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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.

 

   
Deadlines

2009 deadlines:
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
 

June 2009

 

June 30

- Extendicare Foundation

- Hess Kline Foundation, Inc.

- RBC Foundation - USA

- Woodbury Community Foundation

 

 

 

July 2009

 

July

- The Donaldson Foundation

 

July 1

- Land O'Lakes Foundation

- Miller-Dwan Foundation

- The Nash Foundation

- SpectrumTrust of The Saint Paul Foundation (Pan African Community Endowment & Two Feathers Endowment (scholarship))

- Sundance Family Foundation and Sundance Pay It Forward Foundation

- Tastefully Simple

- U.S. Bancorp Foundation (Education)

- Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation

- Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota (Capital Campaign requests)

 

July 10

- Eddy (Edwin H.)  Foundation (Scholarship)

 

July 15

- Andersen Corporate Foundation

- Beim Foundation (Arts (including small capital & equipment) & Environment (including Sustainable Building Design small capital and equipment))

- Carolyn Foundation

- General Mills Community Action (Celebrating Communities of Color)

- The McKnight Foundation (Arts; Region & Communities)

- Northland Foundation

- The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation

 

July 22

- Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation

 

July 31

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

- CenterPoint Energy

- Jerome Foundation (Minnesota Film and Video Program)



 

August 2009

 

August 1

- Best Buy Children's Foundation

- The Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation

- Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation

- Otto C. and Elsie Ewert Charitable Trust

- Hiawatha Education Foundation

- PFund Foundation

- Mardag Foundation

- Martinson Clinic Foundation

- The McKnight Foundation (Environment)

- Patterson Foundation

- The Polaris Foundation

 

August 3

- Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Supporting seniors to live independently)

- Elmer L. and Eleanor J. Andersen Foundation

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

 

August 5

- Xcel Energy Foundation/Corporate Citizenship (Environment; Arts and Culture)

 

August 15

- Gannett Foundation

- The McKnight Foundation (Children & Families)

- Northland Foundation

- Securian Foundation/Securian Financial Group

- SUPERVALU Foundation

 

August 17

- Hugh J. Andersen Foundation

 

August 20

- North Suburban Community Foundation

 

August 25

- The Jostens Foundation

 

August 28

- H.B. Fuller Company Foundation

- Otto Bremer Foundation

 

August 31

- Alex Stern Family Foundation



 

September 2009

 

September 1

- Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

- Frances Curran Foundation, Inc.

- Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation (Affiliate deadline)

- Ecolab Foundation and Corporation

- George A. Hormel Testamentary Trust

- International Dairy Queen

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

- Minnesota State Bar Foundation

- Owatonna Foundation

- The Elizabeth C. Quinlan Foundation, Inc.

- Rahr Foundation

- Rochester Area Foundation

- Saunders Family Foundation

- SpectrumTrust of The Saint Paul Foundation (Two Feathers Endowment)

- Thomson Reuters (Strengthening Communities; Advancing Legal Services)

- James R. Thorpe Foundation (by invitation only)

- Travelers Corporation and Travelers Foundation

- Frederick and Margaret L. Weyerhaeuser Foundation

  

September 11

- Coughlan Companies Community Giving Program

 

September 14

- Ripley Memorial Foundation, Inc.

 

September 15

- Blandin Foundation

- Edina Community Foundation

- HRK Foundation

- Minnesota Timberwolves FastBreak Foundation

- Northland Foundation

- Otter Tail Power Company

- John T. Petters Foundation

- MoneyGram International

- Luther I. Replogle Foundation

- Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative Community Trust

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

 

September 25

- Delta Dental of Minnesota

 

September 30

- Extendicare Foundation



 

October 2009

 

October 1

- Athwin 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

- Messerli and Kramer Foundation

- Casey Albert T. O’Neil Foundation

- The Pentair Foundation

- Tastefully Simple

- Women's Foundation of Minnesota

- Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota

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

 

October 15

- Andersen Corporate Foundation

- Laura Jane Musser Fund (Rural Initiative)

- The McKnight Foundation (Arts and Region & Communities)

- Northland Foundation

- Women's Foundation of Minnesota (girlsBEST Fund)

 

October 21

- Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation

- Tennant Foundation

 

October 23

- Otto Bremer Foundation



 

November 2009

 

November 1

- Ann Bancroft Foundation (Dare to Dream Minigrants)

- Best Buy Children's Foundation

- Deluxe Corporation Foundation/Deluxe Corporation

- Arlin Falck Foundation

- Knox Foundation

- Land O'Lakes Foundation

- The McKnight Foundation (Environment)

- River Road Foundation (fka Bruce A. Lilly Foundation)

- Richard A. Newman Foundation

- Patterson Foundation

- Peravid Foundation

- The Polaris Foundation

 

November 2

- Elmer L. and Eleanor J. Andersen Foundation

 

November 15

- Faegre & Benson Foundation

- Marbrook Foundation

- The McKnight Foundation (Children & Families)

- Northland Foundation

- 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 16

- Hugh J. Andersen Foundation

 

November 19

- North Suburban Community Foundation

 

November 24

- The Jostens Foundation

 

November 30

- AgStar Fund for Rural America

 


 

December 2009

 

December

- The Donaldson Foundation

 

December 1

- Hickory Tech Corporation Foundation

- Leonard, Street and Deinard Foundation

- The McKnight Foundation (SE Asia)

- McNeely Foundation (Education programs)

- Minnesota State Bar Foundation

- Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation

 

December 11

- Coughlan Companies Community Giving Program

 

December 15

- Andersen Corporate Foundation

- Blandin Foundation

- Minneapolis Rotary Community Service Foundation

- Northland Foundation

- Otter Tail Power Company

 

December 31

- Mardag Foundation

- Rappaport Family Foundation

- Extendicare Foundation



 

 
Exceptions

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/3M Foundation

- ADC Foundation

- AHS Foundation

- Airport Foundation MSP

- Lloyd and Barbara Amundson Charity Foundation, Inc.

- Andersen Corporation

- Arsher Charitable Trust U/A

- Bahl Foundation

- Baker Foundation

- Baratz Family Foundation

- The Bentson Foundation

- The Beverly Foundation

- F.R. Bigelow Foundation

- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation/Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

- Boston Scientific Foundation - Cardiovascular

- W. Glen Boyd Charitable Foundation

- Burdick-Craddick Family Foundation

- Cade Foundation

- Martin and Esther Capp Foundation

- Cargill Citizenship Fund

- 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

- Frey 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

- Hardenbergh 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 grant programs)

- 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

- 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

- Life Time 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

- Donald and Marjorie Meredith Foundation

- Martin and Esther Miller Foundation

- The Minneapolis Foundation

- Minnesota Power Foundation

- Minnesota Twins Community Fund

- 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

- NFC Foundation

- George W. Neilson Foundation

- Roger and Violet Noreen Charitable Trust

- North Star Charitable Foundation

- Northwest Minnesota Foundation

- Casey Albert T. O'Neil Foundation

- Dwight D. Opperman Foundation

- OSilas Foundation

- Pagel Foundation

- Park Nicollet Foundation

- Pajor Family Foundation

- Carl and Eloise Pohlad Family Foundation

- Qwest

- Regis Foundation

- Ritt Family Foundation

- Rukavina Family Foundation

- Sacred Portion Foundation

- The Saint Paul 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

- Sioux Falls Area Community 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

- 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.

- A. H. Zeppa Family Foundation

 

 

 

 


 

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