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Minnesota Chamber Foundation

Public charity · Grantmaker St. Paul, MN EIN: 41-1453093 Website

The organization's mission is to bring stakeholders together to promote prosperity and long-term growth of Minnesota's economy.

Minnesota Chamber Foundation at a glance

In short: Minnesota Chamber Foundation gave $14K across 2 grants in 2025 (avg $7K), mostly in Minnesota. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$14,000
-90.8% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
2
-84.6% vs 2024
Average grant
$7,000
-40.1% vs 2024
Median grant
$7,000
Total assets
$878,601
-0.1% vs 2024
Primary geography
Minnesota (100% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Minnesota Chamber Foundation funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 2 recipients in 2025

Pura Vida Orthodontics: $7KPura Vida Orthodontics$7KTwins Ballpark: $7KTwins Ballpark$7K

The largest 2025 recipient was Pura Vida Orthodontics ($7K). Together the top 2 received $14K.

Grant Size Distribution

67 grants across all recorded years

65<$50K2$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 65 grants of 67 (97%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 2 itemized grants.

Cities

MinneapolisSt. PaulRichfieldBloomingtonEden PrairieBrooklyn CenterCottage GroveDetroit LakesGolden ValleyLakevilleLittle CanadaMankatoMaple GroveRichmondRosemountRosevilleSauk RapidsSpring Lake ParkSpringfieldSt Anthony

How Minnesota Chamber Foundation gives

  • Giving fell 95% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100K$200K$300K13 grants2020 19 grants2021 19 grants2022 14 grants2023 13 grants2024 2 grants2025

From 2020 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $14K (2025) to $272K (2021). In 2025 it made 2 grants totaling $14K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Pura Vida Orthodontics Spring Lake Park, MNEnergy and Waste Programs$7,000
Twins Ballpark Minneapolis, MNEnergy and Waste Programs$7,000
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2025$878,601$1,030,337$1,066,240$14,0002
2024$879,691$1,351,042$1,404,742$151,92113
2023$971,066$1,220,735$1,069,695$256,15914
2022$743,764$930,141$957,574$271,44819
2021$816,890$942,056$951,012$272,46319
2020$918,016$1,052,369$897,735$130,31313

About Minnesota Chamber Foundation

Based on IRS filings

Minnesota Chamber Foundation is a public charity focused on public and societal benefit, based in St. Paul, MN. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $879K in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 2 grants totaling $14K.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Minnesota Chamber Foundation is led by Doug Loon, President & CEO since 2023 (on filings since 2020); none of the 21 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Doug Loon

    President & CEO

    McC President → President, 2021

    President → President & CEO, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Byers

    Executive Director

    Executive Director McF, Secretary & Treasurer → Executive Director, 2024

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Traci Tapani

    Chair

    Director → Chair-Elect, 2024

    Chair-Elect → Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jon Campbell

    Director

    Chair → Past Chair, 2023

    Past Chair → Director, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rick Bauerly

    Director

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Susan Marvin

    Director

    Chair → Past Chair, 2021

    Past Chair → Director, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Bentley Graves

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Darin Lynch

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • David Rudolph

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lisa Bodine

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tim Penny

    Director

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Eric Black

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jill Renslow

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Lara Juras

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sam Holsen

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Annette Kojetin

    Vice President & CFO

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Deyoung

    Past Chair

    Chair Elect → Chair, 2023

    Chair → Past Chair, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Laura Bordelon

    Senior Vice President

    Chair & McC Senior Vice President → Senior Vice President of McC, 2021

    Senior Vice President of McC → Senior Vice President, 2023

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Victoria Stute

    Vice President

    On filings since 2020

    No compensation reported

  • Beth Kadoun

    Vice President

    On filings since 2023

    No compensation reported

  • Jennifer Munyer

    Vice President

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (13)
  • Former: Bret Weiss (2020–2024) — Director
  • Former: Elizabeth Kadoun (2020–2024) — Vice President
  • Former: John Marshall (2022–2024) — Director
  • Former: Hoyt Hsiao (2020–2023) — Director
  • Former: Ramona Wilson (2023) — Director
  • Former: Vicki Stute (2023) — Vice President
  • Former: Bentley Graves Director (2020–2022) — Health Care & Transportati
  • Former: Jennifer Byers Executive (2020–2022) — Director McF, Secretary & Treasurer
  • Former: Jenny Munyer (2020–2022) — Vice President
  • Former: Joe Nayquonabe (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Karen Himle (2021–2022) — Director
  • Former: Ginny Morris (2020–2021) — Director
  • Former: Jean Kane (2020–2021) — Director

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Minnesota Chamber Foundation

How much does Minnesota Chamber Foundation give each year?

Minnesota Chamber Foundation gave $14K across 2 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $152K across 13 grants.

How large is Minnesota Chamber Foundation?

Minnesota Chamber Foundation reported $879K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.0M.

What is Minnesota Chamber Foundation?

Minnesota Chamber Foundation is a public charity focused on public and societal benefit, based in St. Paul, MN. It holds $879K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Minnesota Chamber Foundation operate?

Minnesota Chamber Foundation has awarded grants in Florida, Minnesota.

What is Minnesota Chamber Foundation's EIN?

Minnesota Chamber Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 41-1453093. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS August 5, 2021)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS August 1, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 9, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 24, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS July 10, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 17, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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