Donaldson Foundation
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-6052950. Reported 75 grants totalling $1,368,160 to 75 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Donaldson Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,500 and $20,000; the smallest was $350 and the largest $205,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater Twin Cities United Way | Minneapolis, MN | $205,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Special Olympics | St Paul, MN | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Scholarship America | Minneapolis, MN | $133,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys Girls Clubs Tc | St Paul, MN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Science Museum of Mn | St Paul, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Normandale Community College Foundation | Bloomington, MN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Pacer Center Inc | Bloomington, MN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Clinton County | Clinton, IA | $29,290 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greene Local Education Advancement Foundation | Greeneville, TN | $28,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dunwoody College of Technology | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| JR Achieve East Iowa | Cedar Rapids, IA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Works | Bloomington, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Portage County | Stevens Point, WI | $24,162 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wallin Education Partners | St Paul, MN | $23,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cristo Rey High School Tc | Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dixon Public Schools | Dixon, IL | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dress for Success Twin Cities | St Paul, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ja North | St Paul, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Minnesota Independence College and Community Micc | Ritchfield, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YWCA of Minneapolis | Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girls Who Code | New York, NY | $18,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jessamine Early Learning Village | Nicholasville, KY | $16,645 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Banyan Community | Minneapolis, MN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bestprep | Minneapolis, MN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boys and Girls Club of Portage County | Stevens Point, WI | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greene County United Way | Greeneville, TN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Newgate School | Minneapolis, MN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Womens Initiative for Self Empowerment Wise | St Paul, MN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northwestern Health Services University | Bloomington, MN | $13,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| School District of Elmwood | Elmwood, WI | $12,760 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ja of the Heartland | Moline, IL | $12,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Matching Gifts | Minneapolis, MN | $10,890 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Apple Valley High School | Apple Valley, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Athletes Committed to Educating Students Aces | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| College Possible | St Paul, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Groves Academy Dba Groves Learning Organization | St Louis Park, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| High Tech Kids | Eagan, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Louis Learning Disabilities Assoc | Baldwin, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Twin Cities PBS | St Paul, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YMCA of the North | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Amherst H Wilder Foundation | St Paul, MN | $9,740 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ja of Wisconsin | Wausau, WI | $7,525 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Ja of Northern California | Walnut Creek, CA | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Women in Manufacturing Education Foundation | Cleveland, OH | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Greene County | Greeneville, TN | $6,870 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Minnesota Historical Society | St Paul, MN | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Girl Scouts of Northwestern Great Lakes | Appleton, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Greene County Imagination Library | Greeneville, TN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Bakken Museum | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| University of Minnesota Rocket Team | Minneapolis, MN | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Howardwinneshiek Community School District | Cresco, IA | $2,698 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Dunwoody Snowplow Competition | Minneapolis, MN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Iowa State University Formula Sae Team | Ames, IA | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of St Croix Valley | Hudson, WI | $2,392 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of Lee County | Dixon, IL | $1,836 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eagan Community Foundations Tacodecats | Eagan, MN | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Accelmn | Inver Grove Heights, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Benildest Margarets | St Louis Park, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Farmington High School Rogue Robotics LLC | Farmingtpm, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Great River School Fnd 2491 Nomythic Robotics | St Paul, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hp Robotics Parent Org | St Paul, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Isd 112 Community Education Lectric Lemons | Chaska, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Isd 138 | North Branch, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Msu Fsae Club Minnesota State University Mankato | Mankato, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maple Grove Crimson Robotics Booster Club | Maple Grove, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Minneapolis Southwest Robotics Team 2129 | Minneapolis, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Minutebot Boosters | St Paul, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sae International Student Chapter Iowa State University Baja Team | Ames, IA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| South Dakota Mines Cara Baja Team | Rapid City, SD | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Two Rivers High School Lightning Turtles | Mendota Heights, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Washburn Millerbots | Minneapolis, MN | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bjorg Boosters Robotics Team | Bloomington, MN | $952 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| United Way of San Joaquin | Stockton, CA | $550 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers | Minneapolis, MN | $350 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
0 of 75 (0%) received money in more than one year over the 2 years we hold.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Northwestern Health Services University
Northwestern Health Services University - Matching Gifts
Matching employee donations
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 30 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | $28,000 | $14,000 |
| 2024 | 73 | $1,340,160 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 80% of this one's giving went to organizations in Minnesota. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Minnesota.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Donaldson Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 1299, Minneapolis, MN, 55440. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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