Ucare Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 36-3573805. Reported 69 grants totalling $130.7M to 58 organizations across tax years 2021-2023, 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 Ucare Minnesota, the IRS classifies it under health care rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE E22Z) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 58 distinct organizations, with 84% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is extreme concentration. A grantmaker sending three quarters of its money to one organization is in practice a support fund for that organization, whatever its classification says, and an unsolicited request is very unlikely to go anywhere.
- How much its list changes. 28% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 2 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 $50,000. Half of what it reported fell between $25,000 and $155,000; the smallest was $15,000 and the largest $80.0M. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ucare Foundation | Stuart, VA | $110.0M | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $6,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ucare Iowa | Minneapolis, MN | $5,500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Ucare Kansas | Minneapolis, MN | $3,505,992 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| West Side Community Health Services Inc | St Paul, MN | $750,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Dental Care | Maplewood, MN | $290,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Second Harvest Heartland | Brooklyn Park, MN | $280,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Allina Health System | Minneapolis, MN | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Childrens Dental Services Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cedar Riverside Peoples Center | Minneapolis, MN | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Health Network | Edina, MN | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Leadingage Minnesota Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Nexus Family Healing | Plymouth, MN | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| North Memorial Health Care | Robbinsdale, MN | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stratis Health | Bloomington, MN | $195,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Portico Healthnet | Saint Paul, MN | $175,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Apple Tree Dental | New Brighton, MN | $155,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Venn Foundation | Saint Paul, MN | $155,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Neighborhood Healthsource | Minneapolis, MN | $145,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Angel Foundation | Mendota Hts, MN | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| North Point Health & Wellness Center Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Minnesota Medical Association | Minneapolis, MN | $115,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Centracare Health System | Saint Cloud, MN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Marys Medical Center | Duluth, MN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Food Group Minnesota Inc | New Hope, MN | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mental Health Minnesota | Saint Paul, MN | $88,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Nu-Way House Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $81,250 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Honoring Choices | St Cloud, MN | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Access Press Ltd | Saint Paul, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Capi USA | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for African Immigrants and Refugees Organization | Portland, OR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Damiano of Duluth Inc | Duluth, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kente Circle Training Institute | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers | Saint Paul, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Minnesota Public Radio | Saint Paul, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Olmsted Medical Center | Rochester, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southside Community Health Services Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hearth Connection | Saint Paul, MN | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Young Womens Christian Association | Saint Paul, MN | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Stairstep Foundation | Minneapolis, MN | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Emergency Assistance Program Inc | Brooklyn Ctr, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hmong American Farmers Association | West St Paul, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hue-Man Partnerships | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lee Carlson Center for Mental Health and Well-Being | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mental Health Resources Inc | Saint Paul, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Minnesota Community Health Worker Alliance | Saint Paul, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| NAMI Southeast Minnesota | Rochester, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Skylark Opera | Saint Paul, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Special Olympics Minnesota Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Voices for Racial Justice | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Way to Grow | Minneapolis, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Open Path Resources Professional Service Corporation | Minneapolis, MN | $24,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| 9 11 Day | Irvine, CA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Accessability Inc | Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Playworks Education Energized | Oakland, CA | $17,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| City of Madison | Madison, MN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wellness in the Woods Inc | Eagle Bend, MN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
8 of 58 (14%) received money in more than one year over the 3 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.
- Ucare Foundation
REPLENISHMENT OF FOUNDATION FUNDS. - University of Minnesota
CONTRIBUTION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION. - Hmong Health Care Professionals Coalition
GRANT WILL BE USED TO PREPARE MEDICAID MEMBERS FOR THE RESUMPTION OF ELIGIBILITY REDETERMINATIONS AT THE END OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, AS WELL AS SUPPORT MEDICAID MEMBERS WITH THE REDETERMINATION PROCESS WHEN THEY ARE DUE TO RENEW. - Allina Health Systems
SUPPORT PROACTIVE COMMUNICATION AND TARGETED OUTREACH TO RETAIN MEDICAID MEMBERS AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. - Childrens Dental Services
EXPAND ACCESS & IMPROVE ORAL AND OVERALL HEALTH OF 2,000 UNDERSERVED NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTANS BY CREATING A COST EFFECTIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED, HOLISTIC, REPLICABLE MODEL OF ORAL HEALTH DELIVERY. - Community Dental Care
FUNDING OF DENTAL POSITIONS INCLUDING ONE HYGIENIST AND TWO DENTAL ASSISTANT POSITIONS AND ONE OUTREACH SPECIALIST TO HELP EXPAND ACCESS.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 46 of 58 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 | 16 | $9,350,000 | $75,000 |
| 2022 | 51 | $37.8M | $50,000 |
| 2023 | 2 | $83.5M | $41.8M |
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
84% of its giving went to organizations in Virginia. 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 $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 Virginia.
- 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 Ucare Minnesota'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.
Address of record on the latest return: 500 Stinson Blvd Ne, Minneapolis, MN, 55413.
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