Minnesota · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Health & Medicine in Minnesota

Imperigo has identified 922 funders that made 6,756 grants totaling $10.2B to 462 health & medicine organizations in Minnesota, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Health & Medicine Funding in Minnesota

Total granted $10.2B
Funders 922
Grants 6,756
Organizations funded 462

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Mayo Clinic Group Return
27 grants to 9 organizations · largest $2.2B · through 2024 · 95.9% of their giving
$7.7B
2. Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
201 grants to 67 organizations · largest $80.0M · through 2024 · 20.1% of their giving
$126.9M
3. Ucare Minnesota
32 grants to 22 organizations · largest $80.0M · through 2023 · 77.3% of their giving
$119.2M
4. Gillette Children's Hospital Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $11.6M · through 2024 · 99.8% of their giving
$40.7M
5. Nmdp Foundation
39 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.7M · through 2024 · 79.0% of their giving
$24.5M
6. Medica Health Plans
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $9.0M · through 2023 · 96.3% of their giving
$23.8M
7. Nu-Way House Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10.7M · through 2024 · 29.8% of their giving
$13.3M
8. Delta Dental of Minnesota Foundation
66 grants to 30 organizations · largest $3.0M · through 2024 · 36.6% of their giving
$12.3M
9. Ridgeview Foundation
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $3.3M · through 2024 · 98.3% of their giving
$12.0M
10. Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation
14 grants to 4 organizations · largest $2.9M · through 2024 · 25.4% of their giving
$11.9M
11. Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers
46 grants to 13 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024 · 84.2% of their giving
$7.0M
12. Winona Health Foundation
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 99.3% of their giving
$6.7M
13. The Minneapolis Foundation
176 grants to 55 organizations · largest $4.0M · through 2024 · 4.7% of their giving
$27.9M
14. Neighborhood Health Care Network Inc DBA Federally Qualified Health Center Un
37 grants to 9 organizations · largest $488K · through 2024 · 77.6% of their giving
$4.7M
15. St Luke's Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 99.2% of their giving
$4.4M
16. Sunrise Village
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.7M
17. Miles and Shirley Fiterman Endowment Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $3.4M · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.4M
18. Lake Region Healthcare Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 97.1% of their giving
$3.2M
19. Mercy and Unity Hospitals Foundation
11 grants to 1 organization · largest $764K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$3.0M
20. Mount Saint Benedict Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $2.6M · through 2022 · 19.5% of their giving
$2.9M
21. Riverwood Healthcare Center & Community Hospital Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.5M
22. Lakeview Methodist Health Care Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 97.3% of their giving
$2.5M
23. Minnesota Hospital Association
110 grants to 60 organizations · largest $196K · through 2024 · 53.1% of their giving
$2.5M
24. Wilderness Health Inc
22 grants to 7 organizations · largest $700K · through 2024 · 93.0% of their giving
$2.4M
25. St Elizabeths Community Development Foundation
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $777K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.2M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to health & medicine 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. 16 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 health & medicine 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 health & medicine funding in Minnesota, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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