Minnesota · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Religion in Minnesota

Imperigo has identified 303 funders that made 2,754 grants totaling $216.8M to 362 religion organizations in Minnesota, with a median grant of $15K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Religion Funding in Minnesota

Total granted $216.8M
Funders 303
Grants 2,754
Organizations funded 362

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

55. Greater Twin Cities United Way
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $106K · through 2024
$313K
56. Impact Investing Charitable Foundation Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $600K · through 2024
$650K
57. Minnesota Community Foundation
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $100K · through 2019
$161K
58. Berrien Community Foundation Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $120K · through 2025
$210K
60. Solidaire Network Inc
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023
$215K
65. Rochester Area Foundation
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $46K · through 2024
$122K
68. Charities Aid Foundation America
29 grants to 15 organizations · largest $582K · through 2024
$1.0M
69. St Croix Valley Foundation
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2022
$154K
73. The New Horizons Foundation Inc
4 grants to 2 organizations · largest $75K · through 2024
$187K
74. Christian Community Foundation Inc
12 grants to 5 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024
$486K
78. Chattanooga Christian Community Foundation
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $55K · through 2024
$188K
79. The National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023
$149K
81. Impactassetsinc
6 grants to 5 organizations · largest $350K · through 2024
$561K
88. United Way Worldwide
15 grants to 8 organizations · largest $32K · through 2020
$198K
89. Greater Horizons
11 grants to 10 organizations · largest $274K · through 2024
$601K
90. Hopewell Fund
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $248K · through 2024
$272K
105. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
16 grants to 15 organizations · largest $58K · through 2024
$255K
108. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
19 grants to 12 organizations · largest $47K · through 2024
$239K
134. The Chicago Community Trust
10 grants to 4 organizations · largest $30K · through 2023
$170K
143. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $200K · through 2024
$200K
166. Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundDonor-advised
483 grants to 172 organizations · largest $2.6M · through 2024
$24.3M
167. Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncDonor-advised
270 grants to 104 organizations · largest $571K · through 2024
$15.1M
168. Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramDonor-advised
94 grants to 38 organizations · largest $515K · through 2024
$3.8M
169. American Endowment FoundationDonor-advised
63 grants to 32 organizations · largest $232K · through 2024
$2.1M
170. American Online Giving Foundation IncDonor-advised
100 grants to 36 organizations · largest $101K · through 2024
$2.0M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to religion 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. 14 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 religion 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 religion funding in Minnesota, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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