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Foundations That Fund International Aid & Development in Minnesota

Imperigo has identified 395 funders that made 3,245 grants totaling $459.9M to 224 international aid & development organizations in Minnesota, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

International Aid & Development Funding in Minnesota

Total granted $459.9M
Funders 395
Grants 3,245
Organizations funded 224

Top Funders — page 2 of 4

26. Social Venture Partners Minnesota
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $25K · through 2021 · 10.1% of their giving
$85K
27. Church of Bible Understanding
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $20K · through 2022 · 45.9% of their giving
$34K
28. Fredrikson & Byron Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $35K · through 2024 · 4.0% of their giving
$144K
29. Naperville Noon Lions Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2024 · 14.5% of their giving
$36K
30. Gofundmeorg
7 grants to 4 organizations · largest $325K · through 2024
$746K
31. Grace Manor Ministries
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $14K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$24K
32. Black Hills Area Community Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $150K · through 2025 · 1.3% of their giving
$350K
33. T Rowe Price Program for Charitable Giving Inc
30 grants to 7 organizations · largest $366K · through 2025
$1.6M
34. Mastercard Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2021
$2.5M
35. Central Mn Noon Optimist Club Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 7.1% of their giving
$50K
36. Women's Foundation of Minnesota
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $98K · through 2024 · 1.4% of their giving
$243K
37. National Endowment for Democracy
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $759K · through 2024
$1.5M
38. Zionist House Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $10K · through 2024 · 8.2% of their giving
$40K
39. Mount Calvary Lutheran Church Foundation
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $6K · through 2025 · 76.1% of their giving
$16K
40. Wescom Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $54K · through 2023 · 3.2% of their giving
$100K
41. Young Living Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2022 · 1.4% of their giving
$210K
42. Faegre Drinker Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $27K · through 2025 · 3.0% of their giving
$93K
43. Jewish Communal Fund
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.3M · through 2024
$3.4M
44. White Swan Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $15K · through 2024 · 7.4% of their giving
$34K
45. Art 2 Heart
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $8K · through 2020 · 100.0% of their giving
$13K
46. Project Redwood
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2024 · 3.6% of their giving
$70K
47. American Gift Fund
18 grants to 7 organizations · largest $156K · through 2024
$775K
48. United Way Worldwide
17 grants to 10 organizations · largest $258K · through 2020
$695K
49. Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging Inc
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $90K · through 2025
$365K
50. Give Lively Foundation Inc
18 grants to 5 organizations · largest $102K · through 2025
$432K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to international aid & development 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. 18 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 international aid & development 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 international aid & development funding in Minnesota, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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