Local Nonprofit Organizations/Minnesota and Upper Midwest Web sites
Largest Minnesota Foundations
These are organizations that dedicate their resources to
the improvement of community quality of life by making philanthropic
grants and providing essential services.
Minnesota Council on Foundations - www.mcf.org
Founded in 1969, the Minnesota Council on Foundations
is a regional membership association of grantmakers working
to improve the health and vitality of our communities. The
Council's membership includes family and other private foundations,
community and other public foundations, and corporate foundations
and giving programs.
Bush Foundation - www.bushfoundation.org
The Bush Foundation was created in 1953 to encourage and
promote charitable, scientific, literary, and educational
efforts. To enhance the quality of life in Minnesota, North
Dakota, and South Dakota, the Foundation has provided grants
and fellowships, totaling over $600 million since its founding,
to support the work of nonprofit organizations and the professional
development of individuals.
McKnight Foundation - www.mcknight.org
The McKnight Foundation is a private philanthropic organization
founded in Minnesota in 1953 by William L. McKnight and
his wife, Maude L. McKnight. The Foundation fulfills a dual
role as a responsive grantmaker that supports grassroots
action, and a strategic grantmaker that encourages system
and policy reform.
The Minneapolis Foundation - www.mplsfoundation.org
Founded in 1915, The Minneapolis Foundation is one of
the nation's oldest and largest community foundations. They
are also the oldest foundation in Minnesota. They’ve
helped generations of Minnesotans create a charitable legacy
and invested in the future of the community.
Northwest Area Foundation - www.nwaf.org
The Northwest Area Foundation exists to help communities
in the eight-state region reduce poverty. Through their
three programs - Ventures, Connections, and Horizons - they
work with rural, urban, American Indian, and rural Latino
communities in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Montana, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon
St. Paul Foundation - www.saintpaulfoundation.org
The foundation’s mission is to actively serve the
people of the East Metro area by building permanent charitable
capital, making philanthropic grants, and providing services
that contribute to the health and vitality of the community.
Wilder Foundation - www.wilder.org
The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation is a nonprofit health and
human services organization that has served the greater
Saint Paul, Minnesota, area since 1906. They operate dozens
of programs that help children succeed in school, older
adults remain independent, troubled youth create healthy
futures, and individuals and families maintain long-term
housing.
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