Funding search · EIN 753140739 · Wayzata, MN

Michael J & Karen B Frey Foundation

Name: Michael J & Karen B Frey Foundation grants, 2022–2024
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.

72
grants reported: $1.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $6,166
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

giving womn community collection endowed fire gardens plant

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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.

4 grants matching “womn” · $32,000

$10,000
Giving Womn · St Paul, MN · 2024
General
$2,000
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Giving womn community fund
$10,000
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Giving womn community fund
$10,000
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Giving womn

Top recipients

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

Providence Academy3 grants · $515,000
Friends of Education2 grants · $250,000
Umlc2 grants · $125,000
Institute for Justice3 grants · $100,000
Alpha News3 grants · $100,000
Center for American Experiment3 grants · $93,000
Crook County School District3 grants · $85,000
Minnesota Voters Alliance2 grants · $75,000
Weston County Fire2 grants · $50,000
Upper Midwest Law Center1 grant · $50,000

Giving over time

$527,987

2022

$503,200

2023

$665,000

2024

Grant history

All 72 reported grants, largest first.

$250,000
Providence Academy · Plymouth, MN · 2022
General
$165,000
Providence Academy · Plymouth, MN · 2024
General
$150,000
Friends of Education · Wayzata, MN · 2023
General
$100,000
Friends of Education · Wayzata, MN · 2024
General
$100,000
Providence Academy · Plymouth, MN · 2023
General
$75,000
Umlc · Minnetonka, MN · 2024
General
$50,000
Center for American Experiment · Golden Valley, MN · 2024
General
$50,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2024
General
$50,000
Minnesota Voters Alliance · St Paul, MN · 2024
General
$50,000
Umlc · Minnetonka, MN · 2023
General
$50,000
Alpha News · Minnetonka, MN · 2022
General
$50,000
Upper Midwest Law Center · Golden Valley, MN · 2022
General
$42,000
Crook County School District · Sundance, WY · 2023
General
$26,000
Saint John the Baptist · New Brighton, MN · 2024
General
$25,000
Alpha News · Minnetonka, MN · 2024
General
$25,000
Crook County - Fire Fund · Sundance, WY · 2024
General
$25,000
Weston County Fire · Newcastle, WY · 2024
General
$25,000
Alpha News · Minnetonka, MN · 2023
General
$25,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2023
General
$25,000
Minnesota Voters Alliance · St Paul, MN · 2023
General
$25,000
Weston County Fire · Newcastle, WY · 2023
General
$25,000
Crook County · Sundance, WY · 2022
Fire fund
$25,000
Crook County School District · Sundance, WY · 2022
General
$25,000
Institute for Justice · Arlington, VA · 2022
General
$25,000
Mn Voters Alliance · St Paul, MN · 2022
General
$25,000
Weston County Fire Protection District · Newcastle, WY · 2022
General
$23,000
Center for American Experiment · Golden Valley, MN · 2022
General
$20,000
Center for American Experiment · Golden Valley, MN · 2023
General
$18,000
Crook County School District · Sundance, WY · 2024
General
$16,000
Folds of Honor · Wayzata, MN · 2024
General
$15,000
St Thomas Academy · Mendota Heights, MN · 2024
General
$15,000
Perspectives · Chicago, IL · 2023
General
$10,000
Giving Womn · St Paul, MN · 2024
General
$10,000
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Giving womn community fund
$10,000
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Giving womn
$6,500
Crook County Rodeo Royalty · Sundance, WY · 2023
General
$5,832
Basilica of Saint Mary · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General
$5,000
Rein in Sarcoma · Fridley, MN · 2022
General
$3,000
Crook County Rodeo Royalty · Sundance, WY · 2024
General
$3,000
Saint Bartholomew of Wayzata · Wayzata, MN · 2023
General
$2,055
Como Friends · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General
$2,000
Crook County Search and Rescue · Sundance, WY · 2024
General
$2,000
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Giving womn community fund
$1,500
Crook County Search and Rescue · Sundance, WY · 2023
General
$1,000
Breakthrough T1d · Bloomington, MN · 2024
General
$1,000
Como Friends · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General
$1,000
Eb Reseach Partnership · New York, NY · 2024
General
$1,000
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum · Chaska, MN · 2024
General
$1,000
Saint Bartholomew of Wayzata · Wayzata, MN · 2024
General
$1,000
Saint Johns University · Collegeville, MN · 2024
General
$1,000
The Basillica of Saint Mary · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General
$1,000
Camp Brother Bear · Ashland, WI · 2023
General
$1,000
Como Friends · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General
$1,000
Wiki Media · Washington, DC · 2023
General
$1,000
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General
$1,000
Saint Bartholomew of Wayzata · Wayzata, MN · 2022
General
$1,000
St John Baptist Catholic Parish · Excelsior, MN · 2022
General
$1,000
Wiki Media · Washington, DC · 2022
General
$750
Minnesota Lanscape Arboretum Foundation · Chaska, MN · 2022
Gardens and plant collection
$500
American Swedish Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General
$500
Soles4souls · San Bernardino, CA · 2024
General
$500
Alzheimer'S Association · Rochester, MN · 2023
General
$500
Colorado Association for Behavior and Analysis · Golden, CO · 2023
General
$500
St Mary'S of the Lake · Lake City, MN · 2023
General
$500
Wayzata Yacht Club · Wayzata, MN · 2023
General
$500
Change the Outcome · Chanhassen, MN · 2022
General
$500
Delasalle High School · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Scherer endowed scholarship
$500
Innercity Tennis · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General
$500
The Pennington School · Pennington, NJ · 2022
General
$250
Workabilities · Golden Valley, MN · 2022
General
$200
Wayzata Fire Department · Wayzata, MN · 2023
General
$100
Wayzata Fire Department · Wayzata, MN · 2022
General

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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.