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Foundations that fund education in Minnesota

2,173 private foundations gave $473 million for education to organizations in Minnesota in their latest year. The largest was Wem Foundation, with $49.3 million in 25 grants.

Foundations ranked by education grants to recipients in Minnesota, latest year
FoundationGrantsAmountAccepts applications
Wem Foundation25$49.3 millionNo
Lilly Endowment Inc (Indiana)9$20.3 millionYes
C K Blandin Residuary Trust (Missouri)1$20.2 millionNo
JTB Family Foundation2$15.9 millionNo
Schoeneckers Foundation1$13.8 millionNo
The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation186$13.6 millionYes
US Bank Foundation (Wisconsin)1$11.8 millionYes
The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust (New York)7$9.0 millionNo
Bentson Foundation5$7.3 millionYes
Robert and Ardis James Foundation Inc (Delaware)9$6.7 millionNo
C K Blandin Foundation691$5.7 millionNo
The Andrew W Mellon Foundation (New York)8$5.6 millionYes
Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc (Delaware)1$5.5 millionNo
Pepsico Foundation Inc (New York)1$5.2 millionNo
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (New Jersey)13$5.2 millionYes
Otto Bremer Trust20$5.1 millionYes
GHR Foundation21$4.9 millionNo
The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc (New York)1$4.8 millionNo
Alliss Educational Foundation-Equity (Wisconsin)21$4.7 millionNo
The Kendeda Fund (Delaware)1$4.5 millionNo
Cargill Foundation27$4.4 millionYes
The McKnight Foundation38$4.3 millionYes
The Buntrock Foundation for Leadership (Illinois)2$3.9 millionNo
Lynne & Andrew Redleaf Foundation3$3.9 millionNo
Margaret A Cargill Foundation16$3.8 millionNo

Amounts count grants whose purpose or recipient matches education, paid to recipients in Minnesota. A foundation based in another state appears when it gives here.

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