MCF Giving Forum, Fall 2006

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Fall 2006

Giving Trends
Minnesota Grantmaking for Early Childhood Development
Prepared by the Minnesota Council on Foundations, September 2006

Grant Dollars for Early Childhood

An analysis of Minnesota Council on Foundations Giving in Minnesota research data shows grantmaking trends among Minnesota's largest funders (the 100+ grantmakers that award total grants over $1 million each year), which award about 85 percent of the state's total private grant dollars.

Like most major philanthropic research, the Council's grantmaking database employs the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE), developed by the National Center for Charitable Statistics, but the NTEE grant codes do not have a specific category for "early childhood development."

In order to gain some approximation of Minnesota grantmaking for early childhood development, the Council analyzed funding to the Beneficiary category of "Infants/Babies (under age 5)" and to the Subject Area category of "Education-Nursery School/Kindergarten/Day Care" in the database.

The year 2004 is the most recent year for which compiled grantmaking figures are available. Large increases in both Beneficiary and Subject Area categories from 2003 to 2004 reflect, in part, substantially higher giving by The McKnight Foundation year to year.

Top Funders of Early Childhood

Top 5 Grantmakers for "Infants/Babies (under age 5)," 2004

The McKnight Foundation
Bush Foundation
Target
Cargill Foundation & Citizenship Committee
St. Paul Travelers/St. Paul Travelers Foundation/St. Paul Travelers Connecticut Foundation

Top 5 Grantmakers for "Education – Nursery School/Kindergarten/Day Care," 2004

The McKnight Foundation
The Minneapolis Foundation
Bush Foundation
Cargill Foundation & Citizenship Committee
Winona Community Foundation

Minnesota Funders of Early Childhood
Among Minnesota's largest private funders, the following 46 Minnesota foundations and corporate grantmakers list "Infants/Babies (under age 5)" as a beneficiary category they fund, or have awarded grants in the subject area category "Education-Nursery School/Kindergarten/Day Care."

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

The Beverly Foundation

Blandin Foundation

Otto Bremer Foundation

Bush Foundation

Patrick & Aimee Butler Family Foundation

Buuck Family Foundation

Cargill Foundation & Citizenship Committee

Carolyn Foundation

Deluxe Corporation Fdn./Deluxe Corporation

Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation

Ecolab Foundation and Corporation

First National Bank of Bemidji Foundation

General Mills Community Action

H.B. Fuller Foundation

Headwaters Foundation for Justice

The Jostens Foundation

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Lutheran Community Foundation

Mardag Foundation

The McKnight Foundation

The Medtronic Foundation

The Minneapolis Foundation

Minnesota Community Foundation

Minneapolis Rotary Community Service Fdn.

Minnesota Early Learning Foundation

Northland Foundation

Northwest Minnesota Foundation

I. A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation, Incorporated

The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation

Richfield Community Foundation

The Saint Paul Foundation

The Sheltering Arms Foundation

R. C. Skoe Foundation

Southwest Initiative Foundation (formerly Southwest Minnesota Foundation)

St. Paul Travelers/St. Paul Travelers Fdn./
St. Paul Travelers Connecticut Foundation

Star Tribune Foundation

Target

TCF Foundation

U.S. Bancorp Foundation

DeWitt and Caroline VanEvera Foundation

Wallestad Foundation

West Central Initiative

Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation, Inc.

Whitney Foundation

Winona Community Foundation

More Information from the Fall 2006 Edition of Giving Forum

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