Funding search · EIN 206326223 · Saint Louis Park, MN

Severson Family Foundation

Name: Severson Family 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.

51
grants reported: $910,340
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,000
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

benefit community childhood conservation early education environmental affordable

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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.

First Lutheran Church3 grants · $241,000
Augustana University2 grants · $125,000
Pickerel Lake Conservancy3 grants · $113,200
First Luthern Church1 grant · $102,500
United Way of Fargo2 grants · $75,000
Rise Early Learning Center4 grants · $73,850
Westwood Lutheran Church4 grants · $46,420
United Way1 grant · $40,000
Friends of Education1 grant · $20,000
The Banquet4 grants · $16,000

Giving over time

$193,100

2022

$365,250

2023

$173,870

2024

$178,120

2025

Grant history

All 51 reported grants, largest first.

$126,000
First Lutheran Church · Fargo, ND · 2023
Community Benefit
$102,500
First Luthern Church · Fargo, ND · 2022
Community Benefit
$100,000
Augustana University · Sioux Falls, SD · 2025
Community Benefit
$100,000
Pickerel Lake Conservancy · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Environmental Conservation
$65,000
First Lutheran Church · Fargo, ND · 2024
Community Benefit
$50,000
First Lutheran Church · Fargo, ND · 2025
Community Benefit
$40,000
United Way of Fargo · Fargo, ND · 2023
Community Benefit
$40,000
United Way · Fargo, ND · 2022
COVID Fund
$35,000
United Way of Fargo · Fargo, ND · 2024
Community Benefit
$33,250
Rise Early Learning Center · St Louis Park, MN · 2023
Early Childhood Education
$28,600
Rise Early Learning Center · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
Early Childhood Education
$25,000
Augustana University · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Community Benefit
$23,500
Westwood Lutheran Church · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
Community Benefit
$20,000
Friends of Education · Minnetonka, MN · 2023
Community Benefit
$15,000
Hope Community Development Association · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2024
Community Benefit
$10,000
Pickerel Lake Conservancy · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Environmental Conservation
$10,000
Rise Early Learning Center · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
Community Benefit
$9,920
Westwood Lutheran Church · St Louis Park, MN · 2025
Community Benefit
$7,000
Westwood Lutheran Church · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
Community Benefit
$6,000
Westwood Lutheran Church · St Louis Park, MN · 2023
Community Benefit
$5,500
Second Harvest Heartland · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2022
Community Benefit
$4,000
Habitat for Humanity · Sioux Falls, SD · 2025
Community Benefit
$4,000
The Banquet · Sioux Falls, SD · 2025
Community Benefit
$4,000
Habitat for Humanity · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Community Benefit
$4,000
The Banquet · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Community Benefit
$4,000
Habitat for Humanity · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Community Benefit
$4,000
The Banquet · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Community Benefit
$4,000
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sioux Falls · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Community Benefit
$4,000
The Banquet · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Community Benefit
$3,200
Pickerel Lake Conservancy · Sioux Falls, SD · 2025
Environmental Conservation
$2,000
Rise Early Learning Center · St Louis Park, MN · 2025
Early Childhood Education
$2,000
Sioux Falls Area Humane Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2025
Community Benefit
$2,000
Sioux Falls Area Humane Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Community Benefit
$2,000
Hope Cda · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2023
Community Benefit
$2,000
Sioux Falls Area Humane Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Community Benefit
$2,000
Sioux Falls Area Humane Society · Sioux Falls, SD · 2022
Community Benefit
$1,000
Big Paws Canine · Hartford, SD · 2025
Community Benefit
$1,000
First Tee South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2025
Community Benefit
$1,000
The Furniture Mission · Sioux Falls, SD · 2025
Community Benefit
$1,000
Big Paws Canine · Hartford, SD · 2024
Community Benefit
$1,000
First Tee South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Community Benefit
$1,000
The Furniture Mission · Sioux Falls, SD · 2024
Community Benefit
$1,000
Big Paws Canine · Hartford, SD · 2023
Community Benefit
$1,000
First Tee South Dakota · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Community Benefit
$1,000
The Furniture Mission · Sioux Falls, SD · 2023
Community Benefit
$500
Children'S Minnesota Foundation · Edina, MN · 2022
Community Benefit
$500
Slp Band Parent Network · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
Community Benefit
$500
Step - St Louis Park Emergency · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
Community Benefit
$270
Commonbond Communities · St Paul, MN · 2024
Affordable Housing
$50
East Highland Lutheran Church · Gary, SD · 2022
Community Benefit
$50
St Paul Luthern Church · Fargo, ND · 2022
Community Benefit

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