Minnesota · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Environment & Conservation in Minnesota

Imperigo has identified 314 funders that made 2,351 grants totaling $166.5M to 184 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 $166.5M
Funders 314
Grants 2,351
Organizations funded 184

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

132. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncDonor-advised
33 grants to 8 organizations · largest $310K · through 2024
$1.9M
133. Network for GoodDonor-advised
31 grants to 14 organizations · largest $224K · through 2024
$869K
134. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
48 grants to 22 organizations · largest $288K · through 2024
$2.3M
135. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
55 grants to 20 organizations · largest $165K · through 2024
$1.0M
136. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
38 grants to 16 organizations · largest $126K · through 2024
$610K
137. Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncDonor-advised
29 grants to 17 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024
$274K
142. Conservation Minnesota Voter Center IncRegrantor
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $800K · through 2024 · 66.9% of their giving
$2.8M
143. Outward Bound IncRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $759K · through 2024 · 22.5% of their giving
$2.1M
144. BlueGreen Alliance FoundationRegrantor
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2025 · 67.1% of their giving
$1.3M
145. Wespac Foundation IncRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.0M · through 2023 · 30.2% of their giving
$1.0M
146. Global Alliance for Incinerator AlternativesRegrantor
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $115K · through 2024 · 16.5% of their giving
$583K
147. Conservative Energy NetworkRegrantor
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $268K · through 2024 · 8.4% of their giving
$970K
148. The Energy FoundationRegrantor
10 grants to 10 organizations · largest $712K · through 2019 · 2.8% of their giving
$2.2M
149. Minnesota Environmental FundRegrantor
26 grants to 14 organizations · largest $18K · through 2020 · 69.8% of their giving
$307K
150. American Clean Power AssociationRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $220K · through 2024 · 14.3% of their giving
$403K
151. Climate Imperative FoundationRegrantor
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024
$5.1M
152. Institute for Local Self RelianceRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $131K · through 2024 · 9.2% of their giving
$451K
153. American Council On Renewable EnergyRegrantor
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $320K · through 2022 · 12.4% of their giving
$320K
154. Center for Carbon RemovalRegrantor
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $220K · through 2024 · 9.0% of their giving
$420K
155. The Partnership Project IncRegrantor
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $900K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$1.3M
156. Northeastern Minnesotans for WildernessRegrantor
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 64.8% of their giving
$184K
157. Center for American ProgressRegrantor
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $603K · through 2024 · 3.1% of their giving
$1.1M
158. MultiplierRegrantor
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $630K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$1.4M
159. University of Minnesota FoundationRegrantor
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.3M · through 2024
$6.3M
160. Conservation MinnesotaRegrantor
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $53K · through 2024 · 21.0% of their giving
$126K

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.

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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 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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