Funding search · EIN 812450108 · Eden Prairie, MN

Sandcastle Foundation

Name: Sandcastle Foundation 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.

140
grants reported: $3.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
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

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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.

3 grants matching “props” · $85,000

$50,000
Prop People Reaching Out To Other People · Eden Prairie, MN · 2024
General support grant
$20,000
Prop People Reaching Out To Other People · Eden Prairie, MN · 2023
General support grant
$15,000
Prop People Reaching Out To Other People · Eden Prairie, MN · 2022
General support grant

Top recipients

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

University of St Thomas4 grants · $295,000
Ujamaa Place4 grants · $252,500
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities4 grants · $160,000
Crescent Cove4 grants · $160,000
St Patrick Center3 grants · $135,000
Washington University4 grants · $125,000
Aeon4 grants · $100,000
Ymca4 grants · $95,000
Prop People Reaching Out To Other People3 grants · $85,000
Ocean Blue Project4 grants · $75,000

Giving over time

$600,000

2022

$805,000

2023

$800,000

2024

$940,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 140 grants.

$75,000
University of St Thomas · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$75,000
University of St Thomas · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General support grant
$75,000
University of St Thomas · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General support grant
$70,000
Ujamaa Place · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$70,000
Ujamaa Place · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General support grant
$70,000
Ujamaa Place · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General support grant
$70,000
University of St Thomas · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General support grant
$55,000
St Patrick Center · St Louis, MO · 2022
General support grant
$50,000
African American Child Wellness Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$50,000
Washington University · Saint Louis, MO · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$50,000
Prop People Reaching Out To Other People · Eden Prairie, MN · 2024
General support grant
$50,000
People Serving People · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support grant
$42,500
Ujamaa Place · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General support grant
$40,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$40,000
Crescent Cove · Brooklyn Center, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$40,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2024
General support grant
$40,000
Crescent Cove · Brooklyn Center, MN · 2024
General support grant
$40,000
Simpson Housing Services · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support grant
$40,000
St Patrick Center · St Louis, MO · 2024
General support grant
$40,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2023
General support grant
$40,000
Crescent Cove · Brooklyn Center, MN · 2023
General support grant
$40,000
St Patrick Center · St Louis, MO · 2023
General support grant
$40,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2022
General support grant
$40,000
Crescent Cove · Brooklyn Center, MN · 2022
General support grant
$35,000
Constellation Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$35,000
Ymca · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General support grant
$30,000
Aeon · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$30,000
Eden Prairie Community Foundation · Eden Prairie, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$30,000
Planned Parenthood of Minnesota North · St Paul, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$30,000
Missouri Botanical Gardens · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General support grant
$30,000
Washington University · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General support grant
$30,000
Missouri Botanical Gardens · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
General support grant
$30,000
Washington University · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
General support grant
$25,000
Summit Academy Oic · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$25,000
Veap · Bloomington, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$25,000
Aeon · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support grant
$25,000
Animal Protection Assoc of Missouri · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General support grant
$25,000
National Alliance for Research · New York, NY · 2024
General support grant
$25,000
Ocean Blue Project · Corvallis, OR · 2024
General support grant
$25,000
Planned Parenthood Great Rivers · St Louis, MO · 2024
General support grant
$25,000
Summit Academy Oic · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support grant
$25,000
Aeon · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support grant
$25,000
Animal Protection Assoc of Missouri · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
General support grant
$25,000
National Alliance for Research · New York, NY · 2023
General support grant
$25,000
Ocean Blue Project · Corvallis, OR · 2023
General support grant
$25,000
Planned Parenthood of the St Louis Region and Southwest Missouri · St Louis, MO · 2023
General support grant
$20,000
Achieve Twin Cities · Eagan, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$20,000
Beacon Interfaith Housing · St Paul, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$20,000
Forest Park Forever · St Louis, MT · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$20,000
Legal Rights Center Incorporated · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$20,000
People Reaching Out To Other People · Eden Prairie, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$20,000
Simpson Housing Services · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$20,000
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$20,000
Ymca · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$20,000
Achieve Minneapolis · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support grant
$20,000
Beacon Interfaith Outreach · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General support grant
$20,000
Legal Rights Center Incorporated · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support grant
$20,000
Planned Parenthood of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2024
General support grant
$20,000
Ymca · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support grant
$20,000
Achieve Minneapolis · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support grant
$20,000
Beacon Interfaith Outreach · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General support grant
$20,000
Legal Rights Center Incorporated · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support grant
$20,000
Planned Parenthood of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2023
General support grant
$20,000
Prop People Reaching Out To Other People · Eden Prairie, MN · 2023
General support grant
$20,000
The Bridge for Youth · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support grant
$20,000
Ymca · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support grant
$20,000
Aeon · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General support grant
$20,000
Hamline University · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General support grant
$15,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
Can Do Canines · New Hope, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
Cardinal Glennon Children'S Hospital · St Louis, MO · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
Domestic Abuse Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
Make a Wish Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
National Alliance for Research On Schizophrenia and Depression · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
Ocean Blue Project · Corvallis, OR · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
Planned Parenthood Great Rivers · St Louis, MO · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
President and Trustees of Bates · Lewiston, ME · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
The Curators of the University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
The Saint Louis Zoo Foundation · St Louis, MT · 2025
Heim wild care park pledge
$15,000
Washburn Center for Children · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
Wild Canid Survival & Research · Eureka, MT · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
Can Do Canines · New Hope, MN · 2024
General support grant
$15,000
Domestic Abuse Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support grant
$15,000
President and Trustees of Bates · Lewiston, ME · 2024
General support grant
$15,000
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General support grant
$15,000
Washburn Center for Children · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support grant
$15,000
Can Do Canines · New Hope, MN · 2023
General support grant
$15,000
Children'S Health Care · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support grant
$15,000
Domestic Abuse Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support grant
$15,000
President and Trustees of Bates · Lewiston, ME · 2023
General support grant
$15,000
St Cloud State University · Saint Cloud, MN · 2023
General support grant
$15,000
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General support grant
$15,000
Washburn Center for Children · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support grant
$15,000
Bates College · Lewiston, ME · 2022
General support grant
$15,000
Beacon Interfaith Outreach · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General support grant
$15,000
Can Do Canines · New Hope, MN · 2022
General support grant
$15,000
Prop People Reaching Out To Other People · Eden Prairie, MN · 2022
General support grant
$15,000
St Cloud State University · Saint Cloud, MN · 2022
General support grant

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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.