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Grant recipient EIN 20-8877750Education

Who funds Northstar Public Schools?

21 private foundations gave Northstar Public Schools in Minneapolis, MN $1.3 million across 50 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

50 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. The Sauer Family FoundationSt Paul, MN 2025

    Building educational success

    $100,000
  2. Diana Nelson and John Atwater Family FoundationMinnetonka, MN 2025

    General Operating Support

    $10,044
  3. Trust Point Foundation Inc XXXXXX2342La Crosse, WI 2025

    Education

    $10,000
  4. The Sauer Family FoundationSt Paul, MN 2024

    None

    $175,000
  5. Cargill FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    Rethinking and reshaping college and career readiness: what comes before

    $60,000
  6. The Richard M Schulze Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    Education

    $40,000
  7. The Walser FoundationBloomington, MN 2024

    Grant - revolutionizing literacy & sel support

    $10,000
  8. Wem FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2023

    General

    $50,000
  9. The Richard M Schulze Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2023

    Human services

    $30,000
  10. Wem FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2022

    General

    $75,000
  11. The Sauer Family FoundationSt Paul, MN 2022

    None

    $45,000
  12. The Richard M Schulze Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2022

    Human services

    $30,000
  13. Mortenson Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2022

    KIPP through high school

    $25,000
  14. The Walser FoundationBloomington, MN 2022

    Grant - KIPP forward

    $7,500
  15. Prairiecare FundBrooklyn Park, MN 2022

    Various

    $6,000
  16. The Walser FoundationBloomington, MN 2022

    Grant - literacy revolution 2.0

    $5,000
  17. Midwestone Bank FoundationIowa City, IA 2022

    General operating fund

    $2,500
  18. GE Aerospace FoundationNorwalk, CT 2022

    Matching gifts

    $1,500
  19. Wem FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2021

    General

    $75,000
  20. The Richard M Schulze Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2021

    Human services

    $30,000
  21. The Sauer Family FoundationSt Paul, MN 2021

    Building educational success

    $27,400
  22. General Mills FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2021

    Operating Support

    $25,000
  23. Mortenson Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2021

    Together with families and communities, KIPP minnesota creates joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choosecollege, career, and beyondso they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world. Our vision is that every child grows up to create the future they want for themselves and their communities.

    $20,000
  24. Diana Nelson and John Atwater Family FoundationMinnetonka, MN 2021

    Matching grant for "kipp-tastic" event

    $15,090
  25. Diana Nelson and John Atwater Family FoundationMinnetonka, MN 2021

    Matching grant for "kipp-tastic" event

    $5,107
  26. The Walser FoundationBloomington, MN 2021

    Grant - general operating

    $5,000
  27. Midwestone Bank FoundationIowa City, IA 2021

    General operating fund

    $2,500
  28. Julie & Doug Baker Jr FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2021

    General operating

    $2,000
  29. GE Aerospace FoundationNorwalk, CT 2021

    Matching gifts

    $1,500
  30. CH Robinson Worldwide FoundationSioux Falls, SD 2021

    General operating fund

    $641
  31. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $9
  32. Wem FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    General

    $100,000
  33. Cargill FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    KIPP through college and career

    $50,000
  34. Mortenson Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    Providing high quality education to students who are traditionally educationally underserved.

    $35,000
  35. General Mills FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    Operating and Summer Learning Support and Incremental COVID-19 Support

    $35,000
  36. The Richard M Schulze Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    Human services

    $25,000
  37. Julie & Doug Baker Jr FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2020

    General operating

    $17,000
  38. Boston Scientific Foundation IncMarlborough, MA 2020

    Amplify science at KIPP minnesota

    $9,700
  39. The Walser FoundationBloomington, MN 2020

    Grant - general operating

    $5,000
  40. Arctos FoundationWayzata, MN 2020

    Charitable

    $1,000
  41. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $19
  42. The Douglass Brandenborg Family FDNEdina, MN 2019

    School network expansion

    $50,000
  43. The Richard M Schulze Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2019

    Education

    $25,000
  44. Mortenson Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2019

    Providing high quality education to students who are traditionally educationally underserved

    $20,000
  45. HB Fuller Company FoundationSt Paul, MN 2019

    KIPP through college and career program

    $10,000
  46. Smikis FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2019

    Free open enrollment college prepatory schools in under resourced communities

    $10,000
  47. The Richard M Schulze Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2018

    Education

    $25,000
  48. Boston Scientific Foundation IncMarlborough, MA 2018

    Amplifying science at KIPP minnesota

    $10,000
  49. Smikis FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2018

    Free open enrollment college prepatory schools in under resourced communities

    $10,000
  50. The Naren & Vinita Gupta FoundationWoodside, CA 2018

    Charitable

    $1,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other education organizations in Minneapolis, MN and are not among Northstar Public Schools’s funders above.

  1. Otto Bremer TrustSt Paul, MN 101 grants Accepts applications $16,617,300 to similar organizations
  2. Xcel Energy FoundationMinneapolis, MN 65 grants Accepts applications $622,185 to similar organizations
  3. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 145 grants Accepts applications $35,868,100 to similar organizations
  4. Land O'Lakes FoundationSt Paul, MN 48 grants Accepts applications $6,788,242 to similar organizations
  5. John and Denise Graves FoundationMinneapolis, MN 44 grants Accepts applications $2,055,000 to similar organizations
  6. Pohlad Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 27 grants Accepts applications $2,044,878 to similar organizations
  7. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 57 grants Accepts applications $39,720 to similar organizations
  8. Ciresi Walburn FoundationMinneapolis, MN 29 grants Accepts applications $2,484,475 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 20-8877750 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.