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Funding search · EIN 411625546 · Minneapolis, MN

Frederick O Watson Foundation

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

16
grants reported
$220,000
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$5,000
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.

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Grant history

All 16 reported grants, largest first.

  • $87,000

    Fidelity Charital · Cincinnati, OH · 2022

    Unrestricted Contributiion for General Purpose

  • $40,000

    Innovia Foundation · Spokane, WA · 2022

    Unrestricted Contributiion for General Purpose

  • $40,000

    Minneapolis Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    Unrestricted Contributiion for General Purpose

  • $10,000

    Food Bank of Montery Co · Salinas, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted Contributiion for General Purpose

  • $7,500

    Education for Liberation Network · Madison, NJ · 2022

    Unrestricted Contributiion for General Purpose

  • $5,000

    Shepherd'S House · Bend, OR · 2025

    To aid housing for homeless in central oregon

  • $5,000

    Bethlehem Inn · Bend, OR · 2024

    To aid in providing shelter for homeless individuals and families

  • $5,000

    Shepard'S House · Bend, OR · 2023

    To provide meals for those in need

  • $5,000

    Refugee & Immigrant Association · Boston, MA · 2022

    Unrestricted Contributiion for General Purpose

  • $5,000

    Ventana Wildlife Society · Monterey, CA · 2022

    Unrestricted Contributiion for General Purpose

  • $2,500

    Horace Fleming Scholarship · Capitol Heights, MD · 2022

    Unrestricted Contributiion for General Purpose

  • $2,500

    Soka Gakkai International - USA · New York, NY · 2022

    Unrestricted Contributiion for General Purpose

  • $2,500

    Taller Salud · Loiza, PR · 2022

    Unrestricted Contributiion for General Purpose

  • $1,000

    Around the Bend Farms · Bend, OR · 2024

    To aid food access programs

  • $1,000

    Parkinson'S Resources · Beaverton, OR · 2023

    To aid in parkisons research

  • $1,000

    Shepherd'S House Bend · Bend, OR · 2022

    Unrestricted Contributiion for General Purpose

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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.