Minnesota · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Food, Agriculture & Nutrition in Minnesota

Imperigo has identified 277 funders that made 2,166 grants totaling $213.4M to 148 food, agriculture & nutrition organizations in Minnesota, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Food, Agriculture & Nutrition Funding in Minnesota

Total granted $213.4M
Funders 277
Grants 2,166
Organizations funded 148

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $3.1M · through 2025 · 13.9% of their giving
$10.3M
2. The Minneapolis Foundation
81 grants to 28 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$12.0M
3. Minnesota Humanities Center
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $373K · through 2023 · 10.8% of their giving
$1.7M
4. Mightycause Charitable Foundation
99 grants to 30 organizations · largest $1.4M · through 2024 · 2.4% of their giving
$7.5M
5. Worthington Regional Health Care Foundation Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $80K · through 2025 · 16.8% of their giving
$435K
6. Dfacares Foundation
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $141K · through 2024 · 26.4% of their giving
$275K
7. Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
99 grants to 41 organizations · largest $452K · through 2024
$4.8M
8. Rf Catalytic Capital Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.4M · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$2.4M
9. United Way of Southeast Minnesota
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $93K · through 2024 · 5.4% of their giving
$396K
10. Feeding Wisconsin Inc
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $328K · through 2023 · 2.2% of their giving
$841K
11. Charities Aid Foundation America
63 grants to 17 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$5.6M
12. American Gift Fund
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $915K · through 2024
$2.0M
13. Finnegans Community Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $32K · through 2020 · 33.2% of their giving
$72K
14. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
43 grants to 21 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2025
$5.3M
15. The Thielen Foundation Inc C/O Lukas Inveiss
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 7.0% of their giving
$178K
16. White Bear Lake Lions Club
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $32K · through 2024 · 12.5% of their giving
$99K
17. Minnesota Turkey Growers Associatio
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $11K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$62K
18. Joyful Noise Charitable Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $500K · through 2023 · 2.4% of their giving
$500K
19. Central Plains Dairy Association
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2024 · 25.8% of their giving
$60K
20. Communitygiving
35 grants to 10 organizations · largest $96K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$923K
21. International Association of Lions Club No 2991 Carver
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2024 · 18.0% of their giving
$54K
22. West Central Initiative
11 grants to 7 organizations · largest $296K · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$457K
23. Rochester Area Foundation
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $96K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$438K
24. Greater Twin Cities United Way
18 grants to 10 organizations · largest $156K · through 2025
$894K
25. Stoughton Rotary Special Projects Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $34K · through 2019 · 30.7% of their giving
$34K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to food, agriculture & nutrition 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. 12 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 food, agriculture & nutrition 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 food, agriculture & nutrition funding in Minnesota, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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