Funding search · EIN 416052950 · Minneapolis, MN

Donaldson Foundation

Name: Donaldson 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.

164
grants reported: $3.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
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

employee matching museum scholarships college community educational high

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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.

Greater Twin Cities United Way3 grants · $685,000
Scholarship America3 grants · $319,750
Plant Cities Funding Pool1 grant · $193,424
Special Olympics1 grant · $150,000
Science Museum of Mn3 grants · $150,000
Donorschoose1 grant · $100,000
Boys Girls Clubs Tc1 grant · $100,000
Mid-State Technical College1 grant · $100,000
United Way of Clinton County3 grants · $86,482
College Possible3 grants · $80,000

Giving over time

$1.2M

2022

$1.2M

2023

$1.3M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 164 grants.

$250,000
Greater Twin Cities United Way · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
United Way Donation
$230,000
Greater Twin Cities United Way · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
general support
$205,000
Greater Twin Cities United Way · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
general support
$193,424
Plant Cities Funding Pool · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Donations to Local Areas
$150,000
Special Olympics · St Paul, MN · 2024
Contribution provided
$134,500
Scholarship America · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Educational scholarships
$133,000
Scholarship America · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Educational scholarships
$100,000
Boys Girls Clubs Tc · St Paul, MN · 2024
Contribution provided
$100,000
Donorschoose · Philadelphia, PA · 2023
general support
$100,000
Mid-State Technical College · Marshfield, WI · 2022
School Donation
$52,250
Scholarship America · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Scholarships
$50,000
Science Museum of Mn · St Paul, MN · 2024
general support
$50,000
Science Museum of Mn · St Paul, MN · 2023
general support
$50,000
Science Museum of Mn · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Science Museum
$37,500
Normandale Community College · Bloomington, MN · 2022
Normandale Community College
$35,000
College Possible · St Paul, MN · 2023
general support
$35,000
College Possible · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
College Possible
$30,000
Normandale Community College Foundation · Bloomington, MN · 2024
Contribution provided
$30,000
Pacer Center · Bloomington, MN · 2024
Contribution provided
$30,000
Pacer Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
general support
$30,000
Pacer Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
PACER Center
$30,000
United Way of Clinton County · Clinton, IA · 2022
Donations
$30,000
United Way of Portage County · Stevens Point, WI · 2022
Donations
$29,290
United Way of Clinton County · Clinton, IA · 2024
general support
$28,381
United Way of Portage County · Stevens Point, WI · 2023
general support
$28,000
Greene Local Education Advancement Foundation · Greeneville, TN · 2024
Contribution provided
$27,192
United Way of Clinton County · Clinton, IA · 2023
general support
$25,500
Normandale Comm College · Bloomington, MN · 2023
general support
$25,000
Dunwoody College of Technology · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
general support
$25,000
Jr Achieve East Iowa · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2024
general support
$25,000
The Works · Bloomington, MN · 2024
Contribution provided
$25,000
360 Communities · Burnsville, MN · 2023
general support
$25,000
Dunwoody College of Technology · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
general support
$25,000
The Works Museum · Bloomington, MN · 2023
general support
$25,000
360 Communities · Burnsville, MN · 2022
360 Communities
$25,000
Dunwoody College of Technology · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Dunwoody
$25,000
The Works Museum · Bloomington, MN · 2022
The Works Museum
$24,989
Jr Achieve East Iowa · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2023
general support
$24,162
United Way of Portage County · Stevens Point, WI · 2024
general support
$23,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Contribution provided
$23,000
Wallin Education Partners · St Paul, MN · 2024
Contribution provided
$23,000
Wallin Education Partners · St Paul, MN · 2023
general support
$23,000
Wallin Education Partners · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Wallin Education
$20,075
Sponsorship Funding Pool · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Sponsorship Funding
$20,000
Cristo Rey High School Tc · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
general support
$20,000
Dixon Public Schools · Dixon, IL · 2024
general support
$20,000
Dress for Success Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2024
Contribution provided
$20,000
Ja North · St Paul, MN · 2024
Contribution provided
$20,000
Minnesota Independence College and Community Micc · Ritchfield, MN · 2024
Contribution provided
$20,000
Ywca of Minneapolis · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Contribution provided
$20,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
general support
$20,000
Cristo Rey High School Tc · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
general support
$20,000
Emerge Community Development · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
general support
$20,000
Girl Scouts of Wi and Mn · St Paul, MN · 2023
general support
$20,000
Junior Achievement North · St Paul, MN · 2023
general support
$20,000
Rock Falls Esd 13 · Rock Falls, IL · 2023
general support
$20,000
Volunteers of America of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
general support
$20,000
Big Brothers Big Sisters · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Big Brother Big Sister
$20,000
Dress for Success · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Dress for Success
$20,000
Genesys Works · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Genesys works
$20,000
Girl Scouts · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Girl Scouts
$20,000
Junior Achievement North · St Paul, MN · 2022
Junior Achievement North
$20,000
Prodeo Academy · St Paul, MN · 2022
Prodeo Academy
$20,000
Volunteers of American of Minnesota · Minnesota, MN · 2022
Volunteers of American of Minnesota
$20,000
Wise · St Paul, MN · 2022
Women's Initiative for Self Empowerment WISE
$18,395
Jessamine Early Learning Village · Nicholasville, KY · 2023
general support
$18,000
Girls Who Code · New York, NY · 2024
Contribution provided
$18,000
Ivy Tech Foundation · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
general support
$16,645
Jessamine Early Learning Village · Nicholasville, KY · 2024
general support
$16,249
Matching Gifts · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Matching employee donations
$15,194
Matching Gifts · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Matching Employee Donations
$15,000
Banyan Community · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
general support
$15,000
Bestprep · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
general support
$15,000
Boys and Girls Club of Portage County · Stevens Point, WI · 2024
Contribution provided
$15,000
Greene County United Way · Greeneville, TN · 2024
Contribution provided
$15,000
Newgate School · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Contribution provided
$15,000
Bestprep · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
general support
$15,000
Create Mpls · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
general support
$15,000
Newgate School · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
general support
$15,000
Prodeo Academy · St Paul, MN · 2023
general support
$15,000
Urban Ventures · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
general support
$15,000
Bestprep · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Bestprep
$15,000
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
$13,077
Banyan Community · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Banyan Community
$12,760
School District of Elmwood · Elmwood, WI · 2024
Contribution provided
$12,500
Ja of the Heartland · Moline, IL · 2024
Contribution provided
$11,887
School District of Elmwood · Elmwood, WI · 2023
general support
$11,326
Academy of Our Lady Lourdes · Rochester, MN · 2023
general support
$11,000
International Funding Pool · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
International Donations
$10,890
Matching Gifts · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Matching employee donations
$10,000
Apple Valley High School · Apple Valley, MN · 2024
Contribution provided
$10,000
Athletes Committed To Educating Students Aces · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Contribution provided
$10,000
College Possible · St Paul, MN · 2024
Contribution provided
$10,000
Groves Academy Dba Groves Learning Organization · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
Contribution provided
$10,000
High Tech Kids · Eagan, MN · 2024
Contribution provided
$10,000
St Louis Learning Disabilities Assoc · Baldwin, WI · 2024
Contribution provided
$10,000
Twin Cities Pbs · St Paul, MN · 2024
Contribution provided
$10,000
Ymca of the North · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Contribution provided
$10,000
Bell Museum · St Paul, MN · 2023
general support
$10,000
High Tech Kids · Eagan, MN · 2023
general support

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