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Top 25 Minnesota Private (Non-Corporate) Foundations, 2006
Ranked by grants and program-related investments paid in 2006
 

2006
Rank

Foundation

Grants Paid

Grants Paid
in Minn.

Assets

FY End

2005
Rank

1  

The McKnight Foundation $93,482,513 $68,600,253 $2,200,000,000 12/31/2006 1  

2  

Bush Foundation $40,241,987 $28,994,523 $866,466,601 12/31/2006 2  

3  

Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation $29,204,716 $14,447,000 $860,966,838 12/31/2006 4  

4  

Otto Bremer Foundation $28,953,826 $19,507,548 $574,407,769 12/31/2006 3  

5  

Northwest Area Foundation $20,574,573 $2,681,110 $500,065,683 3/31/2007 5  

6  

WEM Foundation $15,960,124 $10,687,075 $149,051,590 12/31/2006 10  

 7  

Blandin Foundation $13,733,117 $13,733,117 $464,296,136 12/31/2006 7  

8  

The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation $9,776,565 $6,429,895 $207,457,898 12/31/2006 6  

9  

Carl and Eloise Pohlad Family Foundation $7,395,358 $6,728,385 $56,296,024 12/31/2006 8  

10  

HRK Foundation $6,504,000 $2,387,000 $34,158,242 12/31/2006 23  

11  

F.R. Bigelow Foundation $6,140,534 $6,103,204 $167,150,291 12/31/2006 9  

12  

Alliss Educational Foundation $4,900,000 n/a $109,444,084 12/31/2006 11  

13  

I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation, Incorporated $4,017,982 $1,284,880 $103,000,000 12/31/2006 12  

14  

William W. and Nadine M. McGuire Family Fdn.1 $3,860,000 $3,635,000 $6,760,320 12/31/2005 13  

15  

Hugh J. Andersen Foundation $3,680,546 $2,857,011 $96,023,329 2/28/2007 15  

16  

Jerome Foundation $3,596,992 $1,794,875 $91,910,722 4/30/2007 17  

17  

The Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation $3,572,359 $2,667,733 $104,832,581 12/31/2006 19  

18  

Albert W. Cherne Foundation $3,468,350 $998,350 $13,284,765 12/31/2006 —  

19  

The Hormel Foundation $3,160,639 $3,160,639 $281,405,804 11/30/2006 18  

20  

Hardenbergh Foundation $3,127,858 n/a $71,983,120 12/31/2006 21  

21  

Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation $2,603,000 $2,392,000 $66,330,565 12/31/2006 22  

22  

Mardag Foundation $2,537,655 $2,537,655 $60,134,724 12/31/2006 —  
23   Pax Christi Foundation $2,317,250 $1,936,250 $7,116,125 6/30/2006 20  
24   Andreas Foundation $2,275,875 $20,000 $80,941,228 11/30/2006 24  

25  

Marshall H. and Nellie Alworth Memorial Fund $2,209,260 n/a $7,460,158 12/31/2006    25  

n/a represents data that was not available.
(1) William W. and Nadine M. McGuire Family Foundation figures are for 2005, the latest year for which figures are available.

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