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Foundations That Fund Housing & Shelter in Minnesota

Imperigo has identified 292 funders that made 2,071 grants totaling $285.5M to 205 housing & shelter organizations in Minnesota, with a median grant of $24K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Housing & Shelter Funding in Minnesota

Total granted $285.5M
Funders 292
Grants 2,071
Organizations funded 205

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Lutheran Homes
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $70K · through 2019 · 100.0% of their giving
$70K
27. Nexus Community Partners
11 grants to 4 organizations · largest $40K · through 2025 · 5.1% of their giving
$266K
28. Propel Nonprofits
10 grants to 7 organizations · largest $160K · through 2024 · 2.2% of their giving
$542K
29. The Constellation Fund
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $150K · through 2023 · 2.4% of their giving
$482K
30. Lakeville Lions Club
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $49K · through 2024 · 13.7% of their giving
$81K
31. Ramsey Lions Club
9 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2024 · 7.9% of their giving
$117K
32. GM First & Second Thrift Store
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $27K · through 2025 · 19.6% of their giving
$43K
33. Ap Construction Charitable Events Foundation
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $38K · through 2025 · 11.3% of their giving
$71K
34. Izumi Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $155K · through 2020 · 4.6% of their giving
$160K
35. The Sheltering Arms Foundation
11 grants to 5 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024 · 4.5% of their giving
$120K
36. Women's Foundation of Minnesota
13 grants to 6 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$283K
37. Minnesota Black Collective Foundation
3 grants to 3 organizations · largest $50K · through 2025 · 4.4% of their giving
$90K
38. Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $95K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$207K
39. Justfundus
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $175K · through 2025 · 2.0% of their giving
$175K
40. General Drivers Warehousemen and Helpers Local Union 89
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2021 · 17.5% of their giving
$20K
41. Mightycause Charitable Foundation
72 grants to 23 organizations · largest $83K · through 2024
$1.0M
42. Faribault Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $29K · through 2025 · 8.2% of their giving
$40K
43. Think Small
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $206K · through 2024
$501K
44. Action Now Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $325K · through 2025
$325K
46. Communitygiving
10 grants to 5 organizations · largest $141K · through 2024
$365K
56. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $290K · through 2024
$688K
60. Impactassetsinc
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $575K · through 2024
$816K
64. Charities Aid Foundation America
27 grants to 10 organizations · largest $229K · through 2024
$895K
68. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
35 grants to 17 organizations · largest $117K · through 2025
$835K
77. St David's Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $123K · through 2020
$246K

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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