Funding search · EIN 411714008 · White Bear Lake, MN

Cottonwood Foundation

Name: Cottonwood 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.

68
grants reported: $41,500
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $500
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

acquisition land materials purchase education outreach educational planting

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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.

Top recipients

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

Wild Animal Sanctuary4 grants · $4,000
Southern Plains Land Trust4 grants · $4,000
Indian Land Tenure Foundation4 grants · $3,500
Friends Boundary Waters Wilderness3 grants · $2,500
Chicken Run Rescue4 grants · $2,000
Monarch Butterfly Fund4 grants · $2,000
Save the Chimps4 grants · $2,000
Compassionate Action for Animals4 grants · $2,000
Land Loss Prevention Project4 grants · $2,000
Friends of Animals4 grants · $2,000

Giving over time

$12,000

2022

$9,500

2023

$11,000

2024

$9,000

2025

Grant history

All 68 reported grants, largest first.

$1,000
Indian Land Tenure Foundation · Little Canada, MN · 2025
Land acquisition
$1,000
Southern Plains Land Trust · Lamar, CO · 2025
Land acquisition
$1,000
Wild Animal Sanctuary · Keenesburg, CO · 2025
Land acquisition
$1,000
Friends Boundary Waters Wilderness · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Land acquisition
$1,000
Hawaii Land Trust · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Land acquisition
$1,000
Indian Land Tenure Foundation · Little Canada, MN · 2024
Land acquisition
$1,000
Ofrenda Abunna · Aptos, CA · 2024
Land acquisition
$1,000
Southern Plains Land Trust · Lamar, CO · 2024
Land acquisition
$1,000
Wild Animal Sanctuary · Keenesburg, CO · 2024
Land acquisition
$1,000
Friends Boundary Waters Wilderness · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Land acquisition
$1,000
Indian Land Tenure Foundation · Little Canada, MN · 2023
Land acquisition
$1,000
Southern Plains Land Trust · Lamar, CO · 2023
Land acquisition
$1,000
Wild Animal Sanctuary · Keenesburg, CO · 2023
Land acquisition
$1,000
Southern Plains Land Trust · Lamar, CO · 2022
Land acquisition
$1,000
Wild Animal Sanctuary · Keenesburg, CO · 2022
Land acquisition
$500
Chicken Run Rescue · St Paul, MN · 2025
Materials purchase
$500
Compassionate Action for Animals · Minneapolis, CA · 2025
Outreach and education
$500
Friends Boundary Waters Wilderness · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
Outreach and education
$500
Friends of Animals · Darien, CT · 2025
Program support
$500
Kerulos Center for Nonviolence · Jacksonville, OR · 2025
Improvements to sanctuary
$500
Land Loss Prevention Project · Durham, NC · 2025
Education and outreach
$500
Monarch Butterfly Fund · Madison, WI · 2025
Tree planting
$500
Rainbow World Fund · San Francisco, CA · 2025
Humanitarian assistance
$500
Red Lake Rosies Rescue · Trail, MN · 2025
Materials purchase
$500
Save the Chimps · Fort Pierce, FL · 2025
Materials purchase
$500
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee · Hohenwald, TN · 2025
Support for animals in sanctuary
$500
The Wildcat Sanctuary · Sandstone, MN · 2025
Food for sanctuary animals
$500
Chicken Run Rescue · St Paul, MN · 2024
Materials purchase
$500
Coming To the Table · Oakland, CA · 2024
Support for conference
$500
Compassionate Action for Animals · Minneapolis, CA · 2024
Outreach and education
$500
Friends of Animals · Darien, CA · 2024
Program support
$500
Intertribal Sinkyone Wild Council · Ukiah, CA · 2024
Materials purchase
$500
Land Loss Prevention Project · Durham, NC · 2024
Education and outreach
$500
Monarch Butterfly Fund · Madison, WI · 2024
Tree planting
$500
Red Lake Rosies Rescue · Trail, MN · 2024
Materials purchase
$500
Save the Chimps · Fort Pierce, FL · 2024
Materials purchase
$500
Wildearth Guardians · Santa Fe, NM · 2024
Education and outreach
$500
Chicken Run Rescue · Elko New Market, MN · 2023
Materials purchase
$500
Compassionate Action for Animals · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Outreach and education
$500
Friends of Animals · Darien, CT · 2023
Program support
$500
Intertribal Sinkyone Wild Council · Ukiah, CA · 2023
Materials purchase
$500
Land Loss Prevention Project · Durham, NC · 2023
Education and outreach
$500
Monarch Butterfly Fund · Madison, WI · 2023
Tree planting
$500
Project Coyote · Larkspur, CA · 2023
Education and outreach
$500
Red Lake Rosie'S Rescue · Trail, MN · 2023
Materials purchase
$500
Save the Chimps · Fort Pierce, FL · 2023
Materials purchase
$500
Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Community engagement
$500
Wildearth Guardians · Santa Fe, NM · 2023
Education and outreach
$500
Carpenter Nature Center · Hastings, MN · 2022
Materials purchase
$500
Chicken Run Rescue · Elko New Market, MN · 2022
Materials purchase
$500
Community Environ Legal Def Fund · Mercersburg, PA · 2022
Outreach and education
$500
Compassionate Action for Animals · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Educational purposes
$500
Earth Law Center · Boulder, CO · 2022
Program support
$500
Friends of Animals · Darien, CT · 2022
Program support
$500
Howling for Wolves · Hopkins, MN · 2022
Program support
$500
Indian Land Tenure Foundation · Little Canada, MN · 2022
Program support
$500
Land Loss Prevention Project · Durham, NC · 2022
Educational purposes
$500
Lower Phalen Creek Project · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Program support
$500
Monarch Butterfly Fund · Madison, WI · 2022
Tree planting
$500
Nonhuman Rights Project · Coral Springs, FL · 2022
Legal expenses
$500
Our Children'S Trust · Eugene, OR · 2022
Legal expenses
$500
Project Coyote · Larkspur, CA · 2022
Outreach and education
$500
Red Lake Rosie'S Rescue · Trail, MN · 2022
Materials purchase
$500
Rural Renewable Energy Alliance · Backus, MN · 2022
Educational purposes
$500
Save the Chimps · Fort Pierce, FL · 2022
Materials purchase
$500
Soul Fire Farm · Petersburg, NY · 2022
Educational purposes
$500
Transition US · Sebastopol, CA · 2022
Education and outreach
$500
Wildearthguardians · Santa Fe, NM · 2022
Program support

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