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

Grant recipient EIN 41-1570750Arts and culture

Who funds The Works?

10 private foundations gave The Works in Bloomington, MN $497,679 across 37 grants, in tax years 2017 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2017 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

37 grants

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

  1. Centerpoint Energy Foundation IncHouston, TX 2025

    General donation

    $35,000
  2. nVent FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2025

    STEM Education Program Support

    $15,000
  3. Centerpoint Energy Foundation IncHouston, TX 2024

    General donation

    $100,000
  4. Donaldson FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    Contribution provided

    $25,000
  5. Mortenson Company FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  6. Xcel Energy FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    Dollars for doing grant, match a previous donation (501(c)3) grant, match credit card donation (501(c)3) grant, STEM career pathwaysvolunteer energy

    $16,440
  7. nVent FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    STEM Education Program Support

    $10,000
  8. Mortenson Company FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  9. The Nordson Corporation FoundationWestlake, OH 2023

    Education program

    $17,000
  10. Xcel Energy FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2023

    Dollars for doing STEM career pathways

    $15,050
  11. Centerpoint Energy Foundation IncHouston, TX 2023

    General donation

    $15,000
  12. nVent FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2023

    Support STEM Education

    $14,000
  13. HB Fuller Company FoundationSt Paul, MN 2023

    Engineering for all gateway

    $7,500
  14. BNSF Railway FoundationFort Worth, TX 2023

    Education

    $2,500
  15. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $42
  16. Xcel Energy FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2022

    Matching funds / STEM career pathways

    $15,200
  17. The Nordson Corporation FoundationWestlake, OH 2022

    General operating support

    $10,000
  18. HB Fuller Company FoundationSt Paul, MN 2022

    Unrestricted charitable grant

    $10,000
  19. HB Fuller Company FoundationSt Paul, MN 2022

    HBF invest-matching donation

    $500
  20. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $65
  21. Xcel Energy FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2021

    Matching employee donation / education grant

    $15,200
  22. Centerpoint Energy Foundation IncHouston, TX 2021

    Learning together

    $10,245
  23. HB Fuller Company FoundationSt Paul, MN 2021

    General operations

    $10,000
  24. The Nordson Corporation FoundationWestlake, OH 2021

    General operating support

    $3,000
  25. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $36
  26. Xcel Energy FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    2020 education grant/matching employee donation

    $22,000
  27. The Richard M Schulze Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    Education

    $10,000
  28. BNSF Railway FoundationFort Worth, TX 2020

    Youth

    $2,500
  29. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $21
  30. Xcel Energy FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2019

    Education

    $15,000
  31. HB Fuller Company FoundationSt Paul, MN 2019

    General operations (executive board - kirsten stone)

    $10,000
  32. The Richard M Schulze Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2019

    Education

    $10,000
  33. nVent FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2019

    Youth STEM Education Grant

    $10,000
  34. Xcel Energy FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2019

    Matching employee donations

    $880
  35. HB Fuller Company FoundationSt Paul, MN 2018

    General operations (executive board - kirsten stone)

    $10,000
  36. HB Fuller Company FoundationSt Paul, MN 2018

    HBF invest - matching

    $500
  37. HB Fuller Company FoundationSt Paul, MN 2017

    General operations(executive board - kirsten stone)

    $10,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other arts and culture organizations in Bloomington, MN and are not among The Works’s funders above.

  1. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 10 grants Accepts applications $10,300 to similar organizations
  2. Stiles FoundationEden Prairie, MN 5 grants Preselected only $3,750 to similar organizations
  3. Tosa FoundationPortola Valley, CA 1 grant Preselected only $250,000 to similar organizations
  4. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 6 grants Accepts applications $110,000 to similar organizations
  5. The Olseth FoundationMinnetonka, MN 6 grants Preselected only $40,000 to similar organizations
  6. Nextfifty Initiative D/B/A NEXT50Denver, CO 1 grant Accepts applications $20,000 to similar organizations
  7. Union Pacific FoundationOmaha, NE 2 grants Accepts applications $20,000 to similar organizations
  8. The Walser FoundationBloomington, MN 4 grants Accepts applications $17,500 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 41-1570750 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.