Evans Park Inc

Guardian Angels Health Services Inc

Elk River, MN

To provide housing, nursing care and related services to residents of a 120 bed nursing home, and an adult day care.

Eddy Family Foundation

Sioux Falls, SD

Elim Homes Inc

Edina, MN

To foster fullness of life for older adults in the spirit of christ's love.

Leadingage Minnesota Foundation

Minneapolis, MN

This Minneapolis-based foundation transforms and enhances the aging experience by supporting workforce development, innovative service delivery models, and leadership development within Minnesota's aging services sector. Grants typically range from $5,500 to $600,000, with recent annual giving around $2.65 million focused on health care, human services, and senior centers. The foundation actively invests in initiatives like CNA training programs and pathways for new Americans entering long-term care careers, prioritizing catalytic change across Minnesota's aging services landscape.

Xcel Energy Foundation

Minneapolis, MN

This Minneapolis-based foundation supports nonprofits across its service territories in Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin, and Texas, with broader reach to all 50 states, focusing on STEM education, community vitality, and environmental sustainability. Typical grants range from $5 to $817,143, with a median award of around $500 and average grant of $4,000, though the foundation distributed between $7.5 and $14.9 million annually in recent years. Applicants should watch for spring funding openings and visit the foundation's website for specific focus area requirements and deadlines.

The Minneapolis Foundation

Minneapolis, MN

One of the oldest and largest community foundations in the United States, the Minneapolis Foundation drives collective action to address civic, social, and economic needs through grantmaking, research, and advocacy. The Foundation administers over 1,500 charitable funds and distributes millions of dollars in grants annually through initiatives like the Building Forward Fund and Fund for Safe Communities. Its grantmaking focuses primarily on Minneapolis and surrounding Minnesota communities.

Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

St Paul, MN

Minnesota's largest statewide community foundation, this organization distributes over $106 million annually across more than 9,000 grants to nonprofits working in community connectedness, economic opportunity, education, health, housing, and human services. Typical grants range from $5,000 to $1,000,000, with a commitment to directing the majority of funding to marginalized communities and at least 25 percent to social justice initiatives. The foundation serves Minnesota statewide with particular emphasis on the East Metro area (Dakota, Ramsey, and Washington counties).

The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation

Minneapolis, MN

The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation funds education, health care, and human services, including college scholarships, with most support benefiting working- and middle-class families in specified Minnesota and Florida counties; it also makes some national grants. Its 2024 grants had a median of $5,000, though awards ranged from $50 to $10 million. It plans to move to invitation-only grantmaking in 2027; whether it currently accepts unsolicited requests is not stated.

Wells Fargo Foundation

Minneapolis, MN

The Wells Fargo Foundation funds nonprofits working on financial opportunity, affordable housing, and small-business growth, with giving at national and local levels. Its 2025 grants ranged from $3,000 to $8 million, with a median of $35,000. It does not accept unsolicited requests; eligible organizations are invited to apply.

Land O'Lakes Foundation

St Paul, MN

Land O’Lakes Foundation funds hunger relief, education, and community vitality, especially projects connected to Land O’Lakes member-owner and dairy-farming communities. Its 2024 median grant was $1,000, though awards ranged widely; funding is concentrated in Minnesota and also reaches communities across its member footprint, including the East and West regions and California. It offers multiple programs with program-specific guidelines, but the profile does not state whether unsolicited requests are accepted.

C K Blandin Foundation

Grand Rapids, MN

This Minnesota-based foundation is the state's largest rural-focused funder, dedicated to strengthening rural communities through grants typically ranging from $25,000 to $150,000 with a median award of $25,000. Operating with a mission to inspire resourcefulness and move rural places forward, the foundation prioritizes community leadership, economic opportunity, lifelong learning, and diversity across rural Minnesota, with particular emphasis on the Grand Rapids and Itasca regions. In 2023 alone, the foundation distributed approximately $17 million across 321 grants to nonprofits, government entities, educational institutions, and Native governments.

The McKnight Foundation

Minneapolis, MN

The McKnight Foundation funds nonprofit organizations, research, and community initiatives in arts and culture, food systems, climate and energy, neuroscience, and equitable communities, primarily in Minnesota and the Midwest, with some work in Africa and South America and beyond. Its 2024 grants ranged from $1,150 to $10 million, with a median of $100,000; prospective applicants are asked to contact program staff first, who provide proposal instructions if they determine funding may be considered.