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Top 25 Minnesota
Corporate Grantmakers, 2006
Minnesota's largest corporate foundations and corporate giving
programs ranked by grants and program-related investments paid in 2006
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2006 Rank
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Corporate Foundation/
Giving Program |
Grants
Paid |
Grants Paid
in Minn. |
Assets |
FY End |
2005
Rank |
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1 |
General Mills Foundation & Corporation |
$57,577,373 |
$16,101,761 |
$61,231,955 |
5/31/07 |
1 |
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2 |
Medtronic Foundation & Corporation1 |
$37,467,789 |
$9,451,786 |
$62,967,140 |
4/30/07 |
2 |
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3 |
Cargill Foundation & Cargill
Incorporated2 |
$37,150,039 |
$8,587,415 |
$103,748,000 |
12/31/06
5/31/07 |
3 |
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4 |
Best Buy Children's Foundation &
Corporation3 |
$24,091,543 |
$3,205,000 |
$11,871,965 |
2/28/07 |
4 |
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5 |
3M Foundation & Corporation |
$23,831,000 |
$11,992,400 |
$48,469,350 |
12/31/06 |
6 |
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6 |
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation & Corporation |
$21,353,480 |
$5,569,300 |
$82,921,000 |
12/31/06 |
8 |
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7 |
United Health Foundation and
UnitedHealth Group4 |
$20,761,584 |
$795,812 |
$23,827,000 |
12/31/06 |
5 |
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8 |
U.S. Bancorp Foundation |
$20,500,000 |
$3,101,947 |
$35,628,158 |
12/31/06 |
7 |
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9 |
Travelers Corporation, Travelers Fdn.
and Travelers CT Fdn. |
$15,215,825 |
$7,472,515 |
$551,920 |
12/31/06 |
9 |
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10 |
Wells Fargo Foundation MN & Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota5 |
$10,800,000 |
$10,800,000 |
$500,000,000 |
12/31/06 |
10 |
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11 |
Xcel Energy Foundation & Corporate
Citizenship |
$10,129,566 |
$1,950,940 |
$1,784,572 |
12/31/06 |
11 |
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12 |
Ameriprise Financial Inc. |
$8,100,000 |
$2,100,000 |
n/a |
12/31/06 |
12 |
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13 |
St. Jude Medical Foundation |
$6,731,664 |
$1,226,181 |
$974,903 |
12/31/06 |
13 |
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14 |
Ecolab Foundation & Corporation |
$5,864,000 |
$2,810,000 |
n/a |
12/31/06 |
16 |
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15 |
GMAC ResCap |
$3,681,732 |
$1,390,858 |
n/a |
12/31/06 |
— |
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16 |
TCF Foundation |
$3,000,000 |
$1,200,000 |
n/a |
12/31/06 |
18 |
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17 |
RBC Dain Rauscher Foundation |
$2,647,835 |
$1,305,717 |
$273,177 |
10/31/06 |
25 |
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18 |
The Pentair Foundation |
$2,345,412 |
$1,489,250 |
$5,528,320 |
12/31/06 |
23 |
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19 |
The Graco Foundation |
$2,249,866 |
$1,685,312 |
$5,090,992 |
12/31/06 |
24 |
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20 |
Piper Jaffray |
$2,227,600 |
$1,038,813 |
$2,446,476 |
12/31/06 |
— |
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21 |
Deluxe Corporation Foundation/
Deluxe
Corporation |
$2,199,989 |
$1,604,603 |
$35,941,494 |
12/31/06 |
21 |
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22 |
Mayo Clinic |
$1,900,000 |
$1,900,000 |
n/a |
12/31/06 |
15 |
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23 |
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MN
Foundation & Corporation |
$1,866,322 |
$1,866,322 |
$53,421,549 |
12/31/06 |
20 |
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24 |
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, L.L.P.
Private Foundation |
$1,859,040 |
$1,235,543 |
$1,277,528 |
8/31/06 |
— |
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25 |
Andersen Corporate Foundation |
$1,806,750 |
$1,043,000 |
$55,530,087 |
11/31/06 |
14 |
n/a represents data that was not available.
The Minnesota Council on Foundations compiles a ranking of the top corporate
funders each year based on cash contributions made by the corporate
foundation and/or corporate giving program. In order to ensure that
grantmakers are compared consistently, we do not include in-kind or other
non-cash contributions in making the rank listing.
Target Foundation & Corporation reported combined cash and in-kind
contributions of $158 million for the fiscal year ending 1/28/2006. A
separate cash contribution total was not provided.
(1) Medtronic Foundation & Corporation's Grants Paid in Minnesota includes the corporate foundation's grant
dollars but not corporate giving program grants.
(2) Cargill Foundation & Cargill Incorporated's Grants Paid in Minnesota includes the foundation and corporate grant
dollars but not business unit contributions.
(3) Best Buy Children's Foundation & Corporation's Grants Paid in Minnesota includes the corporate foundation's grant
dollars but not corporate giving program grants.
(4) Also includes United Healthcare Children's Foundation and PacifiCare
Health Systems Foundation. United Health Foundation has additional direct
charitable distributions in the form of mission-related programs and
projects that amount to $10,597,452.
(5) Wells Fargo Foundation and Wells Fargo Bank total U.S. contributions:
$102,700,000. |
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