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Grant recipient EIN 81-1733895Education

Who funds Great MN Schools?

25 private foundations gave Great MN Schools in Minneapolis, MN $18.3 million across 84 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

84 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

    $195,000
  2. Lre FoundationLong Lake, MN 2025

    Education

    $75,000
  3. Prospect Creek FoundationWayzata, MN 2024

    Operational

    $1,200,000
  4. The Douglass Brandenborg Family FDNEdina, MN 2024

    General operating support

    $275,000
  5. Julie & Doug Baker Jr FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2024

    General operating

    $150,000
  6. The Sauer Family FoundationSt Paul, MN 2024

    None

    $104,135
  7. Foundation for Educational Research and DevelopmentParadise Valley, AZ 2024

    General charitable purpose

    $100,000
  8. Manitou FundWhite Bear Lake, MN 2024

    Literacy programs

    $100,000
  9. John and Denise Graves FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    Education

    $75,000
  10. Lre FoundationLong Lake, MN 2024

    Education

    $60,000
  11. Jab FoundationGolden Valley, MN 2024

    Charitable

    $50,000
  12. David Winton Bell FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    Education

    $25,000
  13. John and Denise Graves FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    Education

    $20,000
  14. Mortenson Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2024

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  15. Wem FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2023

    General

    $5,100,000
  16. Prospect Creek FoundationWayzata, MN 2023

    Operational

    $1,006,000
  17. The Douglass Brandenborg Family FDNEdina, MN 2023

    General operating support

    $200,000
  18. Manitou FundWhite Bear Lake, MN 2023

    Literacy programs

    $100,000
  19. Julie & Doug Baker Jr FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2023

    General operating

    $100,000
  20. The Sauer Family FoundationSt Paul, MN 2023

    None

    $78,855
  21. Lre FoundationLong Lake, MN 2023

    Education

    $50,000
  22. David Winton Bell FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2023

    Education

    $25,000
  23. Jab FoundationGolden Valley, MN 2023

    Charitable

    $10,000
  24. Cla FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2023

    General operating grant

    $10,000
  25. Longview FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2023

    General operating

    $6,500
  26. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $70
  27. Prospect Creek FoundationWayzata, MN 2022

    Operational

    $888,600
  28. Wem FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2022

    General

    $600,000
  29. Wem FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2022

    General

    $500,000
  30. Wem FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2022

    General

    $500,000
  31. The Douglass Brandenborg Family FDNEdina, MN 2022

    General operating support

    $200,000
  32. The Sauer Family FoundationSt Paul, MN 2022

    None

    $127,135
  33. Wem FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2022

    General

    $100,000
  34. Manitou FundWhite Bear Lake, MN 2022

    Literacy programs

    $100,000
  35. Julie & Doug Baker Jr FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2022

    General operating

    $100,000
  36. Jab FoundationGolden Valley, MN 2022

    Charitable

    $80,000
  37. The Robert D and Patricia E Kern Family Foundation IncWaukesha, WI 2022

    Deepen the understanding of character education and servant leadership

    $70,000
  38. Lre FoundationLong Lake, MN 2022

    Education

    $50,000
  39. Foundation for Educational Research and DevelopmentParadise Valley, AZ 2022

    General charitable purpose

    $50,000
  40. David Winton Bell FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2022

    Education

    $25,000
  41. Mortenson Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2022

    Unrestricted

    $20,000
  42. Dryer Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    Cristo Rey School, Minneapolis, MN

    $10,000
  43. Longview FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2022

    General operating

    $5,000
  44. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $86
  45. Wem FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2021

    General

    $669,506
  46. Cloverfields FoundationNaples, FL 2021

    General operating fund

    $450,000
  47. The Douglass Brandenborg Family FDNEdina, MN 2021

    General operating support

    $200,000
  48. Prospect Creek FoundationWayzata, MN 2021

    Operational

    $161,250
  49. Jab FoundationGolden Valley, MN 2021

    Charitable

    $120,000
  50. GHR FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2021

    Great MN schools general operations and independent school sector investments

    $100,000
  51. Julie & Doug Baker Jr FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2021

    General operating

    $100,000
  52. The Joyce FoundationChicago, IL 2021

    Education & Economic Mobility

    $75,000
  53. Manitou FundWhite Bear Lake, MN 2021

    Literacy programs

    $60,000
  54. Lre FoundationLong Lake, MN 2021

    Education

    $50,000
  55. Foundation for Educational Research and DevelopmentParadise Valley, AZ 2021

    General charitable purpose

    $50,000
  56. General Mills FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2021

    Operating Support

    $50,000
  57. Lynne & Andrew Redleaf FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2021

    Summer school

    $50,000
  58. The Sauer Family FoundationSt Paul, MN 2021

    Building educational success

    $25,000
  59. David Winton Bell FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2021

    Education

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

    Great MN schools works to ensure that every child is able to attend a high performing school that prepares them to thrive in their lives, careers and communities. Five-year vision statement: we will be successful in 2025 if we have created the public and political will to drive transformational change in minneapolis education system through the creation of a critical mass of great schools, authentic partnerships between families and schools anchored in increased student learning, and community-wide thought leadership and coalition building.

    $15,000
  61. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $109
  62. Prospect Creek FoundationWayzata, MN 2020

    Operational

    $1,270,265
  63. Wem FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    General

    $675,000
  64. The McKnight FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    For general operating support, including re-grantmaking, and to build capacity to implement Minnesota Comeback's regional talent strategy

    $500,000
  65. The Douglass Brandenborg Family FDNEdina, MN 2020

    General operating support

    $200,000
  66. The Joyce FoundationChicago, IL 2020

    Education & Economic Mobility

    $100,000
  67. GHR FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    Great MN schools general operations and independent school sector investments

    $100,000
  68. Julie & Doug Baker Jr FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2020

    General operating

    $100,000
  69. Frey FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    General operating support

    $75,000
  70. Lre FoundationLong Lake, MN 2020

    Education

    $50,000
  71. General Mills FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    Operating Support

    $50,000
  72. The Sauer Family FoundationSt Paul, MN 2020

    Education/trauma

    $36,500
  73. Jab FoundationGolden Valley, MN 2020

    Charitable

    $30,000
  74. John W Mooty Foundation TrustEdina, MN 2020

    Educational services

    $25,000
  75. The Douglass Brandenborg Family FDNEdina, MN 2020

    Planning grant for link public schools

    $25,000
  76. Mortenson Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2020

    Great MN schools believes that great schools matter and that they change lives. We see first-hand how some schools in our community demonstrate that children from all races, means, and origins can achieve. We need more of them district, public charter, and independent because all children should be able to attend high-performing schools that prepare them to thrive in their lives, careers, and communities.

    $15,000
  77. Longview FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2020

    General operating

    $1,000
  78. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $98
  79. GHR FoundationMinneapolis, MN 2019

    To support independent schools in minneapolis

    $100,000
  80. Cloverfields FoundationNaples, FL 2019

    General operating fund

    $50,000
  81. Foundation for Educational Research and DevelopmentParadise Valley, AZ 2019

    General charitable purpose

    $50,000
  82. John W Mooty Foundation TrustEdina, MN 2019

    Educational services

    $25,000
  83. Dryer Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2019

    General & Unrestricted

    $10,000
  84. Lre FoundationLong Lake, MN 2018

    Education

    $50,000

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other education organizations in Minneapolis, MN and are not among Great MN 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 Richard M Schulze Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 257 grants Accepts applications $56,858,296 to similar organizations
  4. CH Robinson Worldwide FoundationSioux Falls, SD 27 grants Accepts applications $133,917 to similar organizations
  5. Land O'Lakes FoundationSt Paul, MN 48 grants Accepts applications $6,788,242 to similar organizations
  6. The Walser FoundationBloomington, MN 58 grants Accepts applications $596,156 to similar organizations
  7. Pohlad Family FoundationMinneapolis, MN 27 grants Accepts applications $2,044,878 to similar organizations
  8. HB Fuller Company FoundationSt Paul, MN 51 grants Preselected only $834,600 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 81-1733895 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.