Funding search · EIN 416019050 · St Paul, MN

Otto Bremer Trust

Name: Otto Bremer Trust 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.

3,124
grants reported: $287.8M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $50,000
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

capital services youth health food campaign center community

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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.

Where the money goes

Hospital, clinic and healthcare capital projects across MN, WI, MT, ND
Pooled 'Community Responsive Fund' regranting through community foundations and United Ways
Food banks, food distribution and 'food programs'
Poverty relief, shelter and homeless youth services, heavily St. Paul
Youth development, enrichment access and college/teacher scholarships
Mental health, addiction treatment and recovery services

Typical grant

The median grant is $50,000 and half of everything falls between $35,000 and $80,000, so the ordinary Bremer check is a modest operating or program grant. The seven-figure money goes to two places only: regranting intermediaries like Greater Twin Cities United Way, Initiative Foundation and Greater Milwaukee Foundation at $1M to $4.2M, and hospital or clinic capital campaigns at $500,000 to $1.3M. With 3,124 grants to 1,697 recipients, roughly half of grantees show up more than once in four years, and repeat organizations often get a program grant and a capital grant in the same cycle.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“COMMUNITY RESPONSIVE FUND”
“HEALTHCARE CAPITAL”
“FOOD PROGRAMS”
“GENERAL OPERATIONS”
“RELIEVE POVERTY IN ST. PAUL”
“ACCESS TO ENRICHMENT”

Positioning adjacent work

Frame work as service delivery or capital, not research; almost nothing here reads as a study or pilot inquiry.
Anchor to a named theme they already fund: healthcare capital, food programs, youth development, mental health services.
Ask $50,000 to $80,000 for a first request; reserve six-figure asks for bricks and equipment.
University asks succeed when tied to clinics or scholarships, as with the Community-University Health Care Center and rural physician scholarships.

Worth knowing: Giving tracks the Bremer Bank footprint almost exactly: Minnesota and Wisconsin take the large majority of recipients, with Montana and North Dakota a distant second tier and everything else incidental. A large share of the total never reaches nonprofits directly; it goes to a handful of community foundations and United Ways as Community Responsive Fund regrants, so a small rural organization may have a better path through the Initiative Foundation or Montana Community Foundation than through St. Paul.

9 grants matching “domestic violence” · $594,530

$50,000
Tubman · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Housing for domestic violence survivors
$50,000
Turningpoint for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence · River Falls, WI · 2024
Shelter renovation
$40,000
Unidos Against Domestic Violence · Madison, WI · 2024
General operations
$100,000
Turningpoint for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence · River Falls, WI · 2023
Shelter renovation
$80,000
Tubman · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Housing for domestic violence survivors
$70,000
Turningpoint for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence · River Falls, WI · 2023
General operations
$34,530
Center Against Sexual & Domestic Abuse · Superior, WI · 2023
Legal representation for victims of domestic violence
$100,000
Domestic Violence Crisis Center · Minot, ND · 2022
General operations
$70,000
Turningpoint for Victims of Domestic and Sexual Violence · River Falls, WI · 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.

Greater Twin Cities United Way5 grants · $8.2M
University of Minnesota Foundation15 grants · $7.6M
Greater Milwaukee Foundation2 grants · $6.8M
Initiative Foundation5 grants · $6.6M
Mayo Clinic3 grants · $5.0M
Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region4 grants · $4.8M
Allina Health Foundation4 grants · $4.3M
Regions Hospital Foundation2 grants · $3.5M
Montana Community Foundation2 grants · $3.1M
North Dakota Community Foundation5 grants · $2.8M

Giving over time

$67.6M

2022

$95.3M

2023

$68.0M

2024

$56.9M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 3,124 grants.

$4.2M
Greater Twin Cities United Way · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Community responsive fund
$3.6M
Greater Milwaukee Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Intermediaries pilot project
$3.6M
Greater Twin Cities United Way · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Intermediaries pilot project
$3.1M
Greater Milwaukee Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Community responsive fund
$3.1M
Initiative Foundation · Little Falls, MN · 2025
Community responsive fund
$3.1M
Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region · Appleton, WI · 2023
Intermediaries pilot project
$3.1M
Initiative Foundation · Little Falls, MN · 2023
Intermediaries pilot project
$3.0M
Allina Health Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Innovative, equity based cancer care
$3.0M
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022
Capital for facilities in mchs-mankato & lacrosse
$2.5M
Regions Hospital Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Capital support
$2.1M
United Way of Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2025
Community responsive fund
$2.0M
Impact Seven · Rice Lake, WI · 2022
Cbfc emergency fund
$1.6M
Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region · Appleton, WI · 2025
Community responsive fund
$1.6M
Montana Community Foundation · Helena, MT · 2025
Community responsive fund
$1.6M
Montana Community Foundation · Helena, MT · 2023
Intermediaries pilot project
$1.6M
North Dakota Community Foundation · Bismarck, ND · 2023
Intermediaries pilot project
$1.4M
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Community-university health care center capital project
$1.3M
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Community-university health care center capital project
$1.3M
Allina Health Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Healthcare capital
$1.1M
North Dakota Community Foundation · Bismarck, ND · 2025
Community responsive fund
$1.0M
Froedtert Hospital Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
Hospital bed tower campaign
$1.0M
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
Homeless youth services
$1.0M
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2025
Hospital capital project
$1.0M
Montana Children'S Home & Hospital Dba Shodair Childrens Hospital · Helena, MT · 2025
Mental health services
$1.0M
American Cancer Society · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
2024 acs patient support strategic investment
$1.0M
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Address poverty in st. Paul
$1.0M
Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2024
Healthcare capital
$1.0M
Regions Hospital Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Healthcare capital
$1.0M
Southside Community Health Services · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
One southside
$1.0M
St David'S Center · Minnetonka, MN · 2024
Twin cities early intervention expansion
$1.0M
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Community-university health care center capital project
$1.0M
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Midb: challenging behaviors clinic
$1.0M
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Community-university health care center
$880,000
Young Men'S Christian Association of the North · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Expanding and sustaining ymca neighborhood centers
$750,000
Community of Recovering People Inc Dba the Retreat · Wayzata, MN · 2025
The retreat building community project
$750,000
Eagle Mount · Bozeman, MT · 2025
Capital campaign - campus of the future
$750,000
Goodwill Industries Inc Dba Goodwill-Easter Seals Minnesota · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
New service center
$750,000
The Basilica Landmark · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Capital campaign
$750,000
Union Gospel Mission Association of St Paul · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
Address poverty in st. Paul
$750,000
Neighborhood Development Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Cbfc emergency fund
$750,000
Northeast Entrepreneur Fund · Duluth, MN · 2022
Cbfc emergency fund
$600,000
Hennepin Health Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Center for addiction medicine
$600,000
St Mary'S University of Minnesota · Winona, MN · 2025
Capital campaign - campus of the future and scholarships
$600,000
St Mary'S University of Minnesota · Winona, MN · 2024
First generation initiative (fgi) scholars support
$600,000
Neighborhood House · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Hope in action: a campaign for neighborhood house
$550,000
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Healthcare capital
$525,000
Cedar Riverside People'S Center Dba People'S Center Health Services · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Many stars capital campaign and operating support
$500,000
American Cancer Society · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
Rochester and minneapolis hope lodges
$500,000
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
To relieve poverty in st. Paul.
$500,000
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Dorothy day campus support for our neighbors in need
$500,000
Community Dental Care · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
New st. Paul clinic campaign
$500,000
Groves Academy · Saint Louis Park, MN · 2025
Impact cohort
$500,000
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Hospital capital project
$500,000
Hospital Sisters of St Francis Foundation Dba Hshs St Vincent-St Mary'S · Green Bay, WI · 2025
Hospital capital project
$500,000
Lakeview Health Foundation · Stillwater, MN · 2025
Healthcare capital
$500,000
Marshfield Clinic Health System Foundation · Marshfield, WI · 2025
Hospital capital project
$500,000
Mercy Medical Foundation · Williston, ND · 2025
Healthcare capital
$500,000
Montana Food Bank Network · Missoula, MT · 2025
Food distribution
$500,000
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Dorothy day campus support for our neighbors in need
$500,000
Junior Achievement North · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General operations
$500,000
Minnesota Independence College and Community · Richfield, MN · 2024
Miccs our heart. Our future. Capital campaign (ohof)
$500,000
Montana Food Bank Network · Missoula, MO · 2024
Food distribution
$500,000
Native American Community Clinic · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Capital support for native american community clinic
$500,000
Simpson Housing Services · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Simpson community shelter and apartments
$500,000
The Salvation Army - Northern Division · Roseville, MN · 2024
Salvation armys pathway of hope, emergency services
$500,000
Tubman · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Tubman great dreams campaign
$500,000
African Economic Development Solutions · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Little africa plaza
$500,000
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Dorothy day campus support for our neighbors in need
$500,000
Greater Missoula Family Ymca · Missoula, MT · 2023
Capital campaign
$500,000
Junior Achievement North · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General operations support for program expansion
$500,000
Minnesota Independence College and Community · Richfield, MN · 2023
Miccs our heart. Our future. Capital campaign (ohof)
$500,000
Montana Food Bank Network · Missoula, MT · 2023
Distribution center capital campaign
$500,000
The Salvation Army Northern Division · Roseville, MN · 2023
Pathway of hope, emergency services
$500,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Midb: implementing teleoutreach to improve care access
$500,000
Every Meal · Roseville, MN · 2022
Strategic investment opportunity
$500,000
Forward Community Investments · Madison, WI · 2022
Cbfc emergency fund
$500,000
Midwest Minnesota Community Development Corporation · Detroit Lakes, MN · 2022
Cbfc emergency fund
$450,000
Second Harvest Heartland · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2025
Food programs
$450,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Rural physician scholarships
$450,000
The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Transform our libraries, discover our possibilities
$425,000
Goodwill Industries · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Power of work comprehensive campaign
$420,000
Wilderness Inquiry · Bloomington, MN · 2025
Youth development and community recreation
$400,000
Billings Clinic Foundation · Billings, MT · 2025
Healthcare capital
$400,000
Kenosha Community Health Center Dba Pillar Health · Kenosha, WI · 2025
Clinic capital project
$400,000
St Patrick Hospital Foundation Dba Providence Montana Health Foundation · Missoula, MT · 2025
General operations
$400,000
Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh · Oshkosh, WI · 2023
Capital for facility expansion
$400,000
Every Meal · Roseville, MN · 2023
Strategic investment opportunity with every meal
$400,000
Goodwill Industries · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Power of work comprehensive campaign
$400,000
Latino Economic Development Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General operations & plaza del sol capital request
$400,000
Neighborhood House · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Hope in action: a campaign for neighborhood house
$350,000
Great Plains Food Bank · Fargo, ND · 2025
Food programs
$350,000
Montana Rescue Mission · Billings, MT · 2025
Food and shelter programs
$350,000
True Friends · Annandale, MN · 2025
General operations and capital
$350,000
Billings Clinic Foundation · Billings, MO · 2024
Healthcare capital
$350,000
Second Harvest Northland · Duluth, MN · 2024
Second harvest northland freezer/cooler construction
$350,000
Children'S Dental Services · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Capital suppot
$350,000
Good Samaritan Hospital Association · Rugby, ND · 2023
New hospital construction
$325,000
Citizens for Backus Ab · International Falls, MN · 2023
General operations and capital support
$300,000
All-in Milwaukee · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
College completion, matriculate to wisconsin workforce
$300,000
Altru Health Foundation · Grand Forks, ND · 2025
Behavior health center expansion

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