Greater Minnesota Housing Fund
St Paul, MN · EIN 41-1836919. Reported 101 grants totalling $5,177,469 to 66 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, 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 Greater Minnesota 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. 66 distinct organizations, with 18% 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. 31% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $40,000. Half of what it reported fell between $20,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $6,500 and the largest $448,500. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Housing Justice Center | Saint Paul, MN | $933,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Engage Winona | Winona, MN | $451,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Minnesota Housing Finance Agency | Saint Paul, MN | $320,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Minnesota Housing Partnership | Saint Paul, MN | $271,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless Inc | Saint Paul, MN | $226,750 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Home Line | Bloomington, MN | $210,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| American Indian Community Housing Organization | Duluth, MN | $187,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Life House Incorporated | Duluth, MN | $179,866 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Minnesota Home Ownership Center | Saint Paul, MN | $155,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Divine Konnections Inc | Duluth, MN | $120,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Corporation for Supportive Housing | New York, NY | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Red Lake Supportive Housing 2 | Red Lake, MN | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Housing Link | Saint Paul, MN | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Pohlad Family Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $65,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Link | Minneapolis, MN | $64,200 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| All Parks Alliance for Change | Saint Paul, MN | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Amani Construction & Development | Brookyn Park, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Build Wealth Mn Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Clay County Hra | Dilworth, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Face to Face Health & Counseling Service Inc | Saint Paul, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fathers Rise Together | Duluth, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hidalgo Investments | Miami, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Leech Lake Financial Services Inc | Cass Lake, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Life Community Development Corp | Rochester, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Minnesota Housing | Saint Paul, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Minnesota Indian Womens Resource Center | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nicholas Capital & Wenrich Property | Saint Paul, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Phumulani Minnesota African Women Against Violence | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Project Restore Minnesota | Saint Paul, MN | $50,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Riverfront Development Partners | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Steps of Strategy | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Vision Development Group | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Watchman 3121 LLC | Brookyn Park, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Watchmen Properties | Woods Cross, UT | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Conorth | Saint Paul, MN | $45,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Amherst H Wilder Foundation | St Paul, MN | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Closeknit | Minneapolis, MN | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hearth Connection | Saint Paul, MN | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Outlaw Development | Saint Paul, MN | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Bluu | Minneapolis, MN | $35,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Project for Pride in Living Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Arra Properties | Minneapolis, MN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| DC Legacy Development | Washington, DC | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Continuum Care Center | Saint Paul, MN | $29,753 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Neighborhood Healthsource | Minneapolis, MN | $28,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Clare Housing | Minneapolis, MN | $26,900 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Atlas Real Estate | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Aumur Development Group | Saint Paul, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Housing Fund | St Paul, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| L&m Homes LLC | Valley Center, KS | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| New Africa Community Development Corporation | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Wakey Real Estate | Saint Paul, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wenrich Property & Development | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Faneta Development LLC | Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Reinvesting in Communities and Housing | Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Richard White Investments | New York, NY | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hazaelee Sellers | Minneapolis, MN | $16,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| American Hospital Association Inc | Chicago, IL | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Dnd Realty | Elk River, MN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ahc Education and Leadership Center | Saint Paul, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Boreal Development | Duluth, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cura Foundation | Richfield, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Develecor LLC | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Heartland Lakes Development Commission | Park Rapids, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Magnolia Homes LLC | Eden Prairie, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| North Star Policy | Lakeville, MN | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
17 of 66 (26%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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.
- Housing Justice Center
FUNDING FOR REGIONAL KITCHEN TABLE LED BY PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE FACING HOUSING INSTABILITY - Minnesota Housing Partnership
COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH LOCAL HOUSING TRUST FUND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PROMOTION OF NEW STATE TAX CREDIT CONTRIBUTION FUND, HOUSING INSTITUTES ROUND 9, AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT - Divine Konnections Inc
PREDEVELOPMENT COSTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE OWNER OCCUPIED DUPLEX AT 2008-20016 W 4TH ST IN DULUTH - Face to Face Health and Counseling
PREDEVELOPMENT COSTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF 1170 ARCADE STREET IN SAINT PAUL - Hidalgo Investments
PREDEVELOPMENT COSTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF 150 CENTRAL AVENUE IN LONG PRAIRIE - Leech Lake Financial Services
PREDEVELOPMENT COSTS FOR CREATION OF 20 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN CASS, ITASCA, HUBBARD, AND BELTRAMI COUNTIES
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 31 of 66 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- 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 | 15 | $619,903 | $29,753 |
| 2022 | 26 | $1,406,700 | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 28 | $1,279,500 | $25,000 |
| 2024 | 32 | $1,871,366 | $42,500 |
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
94% of its giving went to organizations in Minnesota. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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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 the strongest signal available 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 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 $40,000 -- 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 Greater Minnesota Housing Fund's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 23 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 8 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 Ave W 201-S, St Paul, MN, 55114.
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