Rows of old wooden school desks in an empty classroom

Grant recipient EIN 80-0345712Education

Who funds African Economic Development Solutions?

16 private foundations gave African Economic Development Solutions in Saint Paul, MN $4.2 million across 54 grants, in tax years 2019 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2019 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

54 grants

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

  1. Rooted PhilanthropicSaint Paul, MN 2025

    General operating support

    $35,000
  2. Target FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    Economic opportunity - hometown

    $150,000
  3. Northwest Area FoundationSt Paul, MN 2024

    General operating support

    $125,000
  4. BCBSM Foundation IncSt Paul, MN 2024

    African Minnesotan Childcare Provider Civic Leadership and Engagement Project

    $100,000
  5. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    for general operating support

    $100,000
  6. Rooted PhilanthropicSaint Paul, MN 2024

    General support

    $60,000
  7. Mortenson Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    Unrestricted

    $30,000
  8. FR Bigelow FoundationSt Paul, MN 2024

    General support request

    $30,000
  9. Mardag FoundationSt Paul, MN 2024

    Little africa museum

    $25,000
  10. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    to plan and pilot programming and build new facility for increased artistic opportunities for African immigrant and next generation artists so they can catalyze the leadership, power, and creativity of artists and culture bearers

    $20,000
  11. Otto Bremer TrustSt Paul, MN 2023

    Little africa plaza

    $500,000
  12. Northwest Area FoundationSt Paul, MN 2023

    General operating support

    $125,000
  13. BCBSM Foundation IncSt Paul, MN 2023

    African Minnesotan Early Childhood Provider Initiative

    $100,000
  14. FR Bigelow FoundationSt Paul, MN 2023

    Little africa plaza

    $75,000
  15. FR Bigelow FoundationSt Paul, MN 2023

    Little africa plaza

    $75,000
  16. Otto Bremer TrustSt Paul, MN 2023

    General operations

    $50,000
  17. Mortenson Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2023

    Unrestricted

    $32,750
  18. FR Bigelow FoundationSt Paul, MN 2023

    Little africa plaza

    $30,000
  19. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2023

    To plan and pilot programming and build new facility for increased artistic opportunities for African immigrant and next generation artists so they can catalyze the leadership, power, and creativity of artists and culture bearers

    $20,000
  20. The Allstate FoundationNorthbrook, IL 2023

    Aeds general operating support - enhancing equity, inclusion and diversity

    $5,000
  21. Target FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2022

    Economic opportunity - hometown

    $150,000
  22. Northwest Area FoundationSt Paul, MN 2022

    Supporting african immigrant owned small businesses and minority owned businesses

    $125,000
  23. BCBSM Foundation IncSt Paul, MN 2022

    African Minnesotan Early Childhood Provider Initiative

    $100,000
  24. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2022

    To redevelop a vacant commercial property in the Little Africa Cultural District to include a Halal meat market and grocery, retail space and community spaces, and AEDS offices

    $100,000
  25. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2022

    For general operating support

    $100,000
  26. Otto Bremer TrustSt Paul, MN 2022

    Aeds general operating and capital project request

    $50,000
  27. FR Bigelow FoundationSt Paul, MN 2022

    2022 transitional gen op grant

    $50,000
  28. Mortenson Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2022

    Unrestricted

    $32,750
  29. Mardag FoundationSt Paul, MN 2022

    Aeds art and culture capacity building

    $25,000
  30. Pohlad Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2022

    General operating

    $500
  31. Otto Bremer TrustSt Paul, MN 2021

    CBFC emergency fund

    $250,000
  32. Northwest Area FoundationSt Paul, MN 2021

    Supporting african immigrant owned and minority owned small businesses

    $125,000
  33. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2021

    for general operating support

    $100,000
  34. Hardenbergh FoundationSt Paul, MN 2021

    General operating

    $100,000
  35. The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN 2021

    Supporting the development of an african immigrant leadership coalition in minnesota

    $100,000
  36. FR Bigelow FoundationSt Paul, MN 2021

    Little africa plaza

    $50,000
  37. Mortenson Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2021

    Build wealth within african immigrant communities.

    $32,750
  38. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    To build capacity in delivering services that build wealth within the Twin Cities African immigrant communities, and to help cover costs associated with CARES Act funding

    $150,000
  39. Pohlad Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    Project

    $100,000
  40. Target FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    Racial equity

    $100,000
  41. Target FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    Committed in 2019 - hometown - racial equity

    $70,000
  42. Otto Bremer TrustSt Paul, MN 2020

    Supporting african immigrant businesses

    $50,000
  43. Otto Bremer TrustSt Paul, MN 2020

    General operations

    $40,000
  44. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    General operating support

    $25,000
  45. The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN 2020

    To be a leader and learner as a member of community creativity cohort 2, a 3-year participant-led capacity building effort to support organizations led by and serving people of color and indigenous people, rural communities, and smaller cities and towns

    $25,000
  46. Northwest Area FoundationSt Paul, MN 2020

    General operating support in response to covid-19

    $15,000
  47. The Bush FoundationSt Paul, MN 2020

    Sponsorship of african leadership conference

    $15,000
  48. Marbrook FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    General operations of the organization

    $10,000
  49. The Affinity Plus Federal Credit Union FoundationSt Paul, MN 2020

    Twin cities healing

    $9,591
  50. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    To build capacity in delivering services that build wealth within the Twin Cities African immigrant communities, and to help cover costs associated with CARES Act funding

    $2,000
  51. Northwest Area FoundationSt Paul, MN 2019

    Microenterprise support service and upward mobility

    $200,000
  52. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2019

    To build capacity in delivering services that build wealth within the Twin Cities African immigrant communities

    $150,000
  53. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2019

    For general operating support

    $35,000
  54. Otto Bremer TrustSt Paul, MN 2019

    For general operations to provide support to african entrepreneurs and small business owners in the twin cities.

    $30,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other education organizations in Saint Paul, MN and are not among African Economic Development Solutions’s funders above.

  1. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 531 grants Preselected only $76,140 to similar organizations
  2. Xcel Energy FoundationMinneapolis, MN 67 grants Accepts applications $288,056 to similar organizations
  3. CH Robinson Worldwide FoundationSioux Falls, SD 20 grants Accepts applications $51,011 to similar organizations
  4. Land O'Lakes FoundationSt Paul, MN 18 grants Accepts applications $6,315 to similar organizations
  5. The Graco FoundationMinneapolis, MN 18 grants Preselected only $50,957 to similar organizations
  6. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 33 grants Accepts applications $287,423 to similar organizations
  7. HRK FoundationSt Paul, MN 27 grants Accepts applications $181,152 to similar organizations
  8. Boston Scientific Foundation IncMarlborough, MA 12 grants Accepts applications $92,000 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 80-0345712 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.