Funding search · EIN 410011094 · Mankato, MN

Mankato Area Foundation

Name: Mankato Area Foundation grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

311
grants reported: $11.9M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $15,000
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.

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

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

Children'S Museum of Southern Minnesota4 grants · $1.5M
Creative Foundation3 grants · $880,941
Greater Mankato Area United Way4 grants · $825,230
Mankato Youth Place3 grants · $568,997
Minnesota State University Mankato Foundation4 grants · $385,816
Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc Fbo the Edward Jones Gift Fund1 grant · $355,084
Echo Food Shelf4 grants · $325,980
Mankato Symphony Orchestra4 grants · $305,465
Feeding Our Communities Partners4 grants · $280,675
Christ the King Lutheran Church4 grants · $272,748

Giving over time

$2.0M

2021

$3.0M

2022

$3.4M

2023

$3.5M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 311 grants.

$538,517
Children'S Museum of Southern Minnesota · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$455,000
Creative Foundation · North Mankato, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$448,250
Mankato Youth Place · Mankato, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$389,725
Children'S Museum of Southern Minnesota · Mankato, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$355,941
Creative Foundation · North Mankato, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$355,084
Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc Fbo the Edward Jones Gift Fund · Indianapolis, IN · 2023
Program assistance
$337,000
Children'S Museum of Southern Minnesota · Mankato, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$253,950
Greater Mankato Area United Way · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$233,700
Echo Food Shelf · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$214,667
Children'S Museum of Southern Minnesota · Mankato, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$213,293
Greater Mankato Area United Way · Mankato, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$198,926
Greater Mankato Area United Way · Mankato, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$165,500
Region Nine Development Commission · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$160,800
Christ the King Lutheran Church · Mankato, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$159,061
Greater Mankato Area United Way · Mankato, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$127,800
St Thomas More Catholic Newman Center Parish of Mankato Minnesota · Mankato, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$125,000
Bethel Lutheran Church · Willmar, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$112,250
Mankato Symphony Orchestra · Mankato, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$110,000
Mankato Symphony Orchestra · Mankato, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$102,766
Minnesota State University Mankato Foundation · Mankato, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$101,500
Midwest Art Catalyst · Mankato, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$100,346
Twin Rivers Council for the Arts · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$100,000
Mankato Area Hockey Association · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$100,000
Buena Vista Regional Healthcare Foundation · Storm Lake, IA · 2023
Program assistance
$100,000
Feeding Our Communities Partners · North Mankato, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$100,000
Iowa State University Foundation · Ames, IA · 2023
Program assistance
$100,000
Iowa State University Foundation · Ames, IA · 2022
Program assistance
$97,550
Minnesota State University Mankato Foundation · Mankato, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$95,150
Feeding Our Communities Partners · North Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$94,950
Minnesota State University Mankato Foundation · Mankato, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$93,750
Mankato Youth Place (My Place) · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$92,111
University of Wisconsin River Falls Foundation · River Falls, WI · 2023
Program assistance
$90,550
Minnesota State University Mankato Foundation · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$88,250
Mankato Area Public Schools · Mankato, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$84,500
First Presbyterian Church · Lake Crystal, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$82,600
South Central College Foundation · North Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$79,000
Kiwanis Camp Patterson · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$76,804
Grace Lutheran Church · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$73,395
Mankato Family Ymca · Mankato, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$70,488
Blue Earth County Historical Society · Mankato, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$70,000
Creative Foundation · North Mankato, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$67,500
Iowa State University Foundation · Ames, IA · 2024
Program assistance
$65,000
Coastal Community Church · Parkland, FL · 2024
Program assistance
$63,379
Kiwanis Holiday Lights · Mankato, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$62,850
Mankato Youth Place · Mankato, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$62,850
South Central College Foundation · North Mankato, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$62,175
Camp Patterson · Mankato, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$61,690
University of Minnesota Nursing · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$60,000
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Aint Paul, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$59,175
St Catherine University · Saint Paul, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$57,897
Mankato Youth Place · Mankato, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$56,134
First Presbyterian Church · Lake Crystal, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$56,100
South Central College Foundation · North Mankato, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$55,000
Lake Crystal Area Recreation Center · Lake Crystal, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$53,978
Mayo Clinic Health Systems · Mankato, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$53,900
Vine Faith in Action · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$52,715
Mankato Symphony Orchestra · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$52,000
Loyola Catholic Schools · Mankato, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$50,000
The Mankato Makerspace · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$50,000
University of Wisconsin River Falls Foundation · River Falls, WI · 2024
Program assistance
$50,000
Coastal Community Church · Parkland, FL · 2023
Program assistance
$48,225
Gustavus Adolphus College · Saint Peter, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$45,100
South Central College Foundation · North Mankato, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$45,000
Hosanna Lutheran Church · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$44,250
Feeding Our Communities Partners · North Mankato, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$43,168
Christ the King Lutheran Church · Mankato, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$41,957
Cada · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$41,275
Feeding Our Communities Partners · North Mankato, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$41,174
Midwest Art Catalyst · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$41,084
Cada · Mankato, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$40,000
First Presbyterian Church · Mankato, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$38,625
Mankato Area Public Schools · Mankato, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$37,480
Christ the King Lutheran Church · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$37,430
Echo Food Shelf · Mankato, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$36,201
Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School · New Ulm, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$36,000
Twin Rivers Council for the Arts · Mankato, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$33,450
First Presbyterian Church · Lake Crystal, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$32,550
Vine Faith in Action · Mankato, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$32,300
Echo Food Shelf · Mankato, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$31,632
Mankato Family Ymca · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$31,300
Christ the King Lutheran Church · Mankato, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$30,804
Vine Faith in Action · Mankato, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$30,650
Mankato Family Ymca · Mankato, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$30,500
Blue Earth County Historical Society · Mankato, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$30,500
Mankato Symphony Orchestra · Mankato, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$30,480
Connections Ministry · Mankato, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$30,000
Gull Area Lakes Association · Nisswa, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$29,000
Crossview Covenant Church · North Mankato, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$28,512
Kiwanis Holiday Lights · Mankato, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$28,125
Kiwanis Camp Patterson · Mankato, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$27,833
Connections Ministry · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$27,350
Cada · Mankato, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$26,750
Mankato Family Ymca · Mankato, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$25,550
Vine Faith in Action · Mankato, MN · 2021
Program assistance.
$25,150
Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School · New Ulm, MN · 2022
Program assistance
$25,000
Alano Society of Mankato · Mankato, MN · 2024
Program assistance
$25,000
Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines · Des Moines, IA · 2024
Program assistance
$25,000
Hole in the Wall Gang Fund · New Haven, CT · 2024
Program assistance
$25,000
Concordia College Corporation · Moorhead, MN · 2023
Program assistance
$25,000
Mankato Christian Academy · Mankato, MN · 2023
Program assistance

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.