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Private foundations in Minneapolis, Minnesota

314 private foundations are based in Minneapolis. Together they paid $1.1 billion in grants in their latest year, and 63 of them accept applications. The largest is Wem Foundation, with $359 million.

The 50 largest of 314 foundations in Minneapolis, by grants paid
FoundationGrants paidTypical grantAccepts applications
Wem Foundation$359 million$550,000No
Wells Fargo Foundation$157 million$35,000No
The McKnight Foundation$153 million$100,000Yes
The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation$47.9 million$5,000Yes
GHR Foundation$29.8 million$100,000No
JTB Family Foundation$27.6 million$62,500No
Target Foundation$25.1 million$100,000Yes
Medtronic Communities Foundation$15.8 million$253,000Yes
Kaena Foundation$14.2 million$14.2 millionNo
Pohlad Family Foundation$14.0 million$626Yes
Schoeneckers Foundation$13.8 million$13.8 millionNo
RBC Foundation - USA$12.2 million$430,925Yes
Guilder Foundation$10.7 million$10.7 millionNo
Lynne & Andrew Redleaf Foundation$10.3 million$100,000No
David & Janis Larson Foundation$8.4 million$100,000No
Cargill Foundation$8.1 million$100,000Yes
Xcel Energy Foundation$7.7 million$512No
Mortenson Family Foundation$7.4 million$15,000Yes
The Wurtele Foundation$6.0 million$3.0 millionNo
Katherine Wells Macmillan Foundation$5.7 million$1.0 millionNo
The Green Fern Foundation$5.3 million$5.3 millionNo
Opus Foundation$5.1 million$10,000No
George Family Foundation$5.0 million$20,000No
Piper Sandler Foundation$4.5 million$4,000Yes
Joyful Noise Charitable Foundation$4.2 million$27,000No
The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience$3.2 million$75,000Yes
Sit Investment Associates Foundation$3.2 million$5,000No
John and Denise Graves Foundation$3.2 million$30,000Yes
Lenzmeier Family Foundation$3.2 million$52,500No
Haggerty Family Foundation Ma$3.0 million$3.0 millionNo
The Beverly Foundation$2.6 million$16,500Yes
The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota$2.6 million$10,000No
Gold Bay Foundation$2.5 million$10,000No
Ciresi Walburn Foundation$2.4 million$50,000Yes
The Donna J Macmillan and Cargill Macmillan Jr Charitable Foundation$2.2 million$25,000No
SPS Commerce Foundation$2.1 million$2.1 millionNo
WSDC Foundation$2.0 million$50,000No
Better Way Foundation$2.0 million$30,000No
Carolyn Foundation$2.0 million$999,918Yes
Cla Foundation$2.0 million$14,000No
Tara Health Foundation$1.8 million$25,000No
Gale Family Foundation$1.7 million$20,000No
Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Foundation$1.6 million$100,000No
Nivin and Duncan Macmillan Foundation$1.6 million$5,000No
The Graco Foundation$1.6 million$10,000No
Living Springs Foundation$1.5 million$5,000Yes
Donaldson Foundation$1.3 million$10,000Yes
The Jamf Nation Global Foundation$1.3 million$27,476No
Campbell Foundation$1.3 million$10,000No
Turner Family Foundation$1.2 million$75,000No

Foundations are placed by the address on their IRS filing. Many give well beyond their own city; open one to see where its grants go.

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