Minnesota · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Human Services in Minnesota

Imperigo has identified 832 funders that made 12,378 grants totaling $924.2M to 976 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 $924.2M
Funders 832
Grants 12,378
Organizations funded 976

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Rice County Area United Way
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $107K · through 2024 · 42.5% of their giving
$604K
52. United States Tennis Association Incorporated
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.8M · through 2023 · 1.9% of their giving
$6.2M
53. US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants Inc
12 grants to 2 organizations · largest $3.2M · through 2024 · 1.0% of their giving
$10.3M
54. Groundbreak Coalition
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.1M · through 2025 · 7.7% of their giving
$1.1M
55. Joyful Noise Charitable Foundation
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $500K · through 2022 · 6.5% of their giving
$1.4M
56. St Croix Valley Foundation
41 grants to 13 organizations · largest $775K · through 2024 · 4.1% of their giving
$2.0M
63. Charities Aid Foundation America
349 grants to 113 organizations · largest $777K · through 2024
$11.4M
90. Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing
130 grants to 45 organizations · largest $300K · through 2025
$3.5M
97. Serveminnesota
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $588K · through 2024
$2.7M
99. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
214 grants to 118 organizations · largest $321K · through 2025
$7.1M
116. Hopewell Fund
6 grants to 4 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024
$2.4M
119. The Chicago Community Trust
24 grants to 10 organizations · largest $5.0M · through 2024
$10.3M
129. American Gift Fund
63 grants to 31 organizations · largest $250K · through 2024
$1.6M
159. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc
11 grants to 7 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024
$1.8M
170. The US Charitable Gift Trust
68 grants to 47 organizations · largest $739K · through 2024
$2.0M
176. Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $940K · through 2024
$2.5M
180. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
11 grants to 6 organizations · largest $565K · through 2024
$1.8M
186. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
180 grants to 59 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024
$4.8M
194. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
84 grants to 53 organizations · largest $226K · through 2024
$1.8M
424. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
953 grants to 359 organizations · largest $20.0M · through 2024
$103.1M
425. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
733 grants to 188 organizations · largest $3.2M · through 2024
$36.3M
426. National Philanthropic TrustDonor-advised
246 grants to 91 organizations · largest $18.0M · through 2024
$33.9M
428. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
753 grants to 231 organizations · largest $512K · through 2024
$28.1M
429. Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncDonor-advised
18 grants to 12 organizations · largest $7.0M · through 2024
$7.5M
430. Network for GoodDonor-advised
131 grants to 60 organizations · largest $178K · through 2024
$3.0M

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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