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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 36-7292114

The Blake Foundation

A private foundation in Minnetonka, MN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $108,870 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Jun 30, 2026), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $108,870

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $449,191

  • Tax year 2024

    $22,153

    Grants listed
    11
    Assets, end of year
    $310,560

  • Tax year 2023

    $20,174

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $311,880

  • Tax year 2022

    $25,146

    Grants listed
    15
    Assets, end of year
    $324,409

  • Tax year 2021

    $24,726

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $340,446

  • Tax year 2020

    $26,900

    Grants listed
    6
    Assets, end of year
    $352,128

  • Tax year 2019

    $21,131

    Grants listed
    10
    Assets, end of year
    $359,739

  • Tax year 2018

    $19,250

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $392,929

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. University of Minnesota FoundationMinneapolis, MN

    Carlson school of managementto further their cha

    $100,000
  2. Individual

    To further their charitable purposes

    $5,045
  3. Harvard Business SchoolCambridge, MA

    To further their charitable purpose

    $2,500
  4. Individual

    To further charitable purposes

    $750
  5. Individual

    To further their charitable purposes

    $325
  6. Individual

    To further their charitable purposes

    $150
  7. Annunciation Foundation for SurvivoMinneapolis, MN

    To further their charitable purposes

    $100

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $100,000100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Minnesota2 grants $100,100
  2. Massachusetts1 grant $2,500

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Mary Pat BlakeTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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