Funding search · women's health · Minnesota
Who funds women's health work in Minnesota
15 funders have a record of paying for women's health work by Minnesota recipients: 67 grants totaling $7.4M, most recently in 2024 — mostly grantmaking charities, which often run real application cycles. The largest by matched giving are The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ($608,958), The Minneapolis Foundation ($965,811) and Hennepin Healthcare System ($690,000).
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.
Largest: $32,000 to MAO SEA LEE - MINNESOTA U OF — 78862 health policy research scholars cohort five- 2021
The Minneapolis FoundationMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
13 matching grants · $965,811 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to HENNEPIN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE — donor-advised, general
Hennepin Healthcare SystemMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $690,000 · through 2024Largest: $390,000 to HENNEPIN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE — research program support
Largest: $1.4M to MEDTRONIC LABS PBC — delivery of solutions to improve global health; research and learning opportunities
American Diabetes AssociationArlington, VACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $150,896 · through 2024Largest: $76,600 to University of Minnesota — postdoctoral fellowship award womens health
Largest: $50,000 to NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY — research grant
Alliance Nctn FoundationChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $37,000 · through 2024Largest: $14,000 to CENTRACARE HEALTH — institutional support for cancer research
Alliance for Clinical Trials in OncologyChicago, ILCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $154,151 · through 2024Largest: $104,708 to GROUP HEALTH INC — cancer research
Medica FoundationMinnetonka, MNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $190,000 · through 2024Largest: $140,000 to WOMEN'S ADVOCATES INC — behavioral health
Largest: $10,000 to MAYO CLINIC — health care research
Abbott Northwestern Hospital FoundationMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $575,652 · through 2022Largest: $20,380 to ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM(DBA ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL) — funding for leadless pacemakers and defibrilators research study.
Largest: $75,000 to HEALTH ENHANCEMENT RESEARCH ORGANIZATION — financial support
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