Minnesota · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Food, Agriculture & Nutrition in Minnesota

Imperigo has identified 270 funders that made 2,093 grants totaling $180.7M to 145 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 $180.7M
Funders 270
Grants 2,093
Organizations funded 145

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. United Way of Southwest Minnesota
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$43K
52. American Legion Post #580
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 3.5% of their giving
$36K
53. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $600K · through 2024
$1.2M
54. Greater Mankato Area United Way Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $41K · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$101K
56. CoreGiving Co
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $49K · through 2024
$106K
58. Ucare Minnesota
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $200K · through 2022
$375K
59. The Chicago Community Trust
17 grants to 4 organizations · largest $670K · through 2023
$2.6M
63. Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $400K · through 2023
$400K
64. Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota
9 grants to 4 organizations · largest $83K · through 2024
$305K
65. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
9 grants to 1 organization · largest $261K · through 2025
$1.5M
66. Impactassetsinc
13 grants to 7 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024
$900K
70. Santa Barbara Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $250K · through 2024
$250K
71. Sanford Group Return
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $275K · through 2020
$275K
88. Cedar Street Charitable Foundation Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $110K · through 2024
$110K
89. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $304K · through 2024
$339K
102. Marin Community Foundation
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024
$304K
103. The US Charitable Gift Trust
9 grants to 6 organizations · largest $148K · through 2024
$298K
105. Give Back Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $30K · through 2025
$140K
109. Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $206K · through 2024
$306K
110. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
21 grants to 6 organizations · largest $104K · through 2024
$802K
120. Tides Foundation
5 grants to 4 organizations · largest $175K · through 2024
$280K
126. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
14 grants to 6 organizations · largest $43K · through 2024
$195K
132. Greater Horizons
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $111K · through 2024
$125K
133. Mayo Clinic Group Return
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$240K
135. The Ayco Charitable Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $56K · through 2024
$116K

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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