Funding search · EIN 416038452 · St Paul, MN
William Boss 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.
- 189
- grants reported
- $1.4M
- total given
- 2022–2024
- filing years
- $6,000
- 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.
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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.
- Compas3 grants · $54,000
- Park Square Theatre Company3 grants · $45,000
- Ordway Center for the Performing Arts3 grants · $37,500
- Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society3 grants · $37,500
- Neighborhood House3 grants · $35,000
- Minnesota Opera Company3 grants · $34,000
- Family Means3 grants · $33,000
- Textile Center of Minnesota3 grants · $30,000
- St Paul Conservatory of Music3 grants · $30,000
- The Arts Partnership3 grants · $30,000
Giving over time
Grant history
The 100 largest of 189 grants.
- $18,000
Compas · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $18,000
Minnesota Opera Company · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $18,000
Compas · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $18,000
Compas · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $15,000
Neighborhood House · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $15,000
Park Square Theatre Company · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $15,000
Park Square Theatre Company · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $15,000
Park Square Theatre Company · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $12,500
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $12,500
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $12,500
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $12,500
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $12,500
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $12,500
Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $12,000
Family Means · Stillwater, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $11,000
Family Means · Stillwater, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $10,000
Children'S Theatre Company · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $10,000
Guthrie Theatre Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $10,000
Keystone Community Services · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $10,000
Lakeshore Players · White Bear Lake, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $10,000
Macphail Center for Music · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $10,000
One Voice Mixed Chorus · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $10,000
People Incorporated · Eagan, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $10,000
St David'S Center for Child & Family Development · Minnetonka, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $10,000
St Paul Conservatory of Music · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $10,000
Textile Center of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $10,000
The Arts Partnership · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $10,000
The History Theatre · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $10,000
The Loft Literary Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $10,000
Children'S Theatre Company · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $10,000
Keystone Community Services · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $10,000
Lakeshore Players · White Bear Lake, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $10,000
Neighborhood House · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $10,000
People Incorporated · Eagan, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $10,000
St David'S Center for Child & Family Development · Minnetonka, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $10,000
St Paul Conservatory of Music · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $10,000
Textile Center of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $10,000
The Arts Partnership · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $10,000
Children'S Theatre Company · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $10,000
Family Means · Stillwater, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $10,000
Keystone Community Services · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $10,000
Macphail Center for Music · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $10,000
Minnesota Museum of American Art · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $10,000
Neighborhood House · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $10,000
St Paul Conservatory of Music · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $10,000
Textile Center of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $10,000
The Arts Partnership · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $10,000
The Cowles Center for Dance · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $9,500
Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $9,000
The History Theatre · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $9,000
The Loft Literary Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $8,500
Cantus · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $8,500
Friends of the St Paul Public Library · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $8,500
Cantus · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $8,500
Friends of the St Paul Public Library · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $8,500
Cantus · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $8,500
The Loft Literary Center · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $8,000
Minnesota Children'S Museum · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $8,000
Minnesota Orchestra · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $8,000
Minnesota Public Radio · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $8,000
Twin Cities Public Television · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $8,000
Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $8,000
Guthrie Theatre Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $8,000
Minnesota Opera Company · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $8,000
Twin Cities Public Television · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $8,000
Guthrie Theatre Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $8,000
Minnesota Opera Company · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $8,000
The History Theatre · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $8,000
Twin Cities Public Television · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $7,500
Children'S Home Society of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $7,500
Como Friends · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $7,500
Midwest Special Services Inc (Dba Mss) · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $7,500
The Schubert Club · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $7,500
Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $7,500
Children'S Home Society of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $7,500
Como Friends · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $7,500
Midwest Special Services Inc (Dba Mss) · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $7,500
One Voice Mixed Chorus · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $7,500
The Schubert Club · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $7,500
Children'S Home Society of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $7,500
Dodge Nature Center · West St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $7,500
Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $7,500
One Voice Mixed Chorus · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $7,500
St David'S Center for Child & Family Development · Minnetonka, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $7,500
The Schubert Club · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $7,000
Hot Summer Jazz Festival · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $7,000
Hot Summer Jazz Festival · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $7,000
Minnesota Children'S Museum · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $7,000
Minnesota Public Radio · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $7,000
Friends of the St Paul Public Library · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $7,000
Minnesota Children'S Museum · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $7,000
Minnesota Public Radio · St Paul, MN · 2022
General operating fund
- $6,000
Bach Society of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $6,000
Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $6,000
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation · Chaska, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $6,000
Ramsey County Historical Society · St Paul, MN · 2024
General operating fund
- $6,000
Big Brothers & Big Sisters of Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $6,000
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation · Chaska, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $6,000
Minnesota Orchestra · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General operating fund
- $6,000
Ramsey County Historical Society · St Paul, MN · 2023
General operating fund
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