OVERVIEW: The Old National Bank Foundation supports affordable housing, workforce development, economic development and financial empowerment in communities across Old National Bank’s Midwest and Southeast footprint. It prioritizes programs serving … [Read more...] about Old National Bank Foundation
Minnesota Grants
Bush Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Bush Foundation supports community improvement, capacity building, human services, public benefit, arts and culture, education, environment, health, and media and communication in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. IP TAKE: … [Read more...] about Bush Foundation
Women’s Foundation of Minnesota
Overview: The Women's Foundation of Minnesota supports state-wide efforts safety, racial and economic justice, immigration, reproductive freedom, and youth leadership through a lens of intersectional feminism. IP Take: The Women's Foundation of … [Read more...] about Women’s Foundation of Minnesota
Hormel Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Hormel Foundation supports efforts to provide food, shelter, clothing, quality healthcare, education, research and quality of life in Minnesota. IP TAKE: This place-based funder only makes grants in its home city of Austin, with … [Read more...] about Hormel Foundation
Initiative Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Initiative Foundation strengthens nonprofit sustainability, entrepreneurship, economic development, education, and leadership in Central Minnesota through grants and workforce development efforts. IP TAKE: This locally focused … [Read more...] about Initiative Foundation
Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation supports the arts, environment and human services in Minnesota. IP TAKE: This is a large and relatively accessible funder in the state of Minnesota. The foundation’s community grant program is … [Read more...] about Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation
Northland Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Northland Foundation supports children and youth, individual and community wellbeing and the economy and jobs in northeastern Minnesota. IP TAKE: Not only is Northland Foundation a good resource for rural Minnesota nonprofit efforts, … [Read more...] about Northland Foundation
Minneapolis Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Minneapolis Foundation supports arts and culture, economic vitality, environment and conservation, civic engagement, community health, and education in Minneapolis, Minnesota. IP TAKE: This is one of the most well-established community … [Read more...] about Minneapolis Foundation
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation supports capacity building, emergency assistance, diversity, and community needs in the Saint Paul area and elsewhere in Minnesota. IP TAKE: The largest funder in Minnesota, the Saint Paul & … [Read more...] about Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
RBC Foundation – USA
OVERVIEW: The RBC Foundation – USA supports youth, health, human services and arts and culture in Minnesota and other places where the company does business. IP TAKE: This corporate foundation is not particularly accessible to nonprofit grantseekers. … [Read more...] about RBC Foundation – USA
Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation supports education, human and social services, health and medicine, and college scholarships in the Twin Cities’ seven-county metropolitan area. IP TAKE: Minnesota nonprofits should get to know this … [Read more...] about Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation
J.A. Wedum Foundation
OVERVIEW: The J.A. Wedum Foundation supports housing, the elderly, education and community needs in Minnesota. IP TAKE: This funder prioritizes funding organizations in Minnesota; however, it makes small, infrequent grants across the U.S. on a … [Read more...] about J.A. Wedum Foundation
I.A. O’Shaughnessy Foundation
OVERVIEW: The I.A. O’Shaughnessy Foundation supports higher education, Catholic causes, youth, human services, economic success and arts and culture in Minnesota and other areas of interest to the family. IP TAKE: While this is a largely place-based … [Read more...] about I.A. O’Shaughnessy Foundation
F. R. Bigelow Foundation
OVERVIEW: The F. R. Bigelow Foundation supports arts and culture, community and economic development, education and youth development, health, housing and human services in St. Paul and the East Metro area of Minnesota. IP TAKE: An established … [Read more...] about F. R. Bigelow Foundation
Engelsma Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Engelsma Family Foundation supports education, human services, health and animals in Minnesota and other places of interest to the family. IP TAKE: This family funder maintains a low profile and can be challenging for first-time … [Read more...] about Engelsma Family Foundation
The Thomas and Julianne Youngren Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Thomas and Julianne Youngren Foundation, formerly known as The Emerald Foundation, supports arts and culture, health and human services in Minnesota. IP TAKE: The Twin Cities of Minnesota often see this low-key foundation’s support in … [Read more...] about The Thomas and Julianne Youngren Foundation
Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation supports the arts, community and economic development, education, environment and human services in Minnesota. IP TAKE: DSACF offers a complex array of funds available on the foundation’s site, … [Read more...] about Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation
Central Minnesota Community Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Central Minnesota Community Foundation supports education, youth, community development, religion, rural poverty, emergency needs, arts and culture, women and girls and efforts for people with special needs in Minnesota. IP TAKE: There … [Read more...] about Central Minnesota Community Foundation
CHS Foundation
OVERVIEW: The CHS Foundation supports agriculture education, rural youth and agriculture careers in Minnesota and other places where the CHS company does business. IP TAKE: CHS Foundation invests in rural America; however, many grants stay in the … [Read more...] about CHS Foundation
Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota
OVERVIEW: The Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota supports Catholic education, human services, churches, youth, health, and other community needs in Minnesota. IP TAKE: All of this faith-based community foundation’s grantmaking occurs through … [Read more...] about Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation supports health equity, early childhood education, community safety and access to health coverage in Minnesota. IP TAKE: This is a Minnesota-specific insurance foundation that … [Read more...] about Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation
Bloomington Community Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Bloomington Community Foundation supports education, youth, health, human services, arts and culture and other community needs in Minnesota. IP TAKE: The Bloomington Community Foundation is a place-based funder that is laser-focused on … [Read more...] about Bloomington Community Foundation
Blandin Foundation
OVERVIEW: The C.K. Blandin Foundation supports rural Minnesota nonprofits through programs for Itasca County vibrancy, rural community leadership, and opportunities for every community member. IP TAKE: Blandin is a large, rural community development … [Read more...] about Blandin Foundation
Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council
OVERVIEW: The Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council supports individual artists, arts organizations, and arts development in the region. Its grantmaking encompasses dance, literary arts, theater, music, and the visual arts. It also has a small number … [Read more...] about Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council
Raft Charitable Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Raft Charitable Foundation supports education, the environment, animals, arts and culture, health and human services needs in the Upper Midwest and Plains states, especially Minnesota. IP TAKE: The Raft Charitable Foundation is a quiet … [Read more...] about Raft Charitable Foundation
Minnesota State Arts Board
OVERVIEW: Minnesota State Arts Board supports arts projects and organizations within the state. IP TAKE: Grant seekers applying to these grants will be competing with artists and arts organizations from all other disciplines. Those with a local or … [Read more...] about Minnesota State Arts Board
