We make it easy to make a difference – today and for future generations.
Since 1915, The Minneapolis Foundation has partnered with generous individuals and families, effective nonprofits, engaged civic leaders and other people just like you to strengthen our community through charitable giving.
- You can leave a gift to the Foundation to address changing community needs or a particular issue.
- You can create a donor advised fund: support all of the organizations you care about and let us handle the administrative details.
- You can involve your children and grandchildren in giving and create a personal legacy.
- You can partner with us on efforts to transform education, promote economic vitality, and build social capital to ensure that everyone in our community has an equal opportunity to thrive.
- Or you can learn, share, and connect through us: we offer information, expertise, and connections with others on community issues and charitable giving to help you make a more meaningful impact.
For donors, we offer simple, flexible ways to streamline charitable giving and create powerful, personal legacies – whatever a person’s interests may be. Through the funds they establish, our donors grant an average of $30+ million to more than 1,000 local, national and international organizations each year.
Individuals and families also make gifts to the Foundation that we pool and invest. Income generated is then distributed to community initiatives through a competitive grantmaking process. Each year, we award an average of $6 million in grants to innovative nonprofits working to ensure our community is a fair, vibrant and sustainable place in which every person has an opportunity to thrive and contribute.
We also join with nonprofits, businesses, government agencies and other foundations to advocate for positive community change. Our goals are to ensure our children receive a world-class education, to enhance the economic health and vitality of our region, and to empower communities to be effective leaders on issues that directly affect their lives.
Founded by local business leaders in 1915, The Minneapolis Foundation currently administers more than 1,000 charitable funds and manages more than $500 million in assets. A board of trustees composed of civic leaders from the public, private, and nonprofit sectors provides oversight and direction.