1.5M
277. National Collegiate Athletic Association
31 grants to 10 organizations · largest $182K · through 2023
$1.4M
511. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
690 grants to 211 organizations · largest $6.0M · through 2024
$86.5M
512. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
838 grants to 307 organizations · largest $9.5M · through 2024
$127.1M
513. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncDonor-advised
65 grants to 22 organizations · largest $7.7M · through 2024
$39.4M
514. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
228 grants to 76 organizations · largest $4.9M · through 2024
$49.0M
515. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
538 grants to 171 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2024
$23.0M
516. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
233 grants to 79 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024
$22.4M
517. The Independent Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
13 grants to 9 organizations · largest $735K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$1.8M
518. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
115 grants to 53 organizations · largest $2.2M · through 2024
$9.3M
519. Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundDonor-advised
60 grants to 25 organizations · largest $584K · through 2024
$5.4M
520. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
161 grants to 62 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$8.6M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 17 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 education 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 education funding in Minnesota, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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