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Grants and funding in Minnesota

7,470 foundations reported granting into Minnesota on their most recent IRS filings: 35,887 itemized grants worth $3B between them. On top of that, seventeen live grant programs and eight contract opportunities are specific to Minnesota, alongside 4,125 nationwide programs also open here.

foundations granting into the state
7,470
of 129,000+ funders on file
in itemized grants into the state
$3B
across 35,887 grants on IRS filings
live grants specific to Minnesota
17
of 4,800+ open grants tracked nationwide
community lenders serving the state
61
of 480+ CDFIs on file

What a typical foundation grant runs here

The 7,470 foundations granting into Minnesota, grouped by the average size of their grants. The middle of this chart is where most applications belong: funders whose typical check runs in the thousands.

273
1,333
2,655
1,880
1,069
149
Under $1K$1K–5K$5K–25K$25K–100K$100K–1MOver $1M
Grantmaking foundations that reported granting into this state, bucketed by their average grant size. Foundation figures come from IRS filings for tax year 2022, as of October 1, 2026.

Who gives the most into Minnesota

The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into Minnesota on their most recent filings.

University of Minnesota Foundation$303M
Educational Credit$130M
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$81M
The Big Ten Conference Inc$79M
Corporation for Public Broadcasting$50M
Itemized grants into Minnesota from each foundation’s most recent IRS filing, as of October 1, 2026. A linked name accepts applications and has a profile here.

What the live Minnesota grants offer

Award ceilings on the Minnesota-specific programs that publish one.

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4
0
0
0
1
0
Under $10K$10K–50K$50K–100K$100K–250K$250K–1M$1M–5MOver $5M
Eight of seventeen live Minnesota-specific grants publish a ceiling; the rest say the amount varies. As of November 1, 2026.

Who the Minnesota-specific grants are for

Of the seventeen live grant programs specific to Minnesota, here is who the announcements name. One program can name several groups. nine more are open to any organization type.

Nonprofits9
Cities and towns6
Tribal organizations3
Researchers1

See how Quillify works for nonprofits, local governments and tribal organizations.

The lenders almost nobody checks

Sixty-one community development lenders serve Minnesota: below-market debt that takes no ownership, for organizations a bank would make wait. Among them: Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc., NDN Fund, Inc., Community Impact Loan Fund, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Accion Opportunity Fund. Quillify tracks 480+ nationwide alongside the grants, because the right answer to a funding gap is sometimes a loan you can actually get.

Opportunity figures count live, unexpired programs as of November 1, 2026. Foundation figures come from IRS filings for tax year 2022.

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