Foundations · IRS 990 filings

Foundations in Minnesota

2,186
foundations
$2.63B
grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
469
say they accept unsolicited
$10,000
median grant

Grantlas lists 2,186 foundations based in Minnesota — 2,058 private foundations and 128 grantmaking charities such as community foundations and United Ways — from their 990-PF and Form 990 filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $2.63 billion in grants in their latest filing year, and 469 of them (21%) say they accept unsolicited requests. The most common cities are Eagan (736), Minneapolis (325) and St Paul (126).

469 of them say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Foundations accepting applications in Minnesota.

Top 25 of 2,186 foundations

All 25 foundations below say on their 990-PF that they accept unsolicited requests. Another 444 in this list say so too. Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing.

Foundations in Minnesota
Ani Rare Disease Patient Assistance ProgramBaudette, MN$161.8M$161.8M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN$100,000$145.9M$1,150–$10MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Fred C and Katherine B Andersen FoundationBayport, MN$60,000$72.5M$1,000–$10.7MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Otto Bremer TrustSt Paul, MN$55,000$57.2M$3,500–$4.2MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN$150,000$53.7M$1,000–$4.2MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Richard M Schulze Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN$5,000$47.9M$50–$10MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Target FoundationMinneapolis, MN$100,000$23.1M$15,000–$1MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Best Buy FoundationRichfield, MN$17.8M$17.8M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
C K Blandin FoundationGrand Rapids, MN$2,900$15.8M$50–$335,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Medtronic Communities FoundationMinneapolis, MN$250,000$15.6M$1,000–$8.2MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Pohlad Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN$626$14M$25–$1.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Sauer Family FoundationSt Paul, MN$86,200$13.9M$200–$9MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Bentson FoundationWayzata, MN$35,000$13.5M$5,000–$7.1MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Cargill FoundationMinneapolis, MN$100,000$13M$500–$1.5MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Hugh J Andersen FoundationBayport, MN$29,000$11.3M$1,000–$500,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
RBC Foundation - USAMinneapolis, MN$450,425$10.4M$15,000–$9.2MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
The Curtis L Carlson Family FoundationMinnetonka, MN$10.2M$10.2M—FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Ecolab FoundationSt Paul, MN$533,335$8.5M$50,000–$7.9MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Fr Bigelow FoundationSt Paul, MN$30,000$7.9M$1,000–$600,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Xcel Energy FoundationMinneapolis, MN$513$7.7M$5–$619,552FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Hardenbergh FoundationSt Paul, MN$15,000$6.8M$3,750–$765,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Johnson Controls Foundation IncEagan, MN$3M$6.4M$146,000–$6.3MFY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Mortenson Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN$15,000$6.2M$1,000–$250,000FY2024Locked: fit score and contacts
Chs FoundationInver Grove Heights, MN$12,000$5.7M$1,000–$1.4MFY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
Jerome Foundation IncSaint Paul, MN$25,000$5.5M$656–$375,000FY2025Locked: fit score and contacts
  • Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
  • “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.

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Data from 990-PF and Form 990 filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.