Private foundation · EIN 41-1958621 · Minneapolis, MN · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31

Where Mortenson Family Foundation's grants went

It reported $6.38M in grants paid across 250 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 85.2% of those dollars to 162 recipient organizations.

View the 990-PF

What its filing says about applications

It did not check the 990-PF box for “only contributes to preselected organizations.”

Form of application
ONLINE APPLICATION FORMS MAY BE FOUND AT WWW.MORTENSONFAMILY.ORG
Deadlines
SUBMISSION DEADLINES VARY
Restrictions
GUIDELINES MAY BE FOUND AT WWW.MORTENSONFAMILY.ORG
Website on filing
MORTENSONFAMILY.ORG

Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.

Grants paid 242 published lines

RecipientPaidPurpose as filedMatch
University of Minnesota Foundation
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-6042488
$500,000DRIVEN: THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA CAMPAIGNSame address 1.00
Hawaiian Islands Land Trust
Honolulu, HI · EIN 99-0353223
$250,000OLA MAHUKONASame ZIP 0.89
The Regents of the University of Colorado
Denver, CO · EIN 84-6000555
$200,000MORTENSON CENTER FOR GLOBAL ENGINEERINGSame address 1.00
Allina Health Foundation
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 27-4116873
$100,000COURAGE KENNYSame city 1.00
Northside Achievement Zone
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 30-0238807
$100,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Eastern Congo Initiative (Aka Asili)
Minneapolis, MN · no confident EIN match
$100,000UNRESTRICTEDUnmatched Help match
Neighborhood Healthsource
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-1235064
$80,000MENTAL HEALTH NAVIGATION IN NORTHSIDE SCHOOLSSame address 1.00
Thousand Currents
San Francisco, CA · EIN 77-0071852
$75,000UNRESTRICTEDSame street 1.00
Way to Grow
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 71-0956749
$75,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Anishinaabe Agriculture Institute
Osage, MN · EIN 82-3639038
$70,000HEMP-BASED HOUSING ECO.Same address 1.00
Dream of Wild Health
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-1632662
$70,000UNRESTRICTEDSame ZIP 1.00
East Phillips Neighborhood Institute
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 83-3630254
$70,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Hmong American Farmers Association
West St Paul, MN · EIN 46-0928003
$70,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 0.89
Community Members for Environmental Justice (Fiscal Sponsor Tides Center)
Los Angeles, CA · no confident EIN match
$70,000UNRESTRICTEDUnmatched Help match
Appetite for Change
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 27-5112040
$60,000URBAN AGRICULTURESame address 1.00
Hope Community
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-1292817
$60,000FOOD, LAND AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMSame address 1.00
Minnesota Education Equity Partnership
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-1699505
$60,000UNRESTRICTEDExact name 1.00
Mississippi Park Connection
Saint Paul, MN · EIN 87-0786530
$60,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Montessori American Indian Childcare Center
Roseville, MN · EIN 81-4526053
$60,000UNRESTRICTEDExact name 1.00
The Good Acre
Saint Paul, MN · EIN 47-1663334
$60,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
The Minneapolis Foundation
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-6029402
$60,000NORTHSIDE YOUTH ENRICHMENT FUND (NYEF)Same ZIP 1.00
Saint Paul Promise Neighborhood
Saint Paul, MN · no confident EIN match
$60,000UNRESTRICTEDUnmatched Help match
Bancroft Neighborhood Association
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-1717318
$50,000ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIPSame address 1.00
Centro Tyrone Guzman
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-1290349
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Climate Generation
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 02-0712905
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA
New York, NY · EIN 13-3433452
$50,000GAZAKnown alias 1.00
Fabretto Children's Foundation
Evanston, IL · EIN 36-3894824
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Guatemalan Tomorrow Fund
Jupiter, FL · EIN 65-0305897
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDExact name 1.00
Juxtaposition Arts
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-1851915
$50,000JXTALABSSame ZIP 1.00
Land Stewardship Project
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-1466054
$50,000EQUITABLE LAND TRANSITION EMERG. FARMERSSame address 1.00
Macalester College
Saint Paul, MN · EIN 41-0693962
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Macalester College
Saint Paul, MN · EIN 41-0693962
$50,000ENDOWED ENTREPRENEURSHIP FUNDSame address 1.00
Mi Casa Mn
Shakopee, MN · EIN 88-2319648
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Northside Residents Redevelopment Council
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-0975381
$50,000HEALTHY URBAN LIVINGSame address 1.00
Onevillage Partners
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 27-3473943
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Philadelphia Community Farm
Osceola, WI · EIN 39-1711164
$50,000LIBERATION AND LAND HEALINGSame address 1.00
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-0706132
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Root Capital
Cambridge, MA · EIN 04-3478123
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Somali Youth and Family Development Center
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 26-4646941
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
The Nature Conservancy
Arlington, VA · EIN 53-0242652
$50,000TUUNGANEExact name 1.00
The Sanneh Foundation
Saint Paul, MN · EIN 56-2332269
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDSame city 1.00
The Tiwahe Foundation
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 26-4377588
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDExact name 1.00
University of Wisconsin Foundation
Madison, WI · EIN 39-0743975
$50,000PETROVICH CHAIRSame address 0.72
Eastern Congo Initiative (Aka Asili)
Minneapolis, MN · no confident EIN match
$50,000UNRESTRICTEDUnmatched Help match
Cultural Wellness Center
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-1850859
$45,000UNRESTRICTEDSame address 1.00
Teach for America
New York, NY · EIN 13-3541913
$45,000UNRESTRICTEDKnown alias 1.00
The Family Partnership
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-0693858
$45,000MULTICULTURAL THERAPEUTIC PRESCHOOL PROGRAMSame address 1.00
Prairie Island Indian Community
Welch, MN · no confident EIN match
$45,000FOOD SOVEREIGNTY INITIATIVEUnmatched Help match
Amherst H Wilder Foundation
St Paul, MN · EIN 41-0693889
$40,000CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTERSame address 1.00
Commusication
Saint Paul, MN · EIN 46-4299159
$40,000UNRESTRICTEDSame city 1.00

8 more lines ($178K) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.

Foundations that fund the same organizations

  1. Amazonsmile Foundation Seattle, WA
    123 recipients in common
  2. Otto Bremer Trust St Paul, MN
    54 recipients in common
  3. Xcel Energy Foundation Minneapolis, MN
    47 recipients in common
  4. The McKnight Foundation Minneapolis, MN
    42 recipients in common
  5. The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation Minneapolis, MN
    41 recipients in common
  6. Fr Bigelow Foundation St Paul, MN
    41 recipients in common
  7. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Charlotte, NC
    32 recipients in common
  8. Hrk Foundation St Paul, MN
    30 recipients in common

Where this comes from

Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.