Funding search · EIN 411306950 · Minneapolis, MN
Medtronic Communities Foundation
A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.
- 138
- grants reported
- $76.9M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $142,500
- 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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Top recipients
Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.
- The Blackbaud Giving Fund4 grants · $34.5M
- Thurgood Marshall College Fund4 grants · $9.5M
- Northside Achievement Zone6 grants · $5.0M
- Americares Foundation5 grants · $2.8M
- Emergency Assistance Foundation4 grants · $2.5M
- Childrens Heartlink5 grants · $2.2M
- Project Hope5 grants · $2.1M
- International Medical Corps5 grants · $2.0M
- Puerto Rico Science Technology &3 grants · $1.6M
- Puerto Rico Science Technology & Research Trust1 grant · $1.4M
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 138 grants.
- $10.4M
The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2021
Us match giving
- $8.7M
The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2022
Us match giving
- $8.2M
The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2023
Us match giving
- $7.1M
The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charleston, SC · 2024
Donor advised fund for us match giving and volunteer grants
- $4.2M
Thurgood Marshall College Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Milestone based payment
- $2.5M
Thurgood Marshall College Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
Milestone based payment
- $1.9M
Thurgood Marshall College Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Milestone based payment
- $1.9M
Northside Achievement Zone · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Milestone based payment
- $1.4M
Puerto Rico Science Technology & Research Trust · San Juan, PR · 2022
Milestone based payment
- $1.3M
Northside Achievement Zone · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Milestone based payment
- $1.0M
Childrens Heartlink · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Milestone based payment
- $942,600
Thurgood Marshall College Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
Tmcf scholarship program
- $825,000
Project Hope · Millwood, VA · 2022
Covid 19
- $825,000
Puerto Rico Science Technology & · San Juan, PR · 2021
Milestone based payment
- $780,000
Charities Aid Foundation America · Alexandria, VA · 2024
Donor advised fund focusing on emergency aid
- $765,000
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
Donor advised fund focusing on emergency aid
- $750,000
Emergency Assistance Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2024
Donor advised fund focusing on emergency aid
- $750,000
Emergency Assistance Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2021
Meaf grant amendment
- $750,000
Emergency Assistance Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2021
Disaster response
- $700,000
Americares Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2022
Emergency spend down fund and ukraine response
- $700,000
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Emergency aid
- $700,000
Northside Achievement Zone · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Milestone based payment
- $665,000
Americares Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2024
Donor advised fund focusing on emergency aid
- $650,000
Americares Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2023
Emergency aid
- $625,000
Puerto Rico Science Technology & · San Juan, PR · 2021
Lt disaster pr
- $510,000
Americares Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2021
Covid-19 response
- $505,000
Project Hope · Millwood, VA · 2021
Covid-19 response
- $500,000
Bakken · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Milestone based payment
- $500,000
Childrens Heartlink · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Milestone based payment
- $500,000
Childrens Heartlink · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Medtronic foundation and chl partnership (2021-24)
- $500,000
Northside Achievement Zone · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Naz general operating support
- $470,950
Urban Txt Teens Exploring · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Stem
- $470,000
Healthfinders Collaborative · Northfield, MN · 2022
Milestone based payment
- $463,800
Society of Hispanic Professional · City of Industry, CA · 2022
Milestone based payment
- $452,376
I Have a Dream Foundation · Boulder, CO · 2022
Stem
- $436,308
Kinia · 2022
Stem
- $400,000
Northern California Center · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
Stem
- $400,000
Project Hope · Millwood, VA · 2021
Disaster response
- $386,757
Family Learning Center · Boulder, CO · 2022
Stem
- $375,000
Cedar Riverside Peoples Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Feasibility to scale
- $356,001
The Galway University Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Stem
- $351,000
Caltech Y · Pasadena, CA · 2022
Stem
- $325,000
Northside Achievement Zone · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Naz stem fy21-149
- $316,000
Healthfinders Collaborative · Northfield, MN · 2021
Feasibility to scale health milestone payment
- $315,000
Healthfinders Collaborative · Northfield, MN · 2021
Scale grant
- $310,000
Northside Achievement Zone · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Milestone based payment
- $300,000
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Disaster response
- $300,000
Northern California Center · Santa Rosa, CA · 2021
Milestone based payment
- $300,000
Northern California Center · Santa Rosa, CA · 2021
Scale grant
- $275,000
Kids in Need Foundation · Roseville, MN · 2022
Backpack supplies - p6
- $260,000
Direct Relief · Goleta, CA · 2021
Covid-19 response
- $255,880
Two Bit Circus Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Stem
- $253,000
Project Hope · Millwood, VA · 2024
Milestone based payment
- $252,000
Wallin Education Partners · St Paul, MN · 2024
Milestone based payment
- $250,000
Emergency Assistance Foundation · Jacksonville, FL · 2023
Emergency aid
- $250,000
Americares Foundation · Stamford, CT · 2021
Disaster response
- $244,500
Spark Youth · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Stem
- $231,900
Society of Hispanic Professional · City of Industry, CA · 2023
Milestone based payment
- $231,900
Society of Hispanic Professional · City of Industry, CA · 2021
Stem
- $225,000
Project Lead the Way · Indianapolis, IN · 2021
Stem
- $212,500
Atlantic Corridor Links Company Ltd · 2022
Stem
- $212,500
Project Lead the Way · Indianapolis, IN · 2022
Stem
- $211,310
Colorado Bioscience Institute · Denver, CO · 2022
Stem
- $200,000
Childrens Heartlink · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Milestone based payment
- $200,000
Bakken · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Milestone based payment and bakken museum legacy grant
- $200,000
Public Health Institute · Oakland, CA · 2022
Covid 19
- $187,500
Girls Who Code · New York, NY · 2022
Stem
- $175,000
Spark Youth · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Stem
- $150,000
Scifest Clg · 2022
Stem
- $135,000
Career Technical Education · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
Stem
- $135,000
Landpaths · Santa Rosa, CA · 2022
Stem
- $135,000
Career Technical Education · Santa Rosa, CA · 2021
Stem
- $135,000
Landpaths · Santa Rosa, CA · 2021
Stem
- $130,000
Science From Scientists · Bedford, MA · 2022
Stem
- $125,000
Center for the New Economy · San Juan, PR · 2022
Stem
- $125,000
Starbase Minnesota · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
Stem
- $125,000
Wallin Education Partners · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Milestone based payment
- $125,000
Center for the New Economy · San Juan, PR · 2021
Stem
- $125,000
Girls Who Code · New York, NY · 2021
Stem
- $125,000
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Covid-19 response
- $125,000
Starbase Minnesota · Saint Paul, MN · 2021
Stem
- $125,000
Wallin Education Partners · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Stem
- $110,000
10000 Degrees · San Rafael, CA · 2022
Milestone based payment
- $110,000
10000 Degrees · San Rafael, CA · 2021
Stem
- $100,000
Bakken · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Milestone based payment
- $100,000
Project Hope · Millwood, VA · 2023
Milestone based payment
- $100,000
Direct Relief · Goleta, CA · 2021
Disaster response
- $100,000
Healthcare Ready · Washington, DC · 2021
Covid-19 response
- $100,000
International Medical Corps · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Emergency covid-19 response in india
- $100,000
Puerto Rico Science Technology & · San Juan, PR · 2021
Stem
- $98,000
Science From Scientists · Bedford, MA · 2021
Stem
- $80,000
Fundacion Paternitas · 2021
Spotlight grant milestone payment
- $80,000
Technovation · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
Spotlight grant milestone payment
- $50,000
Banco D Alimentos De Puerto Rico · Carolina, PR · 2022
Covid 19
- $50,000
Eureka Enrichment Services · San Juan, PR · 2022
Stem
- $50,000
Harvest of Hope Pantry · Boulder, CO · 2022
Covid 19
- $50,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Milestone based payment
- $50,000
Cand Aid · Longmont, CO · 2021
Spotlight grant milestone payment
- $50,000
Eureka Enrichment Services · San Juan, PR · 2021
Stem
- $45,000
Urban League Twin Cities · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Spotlight grant milestone based payment
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