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Minnesota Foundations Making Grants Under $5,000

These 116 foundations are based in Minnesota and reported a median grant under $5,000 on their most recent Form 990-PF filing. A typical grant is not a promise about any single gift -- some of a foundation's grants are smaller than its median, some are larger -- but it is a reasonable signal for whether an application here fits the size of your ask.

116foundations in this range
$253.1Mgranted between them
11,150funding relationships mapped

A median grant under $5,000 usually fits a smaller, less formal request -- a single event, a modest program cost, or a first ask to a foundation you have not approached before, rather than a multi-year campaign.

Ordered by number of organizations funded, not by dollars -- the same convention as every list on this site. Funding more organizations means more turnover in who gets a grant each year, which is a reasonable proxy for how often a list like this one changes -- it is not a signal that any specific foundation is open to a new, unsolicited applicant.

FoundationBased inMedian grantOrganizationsTotal granted
Xcel Energy FoundationMinneapolis$5002,838$30.1M
Land O'lakes FoundationSt Paul$7502,254$28.5M
Pohlad Family FoundationMinneapolis$500736$65.7M
Midcontinent FoundationMinneapolis$1,000362$1.1M
Pentair FoundationGolden Valley$100235$1.9M
Connexus Energy FoundationRamsey$1,500214$1.8M
Patterson FoundationSt Paul$1,850210$5.6M
Edina Realty FoundationEdina$1,500199$1.6M
Minnesota Power FoundationDuluth$1,000181$3.6M
Piper Sandler FoundationMinneapolis$4,000175$19.8M
Bame FoundationGolden Valley$2,000158$3.8M
The Mcneely FoundationSt Paul$2,000154$6.4M
Otter Tail Power Company FoundationFergus Falls$1,190139$1.7M
Red Wing Shoe Company FoundationRed Wing$500129$5.6M
Scott Richards North Star CharitableMinneapolis$500124$2.1M
Tradition Family FoundationLakeville$1,500118$2.2M
Living Springs FoundationMinneapolis$2,500101$2.8M
Granite Foundation Agency (plg)Mendota Heights$2,50099$2.8M
Russell T Lund Charitable TrustEagan$1,50096$637K
Walter C Rasmussen - Northeast BankMinneapolis$1,00088$1.1M
Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren Ltd FoundBloomington$25085$141K
The Bwbr FoundationSt Paul$1,00078$317K
La Amundson Ohana FoundationSleepy Eye$4,50067$3.2M
Salem Foundation IncWayzata$1,00062$488K
The Carter Family FoundationWayzata$2,71358$5.0M
Prospect Creek FoundationWayzata$3,00056$11.8M
Simpson Family FoundationMinneapolis$1,03054$599K
The Hawkins Family FoundationMinneapolis$1,00053$4.1M
Fsc Foundation IncMinneapolis$3,50048$723K
Lerner FoundationMinneapolis$70046$556K
Warren FoundationEagan$4,00045$582K
Boller Thomas Foundation of OregonEagan$87545$119K
Riverway FoundationEdina$3,00044$1.1M
The Shared FundBloomington$1,50041$908K
Goodin Company FoundationMinneapolis$1,00041$290K
A K Stephenson Fdn Char Tr AgyEagan$3,00040$955K
Wings Financial FoundationApple Valley$2,50039$351K
West Scholarship FndEagan$2,20038$766K
Sewell Family FoundationEdina$3,00037$642K
Michael and Nancy Keller FamilyOwatonna$5035$31K
William Edgar Charitable FoundationEagan$4,62535$755K
Walter E & Helen W BruckertEagan$3,00035$448K
Taco Johns FoundationSt Louis Park$1,20034$530K
Pachel FoundationDuluth$2,00034$415K
Marguerite V BrownEagan$1,00033$202K
John Sluck & Anita Sluck FoundationMinneapolis$4,00032$544K
Rene Bloch FoundationEagan$2,00032$260K
Spiller L'chaim FundMinneapolis$50031$160K
Benton Telecommunications FoundationRice$2,00031$1.0M
Carl and Aune Lind Family FoundationEden Prairie$3,54131$958K
Hallberg Family FoundationForest Lake$2,50031$1.6M
Gutenstein Legacy Foundation Inc Co Stacie PriceMinneapolis$2,50031$670K
Arlin Falck FoundationCaledonia$4,29030$820K
Paul & Mary Collins TrustEagan$1,39330$197K
Glen a Taylor FoundationNorth Mankato$2,00029$4.6M
C & K Cunningham Fam FdnEagan$3,00029$782K
The Markus Charitable FoundationWayzata$60028$153K
Wayne Goldstein Memorial FoundationSt Paul$12527$148K
A L Steinke Perpetual ScholarshipEagan$1,47527$283K
Al & Ib Thomas Ed'l FdEagan$1,80026$221K
Kinman-Oldfield Fam Fdn TrEagan$3,25025$1.2M
Caliber FoundationMinneapolis$2,50025$200K
Martino Joseph W & Helen M Mem FdEagan$76225$177K
Eleos FoundationExcelsior$80024$494K
Geo a Hormel Testamentary TrustAustin$3,00024$334K
Turner Bismarck H TuwEagan$1,00024$90K
Freeman R Johnson TrustEagan$2,50023$272K
Tobola Educational TrustEagan$2,29822$491K
Holden Family FoundationMinnetonka$1,50022$278K
Wild Rice Electric TrustMahnomen$1,50021$100K
Fruin - Colnon FoundationEagan$2,00021$193K
Kenneth Cook TrustEagan$1,21921$330K
Mcintyre Family FoundationMinneapolis$3,00021$232K
Weyand 62 Char TrustEagan$4,00020$240K
Durnill Charitable TrustEagan$2,00019$269K
Ledoux FoundationEdina$1,06919$184K
The Joseph Durda FoundationExcelsior$2,00019$212K
Roger and Myra GreenbergSt Paul$50019$129K
Minnco Credit Union Foundation IncNorth Branch$86418$286K
Casler FoundationHam Lake$2,00017$261K
Albert B Cuppage CharitableAlbert Lea$2,00017$166K
Marvin J Pertzik FoundationSt Paul$1,05017$325K
Kingsbury Memorial FoundationEagan$3,00017$320K
Hollywood Canteen FoundationEagan$3,50017$548K
Ritt Family FoundationWhite Bear Lake$2,50016$287K
Moscoe Family FoundationMinnetonka$1,00016$530K
Alex G & Mollie Tankenoff FamilyHopkins$1,00016$125K
Leo and Laura Duwel Memorial FundEagan$2,75016$433K
Feingold Family Charitable FdnEagan$2,00016$147K
Quigg Fund IncFaribault$2,20015$2.9M
Holzhueter FoundationMankato$3,00015$370K
Animal Relief Foundation TrustEagan$3,00015$365K
Security State Bank FoundationHibbing$1,00014$60K
Ralph H Foss Memorial TrustEagan$1,75014$115K
Farmers Union IndustriesRedwood Falls$2,00013$211K
Inter City Oil FoundationDuluth$1,37513$82K
Impact FoundationCambridge$4,00013$713K
Arthur & Constance GoodmanMahtomedi$2,00013$76K
Edward M Ozias Charitable Tr UaEagan$1,00013$507K
Berenice M Eiswirth Scholarship FdEagan$3,50013$370K
Hall Martha Educational TrustEagan$2,75513$174K
Hiatt Charitable TrustEagan$3,00013$132K
Jeanne M Voigt FoundationMinneapolis$75712$182K
Happy Dancing TurtlePine River$36212$266K
Lawrence H & Elizabeth S DunlapEden Prairie$1,52812$76K
Expedition FoundationMendota Heights$1,00012$33K
Perkins FoundationWayzata$1,50012$114K
Stewart Sullivan Scholarship TrustEagan$3,00012$261K
Messerli & Kramer FoundationMinneapolis$4,00011$150K
Miller Jayne L Scholarship TuwEagan$4,00011$349K
Freda Nishan Schlshp Test TrEagan$2,20011$233K
J Lindell Charitable TrustEagan$3,00011$135K
Prairie Rose Minnesota CommunityLuverne$1,60011$200K
First Alliance Credit Union Foundation IncStewartville$2,50011$46K
Bruce Senske Family FoundationEden Prairie$55010$109K
Stearns Foundation IncHutchinson$25010$41K

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