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Grant recipient EIN 27-4342240Human services

Who funds Foundation for Essential Needs?

13 private foundations gave Foundation for Essential Needs in Minneapolis, MN $566,406 across 35 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

See which foundations fund work like yours Matching by cause, place and grant size

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

35 grants

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

  1. Fred C and Katherine B Andersen FoundationBayport, MN 2025

    General operating

    $125,000
  2. Hugh J Andersen FoundationBayport, MN 2025

    Food shelf capacity building

    $32,000
  3. Robins Family FoundationWilton, CT 2025

    Civic community

    $20,000
  4. Ruth A and Raymond A Reister Charitable TrustSioux Falls, SD 2025

    General operating

    $15,000
  5. Hugh J Andersen FoundationBayport, MN 2024

    Food shelf capacity building

    $22,000
  6. Robins Family FoundationWilton, CT 2024

    Civic community

    $10,000
  7. Andersen Corporate FoundationBayport, MN 2024

    Capacity building to strengthen food shelf service and efficiency

    $5,000
  8. Baxter International FoundationDeerfield, IL 2024

    Matching gifts

    $2,500
  9. Otto Bremer TrustSt Paul, MN 2023

    General operations

    $50,000
  10. Hugh J Andersen FoundationBayport, MN 2023

    General operating support

    $22,000
  11. Robins Family FoundationWilton, CT 2023

    Civic community

    $6,750
  12. Andersen Corporate FoundationBayport, MN 2023

    Capacity Building to Strengthen Food Shelf Service and Efficiency

    $5,000
  13. Baxter International FoundationDeerfield, IL 2023

    Matching gifts

    $2,500
  14. Land O'Lakes FoundationSt Paul, MN 2023

    Hunger action week - employee match

    $200
  15. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $36
  16. Hugh J Andersen FoundationBayport, MN 2022

    General operating support

    $16,000
  17. Bame FoundationGolden Valley, MN 2022

    Charitable gift

    $15,000
  18. The Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union FoundationSt Paul, MN 2022

    Community grant

    $15,000
  19. CH Robinson Worldwide FoundationSioux Falls, SD 2022

    General operating fund

    $10,000
  20. Robins Family FoundationWilton, CT 2022

    Civic community

    $7,250
  21. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $48
  22. Otto Bremer TrustSt Paul, MN 2021

    General operations

    $40,000
  23. Bame FoundationGolden Valley, MN 2021

    Charitable gift

    $15,500
  24. Hugh J Andersen FoundationBayport, MN 2021

    General operating support

    $15,000
  25. Robins Family FoundationWilton, CT 2021

    Civic community

    $7,250
  26. The Quaker Hill Foundation IncNorth Andover, MA 2021

    General support

    $1,000
  27. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $17
  28. Bame FoundationGolden Valley, MN 2020

    Charitable gift

    $15,000
  29. Robins Family FoundationWilton, CT 2020

    Civic community

    $7,250
  30. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $5
  31. Bame FoundationGolden Valley, MN 2019

    Charitable gift

    $65,600
  32. Robins Family FoundationWilton, CT 2019

    Civic community

    $3,000
  33. Baxter International FoundationDeerfield, IL 2019

    Matching gifts grant

    $2,500
  34. Bame FoundationGolden Valley, MN 2018

    Charitable gift

    $10,000
  35. Robins Family FoundationWilton, CT 2018

    Civic community

    $3,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other human services organizations in Minneapolis, MN and are not among Foundation for Essential Needs’s funders above.

  1. Xcel Energy FoundationMinneapolis, MN 130 grants Accepts applications $931,928 to similar organizations
  2. The Richard M Schulze Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 200 grants Accepts applications $9,777,287 to similar organizations
  3. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 83 grants Accepts applications $6,714,020 to similar organizations
  4. Pohlad Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 82 grants Accepts applications $6,338,341 to similar organizations
  5. Target FoundationMinneapolis, MN 68 grants Accepts applications $5,502,180 to similar organizations
  6. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 66 grants Accepts applications $465,895 to similar organizations
  7. The Sauer Family FoundationSt Paul, MN 47 grants Accepts applications $2,792,437 to similar organizations
  8. The Walser FoundationBloomington, MN 51 grants Accepts applications $443,516 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 27-4342240 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.