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EIN: 47-4086472
Minneapolis, MN 55401
Minnesota Comeback merged into its owned entity Great MN Schools in 2019.
Minnesota Comeback was previously the legal owner of Great Minnesota Schools.
According to a Minnesota Comeback press release, the organization was incubated by the Minneapolis Foundation as the Education Transformation Initiative.
| Total Grants to Minnesota Comeback | |
| Total $ Granted: | $ 11,139,019 |
| For Years: | 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 |
| # Grants: | 66 |
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| Date | Amount | Purpose | Funder |
| 1/1/2020 | 133,000 | COMMITTED TO IMPROVING EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN AND CHILDREN OF COLOR | Smikis Foundation |
| 1/1/2020 | 75,000 | Multiple purposes | Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation |
| 1/1/2020 | 150,000 | FUNDS WILL SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REGIONAL TALENT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN | I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation |
| 1/1/2020 | 25,000 | EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION | David Winton Bell Foundation |
| 1/1/2019 | 551,750 | General support; a match of Wollan and Fan Family Fund | Minneapolis Foundation |
| 1/1/2019 | 150,000 | MN Comeback | Carolyn Foundation |
| 1/1/2019 | 50,000 | MN Comeback programming grant | John & Denise Graves Foundation |
| 1/1/2019 | 25,000 | By 2025, all Minneapolis children are enrolled in rigorous and relevant schools that prepare them to thrive in college, career and community | Mortenson Family Foundation |
| 1/1/2019 | 300,000 | General operating support | WEM Foundation [Whitney MacMillan] |
| 1/1/2019 | 100,000 | General operating support | Douglass Brandenborg Family Foundation |
| 1/1/2019 | 50,000 | Operating support | General Mills Foundation |
| 1/1/2019 | 150,000 | Funds will support implementation of the regional talent development strategic plan | I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation |
| 1/1/2019 | 1,000,000 | For general operating support, including re-grantmaking, and to build capacity to implement Minnesota Comeback's regional talent strategy | McKnight Foundation |
| 1/1/2019 | 33,000 | COMMITTED TO IMPROVING EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN AND CHILDREN OF COLOR | Smikis Foundation |
| 1/1/2018 | 150,000 | Funds will support implementation of the regional talent development strategic plan | I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation |
| 1/1/2018 | 50,000 | General operating support | General Mills Foundation |
| 1/1/2018 | 50,000 | General operating support | General Mills Foundation |
| 1/1/2018 | 200,000 | 2018 MN Comeback & GMS gen op grant | John & Denise Graves Foundation |
| 1/1/2018 | 100,000 | BUILDING A COMMUNITY OF GREAT SCHOOLS | Ciresi Walburn Foundation For Children |
| 1/1/2018 | 100,000 | Building a community of great schools | Ciresi Walburn Foundation For Children |
| 1/1/2018 | 150,000 | Multiple grants for multiple purposes | Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation |
| 1/1/2018 | 100,000 | Strategic fund and general operating | Carolyn Foundation |
| 1/1/2018 | 100,000 | General operating support | Douglass Brandenborg Family Foundation |
| 1/1/2018 | 100,000 | To support its Talent and Policy teams and their efforts to ensure high-quality teachers for Minneapolis/Minnesota classroom | Joyce Foundation |
| 1/1/2018 | 300,000 | General operating support | WEM Foundation [Whitney MacMillan] |
| 1/1/2018 | 1,222,500 | XFER OF UNRESTRICTED FUNDS TO MN COMEBACK OPERATIONS - 374727 | Minneapolis Foundation |
| 1/1/2018 | 200,000 | General operating support | Curtis L Carlson Family Foundation |
| 1/1/2018 | 25,000 | General operating support | Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota |
| 1/1/2017 | 115,000 | to support its Talent and Policy teams and their efforts to ensure high-quality teacher pipeline and teacher development policies | Joyce Foundation |
| 1/1/2017 | 50,000 | EDUCATION | Sauer Family Foundation |
| 1/1/2017 | 34,000 | MN COMEBACK -MINNEAPOLIS FDN - EDUCATION TRANSFORMATION INITIATIVE FUND -- COMMITTED TO IMPROVING EDUCATION, ESPECIALLY FOR LOW-INCOME CHILDREN AND CHILDREN OF COLOR | Smikis Foundation |
| 1/1/2017 | 100,000 | General operating support | Douglass Brandenborg Family Foundation |
| 1/1/2017 | 50,000 | General operating support | Curtis L Carlson Family Foundation |
| 1/1/2017 | 250,000 | Education improvement | Walton Family Foundation |
| 1/1/2017 | 287,500 | Minnesota Comeback or Great Minnesota Schools | Minneapolis Foundation |
| 1/1/2017 | 25,000 | General operating support | Jay and Rose Phillips Family Foundation of Minnesota |
| 1/1/2017 | 50,000 | General operating support | General Mills Foundation |
| 1/1/2017 | 50,000 | General operating support | General Mills Foundation |
| 1/1/2017 | 25,000 | [Addressed to: Minneapolis Foundation - Education Transformation] | David Winton Bell Foundation |
| 1/1/2017 | 100,000 | Great MN Schools fund | John & Denise Graves Foundation |
| 1/1/2017 | 100,000 | Comeback | Carolyn Foundation |
| 1/1/2017 | 100,000 | Building a community of great schools | Ciresi Walburn Foundation For Children |
| 1/1/2017 | 550,000 | General operating support | WEM Foundation [Whitney MacMillan] |
| 1/1/2017 | 50,000 | Multiple grants for multiple purposes | Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation |
| 1/1/2017 | 100,000 | 2017 MN Comeback strategic fund grant | John & Denise Graves Foundation |
| 1/1/2016 | 50,000 | General operating support | Curtis L Carlson Family Foundation |
| 1/1/2016 | 25,000 | Program/Project | Cargill Foundation |
| 1/1/2016 | 100,000 | Support for the launch of an education policy advocacy nonprofit in Minnesota serving the local education ecosystem | Bush Foundation |
| 1/1/2016 | 290,769 | Minnesota Comeback - Great MN Schools. General operating | Minneapolis Foundation |
| 1/1/2016 | 50,000 | Multiple grants for multiple purposes | Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation |
| 1/1/2016 | 66,000 | [addressed to: "Minneapolis Fdn - Education Transformation Initiative Fund"] Committed to improving education, especially for low-income children and children of color | Smikis Foundation |
| 1/1/2016 | 100,000 | Proactive grant application | Carolyn Foundation |
| 1/1/2016 | 25,000 | Support for education | Douglass Brandenborg Family Foundation |
| 1/1/2016 | 50,000 | General operating support | General Mills Foundation |
| 1/1/2016 | 550,000 | Unrestricted | WEM Foundation [Whitney MacMillan] |
| 1/1/2016 | 5,500 | Animate the race fellowship | John & Denise Graves Foundation |
| 1/1/2016 | 300,000 | for general operating support and for strategic fund investments into the education ecosystem | McKnight Foundation |
| 1/1/2016 | 100,000 | Great schools for every child | Ciresi Walburn Foundation For Children |
| 1/1/2016 | 100,000 | Great MN Schools fund | John & Denise Graves Foundation |
| 1/1/2016 | 25,000 | 2016 Minnesota Comeback general operations | John & Denise Graves Foundation |
| 1/1/2016 | 125,000 | 2016 MN Comeback strategic fund grant | John & Denise Graves Foundation |
| 1/1/2015 | 275,000 | unrestricted | WEM Foundation [Whitney MacMillan] |
| 1/1/2015 | 100,000 | To support Minnesota Comeback in its efforts to craft and begin implementing a strategic vision to improve the educator talent pipeline in Minneapolis through the organization' Talent Implementation Team and Policy Team | Joyce Foundation |
| 1/1/2015 | 100,000 | ETI operations (Education Transformation Initiative - editor) | Ciresi Walburn Foundation For Children |
| 1/1/2015 | 1,000,000 | ETI operations | Minneapolis Foundation |
| 1/1/2014 | 25,000 | General operating support [Grant addressed to "Education Transformation (Now MN Comeback)" | Frey Foundation |
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