Minnesota · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in Minnesota

Imperigo has identified 306 funders that made 2,261 grants totaling $159.2M to 177 environment & conservation organizations in Minnesota, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Environment & Conservation Funding in Minnesota

Total granted $159.2M
Funders 306
Grants 2,261
Organizations funded 177

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Nexus Community Partners
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $30K · through 2023 · 2.0% of their giving
$100K
27. Rei Cooperative Action Fund
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$220K
28. The American Center for Philanthropy Inc
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $102K · through 2024
$204K
29. The Heising-Simons Action Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $275K · through 2022
$275K
30. American Gift Fund
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $148K · through 2024
$578K
31. Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $600K · through 2024
$1.2M
32. West Central Initiative
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $64K · through 2023
$161K
33. Propel Nonprofits
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $90K · through 2021
$165K
34. Solidaire Network Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $185K · through 2020
$245K
37. Rockefeller Family Fund Inc
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$330K
38. Tides Foundation
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $325K · through 2024
$1.5M
39. Communitygiving
13 grants to 8 organizations · largest $38K · through 2024
$233K
42. Impactassetsinc
7 grants to 5 organizations · largest $534K · through 2024
$836K
46. The Miami Foundation Inc
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $350K · through 2024
$381K
47. Maine Community Foundation Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$283K
49. The Cleveland Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2024
$460K
53. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
8 grants to 6 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024
$435K
54. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
18 grants to 7 organizations · largest $32K · through 2024
$284K
59. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
11 grants to 7 organizations · largest $168K · through 2023
$564K
64. Marin Community Foundation
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $350K · through 2024
$410K
70. Charities Aid Foundation America
22 grants to 12 organizations · largest $76K · through 2024
$489K
77. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
21 grants to 16 organizations · largest $71K · through 2024
$283K
96. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024
$398K
98. The Chicago Community Trust
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $75K · through 2023
$280K
128. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
208 grants to 78 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2024
$15.8M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to environment & conservation 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.

Other Causes Funded in Minnesota

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 environment & conservation 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 environment & conservation funding in Minnesota, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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