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Top 25 Minnesota Private (Non-Corporate) Foundations, 2005
Ranked by 2005 grants and program-related investments paid
 

2005
Rank

Foundation

Grants Paid

Grants Paid
in Minn.

Assets

FY End

2004
Rank

1  

The McKnight Foundation $90,710,176 $67,199,401 $2,050,000,000 12/31/05 1  

2  

Bush Foundation $30,363,717 $19,379,524 $796,152,000 11/30/05 2  

3  

Otto Bremer Foundation $28,037,818 $21,653,035 $535,178,874 12/31/05 6  

4  

Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Fdn. $25,349,733 $9,401,800 $711,986,497 12/31/05 5  

5  

Northwest Area Foundation $16,933,789 $2,116,509 $483,308,560 3/31/06 7  

6  

The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation $9,921,862 $6,581,193 $195,338,348 12/31/05 9  

 7  

Blandin Foundation $8,967,018 $8,967,018 $417,694,775 12/31/05 4  

8  

Carl and Eloise Pohlad Family Foundation $8,097,341 $7,306,591 $37,352,000 12/31/045 10  

9  

F.R. Bigelow Foundation $6,273,065 $6,273,065 $152,877,801 12/31/05 15  

10  

WEM Foundation $5,900,596 $719,600 $128,194,446 12/31/05 14  

11  

Alliss Educational Foundation $4,960,000 n/a $104,489,840 12/31/05 13  

12  

I. A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation, Inc. $4,113,375 n/a $94,000,000 12/31/05 16  

13  

William W. and Nadine M. McGuire Fmly Fdn $3,860,000 $3,635,000 $6,760,320 12/31/05 8  

14  

Wood-Rill Foundation $3,776,235 $1,232,735 $1,364,167 12/31/05 12  

15  

Hugh J. Andersen Foundation $3,689,480 $3,049,331 $90,524,310 2/28/06 19  

16  

The Harry Kay Charitable Foundation $3,555,983 n/a $25,511,690 11/30/05 —  

 

17  

Jerome Foundation $3,121,341 $1,536,768 $90,292,673 4/30/06 18  

18  

The Hormel Foundation $2,998,565 $2,998,565 $186,336,621 11/30/05 20  

19  

Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation* $2,674,488 n/a $77,703,850 12/31/04 22  

20  

Pax Christi Foundation $2,527,750 $2,313,750 $9,003,319 6/30/05 17  

21  

Hardenbergh Foundation (fka St. Croix Foundation) $2,527,500 $2,154,500 $67,231,908 12/31/05 —  

22  

Patrick & Aimee Butler Family Foundation $2,328,360 $2,093,360 $61,236,731 12/31/05 25  
23   HRK Foundation $2,281,143 $1,970,143 $31,334,865 12/31/05 —  
24   Andreas Foundation $2,256,996 $270,000 $70,193,104 11/30/05 —  

25  

Marshall H. and Nellie Alworth Memorial Fund $2,236,300 n/a $7,628,103 12/31/05 21  

n/a represents data that was not available.
In 2004, the E.M. Pearson Foundation ranked 3rd after spending down its assets and terminating the foundation.
* Figures are for 2004, the latest year for which figures are available.

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