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.
Who gives the most into Minnesota
The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into Minnesota on their most recent filings.
What the live Minnesota grants offer
Award ceilings on the Minnesota-specific programs that publish one.
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.
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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.
Minnesota foundation grants by focus
Foundations based in Minnesota that accept applications, grouped by what they fund. Or see all 432Minnesota foundations that accept applications.
- Education grants in Minnesota (115 funders)
- Human Services grants in Minnesota (114 funders)
- Arts, Culture & Humanities grants in Minnesota (50 funders)
- Health Care grants in Minnesota (33 funders)
- Philanthropy & Grantmaking grants in Minnesota (27 funders)
- Youth Development grants in Minnesota (26 funders)
- Food, Agriculture & Nutrition grants in Minnesota (23 funders)
- Animal Welfare grants in Minnesota (23 funders)
- International Affairs grants in Minnesota (18 funders)
- Mental Health & Crisis Intervention grants in Minnesota (18 funders)
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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