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

 

August 27

- Otto Bremer Foundation

- Patterson Foundation

August 31

- H.B. Fuller Company Foundation

- Alex Stern Family Foundation

September 1

- Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

- Aveda Corporation

- Frances Curran Foundation, Inc.

- Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation (Affiliate deadline)

- Ecolab Foundation and Corporation

- George A. Hormel Testamentary Trust

- The Jostens Foundation

- McNeely Foundation (Arts education & outreach; Individual & family support & sustainability programs

- The Minneapolis Foundation

- Owatonna Foundation

- The Elizabeth C. Quinlan Foundation, Inc.

- Rahr Foundation

- Rochester Area Foundation

- Saunders Family Foundation

- Thomson Reuters (Strengthening Communities; Advancing Legal Services)

- James R. Thorpe Foundation

- Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota

September 5

- Cloquet Educational Foundation

September 10

- Coughlan Companies Community Giving Program

September 15

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

- Blandin Foundation

- Edina Community Foundation

- HRK Foundation

- The Minnesota Timberwolves FastBreak Foundation

- Northland Foundation

- Otter Tail Power Company

- Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative Community Trust

September 30

- John T. Petters Foundation

- Luverne Area Community Foundation

- Extendicare Foundation
 

October 1

- ADC Foundation

- Athwin Foundation

- Gordon and Margaret Bailey Foundation

- CHS Foundation (Cooperative Education Grants)

- Cote Foundation

- Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation

- The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation

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

- Mankato Area Foundation

- Miller-Dwan Foundation

- Casey Albert T. O'Neil Foundation

- The Pentair Foundation

- Wells Foundation

October 13

- Laura Jane Musser Fund (Intercultural Harmony)

October 14

- Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation

October 15

- Andersen Corporate Foundation

- General Mills Community Action (Celebrating Communities of Color)

- Hardenbergh Foundation

- The McKnight Foundation (Arts and Region & Communities)

- Northland Foundation

October 21

- Tennant Foundation

October 22

- Otto Bremer Foundation

October 29

- Messerli and Kramer Foundation

- Patterson Foundation

November

November 1

- Elmer L. and Eleanor J. Andersen Foundation

- Best Buy Children's Foundation

- Deluxe Corporation Foundation/Deluxe Corporation

- Arlin Falck Foundation

- Knox Foundation

- Land O'Lakes Foundation

- The McKnight Foundation (Environment)

- Richard A. Newman Foundation

- Peravid Foundation

- The Polaris Foundation

- River Road Foundation

- Securian Foundation/Securian Financial Group

- Tastefully Simple

- WCA Foundation

November 10

- Laura Jane Musser Fund (Rural Initiative)

November 15

- Ann Bancroft Foundation (Dare to Dream Minigrants)

- Hugh J. Andersen Foundation

- Faegre & Benson Foundation

- Marbrook Foundation

- Minnesota State Bar Foundation

- Northland Foundation

- Lewis and Annie F. Paper Foundation, Inc.

- SUPERVALU Foundation

November 18

- North Suburban Community Foundation

November 29

- The Jostens Foundation

November 30

- AgStar Fund for Rural America

December

December

- The Donaldson Foundation

December 1

- Hickory Tech Corporation Foundation

- Leonard, Street and Deinard Foundation

- The McKnight Foundation (SE Asia)

- McNeely Foundation (Education programs for middle-school students)

- Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota

December 5

- Cloquet Educational Foundation

December 10

- Coughlan Companies Community Giving Program

December 15

- Andersen Corporate Foundation

- Blandin Foundation

- Frey Foundation (Supportive affordable housing only

- Minneapolis Rotary Community Service Foundation

- Otter Tail Power Company

December 31

- Extendicare Foundation

- Mardag Foundation

- Rappaport Family Foundation
 

February 2011

February 15

- Minnesota State Bar Foundation

Proposals for the following foundations are accepted all year, or at other times than those listed at left. Please check with the foundation for more information.

- 3M and 3M Foundation

- AHS Foundation

- Airport Foundation MSP

- Lloyd and Barbara Amundson Charity

  Foundation, Inc.

- Andersen Corporation

- Arsher Charitable Trust

- Bahl Foundation

- Baker Foundation

- Baratz Family Foundation

- The Bentson Foundation

- The Beverly Foundation

- F.R. Bigelow Foundation

- Blandin Foundation (grant requests of $50,000 and under)

- Boston Scientific Foundation

- Burdick-Craddick Family Foundation

- Cade Foundation

- Cargill, Inc. and Cargill Foundation (education)

- The CCP Foundation

- CDF Foundation

- Central Minnesota Community Foundation

- Charity, Inc.

- CHS Foundation

- ClearWay Minnesota

- The Constable Family Foundation

- The Cooperative Foundation

- Charles and Kathryn Cunningham Family Foundation

- Dakota Medical Foundation/Dakota Medical Charities

- 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

- Dovenberg Family Foundation

- Driscoll Foundation

- Edina Realty Foundation

- ELEOS Foundation

- Charles Engasser Memorial Foundation, Inc.

- Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation
Farmers Union Marketing and Processing Foundation

- Federated Insurance Foundation, Inc.

- First National Bank of Bemidji Foundation

- The Jack and Bessie Fiterman Foundation

- The Janice Gardner Foundation

- General Mills Community Action

- Getsch Charitable Trust

- Fanny S. Gilfillan Memorial, Incorporated

- Mary S. Gray Charitable Trust

- Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation

- Hartz Foundation

- Healthier Minnesota Community Clinic Fund

- HealthPartners

- The Hermundslie Foundation

- Nevin Huested Foundation for Handicapped Children, Inc.

- Imation

- Indian Land Tenure Foundation

- Initiative Foundation

- Jennings Family Foundation

- Jerome Foundation (general program grants)

- 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

- George Kaplan Memorial Foundation, Incorporated

- W. K. Kellogg Foundation

- Elizabeth Callender King Foundation

- Peter J. King Family Foundation

- John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

- Knitcraft - St. Croix Foundation, Inc.

- Kopp Family Foundation

- Ethel Mae Kreutz Private Foundation

- Lahti Family Foundation

- Leonette M. and Fred T. Lanners Foundation

- Lerner Foundation

- Liebhaber Family Foundation

- LifeTime Fitness 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

- The Martinson Foundation

- McGough Foundation

- The Medtronic Foundation

- Martin and Esther Miller Foundation

- Minnesota Power Foundation

- Minnesota Twins Community Fund

- Marjorie Weil and Marvin Edward

- Mitchell Foundation

- Jane N. Mooty Foundation Trust

- Moscoe Family Foundation

- Kingsley H. Murphy Family Foundation

- George W. Neilson Foundation

- NFC Foundation

- Roger and Violet Noreen Charitable Trust

- North Star Charitable Foundation

- Northwest Minnesota Foundation

- Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless (general grants)

- Dwight D. Opperman Foundation

- OSilas Foundation

- Pagel Foundation

- Pajor Family Foundation

- Park Nicollet Foundation (Healthy Community grant requests for $5,000 or less)

- Carl and Eloise Pohlad Family Foundation

- Qwest

- Regis Foundation

- Ritt Family Foundation

- The Riverway Foundation

- Rukavina Family Foundation

- Sacred Portion Foundation

- The Saint Paul Foundation

- Samsara Foundation

- Carl and Verna Schmidt Foundation

- Schmoker Family Foundation

- Catherine Marie Schmoker Family Foundation

- Lisa Stuart Schmoker Family Foundation

- William C. 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

- R. C. Skoe Foundation

- Slaggie Family Foundation

- Slawik Family Foundation

- Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation

- Southwest Initiative Foundation

- The Spell Family Foundation

- Daniel J. Spiegel Family Foundation

- TCF Foundation

- Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation

- Travelers Corporation and Travelers Foundation

- Tastefully Simple (grants for less than $2,500)

- United Health Foundation

- The Valspar Foundation

- The Wasie Foundation

- Frederick O. Watson Foundation

- Mae and Sylvester Weiss Foundation

- Wenger Foundation

- West Central Initiative

- Mark and Muriel Wexler Foundation

- The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Foundation

- Whitney Foundation

- Winona Community Foundation

- Youthworks! Foundation, Inc.