Browse grantmakers · Minnesota
Research funders based in Minnesota
859 grantmakers headquartered in Minnesota have substantial grant records in IRS filings, private foundations and grantmaking charities both. Headquarters is not reach — most also give beyond the state, and the search can filter by where the money went instead.
The biggest, by total giving
- Mayo Clinic Group Return · Rochester834 grants · $5.43B
- Mayo Clinic · Rochester775 grants · $1.77B
- Educational Credit · Minneapolis387 grants · $692.9M
- The McKnight Foundation · Minneapolis4,463 grants · $656.9M
- Wem Foundation · Minneapolis269 grants · $561.8M
- Anne Ray Foundation · Eden Prairie302 grants · $489.6M
- Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Eden Prairie871 grants · $457.4M
- The Minneapolis Foundation · Minneapolis5,814 grants · $410.3M
- Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · St Paul4,078 grants · $377.1M
- Wells Fargo Foundation · Minneapolis2,969 grants · $300.8M
- Otto Bremer Trust · St Paul3,124 grants · $287.8M
- Ecmc Group · Minneapolis47 grants · $277.1M
All 859 Minnesota grantmakers →
Grants in Minnesota, by research topic
Topics where funders have a real record of paying for work in Minnesota.
- renewable energy$44.5M
- conservation and biodiversity$26.3M
- disability services and research$24.9M
- cancer research$23.7M
- mental health$18.9M
- student-athlete mental health$15.7M
- economic mobility and poverty$14.3M
- infectious disease$12.3M
- housing and homelessness$12.2M
- workforce development$11.5M
- oral health$9.9M
- palliative and hospice care$8.9M
- health disparities$8.1M
- Parkinson's disease$7.8M
- women's health$7.4M
- college access and success$7.4M
- heart disease$6.9M
- environmental justice$6.9M
- Alzheimer's and dementia$6.7M
- historic preservation$6.3M
- substance use and addiction$5.7M
- early childhood education$4.9M
- democracy and civic engagement$4.5M
- environmental education$3.8M
- higher education access$3.4M
- rural health access$3.3M
- HIV/AIDS$3.3M
- criminal justice reform$3.1M
- robotics and AI$3.1M
- public health$3.1M
- criminal justice reform$3.0M
- pediatric cancer$2.8M
- water quality and access$2.4M
- primary care access$2.2M
- diabetes$2.2M

