Funding search · EIN 411850599 · Minneapolis, MN

Pamela Bakken Foundation

Name: Pamela Bakken Foundation grants, 2021–2025
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.

63
grants reported: $379,100
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

Southern Valley Alliance3 grants · $75,000
Prior Lake Rotary Foundation4 grants · $63,000
Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church2 grants · $40,000
University of St Thomas2 grants · $25,000
Golden Gopher Fund3 grants · $17,200
Adopt a Husky Minnesota4 grants · $16,000
Cap Agency of Scott Carver & Dakota Counties5 grants · $15,000
Golden Gopher Athletics1 grant · $12,400
Children'S Health Care Foundation2 grants · $10,000
Elks Lodge 22211 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$79,500

2021

$66,400

2022

$64,400

2023

$78,400

2024

$90,400

2025

Grant history

All 63 reported grants, largest first.

$25,000
Southern Valley Alliance · Shakopee, MN · 2025
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$25,000
Southern Valley Alliance · Shakopee, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$25,000
Southern Valley Alliance · Shakopee, MN · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church · Garrison, MN · 2022
General operating
$20,000
University of St Thomas · St Paul, MN · 2021
General operating
$18,000
Prior Lake Rotary Foundation · Prior Lake, MN · 2022
General operating
$15,000
Prior Lake Rotary Foundation · Prior Lake, MN · 2025
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$15,000
Prior Lake Rotary Foundation · Prior Lake, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$15,000
Prior Lake Rotary Foundation · Prior Lake, MN · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church · Garrison, MN · 2021
General operating
$12,400
Golden Gopher Athletics · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$12,400
Golden Gopher Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operating
$10,000
Elks Lodge 2221 · Hopkins, MN · 2025
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$5,000
Adopt a Husky Minnesota · Blaine, MN · 2025
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$5,000
Alzheimer'S Disease & Related Disorders Association · Chicago, IL · 2025
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$5,000
Cap Agency of Scott Carver & Dakota Counties · Shakopee, MN · 2025
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$5,000
Children'S Health Care Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$5,000
Adopt a Huskey Minnesota · Blaine, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$5,000
Cap Agency of Scott Carver & Dakota Counties · Shakopee, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$5,000
Children'S Health Care Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$5,000
Homeless & Wounded Warriors-Mn · Emily, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$5,000
University of St Thomas · St Paul, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$5,000
Adopt a Husky Minnesota · Blaine, MN · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Adopt a Husky Minnesota · Blaine, MN · 2022
General operating
$5,000
American Cancer Society · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
General support
$5,000
Als Association · St Paul, MN · 2021
General operating
$5,000
Alzheimers Association of Mn and Nd · Chicago, IL · 2021
General support
$5,000
American Cancer Society · Oklahoma City, OK · 2021
General support
$5,000
Make a Wish · Phoenix, AZ · 2021
General operating
$5,000
Mountain Rescue Aspen · Aspen, CO · 2021
General operating
$5,000
Snowmass Chapel · Snowmass Village, CO · 2021
General operating
$5,000
The Bakken Museum · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
General operating
$3,000
Prior Lake Fire Department · Prior Lake, MN · 2025
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$3,000
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States · Kansas City, MO · 2025
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$3,000
Prior Lake Fire Department · Prior Lake, MN · 2022
General operating
$2,500
Alzheimer'S Disease & Related Disorders Association · Chicago, IL · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$2,500
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States · Kansas City, MO · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$2,500
Prior Lake Association · Prior Lake, MN · 2021
General operating
$2,400
Golden Gopher Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$2,400
Golden Gopher Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General operating
$2,000
Minnesota State Fair Foundation · Falcon Heights, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$2,000
Prior Lake Fire Department · Prior Lake, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$2,000
Cap Agency of Scott Carver & Dakota Counties · Shakopee, MN · 2023
General operating
$2,000
Minnesota State Fair Foundation · Falcon Heights, MN · 2023
General support
$2,000
Cap Agency of Scott Carver & Dakota Counties · Shakopee, MN · 2022
General operating
$2,000
Minnesota State Fair Foundation · Falcon Heights, MN · 2022
General support
$2,000
Minnesota State Fair Foundation · Falcon Heights, MN · 2021
General support
$1,000
Cedar Lake Conservation Club · Annandale, MN · 2025
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$1,000
Prior Lake Association · Prior Lake, MN · 2025
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$1,000
Cedar Lake Conservation Club · Annandale, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$1,000
Prior Lake Association · Prior Lake, MN · 2024
General purpose to be determined by the grantee
$1,000
Cedar Lake Conservation Club · Annandale, MN · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Prior Lake Association · Prior Lake, MN · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center · Finland, MN · 2023
General operating
$1,000
Cedar Lake Conservation Club · Annandale, MN · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Prior Lake Association · Prior Lake, MN · 2022
General operating
$1,000
The Salvation Army · Roseville, MN · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center · Finland, MN · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Adopt a Husky Minnesota · Blaine, MN · 2021
General operating
$1,000
Cap Agency of Scott Carver & Dakota Counties · Shakopee, MN · 2021
General operating
$1,000
Cedar Lake Conservation Club · Annandale, MN · 2021
General operating
$1,000
The Salvation Army · Roseville, MN · 2021
General operating
$1,000
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center · Finland, MN · 2021
General operating

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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.