St Paul, Minnesota · EIN 416017815. 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 $53.1M across 143 grants in 2024, a median of $150K each.
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Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.
As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2024, IRS filing object id 202543179349102969. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.
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.
The 15 largest of the 143 grants paid in 2024, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.
| # | Recipient | State | Amount | Purpose as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exodus Financial Services | MN | $4,200,000 | TO SPREAD AN INNOVATIVE LENDING MODEL TO PROVIDE AN UPSTREAM ALTERNATIVE TO PREDATORY LOANS WITH PATHWAYS TO FINANCIAL SUCCESS |
| 2 | Bureau of Indian Affairs | DC | $3,150,000 | TO SUPPORT WORK TO ESTABLISH AN ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION |
| 3 | Owamniyomni Okhodayapi | MN | $2,625,000 | TO DEVELOP A NEW MODEL OF LAND RECLAMATION WITH MULTI-TRIBAL NATION CONTROL |
| 4 | Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi | MN | $2,482,095 | TO DEVELOP AND TEST A NEW MODEL OF INDIGENOUS URBAN LAND STEWARDSHIP THROUGH NONPROFIT AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT CO-MANAGEMENT |
| 5 | Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio Inc | MN | $1,700,000 | DEVELOP AND TEST A NEW MODEL OF SHARED SPACE AND ACCESSIBLE TRAINING FOR CHILDCARE BUSINESSES TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LICENSED LATINA PROVIDERS |
| 6 | Saint Paul and Minnesota Foundation | MN | $1,600,000 | TO OPERATE TWO GRANT PROGRAMS WITH THE PURPOSE OF INSPIRING AND SUPPORTING CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING ACROSS MINNESOTA AND THE NATIVE NATIONS THAT SHARE THAT GEOGRAPHY. |
| 7 | South Dakota Community Foundation | SD | $1,600,000 | TO OPERATE TWO GRANT PROGRAMS WITH THE PURPOSE OF INSPIRING AND SUPPORTING CREATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE NATIVE NATIONS THAT SHARE THAT GEOGRAPHY. |
| 8 | Northcountry Cooperative Foundation | MN | $1,410,000 | NORTHCOUNTRY COOPERATIVE FOUNDATION WILL SCALE AN INNOVATIVE FINANCING MODEL TO SUPPORT COOPERATIVE RESIDENT OWNERSHIP OF AFFORDABLE MANUFACTURED HOUSING COMMUNITIES |
| 9 | Build Wealth Mn Inc | MN | $1,375,000 | SUPPORT FOR WORK RELATED TO A PROGRAM-RELATED INVESTMENT INTENDED TO SCALE AN INNOVATIVE MORTGAGE LENDING PROGRAM TO SUPPORT BLACK HOMEOWNERSHIP IN THE TWIN CITIES |
| 10 | Minneapolis Foundation | MN | $1,350,000 | TO TEST A SPECIAL-PURPOSE CREDIT PROGRAM THAT IS BACKED BY A LOAN GUARANTEE TO INCREASE ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR BLACK WEALTH BUILDERS AND SHIFT BANK UNDERWRITING AND LENDING STANDARDS |
| 11 | Leavitt Partners | DC | $1,335,000 | TO DEVELOP A NEW STRATEGIC ALLIANCE TO CHANGE FEDERAL POLICIES TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND OUTCOMES IN INDIAN COUNTRY |
| 12 | Midwest Indigenous Immersion Network | MN | $1,270,050 | TO SPREAD OJIBWE LANGUAGE REVITALIZATION BY DEVELOPING A BIGGER, SHARED INFRASTRUCTURE |
| 13 | Bush Fellowship Program - Cohort 20 | MN | $1,215,658 | BUSH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM |
| 14 | Bush Fellowship Program - Cohort 20 | MN | $1,210,371 | BUSH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM |
| 15 | Four Bands Community Fund Inc | SD | $1,200,000 | TO PROVIDE GRANT FUNDING FOR GOOD RELATIVES COLLABORATIVE GRANTEES IN NATIVE NATIONS AND NATIVE COMMUNITIES IN MINNESOTA, NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA. |
| Tax year | Grants | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 313 | $34.5M |
| 2021 | 208 | $54.2M |
| 2022 | 163 | $100.7M |
| 2023 | 135 | $89.9M |
| 2024 | 143 | $53.1M |
Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.
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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