Funding search · HIV/AIDS · Minnesota
Who funds HIV/AIDS work in Minnesota
15 funders have a record of paying for HIV/AIDS work by Minnesota recipients: 27 grants totaling $3.3M, most recently in 2025 — mostly grantmaking charities, which often run real application cycles. The largest by matched giving are Legal Services Corporation ($1.7M), Head of the Lakes United Way ($108,777) and C K Blandin Foundation ($580,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Minnesota recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Legal Services CorporationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
15 matching grants · $19.3M · through 2023Largest: $600,026 to LEGAL AID SERVICE OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA — civil legal aid
Karen Organization of MinnesotaRoseville, MNCharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $1.5M · through 2024Largest: $162,529 to UKRAINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER — to aid in providing family coach services
Dwb Memorial FoundationHopkins, MNCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $360,408 · through 2023Largest: $110,000 to PATRICK SCHOONOVER HEART FOUNDATION — for research and aid
Head of the Lakes United WayDuluth, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $108,777 · through 2024Largest: $40,010 to LEGAL AID SERVICE OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA — duluth legal services, expungement project designations
United Way of Douglas & Pope CountiesAlexandria, MNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $80,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to LEGAL SERVICES — provider of comprehensive civil legal aid services at no cost to low-income families and seniors in northwest minnesota.
Northland FoundationDuluth, MNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $100,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to LEGAL AID SERVICE OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA — to support a strategic planning process to improve access to legal services for residents with low-incomes in northeast minnesota.
Largest: $180,000 to LEGAL AID SERVICE OF NORTHEASTERN MN — operating support in itasca county and leech lake reservation
Largest: $10,000 to ALIVENESS PROJECT — to provide food for people living with hiv, which include our meal program, food shelf, and medical nutrition therapy
Largest: $75,000 to Rainbow Health — expanding insurance coverage for lgbtq and hiv-positive minnesotans
United Way of Carlton CountyCloquet, MNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $42,198 · through 2023Largest: $23,503 to LEGAL AID SERVICE OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA — legal services
The Minneapolis FoundationMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $69,079 · through 2024Largest: $15,950 to FUND FOR LEGAL AID — donor-advised, human services
Legal Services of Northwest MinnesotaMoorhead, MNCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $362,188 · through 2025Largest: $362,188 to LEGAL AID SERVICE OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA DBA JUSTICE NORTH — distribution for merger into justice north
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