Funding search · EIN 990339501 · St Louis Park, MN

The Earl & Doris Bakken Foundation

Name: The Earl & Doris Bakken Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

35
grants reported: $1.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $30,000
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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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 “kohala” · $140,000

$30,000
The Kohala Center · Kamuela, HI · 2025
General operating
$30,000
The Kohala Center · Kamuela, HI · 2024
General operating
$30,000
The Kohala Center · Kamuela, HI · 2023
General operating
$50,000
The Kohala Center · Kamuela, HI · 2022
General operating

Grant history

All 35 reported grants, largest first.

$67,500
Pavek Musem of Broadcasting · St Lous Park, MN · 2022
General operating
$58,750
The Bakken Museum · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operating
$58,500
Hui Aloha Kiholo · Kamuela, HI · 2023
General operating
$50,000
Earl E Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General operating
$50,000
Friends of the Future · Kamuela, HI · 2022
General operating
$50,000
Hui Aloha Kiholo · Kamuela, HI · 2022
General operating
$50,000
North Hawaii Community Hospital · Kamuela, HI · 2022
General operating
$50,000
The Kohala Center · Kamuela, HI · 2022
General operating
$48,750
The Bakken Museum · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General operating
$43,500
Earl E Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operating
$40,000
Earl E Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General operating
$40,000
Earl E Bakken Center for Spirituality & Healing · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operating
$40,000
Norway House · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General operating
$35,000
Hui Aloha Kiholo · Kamuela, HI · 2025
General operating
$35,000
Hui Aloha Kiholo · Kamuela, HI · 2024
General operating
$35,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General operating
$30,000
Friends of the Future · Kamuela, HI · 2025
General operating
$30,000
North Hawaii Community Hospital · Kamuela, HI · 2025
General operating
$30,000
The Kohala Center · Kamuela, HI · 2025
General operating
$30,000
Friends of the Future · Kamuela, HI · 2024
General operating
$30,000
North Hawaii Community Hospital · Kamuela, HI · 2024
General operating
$30,000
The Kohala Center · Kamuela, HI · 2024
General operating
$30,000
Friends of the Future · Kamuela, HI · 2023
General operating
$30,000
North Hawaii Community Hospital · Kamuela, HI · 2023
General operating
$30,000
The Kohala Center · Kamuela, HI · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Pavek Museum of Broadcasting · St Lous Park, MN · 2023
General operating
$23,500
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operating
$21,250
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General operating
$21,250
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operating
$15,000
The Bakken Museum · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General operating
$10,000
Pavek Museum of Broadcasting · St Lous Park, MN · 2025
General operating
$10,000
The Bakken Museum · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Norway House · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Norway House · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operating
$5,000
First Lutheran Church · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating

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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.