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Foundations That Fund Housing & Shelter in Minnesota

Imperigo has identified 280 funders that made 1,957 grants totaling $270.7M to 200 housing & shelter organizations in Minnesota, with a median grant of $25K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Housing & Shelter Funding in Minnesota

Total granted $270.7M
Funders 280
Grants 1,957
Organizations funded 200

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. People Serving People Charities Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $21.9M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$35.8M
2. Presbyterian Homes Foundation
79 grants to 23 organizations · largest $2.3M · through 2023 · 20.7% of their giving
$6.8M
3. Family Housing Fund
40 grants to 15 organizations · largest $835K · through 2025 · 24.0% of their giving
$4.3M
4. Rochester Area Foundation
15 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 17.1% of their giving
$4.1M
5. Elim Homes Inc
6 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 20.4% of their giving
$3.0M
6. Community Action Partnership of Hennepin County
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.4M · through 2025 · 36.8% of their giving
$2.5M
7. Minnesota Odd Fellows Home Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$2.0M
8. Minneapolis Jewish Federation
14 grants to 5 organizations · largest $3.3M · through 2024 · 8.9% of their giving
$4.2M
9. Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota
25 grants to 11 organizations · largest $6.0M · through 2024 · 5.0% of their giving
$6.8M
10. Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
26 grants to 6 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2023 · 1.8% of their giving
$11.1M
11. Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
138 grants to 49 organizations · largest $876K · through 2024 · 1.8% of their giving
$11.2M
12. The Minneapolis Foundation
107 grants to 39 organizations · largest $875K · through 2024 · 1.3% of their giving
$7.5M
13. BEK Care LLC
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023 · 33.3% of their giving
$450K
14. Greater Twin Cities United Way
34 grants to 12 organizations · largest $530K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$2.5M
15. Hearth Connection
14 grants to 4 organizations · largest $444K · through 2024 · 3.3% of their giving
$1.9M
16. Iris Park Commons
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $195K · through 2019 · 26.2% of their giving
$195K
17. United Way of Steele County
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $68K · through 2024 · 10.7% of their giving
$346K
18. Builders Association of the Twin Cities
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2024 · 21.1% of their giving
$145K
19. The Chicago Community Trust
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $10.0M · through 2023
$15.0M
20. Volunteers of America Home Health Services
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $124K · through 2020 · 22.8% of their giving
$124K
21. Results Foundation
13 grants to 5 organizations · largest $20K · through 2023 · 38.1% of their giving
$119K
22. United Way of Bemidji Area
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $36K · through 2024 · 11.7% of their giving
$182K
23. Northland Foundation
13 grants to 4 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 2.5% of their giving
$590K
24. Lutheran Homes
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $70K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$70K
25. Nexus Community Partners
10 grants to 3 organizations · largest $40K · through 2023 · 5.3% of their giving
$256K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to housing & shelter 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. 15 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 housing & shelter 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 housing & shelter funding in Minnesota, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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