Minnesota · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Human Services in Minnesota

Imperigo has identified 815 funders that made 11,923 grants totaling $886.0M to 968 human services organizations in Minnesota, with a median grant of $18K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Human Services Funding in Minnesota

Total granted $886.0M
Funders 815
Grants 11,923
Organizations funded 968

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. Greater Twin Cities United Way
233 grants to 69 organizations · largest $991K · through 2024 · 43.7% of their giving
$40.8M
2. Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging Inc
113 grants to 31 organizations · largest $3.1M · through 2024 · 40.8% of their giving
$25.1M
3. Hearth Connection
62 grants to 16 organizations · largest $2.5M · through 2024 · 38.0% of their giving
$22.1M
4. Presbyterian Homes Foundation
42 grants to 9 organizations · largest $3.7M · through 2023 · 56.5% of their giving
$18.5M
5. Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
648 grants to 217 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 7.5% of their giving
$47.0M
6. Central Minnesota Council on Aging Inc
52 grants to 13 organizations · largest $2.6M · through 2024 · 88.1% of their giving
$17.4M
7. Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging Inc
49 grants to 7 organizations · largest $2.9M · through 2024 · 67.1% of their giving
$17.3M
8. Think Small
125 grants to 31 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024 · 16.5% of their giving
$17.0M
9. Southeastern Minnesota Area Agency on Aging Inc
26 grants to 5 organizations · largest $2.4M · through 2024 · 73.6% of their giving
$13.3M
10. The Minneapolis Foundation
625 grants to 201 organizations · largest $805K · through 2024 · 6.3% of their giving
$37.5M
11. Residence at Franklin Park Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $9.0M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$9.0M
12. The Constellation Fund
55 grants to 20 organizations · largest $400K · through 2024 · 35.6% of their giving
$7.1M
13. Voans Senior Community Care of Colorado Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.9M · through 2024 · 52.9% of their giving
$6.9M
14. Communitygiving
153 grants to 62 organizations · largest $1.2M · through 2024 · 11.1% of their giving
$8.7M
15. Lyngblomsten Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.6M · through 2024 · 62.0% of their giving
$4.7M
16. Minneapolis Jewish Federation
38 grants to 18 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024 · 13.7% of their giving
$6.5M
17. Key Row Community Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $4.4M · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$4.4M
18. Minnesota Community Foundation
28 grants to 28 organizations · largest $2.1M · through 2019 · 15.7% of their giving
$4.8M
19. Women's Foundation of Minnesota
108 grants to 42 organizations · largest $160K · through 2024 · 18.9% of their giving
$3.2M
20. Heritage Apartments Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $2.9M · through 2019 · 84.2% of their giving
$2.9M
21. Helena Bigos Supporting Foundation C/O Jewish Family & Childrens Service
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $842K · through 2024 · 39.8% of their giving
$2.9M
22. The United Jewish Fund and Council St Paul Jewish Federation
15 grants to 4 organizations · largest $479K · through 2024 · 23.8% of their giving
$2.9M
23. Greater Mankato Area United Way Inc
39 grants to 9 organizations · largest $221K · through 2024 · 27.8% of their giving
$2.7M
24. United Way of Southeast Minnesota
51 grants to 17 organizations · largest $281K · through 2024 · 35.8% of their giving
$2.6M
25. Winona Community Foundation
11 grants to 5 organizations · largest $2.0M · through 2024 · 53.1% of their giving
$2.5M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to human services 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. 17 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 human services 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 human services funding in Minnesota, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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