Funding search · EIN 416052604 · Arden Hills, MN

Grotto Foundation

Name: Grotto Foundation grants, 2021–2024
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.

94
grants reported: $3.8M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $35,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

careers housing mentoring mentorship pathway scholarship supportive youth

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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.

Jeremiah Program3 grants · $205,000
Dunwoody College of Technology3 grants · $175,000
Wallin Education Partners3 grants · $175,000
Elpis Enterprises3 grants · $160,000
Appetite for Change2 grants · $150,000
Bolder Options3 grants · $140,000
Mobile Hope2 grants · $135,000
Breakthrough Twin Cities3 grants · $125,000
Project Success2 grants · $125,000
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library3 grants · $108,000

Giving over time

$1.2M

2021

$917,500

2022

$581,750

2023

$1.1M

2024

Grant history

All 94 reported grants, largest first.

$100,000
Normandale Community College Foundation · Bloomington, MN · 2024
Bipoc peer mentoring program support
$100,000
One2one · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Operational support
$100,000
Appetite for Change · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General support
$100,000
Project Success · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General support
$85,000
Mobile Hope · Corcoran, MN · 2022
Operational support
$80,000
Jeremiah Program · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Program support
$75,000
The Sanneh Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2024
Operational support
$75,000
Dunwoody College of Technology · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Pathway 2 careers
$75,000
Jeremiah Program · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Operational support
$75,000
Project for Pride in Living · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Learn & earn to achieve potential
$75,000
Wallin Education Partners · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General support
$60,000
Community Partners With Youth · New Brighton, MN · 2022
Operational support
$60,000
Foster Advocates · St Paul, MN · 2022
Program support
$60,000
Elpis Enterprises · St Paul, MN · 2021
Program support
$60,000
The Link · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Program supportive housing
$60,000
Youth Farm · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General support
$50,000
Appetite for Change · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Operational support
$50,000
Big Ideas · New Ulm, MN · 2024
Operational support
$50,000
Bolder Options · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Mentoring program support
$50,000
Breakthrough Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2024
Operational support
$50,000
Dunwoody College of Technology · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Pathways to careers program support
$50,000
Elpis Enterprises · St Paul, MN · 2024
Operational support
$50,000
Jeremiah Program · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Operational support
$50,000
Mentor Mn · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Operational support
$50,000
Mobile Hope · Corcoran, MN · 2024
Operational support
$50,000
Wallin Education Partners · St Paul, MN · 2024
Operational support
$50,000
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library · Collegeville, MN · 2023
Operational support
$50,000
All Square · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Operational support
$50,000
Dunwoody College of Technology · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Pathway 2 careers
$50,000
Elpis Enterprises · St Paul, MN · 2022
Program support
$50,000
Friends of Saint Paul College · St Paul, MN · 2022
Scholarship
$50,000
Wallin Education Partners · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Operational support
$50,000
Youthlink · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General support
$50,000
Bolder Options · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Mentorship program
$50,000
Breakthrough Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2021
General support
$50,000
The Brandlab · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Operational support
$43,900
Goodwill Industries · St Paul, MN · 2021
Youthbuild program
$40,000
Isuroon · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Youth programs support
$40,000
Ujamaa Place · St Paul, MN · 2024
Operational support
$40,000
Bolder Options · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Operational support
$40,000
Kajoog · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Operational support
$40,000
All Square · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General support
$40,000
Kajoog · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Operational support
$35,000
Reach for Resources · Minnetonka, MN · 2024
Operational support
$35,000
Foster Advocates · St Paul, MN · 2023
Operational support
$35,000
Urban Boatbuilders · St Paul, MN · 2023
Operational support
$35,000
Women'S Advocates · St Paul, MN · 2023
Lean on me program
$35,000
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library · Collegeville, MN · 2021
Endowment fund
$35,000
Jewish Family and Children'S Services · Golden Valley, MN · 2021
General support
$35,000
Minnesota Military Appreciation Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General support
$35,000
Propel Nonprofits · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Operational support
$35,000
Second Harvest · St Paul, MN · 2021
Mn central kitchen
$35,000
Women'S Advocates · St Paul, MN · 2021
Operational support
$33,000
Community Partners With Youth · New Brighton, MN · 2023
Operational support
$30,000
Neighborhood House · St Paul, MN · 2024
Operational support
$30,000
The Urban Village · St Paul, MN · 2024
Operational support
$30,000
Tree Trust · St Paul, MN · 2024
Operational support
$30,000
Big Ideas · New Ulm, MN · 2023
Operational support
$30,000
Neighborhood House · St Paul, MN · 2023
Operational support
$30,000
St Paul Urban Tennis · St Paul, MN · 2023
Operational support
$30,000
The Link · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Supportive housing program
$30,000
The Sanneh Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2023
Operational support
$30,000
Tree Trust · St Paul, MN · 2023
Operational support
$30,000
Urban Roots Mn · St Paul, MN · 2023
Operational support
$30,000
Urban Boatbuilders · St Paul, MN · 2022
Program support
$25,000
Black Men Teach · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Operational support
$25,000
Communities in Schools · St Paul, MN · 2024
Programming support
$25,000
Breakthrough Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2023
Operational support
$25,000
Project for Pride in Living · St Paul, MN · 2023
Leap program
$25,000
Project Success · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Program support
$25,000
Wildflyer Coffee · St Paul, MN · 2023
Operational support
$25,000
Communities in Schools · St Paul, MN · 2022
Program support
$25,000
Minnesota Parent Union · St Paul, MN · 2022
Operational support
$25,000
Page Education Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Operational support
$25,000
Big Ideas · New Ulm, MN · 2021
Operational support
$25,000
Black Men Teach · Hopkins, MN · 2021
Operational support
$23,000
Bravo Zulu House · New Richmond, MN · 2024
Operational support
$23,000
Gigi'S Playhouse · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
Operational support
$23,000
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library · Collegeville, MN · 2024
Operational support
$20,000
Big Brothersbig Sisters of the 7 Rivers · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Operational support
$20,000
Carlson School of Management · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Youth mentorship program support
$20,000
Mentor North · Duluth, MN · 2024
Operational support
$20,000
Partnership for Permanence · St Paul, MN · 2023
Lcs program
$20,000
Beyond Walls · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Operational support
$20,000
Black Men Teach · Hopkins, MN · 2022
Operational support
$15,000
Friends of Saint Paul College · St Paul, MN · 2023
Scholarship
$15,000
Jp4 · Vadnais Heights, MN · 2023
Operational support
$15,000
Minnesota Military Appreciation Fund · Golden Valley, MN · 2023
Operational support
$15,000
Propel Nonprofits · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Operational support
$15,000
Beyond Walls · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General support
$10,000
Mn Chiefs of Police Foundation · New Brighton, MN · 2024
Spring luncheon support
$7,500
Minnesota Council On Foundations · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Operational support
$4,750
Minnesota Council On Foundations · St Paul, MN · 2024
Operational support
$3,750
Minnesota Council On Foundations · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Operational support

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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.