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 20222025. 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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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

$320,000
2022
$290,000
2023
$300,000
2024
$600,400
2025

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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