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Grant Funders in Minneapolis, MN

Bespoke Grants indexes 211 grant-making foundations headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota — together $2.01B in recent annual giving. Their giving most often supports health care, higher education, arts & culture and education. Local funders are one of the best starting points for a Minneapolis nonprofit, because many prioritize organizations in their own community.

211
Foundations in Minneapolis
$2.01B
Combined annual giving
40
Listed below
MN
State

Foundations headquartered in Minneapolis

Ranked by annual giving. Each links to a full profile — giving history, grant recipients, focus areas, and how to apply.

#FoundationAnnual givingLatest grant
1Wells Fargo Foundation$299.3M2023
2University of Minnesota Foundation$202.0M2024
3Educational Credit Management Corporation$194.2M2024
4The Mcknight Foundation$105.9M2024
5Thrivent Financial for Lutherans$94.0M2024
6The Minneapolis Foundation$89.8M2025
7Ecmc Group Inc$73.6M2024
8Ecmc Foundation$51.5M2024
9The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation$48.8M2024
10Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing$45.2M2024
11Greater Twin Cities United Way$39.6M2024
12Ghr Foundation$38.8M2024
13Thrivent Financial for Lutherans-group$38.4M2024
14Ucare Minnesota$30.3M2023
15Borealis Philanthropy$29.9M2024
16Serveminnesota$28.5M2024
17Wem Foundation$28.5M2023
18Medtronic Communities Foundation$23.7M2025
19Target Foundation$23.1M2025
20Scholarship America Inc$19.9M2024
21Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of$15.2M2018
22Pohlad Family Foundation$14.0M2024
23Metropolitan Consortium of Community$13.7M2024
24Cargill Foundation$12.7M2024
25Children's Health Care Foundation$11.1M2024
26Children's Cancer Research Fund$10.9M2024
27National Marrow Donor Program$8.8M2024
28Frechette Family Foundation$8.8M2024
29Xcel Energy Foundation$8.6M2024
30Be the Match Foundation$8.1M2024
31Youthprise$7.8M2024
32Fairview Foundation$7.8M2024
33Lynne & Andrew Redleaf Foundation$7.6M2024
34Southside Community Health Services Inc$7.5M2024
35American Academy of Neurology Institute$7.2M2024
36Medtronic Global Health Foundation$6.8M2023
37Young Mens Christian Association of the North$6.8M2024
38V3 Sports Inc$6.6M2024
39Minneapolis Parks Foundation$6.4M2024
40The Green Fern Foundation$6.3M2024

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What Minneapolis funders support

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About this page. Lists foundations whose IRS Form 990 filings give a Minneapolis, MN address, drawn from Bespoke Grants' index of 225,000+ U.S. foundations and 13M+ grants. Foundations based elsewhere may also fund Minneapolis nonprofits; the free funder match accounts for both.