Open Foundations · Minnesota

Otto Bremer Trust

Saint Paul, Minnesota · EIN 416019050. 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 $56.3M across 175 grants in 2025, a median of $150K each.

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$56.3M
paid in 2025
175
grants paid
$150K
median grant
18%
to first-time recipients
$1.4B
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
OTTO BREMER TRUST
Address
30 EAST 7TH STREET, ST PAUL, MN, 55101
Phone
6512278036
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
SEE GRANT GUIDELINES AT WWW.OTTOBREMER.ORG
Submission deadline
SEE GRANT GUIDELINES AT WWW.OTTOBREMER.ORG
Restrictions on awards
SEE GRANT GUIDELINES AT WWW.OTTOBREMER.ORG

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202641319349104284. 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.

youth developmentmental healthcapitalfoodcommunityenrichmentcampaignpaul

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 175 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Greater Twin Cities United WayMN$4,200,000COMMUNITY RESPONSIVE FUND
2Greater Milwaukee Foundation IncWI$3,150,000COMMUNITY RESPONSIVE FUND
3Initiative FoundationMN$3,150,000COMMUNITY RESPONSIVE FUND
4United Way of WisconsinWI$2,100,000COMMUNITY RESPONSIVE FUND
5Community Foundation for the Fox Valley RegionWI$1,575,000COMMUNITY RESPONSIVE FUND
6Montana Community Foundation IncMT$1,575,000COMMUNITY RESPONSIVE FUND
7University of Minnesota FoundationMN$1,300,000COMMUNITY-UNIVERSITY HEALTH CARE CENTER CAPITAL PROJECT
8Allina Health FoundationMN$1,250,000HEALTHCARE CAPITAL
9North Dakota Community FoundationND$1,050,000COMMUNITY RESPONSIVE FUND
10Froedtert Hospital FoundationWI$1,000,000HOSPITAL BED TOWER CAMPAIGN
11Lutheran Social Service of MinnesotaMN$1,000,000HOMELESS YOUTH SERVICES
12Mayo ClinicMN$1,000,000HOSPITAL CAPITAL PROJECT
13Montana Children's Home & Hospital Dba Shodair Childrens HospitalMT$1,000,000MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
14Community of Recovering People Inc Dba the RetreatMN$750,000THE RETREAT BUILDING COMMUNITY PROJECT
15Eagle MountMT$750,000CAPITAL CAMPAIGN - CAMPUS OF THE FUTURE

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
20201,073$49.5M
2021947$66.6M
2022922$67.5M
20231,137$95.0M
2024873$67.5M
2025 (partial year)175$56.3M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Minnesota57%
Wisconsin23%
Montana11%
North Dakota5%
District of Columbia2%

Who decides

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

Caroline JohnsonCO-CEO/TRUSTEE · 2025
Daniel ReardonCO-CEO/TRUSTEE · 2025
Francis MileyCO-CEO/TRUSTEE · 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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