Family Housing Fund
Saint Paul, MN · EIN 41-1380923. Reported 108 grants totalling $13.6M to 57 organizations across tax years 2021-2025, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Family Housing Fund, the IRS classifies it under housing & shelter rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE L20) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 57 distinct organizations, with 26% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 49% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 4 year-to-year transitions. That is about the 56% median for grantmaking charities -- lower than the 67% median for private foundations. It describes the organizations it already funds, not whether it would consider a new one.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $50,000. Half of what it reported fell between $15,000 and $104,000; the smallest was $5,000 and the largest $1,750,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build Wealth Mn Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $3,507,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Land Bank Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | $1,910,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Minnesota Home Ownership Center | St Paul, MN | $1,325,200 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Center for Energy and Environment | Minneapolis, MN | $766,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Brandt Jens Kluge Lp | Saint Paul, MN | $642,193 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Housing Justice Center | Saint Paul, MN | $627,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Housing Link | Saint Paul, MN | $520,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services Inc | Saint Paul, MN | $510,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance Incorporated | Minneapolis, MN | $500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Regents of the University of Minnesota (cura) | Minneapolis, MN | $384,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Minnesota Housing Partnership | Saint Paul, MN | $304,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Home Line | Bloomington, MN | $285,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Hope Community Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $151,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hearth Connection | Saint Paul, MN | $142,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Prepare and Prosper | Saint Paul, MN | $134,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New American Development Center | Minneapolis, MN | $132,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Rondo Community Land Trust | Saint Paul, MN | $115,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Mediation Services Inc | New Hope, MN | $110,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio Inc | Saint Paul, MN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Conflict Resolution Center | Minneapolis, MN | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Project for Pride in Living Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Prg Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $87,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Dispute Resolution Center | Saint Paul, MN | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers | Minneapolis, MN | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Model Cities of St Paul Inc | Saint Paul, MN | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Greater Minnesota Housing Fund | St Paul, MN | $79,523 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Mediation Services for Anoka County | Blaine, MN | $71,250 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia-United Renters for Justic | Minneapolis, MN | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Volunteer Lawyers Network | Minneapolis, MN | $66,875 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Agate Housing and Services Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative | Saint Paul, MN | $60,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clues Real Estate Holding Company | St Paul, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Central Minnesota Legal Services Incorporated | Minneapolis, MN | $46,875 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless Inc | Saint Paul, MN | $42,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | Saint Paul, MN | $41,672 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Judicare | Blaine, MN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| District 6 Planning Council | Saint Paul, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Payne-Phalen Community Council | Saint Paul, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Veap Inc | Bloomington, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| African Career Education & Resources | Minneapolis, MN | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Neighborhood Housing Services Inc | Saint Paul, MN | $22,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Development Alliance Inc | Saint Paul, MN | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Amherst H Wilder Foundation | St Paul, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Housing in Action | Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central Lutheran Church | Minneapolis, MN | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| City of Lakes Community Land Trust | Minneapolis, MN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota | Saint Paul, MN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mni Sota Fund | Minneapolis, MN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Urban League Twin Cities | Minneapolis, MN | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Alliance for Metropolitan Stability | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Commonbond Communities | St Paul, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Stabilization Project | Saint Paul, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| District 2 Community Council | Saint Paul, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Greater Twin Cities United Way | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Minnesota Multi Housing Assn | Bloomington, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood House | Saint Paul, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Scott-Carver-Dakota Cap Agency Inc | Shakopee, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
29 of 57 (51%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Land Bank Twin Cities
LENDING AND ACQUISITION CAPITAL - Buildwealth Mn
Building equity down payment assistance - Build Wealth Minnesota
GENERAL OPERATIONS, AFFORDABILITY AND DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE - Mn Homeownership Center
SUPPORT ADVANCING BLACK HOMEOWNERSHIP POST-PURCHASE SUPPORT AND POST-PURCHASE STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT - Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services
HOUSING STABILITY AND LITIGATION WORK - Legal Aid
EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES - HENNEPIN & ANOKA COUNTIES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 44 of 57 recipients we could match to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's, not ours -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20 | $4,786,523 | $52,000 |
| 2022 | 29 | $3,120,700 | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 36 | $2,999,593 | $13,000 |
| 2024 | 11 | $1,699,272 | $100,000 |
| 2025 | 12 | $1,028,500 | $67,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $50,000 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Minnesota.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Family Housing Fund's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Recipient classifications, the concentration and retention figures and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations from them, described in how we build this.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 13 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 2550 University Avenue West 255-S, Saint Paul, MN, 55114.
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