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Top 25 Minnesota Corporate Grantmakers, 2004
Minnesota's largest corporate foundations and corporate giving programs ranked by grants and program-related investments paid in 2004
 

2004 Rank

Corporate Foundation/
Giving Program

Grants Paid

  Grants Paid
   in Minn.
Assets

FY End

2003 Rank

1  

Target Foundation & Corporation $107,800,000 $24,900,000 $28,992,960 1/29/05 1  

2  

General Mills Community Action $62,515,339 $15,079,412 $49,425,518 5/31/05 2  

3  

Medtronic Foundation & Corporation $34,727,625 $14,200,000 $3,711,390 4/30/05 3  

4  

Cargill & Cargill Foundation

$29,798,000 $8,414,000 n/a 5/31/05, 12/31/04 4  

5  

3M Foundation & Corporation $21,695,000 $10,559,000 $38,724,763 12/31/04 6  

6  

U.S. Bancorp Foundation $19,429,000 n/a $58,590,668 12/31/04 7  

7  

Best Buy Children's Foundation & Corporation $18,817,944 $8,601,454 n/a 2/28/05 8  

8  

St. Paul Travelers, Inc. Fdn. & Corp. and St. Paul Travelers Connecticut Fdn. $17,291,326 $8,243,450 $529,210 12/31/04 9  

9  

Xcel Energy Foundation & Corporation $16,827,033 $6,011,773 n/a 12/31/04 10  

10  

United Health Foundation & UnitedHealth Group (1) $11,922,965 $288,530 $9,914,000 12/31/04 15  

11  

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation & Corporation $11,200,000 $4,000,000 $80,000,000 12/31/04 5  

12  

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community $10,278,792 $6,172,694 n/a 12/31/04 12  

13  

Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota & Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota (2) $9,100,000 $9,100,000 n/a 12/31/04 11  

14  

St. Jude Medical Foundation $4,566,490 $236,362 $6,363,637 12/31/04 19  

15  

Andersen Corporation & The Bayport Fdn. of Andersen Corp. (3) $3,680,077 $1,576,280 $46,948,670 12/31/04 21  

16  

Ameriprise Financial Inc. (4) $3,600,000 $3,600,000 n/a 12/31/04 13  

17  

TCF Foundation $3,500,000 $2,000,000 n/a 12/31/04 22  

18  

Ecolab Foundation & Corporation $3,300,833 $2,394,982 n/a 12/31/04 16  

19  

Star Tribune Foundation $3,000,000 $2,669,923 n/a 12/31/04 17  

20  

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MN Foundation & Corporation $2,485,551 $2,485,551 $52,048,310 12/31/04 23  

21  

Bemis Company Foundation $2,464,830 $320,428 $2,500,000 12/31/04 14  

22  

RBC Dain Rauscher Foundation & Corporation $2,361,500 $1,062,500 $254,000 10/31/04 18  

23  

Deluxe Corporation Foundation/
Deluxe Corporation
$2,122,186 $1,122,488 $33,255,664 12/31/04 20  

24  

The Graco Foundation $1,967,524 $1,967,524 $6,465,000 12/31/04 —  

25  

The Pentair Foundation $1,952,955 $1,197,455 $2,953,228 12/31/04 —  
n/a represents data that was not available.
(1) United Health Foundation has additional direct charitable distributions in the form of mission-related programs and projects that amount to $24,412,477.
(2) Total U.S. contributions: $93,000,000.
(3) 2004 Grants Paid in Minnesota includes only The Bayport Foundation of Andersen Corporation's Minnesota grants paid.
(4) Formerly known as American Express Minnesota Philanthropic Program.

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