Funding search · EIN 411313302 · Edina, MN

Charlson Foundation

Name: Charlson 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.

67
grants reported: $1.6M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $25,000
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

campaign capital challenge food shelf fellowship financial house

Full IRS filings ↗How this is built Report an error

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.

4 grants matching “garage” · $80,000

$25,000
The Lift Garage · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General Operations
$20,000
The Lift Garage · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General Operations
$20,000
The Lift Garage · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General Operations
$15,000
The Lift Garage · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General Operations

Top recipients

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

Cornerstone4 grants · $140,000
Oasis for Youth4 grants · $130,000
Healthfinders Collaborative4 grants · $130,000
Veap4 grants · $120,000
Immigrant Law Center of Mn3 grants · $95,000
True Friends3 grants · $95,000
Step4 grants · $85,000
Vail Place3 grants · $85,000
Normandale Community College Founda3 grants · $85,000
The Lift Garage4 grants · $80,000

Giving over time

$301,500

2022

$330,000

2023

$385,000

2024

$560,000

2025

Grant history

All 67 reported grants, largest first.

$65,000
Oasis for Youth · Bloomington, MN · 2025
General Operations
$50,000
Cornerstone · Bloomington, MN · 2025
SBS + Clinical Services
$45,000
Healthfinders Collaborative · Faribault, MN · 2025
General Operations
$45,000
Immigrant Law Center of Mn · St Paul, MN · 2025
General Operations
$40,000
True Friends · Annandale, MN · 2025
Capital Campaign
$40,000
Cornerstone · Bloomington, MN · 2024
PECS Program
$40,000
True Friends · Annandale, MN · 2024
Capital Campaign
$40,000
Cornerstone · Bloomington, MN · 2022
Prevention, Educ, Clinical Services
$38,000
Ampersand Families · Roseville, MN · 2023
General Operations
$35,000
Chum · Duluth, MN · 2025
Food Shelf and General Operations
$35,000
Normandale Community College Founda · Bloomington, MN · 2025
Sirtify
$35,000
Young Hearts Open Minds · St Paul, MN · 2025
General Operations and Building
$35,000
Healthfinders Collaborative · Faribault, MN · 2024
General Operations
$30,000
Vail Communities · Hopkins, MN · 2025
Housing projects
$30,000
Veap · Bloomington, MN · 2025
Challenge Grant
$30,000
Normandale Community College Founda · Bloomington, MN · 2024
Sirtify
$30,000
Vail Place · Hopkins, MN · 2024
Vail House project
$30,000
Veap · Bloomington, MN · 2024
Challenge Grant
$30,000
Healthfinders Collaborative · Faribault, MN · 2023
General Operations
$30,000
Vail Place · Hopkins, MN · 2023
Vail House project
$30,000
Veap · Bloomington, MN · 2023
Challenge Grant
$30,000
Veap · Bloomington, MN · 2022
DeBlieck Family Challenge
$25,000
Park Nicollet Foundation · St Louis Park, MN · 2025
Growing through Grief
$25,000
The Lift Garage · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General Operations
$25,000
Before Racism · St Paul, MN · 2024
Program Evaluation
$25,000
Immigrant Law Center of Mn · St Paul, MN · 2024
New Beginnings Project
$25,000
Park Nicollet Foundation · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
Capital Campaign
$25,000
Step · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
Capital Campaign
$25,000
Washburn Center for Children · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Financial Assistance Pathways Fellowship
$25,000
Immigrant Law Center of Mn · St Paul, MN · 2023
New Beginnings Project
$25,000
Park Nicollet Foundation · St Louis Park, MN · 2023
Children's Mental Health
$25,000
Step · St Louis Park, MN · 2023
Capital Campaign
$25,000
Washburn Center for Children · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Financial Assistance Pathways Fellowship
$25,000
Oasis for Youth · Bloomington, MN · 2022
General Operations
$25,000
Step · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
Capital Campaign
$25,000
Vail Place · Hopkins, MN · 2022
Vail House project
$25,000
Washburn Center for Children · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Financial Assistance Pathways Fellowship
$24,000
Before Racism · St Paul, MN · 2022
Program Evaluation
$20,000
Onward Eden Prairie · Eden Prairie, MN · 2025
General Operations
$20,000
Open Arms of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General Operations
$20,000
Oasis for Youth · Bloomington, MN · 2024
General Operations
$20,000
The Lift Garage · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General Operations
$20,000
Oasis for Youth · Bloomington, MN · 2023
General Operations
$20,000
The Lift Garage · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General Operations
$20,000
Family Values for Life · St Paul, MN · 2022
General Operations
$20,000
Healthfinders Collaborative · Faribault, MN · 2022
General Operations
$20,000
Normandale Community College Founda · Bloomington, MN · 2022
Black Men in Teaching
$20,000
Wilderness Inquiry · St Paul, MN · 2022
Endowment Fund
$15,000
Calvary Lutheran Church · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Food Shelf
$15,000
Community Action Center · Northfield, MN · 2025
Food Shelf
$15,000
True Friends · Annandale, MN · 2023
General Operations
$15,000
The Lift Garage · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General Operations
$10,000
Conversation With Friends · Edina, MN · 2025
General Operations
$10,000
Minnesota Orchestra · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General Operations
$10,000
Step · St Louis Park, MN · 2025
Food Shelf
$10,000
Onward Eden Prairie · Eden Prairie, MN · 2024
Challenge Grant
$10,000
Cornerstone · Bloomington, MN · 2023
Event Sponsorship
$10,000
Metavivor · Annapolis, MD · 2023
General Operations
$10,000
Onward Eden Prairie · Eden Prairie, MN · 2023
Challenge Grant
$5,000
Conversation With Friends · Edina, MN · 2024
General Operations
$5,000
Conversation With Friends · Edina, MN · 2023
General Operations
$5,000
Minnesota Orchestra · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General Operations
$5,000
Onevillage Partners · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Event Sponsorship
$5,000
Charities Review Council · Roseville, MN · 2022
General Operations
$5,000
Minnesota Orchestra · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General Operations
$2,500
Metavivor · Annapolis, MD · 2022
General Operations
$2,000
Hats Mittens · Minnetonka, MN · 2023
General Operations

Who else funds this kind of work

Same state

Mayo Clinic Group Return834 grants · $5.43B
Educational Credit387 grants · $692.9M
Mayo Clinic775 grants · $1.77B

Similar purposes

The San Francisco Foundation6,369 grants · $813.9M
Miramar Charitable Foundation625 grants · $750.0M
Marin Community Foundation5,238 grants · $990.8M

Similar grant size

The Ayco Charitable Foundation15,303 grants · $2.05B
Ohio Child Care Resource and Referral16,278 grants · $1.08B
Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund19,135 grants · $6.79B

Grants already paid are the record; PaperOrbit reads your paper and finds the funders whose record matches it — then explains why.

Search funders like this one

Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.