Funding search · EIN 416031510 · St Paul, MN

Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

4,078
grants reported
$377.1M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$22,564
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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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

  • Health systems and hospital foundations, Twin Cities and Stillwater
  • Saint Paul and East Metro human services, food, housing, legal aid
  • K-12 education, Catholic and independent schools, scholarship funds
  • Arts, culture, public media and libraries in Ramsey County
  • Land, water and environmental conservation in Minnesota
  • Native-led, Latino and immigrant community organizations

Typical grant

Half of all grants fall between $10,000 and $50,000, with a median of $22,564, so the working range for a new relationship is a five-figure check. The seven- and eight-figure awards go to affiliated health foundations, community foundation partners and donor-advised fund intermediaries rather than to program applicants: one $80 million transfer to Lakeview Health Foundation is roughly a fifth of all dollars on file. Repeat giving is the norm, with 4,078 grants going to 2,167 recipients across three years, so most funded organizations show up in more than one year.

Their words

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

  • MULTIPLE GRANTS FOR MULTIPLE PURPOSES
  • Foundation
  • Friends of
  • Community

Positioning adjacent work

  • Anchor the ask geographically to Saint Paul, Ramsey County or the East Metro, which dominates the recipient list.
  • Ask $25,000 to $50,000 for a first grant; six figures signals an existing institutional relationship.
  • Connect adjacent work to health access, education equity, food systems or river and land conservation.
  • Identify a donor-advised fundholder or affiliate fund (Warroad, Waseca, Red Wing) as the actual entry point.

Worth knowing: This is a community foundation, so much of the flow is donor-advised and fund-transfer activity rather than staff-directed grantmaking: American Endowment Foundation, National Philanthropic Trust and Vanguard Charitable all appear as recipients, and the California, Florida and New York grants track individual donors rather than any strategy. Purpose fields on the 990 all read the same, so the record shows who is trusted and how much, not what was funded, and 3,190 of the grants stay in Minnesota.

0 grants matching “disability services and research

No grants to show here.

Top recipients

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

  • Lakeview Health Foundation3 grants · $80.0M
  • Mayo Clinic3 grants · $14.0M
  • Group Health Plan3 grants · $10.8M
  • Greater Twin Cities United Way3 grants · $8.9M
  • Minnesota Public Radio3 grants · $7.7M
  • River Place3 grants · $7.0M
  • Scholarship America3 grants · $6.4M
  • Allina Health Foundation3 grants · $5.6M
  • Minisinaakwaang Leadership Academy3 grants · $4.1M
  • Wesleyan University2 grants · $4.1M

Giving over time

$87.2M
2022
$97.2M
2023
$192.6M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 4,078 grants.

  • $80.0M

    Lakeview Health Foundation · Stillwater, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $12.8M

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $10.4M

    Group Health Plan · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $6.0M

    River Place · Warroad, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $5.3M

    Allina Health Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $4.1M

    Greater Twin Cities United Way · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $4.0M

    Nch Healthcare Systems · Naples, FL · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $3.6M

    Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $3.2M

    Minnesota Public Radio · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $2.9M

    Waseca Area Foundation · Waseca, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $2.7M

    Greater Twin Cities United Way · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $2.5M

    Catholic Schools Center of Excellence · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $2.3M

    Minnesota Public Radio · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $2.2M

    Scholarship America · Detroit, MI · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $2.2M

    Minnesota Public Radio · Saint Paul, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $2.2M

    Wilderness Inquiry · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $2.1M

    Scholarship America · Detroit, MI · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $2.1M

    Greater Twin Cities United Way · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $2.1M

    American Endowment Foundation · Hudson, OH · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $2.0M

    Scholarship America · Detroit, MI · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $1.9M

    New Ulm Area Foundation · New Ulm, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $1.7M

    Minisinaakwaang Leadership Academy · McGregor, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $1.7M

    University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $1.6M

    University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $1.4M

    National Philanthropic Tr · Jenkintown, PA · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $1.4M

    Science Museum of Minnesota · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $1.3M

    Minisinaakwaang Leadership Academy · McGregor, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $1.2M

    Hamm Memorial Psychiatric Clinic · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $1.1M

    Minisinaakwaang Leadership Academy · McGregor, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $1.0M

    Minneapolis Jewish Federation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $1.0M

    Lower Phalen Creek Project · Saint Paul, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $1.0M

    St Catherine University · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $1.0M

    Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky · Hazard, KY · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $918,360

    Amherst H Wilder Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $880,778

    Mayo Clinic · Rochester, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $877,291

    St Paul Academy and Summit School · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $876,910

    Hamm Memorial Psychiatric Clinic · Saint Paul, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $874,750

    Trust for Public Land · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $858,806

    Hamm Memorial Psychiatric Clinic · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $856,567

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

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $850,000

    Warroad Community Child Care Center · Warroad, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $802,583

    University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $801,939

    Amherst H Wilder Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $790,473

    Keystone Community Services · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $788,810

    Ars Partnership Llp · Woodbury, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $780,000

    African Economic Development Solutions · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $770,000

    Latino Economic Development Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $761,000

    Victoria Theater Arts Center · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $760,000

    Berkeley Divinity School · New Haven, CT · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $732,149

    River Place · Warroad, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $715,181

    Walker West Music Academy · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $699,420

    City of Saint Paul Minnesota · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $685,000

    Pillsbury United Communities · Minneapolis, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $662,157

    White Bear Center for the Arts · White Bear Lake, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $650,924

    Compassion International Incorporated · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $622,457

    Warroad Community Child Care Center · Warroad, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $618,540

    Boy Scouts of America · Fort Snelling, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $604,664

    Medecins Sans Frontiers USA · Hagerstown, MD · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $600,784

    Minneapolis-St Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership · Saint Paul, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $592,500

    Minnesota Museum of American Art · Saint Paul, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $591,891

    Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance Incorporated · Minneapolis, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $584,167

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

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $578,954

    City of Red Wing · Red Wing, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $551,637

    Boy Scouts of America · Fort Snelling, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $547,014

    Ramsey County Historical Society · Saint Paul, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $543,100

    St Thomas Academy · Mendota Heights, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $541,955

    White Bear Center for the Arts · White Bear Lake, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $524,625

    Independent School District #690 · Warroad, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $513,000

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet · Crest Hill, IL · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $505,754

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

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $503,750

    Second Harvest Northland · Grand Rapids, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $503,500

    Mercy Ships · Garden Valley, TX · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $500,160

    Regions Hospital Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $500,000

    Players Philanthropic Fund · Towson, MD · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $500,000

    City of Minneapolis · Minneapolis, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $500,000

    Red Cloud Renewable · Pine Ridge, SD · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $500,000

    Wesleyan University · Middletown, CT · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $500,000

    Groundtruth Project · Boston, MA · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $496,098

    Amherst H Wilder Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $492,067

    Union Gospel Mission Association of St Paul · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $486,015

    Salvation Army · Roseville, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $479,054

    Como Friends · Saint Paul, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $475,000

    That Property Place · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $465,526

    Waseca Area Foundation · Waseca, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $459,265

    Como Friends · Saint Paul, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $457,998

    White Bear Center for the Arts · White Bear Lake, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $452,713

    Minnesota Discovery Center · Chisholm, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $451,598

    Minnesota Discovery Center · Chisholm, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $446,268

    Como Friends · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $442,255

    Minnesota Discovery Center · Chisholm, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $441,105

    Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Warwick, RI · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $440,049

    Boy Scouts of America · Fort Snelling, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $435,000

    Mississippi Park Connection · Saint Paul, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $416,980

    Listening House of St Paul · Saint Paul, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $401,920

    Salvation Army · Roseville, MN · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $400,000

    Saint Thomas Academy Ice Arena · Mendota Heights, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $400,000

    The Jewish Federation of Fort Worth and Tarrant County · Fort Worth, TX · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $400,000

    West Central Initiative · Fergus Falls, MN · 2023

    Multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes

  • $395,680

    Hill-Murray High School · Maplewood, MN · 2024

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

  • $386,000

    St Croix Valley Foundation · Hudson, WI · 2022

    Multiple grants for multiple purposes

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.