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Grantmaker Deadlines

This page lists upcoming grant application deadlines for Minnesota grantmakers as reported to the Minnesota Council on Foundations.

NOTE: Deadlines are subject to change; please verify dates with a grantmaker before submitting a proposal.


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Deadlines

2008 deadlines:
May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December


June 2008

 

June 1

- The Boss Foundation

- Hiawatha Education Foundation

- Marbrook Foundation

- The McKnight Foundation (SE Asia)

- The Pentair Foundation

- The Irwin Andrew Porter Foundation

- Otter Tail Power Company

- Thomson West (Arts and Culture)

 

June 2

- Minnesota State Bar Foundation

 

June 4

- H.B. Fuller Company Foundation

 

June 12

- The Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation

 

June 13

- RBC Foundation - USA

 

June 15

- Hugh J. Andersen Foundation

- Best Buy (Local Giving)

- Frey Foundation

 

June 20

- Medica Foundation

 

June 30

- Extendicare Foundation

- Hess Kline Foundation, Inc.

 

 

July 2008

 

July

- DIVA MN

- The Donaldson Foundation

 

July 1

- Donald G. Gardner Humanities Trust

- Land O'Lakes Foundation

- Miller-Dwan Foundation

- The Nash Foundation

- U.S. Bancorp Foundation (Education)

- Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation

- Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota (Metropolitan Contributions Committee, capital campaigns)

- Women's Foundation of Minnesota (Social Change Fund)

 

July 10

- Eddy (Edwin H.) Foundation (scholarships)

 

July 15

- Andersen Corporate Foundation

- Carolyn Foundation

- Grotto Foundation, Inc.

- The McKnight Foundation (Arts; Region & Communities)

- The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation

- The Toro Company Giving Program

 

July 16

- Sundance Family Foundation and Sundance Pay It Forward Foundation

- Beim Foundation (Arts, including small capital and equipment; Environment)

 

July 22

- Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation

 

 

August 2008

 

August 1

- Elmer L. and Eleanor J. Andersen Foundation

- Best Buy Children's Foundation

- The Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation

- Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation

- Otto C. and Elsie Ewert Charitable Trust

- General Mills Community Action (Celebrating Communities of Color)

- Headwaters Foundation for Justice (Fund of the Sacred Circle, Environmental Justice Fund)

- Anna M. Heilmaier Charitable Foundation

- Hiawatha Education Foundation

- Mardag Foundation

- Martinson Clinic Foundation

- The McKnight Foundation (Environment)

- Patterson Foundation

- The Polaris Foundation

 

August 8

- Xcel Energy (Arts and Culture, Environment)

 

August 15

- Hugh J. Andersen Foundation

- Gannett Foundation

- The McKnight Foundation (Children & Families)

- PFund (Philanthrofund Foundation) (letters of inquiry)

- Securian Foundation/Securian Financial Group

- SUPERVALU Foundation

- Donald Weesner Foundation

 

August 21

- North Suburban Community Foundation

 

August 28

- Travelers Corporation and Travelers Foundation

 

August 29

- Jostens Foundation

 

August 31

- CenterPoint Energy

- Catholic Community Foundation in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

- Alex Stern Family Foundation

 

 

September 2008

 

September 1

- Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Youth and Family Development)

- Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

- Frances Curran Foundation, Inc.

- Joseph C. and Lillian A. Duke Foundation

- Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation

- George A. Hormel Testamentary Trust

- International Dairy Queen

- Land O'Lakes Foundation

- Minnesota State Bar Foundation

- Otter Tail Power Company

- Owatonna Foundation

- The Elizabeth C. Quinlan Foundation, Inc.

- Ripley Memorial Foundation, Inc.

- Rochester Area Foundation

- Saunders Family Foundation

- Thomson West (Developing and Strengthening Youth, Families and Communities)

- James R. Thorpe Foundation

- Frederick and Margaret L. Weyerhaeuser Foundation

- Women's Foundation of Minnesota (Northwest Minnesota grant program)

 

September 5

- Cloquet Educational Foundation

- Ecolab Foundation and Corporation

- ING

 

September 15

- Lillian Wright and C. Emil Berglund Foundation, Inc.

- Blandin Foundation

- Edina Community Foundation

- Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation

- HRK Foundation

- The Minnesota Timberwolves FastBreak Foundation

- MoneyGram International

- PFund (Philanthrofund Foundation) (full proposal, if invited)

- Luther I. Replogle Foundation

- Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative Community Trust

 

September 26

- Delta Dental of Minnesota

 

September 30

- Best Buy (te@ch)

- CHS Foundation (Cooperative Education Grants)

- Extendicare Foundation

- Rahr Foundation

 

 

October 2008

 

October

- Rahr Foundation

 

October 1

- Athwin Foundation

- Gordon and Margaret Bailey Foundation

- Cote Foundation

- Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation

- Edwards Memorial Trust

- The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation

- Margaret H. and James E. Kelley Foundation, Inc.

- Mankato Area Foundation

- Miller-Dwan Foundation

- Laura Jane Musser Fund (Intercultural Harmony)

- The Pentair Foundation

- Southways Foundation

- Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota (Metropolitan Contributions Committee)

 

October 6

- H.B. Fuller Company Foundation

 

October 15

- Andersen Corporate Foundation

- The McKnight Foundation (Arts; Region & Communities)

- The Toro Company Giving Program

 

October 21

- Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation

 

 

November 2008

 

November 1

- Ann Bancroft Foundation (Dare to Dream Minigrants)

- Best Buy Children's Foundation

- Deluxe Corporation Foundation/Deluxe Corporation

- Arlin Falck Foundation

- Donald G. Gardner Humanities Trust

- Knox Foundation

- Bruce A. Lilly Foundation

- Richard A. Newman Foundation

- Patterson Foundation

- Peravid Foundation

- The Polaris Foundation

 

November 3

- Elmer L. and Eleanor J. Andersen Foundation

 

November 4

- Tennant Foundation

 

November 5

- Laura Jane Musser Fund (Rural Initiative)

 

November 15

- Hugh J. Andersen Foundation

- Ann Bancroft Foundation

- Faegre & Benson Foundation

- Grotto Foundation, Inc.

- The McKnight Foundation (Children & Families; Environment)

- Lewis and Annie F. Paper Foundation, Inc.

- Perkins Foundation

- The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation

- Securian Foundation/Securian Financial Group

- SUPERVALU Foundation

- WCA Foundation

 

November 20

- North Suburban Community Foundation

 

November 30

- Minneapolis Rotary Community Service Foundation

- AgStar Fund for Rural America

 

 

December 2008

 

December

- The Donaldson Foundation

 

December 1

- Hickory Tech Corporation Foundation

- Jostens Foundation

- Leonard, Street and Deinard Foundation

- Marbrook Foundation

- The McKnight Foundation (SE Asia)

- Minnesota State Bar Foundation

- Otter Tail Power Company

- Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation

 

December 5

- Cloquet Educational Foundation

 

December 15

- Andersen Corporate Foundation

- Blandin Foundation

- Frey Foundation

- John T. Petters Foundation

- Arlan Schonberg Irrevocable Trust

 

December 31

- Mardag Foundation

- Rappaport Family Foundation

- Extendicare Foundation

 

 
Exceptions

Proposals Accepted All Year/Other

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K |
L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | V | W

A

- ADC Foundation

- AHS Foundation

- Affiliated Community Health Foundation (see website)

- Lloyd and Barbara Amundson Charity Foundation, Inc.

- Andersen Corporation

- Arsher Charitable Trust U/A

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B

- Bernard and Fern Badzin Foundation

- Baker Foundation

- Baratz Family Foundation

- The Bentson Foundation

- The Beverly Foundation

- F.R. Bigelow Foundation

- Boston Scientific Foundation - Cardiovascular

- W. Glen Boyd Charitable Foundation (see website)

- Otto Bremer Foundation

- Burdick-Craddick Family Foundation

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C

- Cade Foundation

- Martin and Esther Capp Foundation

- Cardiac Rhythm Management Research Foundation

- Cargill Foundation

- Cargill Citizenship Fund

- The CCP Foundation

- CDF Foundation

- Central Minnesota Community Foundation (see website)

- Charity, Inc.

- CHS Foundation

- ClearWay Minnesota (Minnesota Partnership for Action Against Tobacco) (varies)

- The Constable Family Foundation

- The Cooperative Foundation

- Charles and Kathryn Cunningham Family Foundation

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D

- Dakota Medical Foundation/Dakota Medical Charities (see website)

- Edwin W. and Catherine M. Davis Foundation

- The Deikel Family Foundation

- Roger L. and Agnes C. Dell Charitable Trust 1

- Roger L. and Agnes C. Dell Charitable Trust 2

- The Donaldson Foundation (one month prior to board meetings in August, January, May)

- Dovenberg Family Foundation

- Driscoll Foundation

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E

- Edina Realty Foundation

- ELEOS Foundation

- Charles Engasser Memorial Foundation, Inc.

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F

- Farmers Union Marketing and Processing Foundation

- Federated Insurance Foundation, Inc.

- First National Bank of Bemidji Foundation (semi-annual meetings)

- The Jack and Bessie Fiterman Foundation

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G

- The Janice Gardner Foundation

- General Mills Community Action

- Getsch Family Foundation Trust

- Charles D. Gilfillan Memorial Foundation

- Fanny S. Gilfillan Memorial, Incorporated

- Gossman Family Foundation

- The Graco Foundation

- Mary S. Gray Charitable Trust

- Greycoach Foundation

- Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation

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H

- Hardenbergh Foundation (fka St. Croix Foundation)

- Hartz Foundation

- James Hartzell Family Foundation

- Hatlen Foundation

- Healthier Minnesota Community Clinic Fund

- HealthPartners

- The Hermundslie Foundation

- Janice Sarah Hope Foundation, Inc.

- Nevin Huested Foundation for Handicapped Children, Inc.

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I

- Imation

- Impact Foundation, Inc.

- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (see website)

- Initiative Foundation

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J

- Jerome Foundation

- Jennings Family Foundation (fka Prophet Corporation Foundation)

- JNM 1966 Gift Trust U/A

- Lewis H. Johnson Family Foundation

- Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation

- The Lynn Johnson Family Foundation

- Mitchell and Lois Johnson Charitable Foundation

- Jundt Family Foundation

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K

- George Kaplan Memorial Foundation, Incorporated

- W. K. Kellogg Foundation

- Elizabeth Callender King Foundation

- John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (ongoing in Duluth, Grand Forks and Aberdeen; in St. Paul, foundations funds are already committed in 2006 and 2007)

- Knitcraft - St. Croix Foundation, Inc.

- Kopp Family Foundation

- Ethel Mae Kreutz Private Foundation

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L

- Lawson

- Lerner Foundation

- Liebhaber Family Foundation

- R. C. Lilly Foundation

- Carl and Aune Lind Family Foundation

- James G. Lindell Irrevocable Charitable Trust

- Longview Foundation

- Russell T. Lund Charitable Trust

- The Luther Family Foundation

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M

- The Martinson Foundation

- McGough Foundation

- McNeely Foundation

- The Medtronic Foundation (see website)

- Donald and Marjorie Meredith Foundation

- Metropolitan Public Airport Foundation

- Martin and Esther Miller Foundation

- The Minneapolis Foundation

- Minnesota Power

- Marjorie Weil and Marvin Edward Mitchell Foundation

- Jane N. Mooty Foundation Trust

- John W. Mooty Foundation Trust

- Moscoe Family Foundation

- Kingsley H. Murphy Family Foundation

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N

- NFC Foundation

- Noel Foundation

- Roger and Violet Noreen Charitable Trust

- North Star Charitable Foundation

- Northwest Minnesota Foundation

top

 

 

O

- Casey Albert T. O'Neil Foundation

- Ordean Foundation (middle of each month)

- Dwight D. Opperman Foundation

- OSilas Foundation

top

 

 

P

- Pagel Foundation

- Pajor Family Foundation

- Park Nicollet Foundation

- Patterson Foundation (generally 45 days prior to each quarterly board of directors meeting)

- Carl and Eloise Pohlad Family Foundation (see program RFPs)

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R

- Regis Foundation

- Ritt Family Foundation

- Rukavina Family Foundation

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S

- Sacred Portion Foundation

- Samsara Foundation

- Carl and Verna Schmidt Foundation

- Schmoker Family Foundation

- The Schulze Family Foundation

- Sewell Family Foundation

- Sexton Foundation

- Shapiro Family Philanthropic Foundation

- Gertrude R. Shiely Charitable Trust

- The Simmet Foundation

- SKB Environmental Rosemount Community Trust

- William Wood Skinner Foundation

- Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation

- R.C. Skoe Foundation

- Slaggie Family Foundation

- Slawik Family Foundation

- Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (varies)

- Southwest Initiative Foundation (formerly Southwest Minnesota Foundation)

- The Spell Family Foundation

- Daniel J. Spiegel Family Foundation

- St. Anthony Park Community Foundation

- St. Francis Health Care Foundation

- Star Tribune Foundation

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T

- Target Foundation

- Glen A. Taylor Foundation

- TCF Foundation

- Tennant Foundation (four weeks prior to board meetings in June and December)

- Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation

top

 

 

V

- The Valspar Foundation

top

 

 

W

- Warren Foundation

- The Wasie Foundation

- Frederick O. Watson Foundation

- Mae and Sylvester Weiss Foundation

- Wenger Foundation

- West Central Initiative (see website)

- Mark and Muriel Wexler Foundation

- The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Foundation

- Winona Community Foundation (see website)

- Whitney Foundation

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