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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 2 of 4

26. United Way of Mower County Inc
48 grants to 10 organizations · largest $262K · through 2024 · 36.0% of their giving
$2.5M
27. Northland Foundation
97 grants to 39 organizations · largest $180K · through 2024 · 13.4% of their giving
$3.2M
28. United Way of Washington County-East
35 grants to 7 organizations · largest $119K · through 2024 · 73.9% of their giving
$1.7M
29. Cwi Works Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.7M · through 2024 · 4.0% of their giving
$7.8M
30. Mightycause Charitable Foundation
535 grants to 168 organizations · largest $279K · through 2024 · 3.0% of their giving
$9.4M
31. Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc DBA Global Refuge
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $5.4M · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$13.4M
32. St Luke's Nursing Home Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $891K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.3M
33. Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota
103 grants to 48 organizations · largest $822K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$5.7M
34. Lutheran Social Service Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $249K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$1.0M
35. The Hormel Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $4.2M · through 2024 · 3.4% of their giving
$6.0M
36. Believe Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1000K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$1000K
37. Carrington Charitable Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $302K · through 2024 · 24.2% of their giving
$902K
38. Luverne Area Community Foundation
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $527K · through 2024 · 26.9% of their giving
$885K
39. Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation
55 grants to 23 organizations · largest $153K · through 2024 · 11.8% of their giving
$1.4M
40. Head of the Lakes United Way
43 grants to 10 organizations · largest $54K · through 2024 · 18.3% of their giving
$909K
41. World Childhood Foundation Inc
10 grants to 2 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 19.6% of their giving
$814K
42. Universal Telephone Assistance Corp
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $750K · through 2021 · 100.0% of their giving
$750K
43. Pinewood Duluth Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $737K · through 2023 · 100.0% of their giving
$737K
44. The Sheltering Arms Foundation
69 grants to 24 organizations · largest $15K · through 2024 · 27.5% of their giving
$736K
45. Worthington Regional Health Care Foundation Inc
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $131K · through 2024 · 30.1% of their giving
$702K
46. Smile Again Grief Ministries Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $695K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$695K
47. Propel Nonprofits
59 grants to 32 organizations · largest $162K · through 2024 · 7.5% of their giving
$1.8M
48. Veterans Airlift Command Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $600K · through 2020 · 96.5% of their giving
$671K
49. Homeward Bound Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $204K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$661K
50. Rice County Area United Way
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $107K · through 2024 · 42.5% of their giving
$604K

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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