Funding search · EIN 472198379 · Minneapolis, MN
The Second Step 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.
- 111
- grants reported
- $1.5M
- total given
- 2022–2025
- filing years
- $10,000
- 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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Top recipients
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- Great Plains Food Bank6 grants · $140,000
- Feeding South Dakota4 grants · $100,000
- Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin4 grants · $50,000
- Great Falls Community Food Bank4 grants · $50,000
- St Mary'S Food Bank4 grants · $50,000
- Montana Food Bank Network4 grants · $50,000
- River Bend Food Bank4 grants · $50,000
- Meals On Wheels of Nw Indiana4 grants · $50,000
- Rock River Valley Pantry4 grants · $50,000
- The Hope Market4 grants · $50,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 111 grants.
- $40,000
Feeding South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $40,000
Great Plains Food Bank · Bismarck, ND · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $30,000
Great Plains Food Bank · Bismarck, ND · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Billings Food Bank · Billings, MT · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Dicsa - Nutritional Services · Iron Mountain, MI · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Edible Prairie Project - Summer Weekend Meals for Kids · Gillette, WY · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Food Bank of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Food Bank of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Food Bank of Siouxland · Sioux City, IA · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Food Bank of the Heartland · Omaha, NE · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Friends in Need Food Shelf · Cottage Grove, MN · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Friends With Food · Waukesha, WI · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Great Falls Community Food Bank · Great Falls, MT · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Great Plains Food Bank · Fargo, ND · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Horizons Meals On Wheels · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Meals On Wheels of Nw Indiana · Merriville, IN · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Montana Food Bank Network · Missoula, MT · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Needs Inc Food Pantry · Cheyenne, WY · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
North Country Food Bank · East Grand Forks, ND · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Now Nutrition On Weekends · Marshfield, WI · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
River Bend Food Bank · Davenport, IA · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Rock River Valley Pantry · Rockford, IL · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Rocori Area Food Shelf · Cold Springs, MN · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Sacramento Food Bank · Sacramento, CA · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Second Harvest Heartland · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
St Mary'S Food Bank · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
The Hope Market · Gardner, KS · 2025
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Feeding South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Feeding South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Great Plains Food Bank · Bismarck, ND · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Carbon Country Food · Joliet, MT · 2022
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Feeding South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Program support to reduce hunger
- $20,000
Great Plains Food Bank · Fargo, ND · 2022
Program support to reduce hunger for grand forks and fargo
- $20,000
Project Hope · Columbus, MT · 2022
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Blessings in a Backpack · Gillette, WY · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Cross Services · Rogers, MN · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Dicsa · Iron Mountain, MI · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Family Services of Billings · Billings, MT · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Food Bank of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Food Bank of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Food Bank of Siouxland · Sioux City, IA · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Food Bank of the Heartland · Omaha, NE · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Friday Food Bag Foundation · Cheyenne, WY · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Friends With Food · Waukesha, WI · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Great Falls Community Food Bank · Great Falls, MT · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Meals On Wheels of Nw Indiana · Merriville, IN · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Montana Food Bank Network · Missoula, MT · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
North Country Food Bank · East Grand Forks, ND · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Northeast Iowa Food Bank - Cedar Valley Food Pantry · Waterloo, IA · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Nothern Illinois Food Bank · Geneva, IL · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Now Nutrition On Weekends · Marshfield, WI · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
River Bend Food Bank · Davenport, IA · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Rock River Valley Pantry · Rockford, IL · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Rocori Area Food Shelf · Cold Springs, MN · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Sacramento Food Bank · Sacramento, CA · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
St Mary'S Food Bank · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
The Hope Market · Gardner, KS · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
The Open Door · Eagan, MN · 2024
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Billings Food Bank · Billings, MT · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Council of Community Services Community Soup Kitchen · Gillette, WY · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Food Bank for the Heartland · Omaha, NE · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Food Bank of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Food Bank of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Food Bank of Siouxland · Sioux City, IA · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Friday Food Bag Foundation · Cheyenne, WY · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Great Falls Community Food Bank · Great Falls, MT · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Great Plains Food Bank · Fargo, ND · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Greater Chicago Food Depository · Chicago, IL · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Hope Center in Waukesha · Waukesha, WI · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Meals On Wheels of Nw Indiana · Merriville, IN · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Montana Food Bank Network · Missoula, MT · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Neighbors Mn · South St Paul, MN · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
North Country Food Bank · East Grand Forks, ND · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Northeast Iowa Food Bank - Cedar Valley Food Pantry · Waterloo, IA · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Now Nutrition On Weekends · Marshfield, WI · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
River Bend Food Bank · Davenport, IA · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Rock River Valley Pantry · Rockford, IL · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Rocori Area Food Shelf · Cold Spring, MN · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Sacramento Food Bank · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wisconsin · Madison, WI · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
St Mary'S Food Bank · Phoenix, AZ · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
The Hope Market · Gardner, KS · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Western Upper Peninsula Food Bank · Houghton, MI · 2023
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Avon Food Shelf · Avon, MN · 2022
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Council of Community Services · Gillette, WY · 2022
Community soup kitchen
- $10,000
Dickinson County Salvation Army Mobile Food Pantry · Kingsford, MI · 2022
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Family Services of Billings · Billings, MT · 2022
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Food Bank of Iowa · Des Moines, IA · 2022
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Food Bank of Lincoln · Lincoln, NE · 2022
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Food Bank of the Heartland · Omaha, NE · 2022
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Great Falls Community Food Bank · Great Falls, MT · 2022
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Great Plains Food Bank - Bismarck · Bismarck, ND · 2022
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Great Plains Food Bank - Williston · Bismarck, ND · 2022
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Hawkeye Area Community Action Program · Hiawatha, IA · 2022
Health and nutrition services
- $10,000
Hunger Task Force · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Meals On Wheels of Nw Indiana · Merriville, IN · 2022
Program support to reduce hunger
- $10,000
Montana Food Bank Network · Missoula, MT · 2022
Program support to reduce hunger
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