A museum gallery with a large landscape painting in a gilt frame

Grant recipient EIN 41-1000424Arts and culture

Who funds Arts Midwest?

11 private foundations gave Arts Midwest in Minneapolis, MN $8.7 million across 42 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

42 grants

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

  1. Jerome Foundation IncSaint Paul, MN 2025

    Support for emergency funding for arts organizations.

    $50,000
  2. The Tika FoundationWilmington, DE 2025

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  3. Margaret A Cargill FoundationEden Prairie, MN 2024

    Midwest culture bearers award

    $200,000
  4. The Hearst FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    To support training, education programming and free online resources for artists art leaders

    $150,000
  5. The Tika FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  6. The Wallace FoundationNew York, NY 2023

    To fund a broader group of smaller Arts organizations by re-granting through intermediaries

    $1,000,000
  7. Margaret A Cargill FoundationEden Prairie, MN 2023

    Scandinavian ensemble tours in the midwest

    $100,000
  8. The Tika FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  9. George Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2023

    2023 true north leadership program at 1440 multiversity supplemental grant

    $3,100
  10. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $17
  11. The Wallace FoundationNew York, NY 2022

    To fund a broader group of smaller Arts organizations by re-granting through intermediaries.

    $2,000,000
  12. Margaret A Cargill FoundationEden Prairie, MN 2022

    Scandinavian ensemble tours in the midwest

    $50,000
  13. The Tika FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    The David Fraher Fund for Innovation

    $50,000
  14. The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN 2022

    Evaluation of community creativity cohort 2

    $25,000
  15. The Tika FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  16. Sempra FoundationSan Diego, CA 2022

    Arts & culture

    $100
  17. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $12
  18. The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN 2021

    Serve as the operating partner for the community creativity cohort 2

    $637,500
  19. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    To continue support for "we the many," a community-centered artist residency program to explore the changing midwestern identity

    $500,000
  20. Margaret A Cargill FoundationEden Prairie, MN 2021

    Support for scandinavian ensemble tours in the midwest

    $300,000
  21. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2021

    To support planning for a new national regranting program to help bring performative social and narrative change projects to completion and production

    $100,000
  22. The Tika FoundationWilmington, DE 2021

    The David Fraher Fund for Innovation

    $50,000
  23. The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN 2021

    Evaluation of community creativity cohort 2

    $25,000
  24. Kaufman FoundationChicago, IL 2021

    General fund

    $5,000
  25. The Tika FoundationWilmington, DE 2021

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  26. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $30
  27. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    To support the regional arts resilience fund, a collaboration among the six us regional arts organizations

    $1,680,000
  28. The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN 2020

    Serve as the operating partner for the community creativity cohort 2

    $637,500
  29. The Tika FoundationWilmington, DE 2020

    The David Fraher Fund for Innovation

    $50,000
  30. The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN 2020

    Evaluation of community creativity cohort 2

    $25,000
  31. Kaufman FoundationChicago, IL 2020

    General fund

    $5,000
  32. The Tika FoundationWilmington, DE 2020

    General & Unrestricted

    $5,000
  33. Margaret A Cargill FoundationEden Prairie, MN 2020

    Employee matching grant

    $150
  34. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $46
  35. Margaret A Cargill FoundationEden Prairie, MN 2019

    Support for scandinavian folk arts performers on tour

    $167,000
  36. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2019

    To support a final round of the national endowment for the arts' performing arts discovery program

    $100,000
  37. The Tika FoundationWilmington, DE 2019

    The David Fraher Fund for Innovation

    $50,000
  38. The Tika FoundationWilmington, DE 2019

    General & Unrestricted

    $20,000
  39. Kaufman FoundationChicago, IL 2019

    David fraher leadership fund

    $5,100
  40. The Andrew W Mellon FoundationNew York, NY 2018

    To support yearlong community-focused residencies for local artists whose voices are underrepresented in the midwest

    $500,000
  41. Margaret A Cargill FoundationEden Prairie, MN 2018

    Scandinavian folk arts performers on tour

    $158,000
  42. The Tika FoundationWilmington, DE 2018

    The David Fraher Fund for Innovation

    $50,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Minneapolis, MN and are not among Arts Midwest’s funders above.

  1. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 438 grants Accepts applications $28,237,000 to similar organizations
  2. Target FoundationMinneapolis, MN 107 grants Accepts applications $3,025,730 to similar organizations
  3. Xcel Energy FoundationMinneapolis, MN 80 grants Accepts applications $454,642 to similar organizations
  4. HRK FoundationSt Paul, MN 128 grants Accepts applications $1,416,218 to similar organizations
  5. William Boss FoundationSt Paul, MN 67 grants Accepts applications $420,000 to similar organizations
  6. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 48 grants Accepts applications $525,412 to similar organizations
  7. Anna M Heilmaier Charitable FDNEagan, MN 49 grants Preselected only $406,000 to similar organizations
  8. Lenfestey Family Foundation IncGreen Bay, WI 38 grants Accepts applications $224,500 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 41-1000424 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.