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Top 25 Minnesota Private Foundations, 2007
Largest family and independent foundations based in Minnesota ranked by grants and program-related investments (PRIs) paid in 2007
; released October 2008
This information in printable format

2007
Rank

Foundation

Grants/PRIs Paid

Grants/PRIs Paid in MN

Assets

FY End

2006
Rank

1  

The McKnight Foundation $93,643,806 $69,109,631 $2,316,874,275 12/31/07 1  

2  

Bush Foundation $38,567,884 $26,098,684 $900,000,000 12/31/07 2  

3  

Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation $36,479,528 $23,092,728 $817,604,041 12/31/07 3  

4  

Otto Bremer Foundation $32,111,712 $21,699,323 $615,761,975 12/31/07 4  

5  

Northwest Area Foundation $24,062,900 $2,274,386 $466,535,191 3/31/08 5  

6  

Blandin Foundation $19,301,844 $19,301,844 $472,839,298 12/31/07 7  

 7  

The Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation $9,481,645 $6,411,745 $212,000,000 12/31/07 8  

8  

Carl and Eloise Pohlad Family Foundation $7,727,589 $7,069,400 $64,203,717 12/31/07 9  

9  

F.R. Bigelow Foundation $7,306,568 $6,122,574 $175,171,520 12/31/07 11  

10  

WEM Foundation $6,528,409 $937,458 $211,899,088 12/31/07 6  

11  

L. and N. Andreas Foundation $5,338,935 $5,338,935 $1,918,287 12/31/07 —  

12  

Alliss Educational Foundation1 $4,900,000 n/a2 $109,444,084 12/31/06 12  

13  

Hugh J. Andersen Foundation $4,475,907 $3,263,839 $90,643,222 2/29/08 15  

14  

I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation, Incorporated $4,389,779 $1,500,000 $105,000,000 12/31/07 13  

15  

The Curtis L. Carlson Family Foundation $4,388,551 $3,768,140 $106,965,657 12/31/07 17  

16  

Pax Christi Foundation $4,366,000 $2,340,000 $3,393,580 6/30/07 23  

17  

Hardenbergh Foundation $3,898,000 $3,755,000 $75,449,071 12/31/07 20  

18  

Thomas J. Petters Family Foundation3 $3,351,750 $2,502,000 $2,343 12/31/06  

19  

Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation $3,028,255 $2,875,555 $68,518,890 12/31/07 21  

20  

George Family Foundation $2,951,045 $1,767,000 $60,569,135 12/31/07  

21  

Jerome Foundation $2,759,065 $1,510,717 $84,856,848 4/30/08 16  
22   HRK Foundation $2,750,000 $2,165,000 $34,964,401 12/31/07 10  
23   Mithun Family Foundation $2,697,000 $1,059,000 $58,806,919 12/31/07 —  

24  

Mardag Foundation $2,465,555 $2,465,555 $62,110,725 12/31/07 22  

25  

Cloverfields Foundation4 $2,358,288 $2,243,788 $7,807,368 12/31/06 —  

 
1 Alliss Educational Foundation figures are for 2006, the latest year for which data are available.
2 n/a represents data not available.
3 Thomas J. Petters Family Foundation figures are for 2006, the latest year for which data are available.
4 Cloverfields Foundation figures are for 2006, the latest year for which data are available.


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