Funding search · EIN 206326223 · Saint Louis Park, MN

Severson Family Foundation

Name: Severson Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

51
grants reported: $910,340
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

benefit community childhood conservation early education environmental affordable

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

3 grants matching “early childhood education” · $63,850

$2,000
Rise Early Learning Center · St Louis Park, MN · 2025
Early Childhood Education
$28,600
Rise Early Learning Center · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
Early Childhood Education
$33,250
Rise Early Learning Center · St Louis Park, MN · 2023
Early Childhood Education

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

First Lutheran Church3 grants · $241,000
Augustana University2 grants · $125,000
Pickerel Lake Conservancy3 grants · $113,200
First Luthern Church1 grant · $102,500
United Way of Fargo2 grants · $75,000
Rise Early Learning Center4 grants · $73,850
Westwood Lutheran Church4 grants · $46,420
United Way1 grant · $40,000
Friends of Education1 grant · $20,000
The Banquet4 grants · $16,000

Giving over time

$193,100

2022

$365,250

2023

$173,870

2024

$178,120

2025

Grant history

All 51 reported grants, largest first.

$126,000
First Lutheran Church · Fargo, ND · 2023
Community Benefit
$102,500
First Luthern Church · Fargo, ND · 2022
Community Benefit
$100,000
Augustana University · Sioux Falls, SD · 2025
Community Benefit
$100,000
Pickerel Lake Conservancy · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Environmental Conservation
$65,000
First Lutheran Church · Fargo, ND · 2024
Community Benefit
$50,000
First Lutheran Church · Fargo, ND · 2025
Community Benefit
$40,000
United Way of Fargo · Fargo, ND · 2023
Community Benefit
$40,000
United Way · Fargo, ND · 2022
COVID Fund
$35,000
United Way of Fargo · Fargo, ND · 2024
Community Benefit
$33,250
Rise Early Learning Center · St Louis Park, MN · 2023
Early Childhood Education
$28,600
Rise Early Learning Center · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
Early Childhood Education
$25,000
Augustana University · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Community Benefit
$23,500
Westwood Lutheran Church · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
Community Benefit
$20,000
Friends of Education · Minnetonka, MN · 2023
Community Benefit
$15,000
Hope Community Development Association · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2024
Community Benefit
$10,000
Pickerel Lake Conservancy · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Environmental Conservation
$10,000
Rise Early Learning Center · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
Community Benefit
$9,920
Westwood Lutheran Church · St Louis Park, MN · 2025
Community Benefit
$7,000
Westwood Lutheran Church · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
Community Benefit
$6,000
Westwood Lutheran Church · St Louis Park, MN · 2023
Community Benefit
$5,500
Second Harvest Heartland · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2022
Community Benefit
$4,000
Habitat for Humanity · Sioux Falls, SD · 2025
Community Benefit
$4,000
The Banquet · Sioux Falls, SD · 2025
Community Benefit
$4,000
Habitat for Humanity · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Community Benefit
$4,000
The Banquet · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Community Benefit
$4,000
Habitat for Humanity · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Community Benefit
$4,000
The Banquet · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Community Benefit
$4,000
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sioux Falls · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Community Benefit
$4,000
The Banquet · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Community Benefit
$3,200
Pickerel Lake Conservancy · Sioux Falls, SD · 2025
Environmental Conservation
$2,000
Rise Early Learning Center · St Louis Park, MN · 2025
Early Childhood Education
$2,000
Sioux Falls Area Humane Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2025
Community Benefit
$2,000
Sioux Falls Area Humane Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Community Benefit
$2,000
Hope Cda · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2023
Community Benefit
$2,000
Sioux Falls Area Humane Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Community Benefit
$2,000
Sioux Falls Area Humane Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Community Benefit
$1,000
Big Paws Canine · Hartford, SD · 2025
Community Benefit
$1,000
First Tee South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2025
Community Benefit
$1,000
The Furniture Mission · Sioux Falls, SD · 2025
Community Benefit
$1,000
Big Paws Canine · Hartford, SD · 2024
Community Benefit
$1,000
First Tee South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Community Benefit
$1,000
The Furniture Mission · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Community Benefit
$1,000
Big Paws Canine · Hartford, SD · 2023
Community Benefit
$1,000
First Tee South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Community Benefit
$1,000
The Furniture Mission · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Community Benefit
$500
Children'S Minnesota Foundation · Edina, MN · 2022
Community Benefit
$500
Slp Band Parent Network · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
Community Benefit
$500
Step - St Louis Park Emergency · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
Community Benefit
$270
Commonbond Communities · St Paul, MN · 2024
Affordable Housing
$50
East Highland Lutheran Church · Gary, SD · 2022
Community Benefit
$50
St Paul Luthern Church · Fargo, ND · 2022
Community Benefit

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