Open Foundations · Minnesota

Bcbsm Foundation Inc

Saint Paul, Minnesota · EIN 363525653. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $4.4M across 49 grants in 2024, a median of $100K each.

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$4.4M
paid in 2024
49
grants paid
$100K
median grant
21%
to first-time recipients
$79.0M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
Carolyn Link
Address
PO Box 64560, St Paul, MN, 55164
Phone
8668121593
Email
foundationbluecrossmnfoundation.org
Form the request should take
Please visit our website at www.bluecrossmn.com/foundation for instructions on how to apply.
Submission deadline
Inquiries are accepted throughout the year and applicants are given a proposal due date at the time
Restrictions on awards
We typically do not provide funding for programs outside Minnesota.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202502699349100405. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2024 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

care coverageearly childhoodcommunityequitableaccessbuildinghealthhealthcare

Biggest grants in 2024

The 15 largest of the 49 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1United Way WorldwideVA$236,7102023 Community Giving Campaign
2Native American Community ClinicMN$200,000Native American Community Clinic Equitable Care and Coverage
3Northwest Indian Community Development CenterMN$200,000Reclaiming Mino Biimaadiziwin
4Way to GrowMN$150,000Great By Eight
5Northfield Healthy Community InitiativeMN$125,000Growing Up Healthy in Rice County Minnesota
6Partnership AcademyMN$125,000La Red Latina de Educacin Temprana La Red
7Hmong American PartnershipMN$110,000Navigator Coalition
8African Economic Development SolutionsMN$100,000African Minnesotan Childcare Provider Civic Leadership and Engagement Project
9Amherst H Wilder FoundationMN$100,000Saint Paul Promise Thrive by Five Initiative
10Apple Tree DentalMN$100,000Launching a Family-Centered Dental Home Pilot
11Capi UsaMN$100,000Health Benefits Navigation Spanish Hmong
12Care ClinicMN$100,000Expand Access to Equitable Dental Care and Coverage
13Children's Defense FundMN$100,000Building Power and Raising Voices for MN Families
14Children's Dental ServicesMN$100,000Advancing Equitable Dental Care Access to 3,000 Children, Pregnant Women, and Family Members of all Ages across Underserved Minnesota Regions
15Comunidades Latinas Unidas En ServicioMN$100,0002024 CLUES Early Childhood Initiatives

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020116$5.9M
202168$5.0M
202265$4.9M
202356$4.8M
202449$4.4M

Where the money went

Share of 2024 grant dollars by recipient state
Minnesota94%
Virginia4%
Florida2%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Ann HowesASST SECRETARY · 2024
Bukata HayesBOARD CHAIR · 2024
Carolyn LinkPRESIDENT · 2024
Dana EricksonDIRECTOR · 2024
Emily PiperDIRECTOR · 2024
Kristine RhodesDIRECTOR · 2024
Mark Steffen MdVICE CHAIR · 2024
May VangTREASURER · 2024
Nash ShaikhDIRECTOR · 2024
Paul SandSECRETARY · 2024

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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