Open Foundations · Minnesota

Piper Sandler Foundation

Minneapolis, Minnesota · EIN 411734808. 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 $4.5M across 59 grants in 2025, a median of $4K each.

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$4.5M
paid in 2025
59
grants paid
$4K
median grant
2%
to first-time recipients
$11.4M
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
PIPER SANDLER COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Address
350 NORTH 5TH STREET SUITE 1000, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 55401
Phone
6123036479
Form the request should take
PIPER SANDLER COMMUNITY RELATIONS ALL REQUESTS FOR FUNDING SHOULD BEGIN WITH A COMPLETE PIPER SANDLER GRANT APPLICATION AVAILABLE AT PIPERSANDLER.COM. THE APPLICATION INCLUDES A COMPLETE LIST OF REQUIRED SUPPORTING MATERIALS.
Submission deadline
PIPER SANDLER COMMUNITY RELATIONS THE APPLICATION CYCLE IS JULY 17 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1
Restrictions on awards
PIPER SANDLER COMMUNITY RELATIONS PIPER SANDLER CORPORATE GIVING WILL NOT FUND: 1. ORGS THAT ARE NOT TAX-EXEMPT UNDER IRS CODE SECTION 501(C)(3) OR EQUIVALENT 2. ORGS THAT DO NOT SERVE COMMUNITIES WHERE PIPER SANDLER HAS A BUSINESS PRESENCE 3. INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS SEEKING SUPPORT FOR PLANNING, PERSONAL NEEDS OR TRAVEL 4. PUBLIC SERVICE OR POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS 5. LOBBYING, POLITICAL OR FRATERNAL ACTIVITIES 6. ORGS RECEIVING PRIMARY FUNDING FROM UNITED WAY 7. ATHLETIC OR PAGEANT SCHOLARSHIPS 8. RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES OR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES 9. PUBLICATIONS, AUDIO-VISUAL 10. CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FUNDING 11.ORGS WHOSE PROGRAMS DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, CREED, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, MARITAL STATUS, FAMILIAL STATUS, AGE, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY, GENETIC INFORMATION, OR VETERAN STATUS OR ANY OTHER CONSIDERATION PROTECTED BY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAWS.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202631289349103483. 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 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

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Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 59 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Corporate MatchMN$2,078,802CORPORATE MATCH PAYMENT
2Student Sponsor Partners IncNY$260,000HEADQUARTER GIVING
3Greenwood ProjectIL$204,000BOARD LEADER PROGRAM, HEADQUARTER GIVING
4Wallin Education PartnersMN$197,075HEADQUARTER GIVING
5Dougherty Family College University St ThomasMN$155,000HEADQUARTER GIVING, GIFT MATCHING PAYMENTS
6Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Twin CitiesMN$150,300REGIONAL GIVING, HEADQUARTER GIVING
7Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School of HoustonTX$150,000HEADQUARTER GIVING
8Cristo Rey New York High SchoolNY$150,000HEADQUARTER GIVING
9Nj Leep IncNJ$150,000HEADQUARTER GIVING
10Chinquapin Preparatory SchoolTX$120,000HEADQUARTER GIVING
11The Posse FoundationTX$120,000HEADQUARTER GIVING
12Minds Matter Bay AreaCA$110,000HEADQUARTER GIVING
13Scholars of FinanceMN$108,000BOARD LEADER PROGRAM, HEADQUARTER GIVING
14Streetwise PartnersNY$100,000HEADQUARTER GIVING
15Dunwoody College of TechnologyMN$75,000HEADQUARTER GIVING

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020144$2.4M
2021145$3.5M
2022112$3.8M
2023105$3.4M
202492$4.5M
2025 (partial year)59$4.5M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Minnesota42%
New York17%
California9%
Texas7%
New Jersey5%

Who decides

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

John W GeelanPRESIDENT · 2025
Jorge PuenteDIRECTOR (THRU 4/25) · 2025
Katherine P CluneCFO/TREASURER · 2025
Kim Tung WasleyDIRECTOR · 2025
Michael M BaileyDIRECTOR · 2025
Michael R DillahuntDIRECTOR · 2025
Robert Alastair MathiesonDIRECTOR · 2025
Shelby a NobleDIRECTOR · 2025
Victoria B BeardDIRECTOR · 2025

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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