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Harlan Boss Foundation for the Arts

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

66
grants reported
$1.1M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$15,000
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

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2 grants matching “artsto” · $75,000

  • $50,000

    Park Square Theatre · St Paul, MN · 2023

    To support and encourage the artsto support and encourage the arts

  • $25,000

    Park Square Theatre · St Paul, MN · 2022

    To support and encourage the artsto support and encourage the arts

Top recipients

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

  • Walker West Music Adacemy4 grants · $180,000
  • Park Square Theatre4 grants · $160,000
  • University of Minnesota Foundation5 grants · $120,000
  • Skylark Opera4 grants · $89,000
  • Ne Sculpture Gallery Factor4 grants · $85,000
  • People Incorporated4 grants · $80,000
  • Metropolitan State University Foundation4 grants · $60,000
  • Ramsey County Historical Society4 grants · $57,000
  • Friends of the St Paul Public Library4 grants · $55,000
  • Midway Contemporary Art4 grants · $50,000

Giving over time

$241,000
2022
$330,500
2023
$277,000
2024
$297,000
2025

Grant history

All 66 reported grants, largest first.

  • $50,000

    Walker West Music Adacemy · St Paul, MN · 2025

    2024 grant

  • $50,000

    Park Square Theatre · St Paul, MN · 2023

    To support and encourage the artsto support and encourage the arts

  • $50,000

    University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $45,000

    Park Square Theatre · St Paul, MN · 2025

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $45,000

    Walker West Music Adacemy · St Paul, MN · 2024

    2024 grant

  • $45,000

    Walker West Music Adacemy · St Paul, MN · 2023

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $40,000

    Park Square Theatre · St Paul, MN · 2024

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $40,000

    Walker West Music Adacemy · St Paul, MN · 2022

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $25,000

    Midway Contemporary Art · Minneapolis, MN · 2025

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $25,000

    Ne Sculpture Gallery Factor · Minneapolis, MN · 2025

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $25,000

    People Incorporated · St Paul, MN · 2025

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $25,000

    Skylark Opera · St Paul, MN · 2025

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $25,000

    Ne Sculpture Gallery Factor · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $25,000

    Ramsey County Historical Society · St Paul, MN · 2023

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $25,000

    Park Square Theatre · St Paul, MN · 2022

    To support and encourage the artsto support and encourage the arts

  • $22,000

    Skylark Opera · St Paul, MN · 2024

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $22,000

    Skylark Opera · St Paul, MN · 2023

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $20,000

    Metropolitan State University Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2025

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $20,000

    University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $20,000

    People Incorporated · St Paul, MN · 2024

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $20,000

    University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $20,000

    Ne Sculpture Gallery Factor · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $20,000

    People Incorporated · St Paul, MN · 2023

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $20,000

    Skylark Opera · St Paul, MN · 2022

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $20,000

    University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $15,000

    Friends of the St Paul Public Library · St Paul, MN · 2025

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $15,000

    Friends of the St Paul Public Library · St Paul, MN · 2024

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $15,000

    Metropolitan State University Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2024

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $15,000

    Franconia Sculpture Park · Franconia, MN · 2023

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $15,000

    Metropolitan State University Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2023

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $15,000

    Franconia Sculpture Park · Franconia, MN · 2022

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $15,000

    Ne Sculpture Gallery Factor · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $15,000

    People Incorporated · St Paul, MN · 2022

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $15,000

    Ramsey County Historical Society · St Paul, MN · 2022

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $12,500

    Friends of the St Paul Public Library · St Paul, MN · 2023

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $12,500

    Friends of the St Paul Public Library · St Paul, MN · 2022

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $10,000

    American Craft Council · Minneapolis, MN · 2025

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $10,000

    Continental Ballet Company · Bloomington, MN · 2025

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $10,000

    Highpoint Center for Printmaking · Minneapolis, MN · 2025

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $10,000

    One Voice · St Paul, MN · 2025

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $10,000

    American Craft Council · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $10,000

    Highpoint Center for Printmaking · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $10,000

    Midway Contemporary Art · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $10,000

    One Voice · St Paul, MN · 2024

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $10,000

    Ramsey County Historical Society · St Paul, MN · 2024

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $10,000

    University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    For the katherine nash exhibit

  • $10,000

    American Craft Council · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $10,000

    Highpoint Center for Printmaking · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $10,000

    Midway Contemporary Art · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $10,000

    Northern Clay Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $10,000

    One Voice · St Paul, MN · 2023

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $10,000

    American Craft Council · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $10,000

    Highpoint Center for Printmaking · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $10,000

    Metropolitan State University Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2022

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $10,000

    Northern Clay Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $10,000

    One Voice · St Paul, MN · 2022

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $7,000

    Ramsey County Historical Society · St Paul, MN · 2025

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $5,000

    Continental Ballet Company · Bloomington, MN · 2024

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $5,000

    Saint Paul Conservatory of Music · St Paul, MN · 2024

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $5,000

    The Cedar Cultural Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $5,000

    Saint Paul Conservatory of Music · St Paul, MN · 2023

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $5,000

    Midway Contemporary Art · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $5,000

    Saint Paul Conservatory of Music · St Paul, MN · 2022

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $2,500

    Northeast Minnesota Art District · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $1,000

    St Anthony Park Branch Library Association · St Paul, MN · 2023

    To support and encourage the arts

  • $1,000

    St Anthony Park Branch Library Association · St Paul, MN · 2022

    To support and encourage the arts

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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.