EDUCATION REFORM FUNDERS IN MINNESOTA

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Bush Foundation
The Bush Foundation funds much of the education reform policy work.
Database contains 565 grants from the Bush Foundation worth $ 112,757,889
Grants for years: 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Cargill Foundation
Tax-exempt since April 1954
Database contains 241 grants from the Cargill Foundation worth $ 44,798,017
Grants for years: 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Carolyn Foundation
Database contains 77 grants from the Carolyn Foundation worth $ 3,013,012
Grants for years: 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Catholic Community Foundation Of Minnesota
Database contains 479 grants from the Catholic Community Foundation Of Minnesota worth $ 28,962,031
Grants for years: 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Center of the American Experiment
Database contains 8 grants from the Center of the American Experiment worth $ 730,000
Grants for years: 2019 2020 2021 2022
Ciresi Walburn Foundation For Children
Formerly Robins, Kaplan, Miller and Ciresi Foundation for Children
Database contains 205 grants from the Ciresi Walburn Foundation For Children worth $ 18,906,141
Grants for years: 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Cloverfields Foundation
Database contains 22 grants from the Cloverfields Foundation worth $ 1,563,550
Grants for years: 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Curtis L Carlson Family Foundation
Database contains 643 grants from the Curtis L Carlson Family Foundation worth $ 14,192,987
Grants for years: 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
David Winton Bell Foundation
Database contains 55 grants from the David Winton Bell Foundation worth $ 617,500
Grants for years: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Douglass Brandenborg Family Foundation
Database contains 87 grants from the Douglass Brandenborg Family Foundation worth $ 7,143,250
Grants for years: 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Educause
Database contains 3 grants from the Educause worth $ 460,200
Grants for years: 2012 2013 2018
Edvisions Schools Inc.
Click here to view as grant recipient.
Database contains 31 grants from the Edvisions Schools Inc. worth $ 582,520
Grants for years: 2006 2007 2008 2009 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
Database contains 458 grants from the Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund worth $ 36,817,389
Grants for years: 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Frey Foundation
Database contains 63 grants from the Frey Foundation worth $ 2,139,198
Grants for years: 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017 2018 2020 2021 2022
Friends of Education
Was Friends of Ascension before 2007
Database contains 127 grants from the Friends of Education worth $ 7,636,517
Grants for years: 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
General Mills Foundation
Database contains 333 grants from the General Mills Foundation worth $ 20,646,100
Grants for years: 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
GHR Foundation
"For more than 50 years, the legacy of Opus Group founders Gerald and Henrietta Rauenhorst (GHR) has steered our optimistic and transformational philanthropic approach..." Tax-exempt since Aug. 2013
Database contains 175 grants from the GHR Foundation worth $ 10,437,476
Grants for years: 2019 2020 2021 2022
Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund
Database contains 47 grants from the Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund worth $ 12,428,293
Grants for years: 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Great MN Schools

Great MN Schools was completely controlled by Minnesota Comeback, but Comeback closed and was absorbed into Great MN Schools in 2020. To see person-roles for Great MN Schools see record as a grant recipient.
Database contains 83 grants from the Great MN Schools worth $ 6,984,682
Grants for years: 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Greater Houston Community Foundation
Database contains 3 grants from the Greater Houston Community Foundation worth $ 450,000
Grants for years: 2017 2020 2021
Greater Twin Cities United Way
Database contains 138 grants from the Greater Twin Cities United Way worth $ 24,378,220
Grants for years: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation
Database contains 102 grants from the I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation worth $ 7,841,223
Grants for years: 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
JAB Foundation [Jane and Archie Black Foundation]
Database contains 25 grants from the JAB Foundation [Jane and Archie Black Foundation] worth $ 755,438
Grants for years: 2020 2021 2022
Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota
Database contains 145 grants from the Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota worth $ 5,054,598
Grants for years: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
John & Denise Graves Foundation
Database contains 167 grants from the John & Denise Graves Foundation worth $ 7,228,206
Grants for years: 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Joyce Foundation
Database contains 47 grants from the Joyce Foundation worth $ 6,203,113
Grants for years: 2012 2013 2015 2017 2018 2020 2021 2022
Lre Foundation
Another Cargill foundation. Gregory "Greg" R. Page (born 1952) is an American businessman. He served as executive chairman of Cargill, Inc. of Minnetonka, Minnesota. Trustee of the foundation. Tax-exempt since Oct. 2007
Database contains 48 grants from the Lre Foundation worth $ 2,498,700
Grants for years: 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Manitou Fund
Database contains 6 grants from the Manitou Fund worth $ 360,000
Grants for years: 2020 2021 2022
McKnight Foundation
Database contains 387 grants from the McKnight Foundation worth $ 46,399,912
Grants for years: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Mightycause Charitable Foundation
Nee: Razoo Foundation
Database contains 532 grants from the Mightycause Charitable Foundation worth $ 12,887,761
Grants for years: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2020 2021 2022
Minneapolis Foundation
Database contains 1,309 grants from the Minneapolis Foundation worth $ 119,315,137
Grants for years: 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Minnesota Community Foundation
Database contains 165 grants from the Minnesota Community Foundation worth $ 11,458,003
Grants for years: 2017 2018 2019
Mortenson Family Foundation
Database contains 132 grants from the Mortenson Family Foundation worth $ 3,392,500
Grants for years: 2019 2020 2021 2022
National Christian Charitable Foundation Inc
Database contains 157 grants from the National Christian Charitable Foundation Inc worth $ 21,386,738
Grants for years: 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National Philanthropic Trust
Database contains 172 grants from the National Philanthropic Trust worth $ 7,729,616
Grants for years: 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Propel Nonprofits
Propel's IRS 990 says its purpose is "TO FUEL THE IMPACT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF NONPROFITS WITH GUIDANCE, EXPERTISE, AND CAPITAL."
Database contains 29 grants from the Propel Nonprofits worth $ 1,543,416
Grants for years: 2016 2019 2020 2021 2022
Prospect Creek Foundation
Database contains 15 grants from the Prospect Creek Foundation worth $ 2,401,115
Grants for years: 2020 2021 2022
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation
The St. Paul Foundation used to control the Minnesota Community Foundation, but absorbed it in 2020.

From the 2017 IRS 990 of the Minnesota Community Foundation, Schedule O:

"THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE MINNESOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ARE THE SAME AS THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF THE SAINT PAUL FOUNDATION. THE OFFICERS ARE PAID BY THE SAINT PAUL FOUNDATION, WHICH IS A RELATED ORGANIZATION."
Database contains 1,004 grants from the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation worth $ 74,129,438
Grants for years: 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Sauer Family Foundation
Database contains 88 grants from the Sauer Family Foundation worth $ 2,852,080
Grants for years: 2012 2013 2014 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Schwab Charitable Fund
Database contains 531 grants from the Schwab Charitable Fund worth $ 46,944,662
Grants for years: 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Smikis Foundation
Database contains 126 grants from the Smikis Foundation worth $ 2,880,500
Grants for years: 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Soran Foundation
Database contains 16 grants from the Soran Foundation worth $ 250,000
Grants for years: 2012 2013 2014
Think Small
Database contains 198 grants from the Think Small worth $ 14,427,108
Grants for years: 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
Database contains 105 grants from the Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program worth $ 5,799,326
Grants for years: 2001 2020 2021 2022
Walton Family Foundation
According to the WFF's website, it spent $9,124,347 on starting up charter schools in Minneapolis alone between 1997 and 2013.

http://www.waltonfamilyfoundation.org/newsroom/foundation-surpasses-1500-charter-school-startup-investments
Database contains 210 grants from the Walton Family Foundation worth $ 43,222,422
Grants for years: 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
WEM Foundation [Whitney MacMillan]
Inside Philanthropy: "The WEM Foundation is the charitable vehicle of billionaire Whitney MacMillan."
Database contains 365 grants from the WEM Foundation [Whitney MacMillan] worth $ 95,686,880
Grants for years: 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Women's Foundation of Minnesota
Database contains 46 grants from the Women's Foundation of Minnesota worth $ 1,066,015
Grants for years: 2010 2011 2012 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

WFF Startups

The Walton Family Foundation has given more than $16 million to charter schools in Minnesota, contributing to 96 separate schools and helping start 70 of them - 29% of all charters EVER opened in the state. Read an anlysis of WFF giving to charter schools in Minnesota.

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MN EDUCATION REFORM CORE

Great MN Schools $ 38,990,056
Teach for America Twin Cities $ 13,455,105
Hiawatha Academies $ 11,145,449
Minnesota Comeback CLOSED $ 11,139,019
KIPP Minnesota $ 7,402,814
Ed Allies $ 6,222,454
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc. (PIE Network) $ 6,094,789
Educators 4 Excellence, Inc. $ 5,334,413
Charter School Partners CLOSED $ 4,871,464
Center of the American Experiment $ 4,651,656
MinnCAN CLOSED $ 4,155,592
Harvest Preparatory Charter School CLOSED $ 3,099,438
Our Turn, Inc., nee Students for Education Reform (SFER) $ 2,768,250
Education Evolving $ 2,700,750
The New Teacher Project $ 2,601,206
Charlemagne Institute - nee Intellectual Takeout $ 2,261,410
Harvest Network of Schools CLOSED $ 1,692,256
Minnesota Parent Union $ 1,289,340
Advancing Equity Coalition $ 701,594
Total: $ 130,577,055