Funding search · EIN 411958621 · Minneapolis, MN

Mortenson Family Foundation

Name: Mortenson Family 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.

781
grants reported: $21.2M
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

youth center education action community development food land

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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.

Nexus Community Partners2 grants · $1.0M
University of Minnesota Foundation7 grants · $1.0M
Coalition of Asian American Leaders6 grants · $745,000
Regents of the University of Colorado3 grants · $600,000
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust (Dba Hawaii Land Trust)2 grants · $500,000
African American Leadership Forum7 grants · $448,000
Northside Achievement Zone4 grants · $355,500
Eastern Congo Initiative (Aka Asili)4 grants · $280,000
Dunwoody College of Technology1 grant · $250,000
Macalester College4 grants · $250,000

Giving over time

$8.7M

2022

$6.4M

2023

$6.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 781 grants.

$1.0M
Nexus Community Partners · St Paul, MN · 2022
Unrestricted for the minnesota philanthropic collective to combat anti-blackness & realize racial justice
$600,000
Coalition of Asian American Leaders · St Paul, MN · 2022
Unrestricted
$500,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Driven: the university of minnesota campaign
$500,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Driven: the university of minnesota campaign
$300,000
African American Leadership Forum · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Unrestricted for united by black
$250,000
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust (Dba Hawaii Land Trust) · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Ola mahukona
$250,000
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust (Dba Hawaii Land Trust) · Honolulu, HI · 2023
Ola mahukona
$250,000
Dunwoody College of Technology · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Technology
$200,000
Regents of the University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2024
Mortenson center for global engineering
$200,000
Regents of the University of Colorado · Denver, CO · 2023
Mortenson center for global engineering
$200,000
Regents of the University of Colorado · Boulder, CO · 2022
Mortenson center for global engineering
$150,000
Northside Achievement Zone · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
Allina Health Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Courage kenny
$100,000
Northside Achievement Zone · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
Schwarz Africa Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
The Museum of Russian Art · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$100,000
World Savvy · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Information management system
$100,000
Allina Health Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Courage kenny
$100,000
Eastern Congo Initiative (Aka Asili) · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
Northside Achievement Zone · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$100,000
African American Leadership Forum · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
Coalition of Asian American Leaders · St Paul, MN · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
Dream of Wild Health · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
Headwaters Foundation for Justice · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
Latinolead · St Paul, MN · 2022
Unrestricted
$100,000
Macalester College · St Paul, MN · 2022
Posse program
$100,000
Tiwahe Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2022
Unrestricted
$90,000
Eastern Congo Initiative (Aka Asili) · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$80,000
Neighborhood Healthsource · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Mental health navigation in northside schools
$80,000
The Food Group · New Hope, MN · 2022
Enabling solar facility land access for emerging and immigrant farmer empowerment
$80,000
The Nature Conservancy · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Tuungane
$80,000
Thousand Currents · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Unrestricted
$75,000
Montessori American Indian Childcare Center Incorporated · St Paul, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$75,000
People Serving People · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$75,000
Thousand Currents · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Unrestricted
$75,000
Way To Grow · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$75,000
Thousand Currents · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$75,000
Way To Grow · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$75,000
Eastern Congo Initiative · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
The asili project
$75,000
Onevillage Partners · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Unrestricted
$75,000
The Banyan Community · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Unrestricted
$70,000
Anishinaabe Agriculture Institute · Osage, MN · 2023
Hemp-based housing eco.
$70,000
Community Members for Environmental Justice (Fiscal Sponsor Tides Center) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Unrestricted
$70,000
Dream of Wild Health · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$70,000
East Phillips Neighborhood Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$70,000
Hmong American Farmer Association · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$70,000
Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi (Fka Lower Phalen Creek Project) · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Daylighting of phalen creek
$65,000
Minnesota Education Equity Partnership · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$65,000
Honor the Earth · Ponsford, MN · 2022
Water and treaty rights anishinabe culture institution
$65,000
Rainbow Research · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Native nations and communities environmental justice action research
$60,000
Amherst H Wilder Foundation · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Saint paul promise neighborhood
$60,000
One Village Partners · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$60,000
The Minneapolis Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Northside youth enrichment fund
$60,000
The Nature Conservancy · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Tuungane
$60,000
Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi (Fka Lower Phalen Creek Project) · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Daylighting phalen creek
$60,000
Appetite for Change · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Urban agriculture
$60,000
Hope Community · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Food, land and community program
$60,000
Minnesota Education Equity Partnership · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$60,000
Mississippi Park Connection · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$60,000
Montessori American Indian Childcare Center Incorporated · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$60,000
Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$60,000
The Good Acre · Falcon Heights, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$60,000
The Minneapolis Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Northside youth enrichment fund (nyef)
$60,000
Hope Community · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Food, land, and community program
$60,000
Mn350 · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Unrestricted
$60,000
Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood · St Paul, MN · 2022
Unrestricted
$55,000
East Phillips Neighborhood Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$55,000
Mississippi Park Connection · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$55,000
Way To Grow · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Unrestricted
$50,000
Appetite for Change · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Urban agriculture
$50,000
Centro Tyrone Guzman · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Dream of Wild Health · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Fabretto Children'S Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2024
Honduran youth education & training
$50,000
Greater Twin Cities United Way · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
80x3
$50,000
Hmong American Farmer Association · West Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Training small scale farmers
$50,000
Juxtaposition Arts · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Jxtalabs program
$50,000
Macalester College · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Endowed entrepreneurship fund
$50,000
Minneapolis Parks Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Emerald ash borer infestation in mpls
$50,000
Northside Residents Redevelopment Council · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Healthy urban living
$50,000
Northside Residents Redevelopment Council · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Capacity building
$50,000
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Sol of the Cities · Burnsville, MN · 2024
Capacity building
$50,000
The Family Partnership · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Multicultural therapeutic preschool
$50,000
The Good Acre · Falcon Heights, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
University of Wisonsin Foundation · Madison, WI · 2024
Petrovich chair
$50,000
Youthprise · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Unrestricted
$50,000
Bancroft Neighborhood Association · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Environmental stewardship
$50,000
Centro Tyrone Guzman · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Climate Generation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Doctors Without Borders USA · New York, NY · 2023
Gaza
$50,000
Eastern Congo Initiative (Aka Asili) · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Fabretto Children'S Foundation · Evanston, IL · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Guatemalan Tomorrow Fund · Tequesta, FL · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Juxtaposition Arts · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Jxtalabs
$50,000
Land Stewardship Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Equitable land transition emerg. Farmers
$50,000
Macalester College · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Endowed entrepreneurship fund
$50,000
Macalester College · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Mi Casa Mn · Shakopee, MN · 2023
Unrestricted
$50,000
Northside Residents Redevelopment Council · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Healthy urban living
$50,000
One Village Partners · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Unrestricted

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