Grant Deadlines

Deadlines

2012 deadlines:

February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December

February 2012

February 1

• Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
• Edward Anderson Foundation
• Agnes M. Bendorf Charitable Trust
• Best Buy Children's Foundation
• Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation
• General Mills Community Action (Celebrating Communities of Color)
• J. Elmer and Esther Hansman Charitable Trust
• Headwaters Foundation for Justice (Social Change Fund)
• The McKnight Foundation (Environment)
• PFund Foundation (Scholarships)
• The Polaris Foundation
• Securian Foundation/Securian Financial Group
• Arlan Schonberg Foundation
• Target (Arts)
• U.S. Bancorp Foundation (Arts and Culture)
• Archie D. and Bertha H. Walker Foundation

February 3

• RBC Foundation - USA (returning grantees Twin Cities 7-county metro area)

February 10

• Youthprise

February 15

• Gannett Foundation
• Hennepin County Bar Foundation
• Minnesota State Bar Foundation
• Northland Foundation
• SUPERVALU Foundation
• Unity Avenue Foundation

February 16

• North Suburban Community Foundation

February 17

• RBC Foundation - USA (Duluth, St. Cloud and Rochester)
• Otto Bremer Foundation (Bremer communities in ND, WI, greater MN)

February 22

• Winona Foundation

February 24

• The Jostens Foundation

February 27

• Jerome Foundation (Travel and Study Grant Program)

March 2012

March 1

• Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Financial Literacy)
• Athwin Foundation
• Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation (Affiliate deadline)
• Virginia A. Groot Foundation
• Anna M. Heilmaier Charitable Foundation
• McNeely Foundation (Environmental education, conservation, preservation)
• Miller-Dwan Foundation
• The Minneapolis Foundation
• The Pentair Foundation
• James R. Thorpe Foundation

March 2

• The Toro Company Giving Program (product donations)

March 5

• Cargill Foundation (Eliminating Barriers to Educational Success)

March 8

• CentraCare Health Foundation

March 9

• Coughlan Companies Community Giving Program

March 11

• Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation
• Saint Anthony Park Community Foundation

March 15

• Hugh J. Andersen Foundation
• Lillian Wright and C. Emil Berglund Foundation, Inc.
• Blandin Foundation
• Frey Foundation (Health & Human Services)
• HRK Foundation
• Northland Foundation
• Otter Tail Power Company
• Piper Jaffray
• Thomson Reuters (Educating and Developing the Future Work Force)

March 21

• The Laura Jane Musser Fund (Environmental Initiative and Arts Initiative) 

March 31

• Marjorie and V.M. Baich Foundation
• Extendicare Foundation
• H.B. Fuller Company Foundation
• Leonette M. and Fred T. Lanners Foundation
• Luverne Area Foundation
• The Irwin Andrew Porter Foundation
• Alex Stern Family Foundation
• Donald Weesner Charitable Trust
• John P. and Eleanor R. Yackel Foundation

April 2012

April 1

• Carlson Family Foundation
• Cote Foundation
• Frances Curran Foundation, Inc.
• Deluxe Corporation Foundation/Deluxe Corporation (Arts organizations)
• Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation
• Mankato Area Foundation
• Sweitzer Foundation
• U.S. Bancorp Foundation (Economic Opportunity)
• Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota
• Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation, Inc.

April 4

• Stevens Square Foundation

April 5

• Cloquet Educational Foundation

April 6

• Medica Foundation

April 15

• Andersen Corporate Foundation
• N. Bud and Beverly Grossman Foundation
• The McKnight Foundation (Arts and Region & Communities)
• Northland Foundation
• Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless (education)
• Poehler/Stremel Charitable Trust

April 20

• Otto Bremer Foundation (Bremer communities in ND, WI, greater MN)

April 27

• Initiative Foundation (Innovation Fund)

April 30

• Delta Dental of Minnesota
• Target (Store Grants)

May 2012

May 1

• Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
• Elmer L. and Eleanor J. Andersen Foundation
• Best Buy Children's Foundation
• Joseph C. and Lillian A. Duke Foundation
• Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation (Affiliate deadline)
• Edwards Memorial Trust
• Land O'Lakes Foundation
• Mardag Foundation
• The McKnight Foundation (Environment)
• Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors Foundation, Inc.
• Casey Albert T. O'Neil Foundation
• Owatonna Foundation
• The Polaris Foundation
• Target (Social Services)
• Trust for the Meditation Process
• WCA Foundation

May 4

• Park Nicollet Foundation (Healthy Community grant requests greater than $5,000)

May 11

• Xcel Energy Foundation/Corporate Citizenship (Economic Sustainability and Arts & Culture)

May 15

• Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation (Arts & Humanities, Environment, Philanthropy & Non-Profit Management Grants)
• Edina Community Foundation
• Marbrook Foundation
• Minnesota State Bar Foundation
• Northland Foundation
• SUPERVALU Foundation
• Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative Community Trust
• Warren Foundation

May 17

• North Suburban Community Foundation

May 25

• The Jostens Foundation

May 31

• Ben and Jeanne Overman Charitable Trust

June 2012

June 1

• The Boss Foundation
• The McKnight Foundation (SE Asia)
• McNeely Foundation (Family and neighborhood stability)
• Otto Bremer Foundation (Twin Cities Metro Area)
• The Pentair Foundation
• Securian Foundation/Securian Financial Group
• Thomson Reuters (Advancing Legal Services)

June 8

• Coughlan Companies Community Giving Program

June 14

• CentraCare Health Foundation

June 15

• Hugh J. Andersen Foundation
• Frey Foundation (Education)
• Northland Foundation
• Otter Tail Power Company
• RBC Foundation - USA (new applicants Twin Cities 7-county metro area)

• Deluxe Corporation Foundation/Deluxe Corporation (youth organizations)
• Extendicare Foundation
• Hess Kline Foundation, Inc.

July 2012

July 1

• Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America (Senior Services)
• Carlson Family Foundation
• Land O'Lakes Foundation
• Miller-Dwan Foundation
• The Nash Foundation
• U.S. Bancorp Foundation (Education)
• Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota

July 10

• Eddy (Edwin H.) Foundation (scholarship)

July 13

• RBC Foundation - USA (Duluth, St. Cloud and Rochester)

July 15

• Andersen Corporate Foundation
• Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation
• Bromelkamp Foundation
• Carolyn Foundation
• The McKnight Foundation (Arts and Region & Communities)
• Northland Foundation

July 30

• Initiative Foundation (Innovation Fund)

July 31

• CenterPoint Energy

September 1

• Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
• Gordon and Margaret Bailey Foundation
• Frances Curran Foundation, Inc.
• George A. Hormel Testamentary Trust
• The Minneapolis Foundation
• Owatonna Foundation
• The Elizabeth C. Quinlan Foundation, Inc.
• Rahr Foundation
• Rochester Area Foundation
• Saunders Family Foundation
• Thomson Reuters (Strengthening Communities)
• James R. Thorpe Foundation
• Wells Fargo Foundation Minnesota

September 5

• Cloquet Educational Foundation

September 7

• 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 28

• Delta Dental of Minnesota

September 30

• CHS Foundation (Cooperative Education Grants)
• Extendicare Foundation
• Luverne Area Foundation

October 2012

October 1

• Athwin Foundation
• 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
• Securian Foundation/Securian Financial Group
• The Pentair Foundation
• Wells Foundation

October 10

• The Laura Jane Musser Fund (Intercultural Harmony) 

October 14

• Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation

October 15

• Andersen Corporate Foundation
• Deluxe Corporation Foundation/Deluxe Corporation
• Hardenbergh Foundation
• The McKnight Foundation (Arts and Region & Communities)
• Northland Foundation

October 26

• Initiative Foundation (Innovation Fund)
• Otto Bremer Foundation (Bremer communities in ND, WI, greater MN)

January 2013

January 1

• Carlson Family Foundation
• Land O'Lakes Foundation

January 2

• Rochester Area Foundation

January 4

• Morgan Family Foundation

January 15

• Carolyn Foundation
• Edina Community Foundation
• The McKnight Foundation (Arts and Region & Communities)
• Northland Foundation
• Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative Community Trust

Exceptions

Proposals for the following foundations are accepted all year, or at times other 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.
• Albany Mutual Telephone Foundation
• 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 & under)
• Boston Scientific 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
• Jamieson Charitable 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
• 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
• Jim and Yvonne Sexton Family 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
• William Scott Stuart, Jr. Family Foundation
• Tastefully Simple (grants for less than $2,500)
• TCF Foundation
• Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation
• Travelers Corporation and Travelers 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.