Funding search · EIN 812450108 · Eden Prairie, MN

Sandcastle Foundation

Name: Sandcastle Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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.

140
grants reported: $3.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. 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.

University of St Thomas4 grants · $295,000
Ujamaa Place4 grants · $252,500
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities4 grants · $160,000
Crescent Cove4 grants · $160,000
St Patrick Center3 grants · $135,000
Washington University4 grants · $125,000
Aeon4 grants · $100,000
Ymca4 grants · $95,000
Prop People Reaching Out To Other People3 grants · $85,000
Ocean Blue Project4 grants · $75,000

Giving over time

$600,000

2022

$805,000

2023

$800,000

2024

$940,000

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 140 grants.

$75,000
University of St Thomas · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$75,000
University of St Thomas · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General support grant
$75,000
University of St Thomas · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General support grant
$70,000
Ujamaa Place · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$70,000
Ujamaa Place · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General support grant
$70,000
Ujamaa Place · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General support grant
$70,000
University of St Thomas · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General support grant
$55,000
St Patrick Center · St Louis, MO · 2022
General support grant
$50,000
African American Child Wellness Institute · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$50,000
Washington University · Saint Louis, MO · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$50,000
Prop People Reaching Out To Other People · Eden Prairie, MN · 2024
General support grant
$50,000
People Serving People · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support grant
$42,500
Ujamaa Place · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General support grant
$40,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$40,000
Crescent Cove · Brooklyn Center, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$40,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2024
General support grant
$40,000
Crescent Cove · Brooklyn Center, MN · 2024
General support grant
$40,000
Simpson Housing Services · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support grant
$40,000
St Patrick Center · St Louis, MO · 2024
General support grant
$40,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2023
General support grant
$40,000
Crescent Cove · Brooklyn Center, MN · 2023
General support grant
$40,000
St Patrick Center · St Louis, MO · 2023
General support grant
$40,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2022
General support grant
$40,000
Crescent Cove · Brooklyn Center, MN · 2022
General support grant
$35,000
Constellation Fund · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$35,000
Ymca · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General support grant
$30,000
Aeon · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$30,000
Eden Prairie Community Foundation · Eden Prairie, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$30,000
Planned Parenthood of Minnesota North · St Paul, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$30,000
Missouri Botanical Gardens · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General support grant
$30,000
Washington University · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General support grant
$30,000
Missouri Botanical Gardens · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
General support grant
$30,000
Washington University · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
General support grant
$25,000
Summit Academy Oic · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$25,000
Veap · Bloomington, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$25,000
Aeon · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support grant
$25,000
Animal Protection Assoc of Missouri · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
General support grant
$25,000
National Alliance for Research · New York, NY · 2024
General support grant
$25,000
Ocean Blue Project · Corvallis, OR · 2024
General support grant
$25,000
Planned Parenthood Great Rivers · St Louis, MO · 2024
General support grant
$25,000
Summit Academy Oic · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support grant
$25,000
Aeon · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support grant
$25,000
Animal Protection Assoc of Missouri · Saint Louis, MO · 2023
General support grant
$25,000
National Alliance for Research · New York, NY · 2023
General support grant
$25,000
Ocean Blue Project · Corvallis, OR · 2023
General support grant
$25,000
Planned Parenthood of the St Louis Region and Southwest Missouri · St Louis, MO · 2023
General support grant
$20,000
Achieve Twin Cities · Eagan, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$20,000
Beacon Interfaith Housing · St Paul, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$20,000
Forest Park Forever · St Louis, MT · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$20,000
Legal Rights Center Incorporated · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$20,000
People Reaching Out To Other People · Eden Prairie, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$20,000
Simpson Housing Services · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$20,000
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$20,000
Ymca · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$20,000
Achieve Minneapolis · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support grant
$20,000
Beacon Interfaith Outreach · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General support grant
$20,000
Legal Rights Center Incorporated · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support grant
$20,000
Planned Parenthood of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2024
General support grant
$20,000
Ymca · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support grant
$20,000
Achieve Minneapolis · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support grant
$20,000
Beacon Interfaith Outreach · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General support grant
$20,000
Legal Rights Center Incorporated · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support grant
$20,000
Planned Parenthood of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2023
General support grant
$20,000
Prop People Reaching Out To Other People · Eden Prairie, MN · 2023
General support grant
$20,000
The Bridge for Youth · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support grant
$20,000
Ymca · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support grant
$20,000
Aeon · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General support grant
$20,000
Hamline University · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General support grant
$15,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
Can Do Canines · New Hope, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
Cardinal Glennon Children'S Hospital · St Louis, MO · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
Domestic Abuse Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
Make a Wish Foundation · Phoenix, AZ · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
National Alliance for Research On Schizophrenia and Depression · New York, NY · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
Ocean Blue Project · Corvallis, OR · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
Paws Chicago · Chicago, IL · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
Planned Parenthood Great Rivers · St Louis, MO · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
President and Trustees of Bates · Lewiston, ME · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
St Jude Childrens Research Hospital · Memphis, TN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
The Curators of the University of Missouri · Columbia, MO · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
The Saint Louis Zoo Foundation · St Louis, MT · 2025
Heim wild care park pledge
$15,000
Washburn Center for Children · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
Wild Canid Survival & Research · Eureka, MT · 2025
Unrestricted charitable grant
$15,000
Can Do Canines · New Hope, MN · 2024
General support grant
$15,000
Domestic Abuse Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support grant
$15,000
President and Trustees of Bates · Lewiston, ME · 2024
General support grant
$15,000
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
General support grant
$15,000
Washburn Center for Children · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support grant
$15,000
Can Do Canines · New Hope, MN · 2023
General support grant
$15,000
Children'S Health Care · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support grant
$15,000
Domestic Abuse Project · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support grant
$15,000
President and Trustees of Bates · Lewiston, ME · 2023
General support grant
$15,000
St Cloud State University · Saint Cloud, MN · 2023
General support grant
$15,000
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
General support grant
$15,000
Washburn Center for Children · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support grant
$15,000
Bates College · Lewiston, ME · 2022
General support grant
$15,000
Beacon Interfaith Outreach · Saint Paul, MN · 2022
General support grant
$15,000
Can Do Canines · New Hope, MN · 2022
General support grant
$15,000
Prop People Reaching Out To Other People · Eden Prairie, MN · 2022
General support grant
$15,000
St Cloud State University · Saint Cloud, MN · 2022
General support grant

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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.