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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “twin”
Where the money went
Largest: $500,000 to Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity Inc — to build capacity and expand a special purpose credit program (spcp) to increase black homeownership in the twin cities and regionally in alignment with the groundbreak coalition
The Minneapolis FoundationMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
64 matching grants · $9.0M · through 2024Largest: $1.2M to GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY — donor-recommended, human services
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationSt Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
59 matching grants · $12.1M · through 2024Largest: $4.1M to GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY — multiple grants for programs, operations, or other purposes
Cargill FoundationMinneapolis, MN
48 matching grants · $11.3M · through 2024Largest: $200,000 to TEACH FOR AMERICA TWIN CITIES — tfa twin cities & the cargill foundation: equitable access to stem
Largest: $3.6M to GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY — intermediaries pilot project
Largest: $50,666 to University of Minnesota-Twin Cities — scholarships for leensa ahmed ($8,000), gadisa ali ($5,000), zubeda chaffe ($5,260), karia chang ($3,872), nada dualeh ($8,634), ishell enriquez torres ($7,900), danasja hall ($5,0…
Largest: $6.0M to Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity — general operating
Opus FoundationMinneapolis, MN
34 matching grants · $1.2M · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to Cristo Rey Jesuit High School- Twin Cities — corporate work study program
Largest: $817,143 to GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY — match uw credit card donation match uw match previous donation match uw payroll deduction
Largest: $50,000 to LAND BANK TWIN CITIES INC — land bank twin cities prosperity possible campaign
Largest: $65,158 to GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY — program support
Largest: $150,000 to TWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANTIY — human services
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →