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2009 Edition
Minnesota Charitable Giving Overview
Total Giving by Individuals Held Steady
The majority of charitable giving in Minnesota – 76 percent of all dollars given – is done by individuals (see Table 1 and Figure A). Individual giving in Minnesota held steady at $4.19 billion in 2007, in line with 2006 levels.  
In 2007 in Minnesota, 906,845 individuals claimed charitable contributions on
their tax returns, and the average contribution per itemized tax return was
$3,785. The average size of contributions by residents of Minnesota continued to
remain below the national average of $4,623.3 Historically, more Minnesota
residents, including those with lower charitable giving levels, have itemized
their charitable contributions than the national average.
Total Giving by Grantmakers
GrewGrantmakers contributed 23 percent of
total charitable giving in Minnesota in 2007. Foundation and corporate giving in
Minnesota totaled $1.32 billion, an increase of 10.1 percent, from $1.20 billion
in 2006 (see Table 1).
As in previous years, most of Minnesota’s total grant dollars paid in
2007 came from a relatively small number of grantmakers. Less than 3
percent of grantmakers (38) provided 69 percent of all grantmaking ($909
million), and 10 percent of the grantmakers (146) accounted for 86
percent of all grant dollars paid ($1.14 billion).
Corporate Grantmakers Lead Giving
There were 1,429 active grantmakers in the state in 2007. Eighty-five percent of
these were private family and independent foundations (1,209), 9 percent were
corporate foundations and giving programs (131), and 6 percent were
community/public foundations (89). The total number of grantmakers in the state
ticked up slightly – 2.2 percent – from 2006 (see Figure B).
Although corporate foundations and giving programs make up a small percentage of
Minnesota grantmakers, historically they have given a large share of grant
dollars. In 2007 they accounted for 9 percent of the grantmakers and gave 43
percent of all grant dollars. Private foundations, the majority of grantmakers
in the state, gave 43 percent of grant dollars. As the smallest portion of the
state’s grantmakers, community/public foundations accounted for 14 percent of
total grant dollars paid (see Figure B and Figure C). From 2006 to 2007, total
grantmaking increased for all three grantmaker types.
Foundation Assets Grew
Minnesota foundation assets grew to $18.80 billion in 2007 from $17.58 billion
in 2006, a 6.9-percent increase (see Table 2).
 3 Individual giving data from IRS Statistics of Income, Tax Year 2007.
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Giving in Minnesota
2009 Edition
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In This Document
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About This Report
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Each
year, the Minnesota Council on Foundations produces Giving in Minnesota, the
most comprehensive analysis of charitable giving in the state. The 2009 edition
features information on overall giving in 2007, which MCF defines as the fiscal
year of any Minnesota foundation or corporate giving program that ends between
June 1, 2007, and May 31, 2008. This is the most recent time period for which
complete data are available.
The complete report includes information about overall giving by foundations,
corporations and individuals in Minnesota, along with detailed grantmaking
trends by a sample of 100 of the state’s largest grantmakers based on grants
paid. The sample is made up of 50 private foundations, 34 corporate foundations
and giving programs, and 16 community/public foundations. Although they
represent just 7 percent of all grantmakers in Minnesota, these 100 accounted
for approximately 82 percent of all grant dollars paid in the state. To produce
this report on grantmaking trends in Minnesota, MCF analyzed 27,243 grants of
$2,000 or more made by the sample, totaling $917.9 million.
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