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Accepts applications
The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
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The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it accepts applications. Read the instructions below before you write.
Application policy: Accepts applications, as stated on the FY2025 return.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Giving by year
Total assets by year
| Year | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Giving | Assets | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 990-PF | $8,505,943 | $11,394,511 | $11,218,309 | $251,002,895 |
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
Recipient focus areas
Where recipients are
Based on the 50% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAKEVIEW HEALTH FOUNDATIONSTILLWATER, MN | HEALTHPARTNERS LAKEVIEW CAMPUS CAPIT | $500,000 | 2025 | |
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah J Andersen | PRESIDENT | 1.00 | $0 |
| William H Rubenstein | SEC/ TREAS | 1.00 | $0 |
| Ellen B Andersen | VICE PRES | 1.00 | $0 |
| William W Rubenstein | DIRECTOR |
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
| $251,002,895 |
| FY2024 | 990-PF | $6,493,377 | $9,579,948 | $9,352,984 | $216,570,952 | $216,570,952 |
| FY2023 | 990-PF | $10,772,844 | $7,735,244 | $7,496,962 | $163,826,020 | $163,826,020 |
| FY2022 | 990-PF | $11,255,430 | $8,525,595 | $8,330,896 | $156,260,583 | $156,260,583 |
| FY2021 | 990-PF | $8,481,253 | $6,245,132 | $6,114,623 | $153,682,238 | $153,682,238 |
| FY2020 | 990-PF | $7,420,611 | $5,602,757 | $5,494,470 | $112,586,185 | $112,586,185 |
| FY2019 | 990-PF | $5,204,648 | $4,971,400 | $4,865,368 | $101,729,032 | $101,729,032 |
| CAMPAIGN FOR MINNESOTA'S FUTURE |
| $500,000 |
| 2025 |
| SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTAST PAUL, MN | CAMPAIGN FOR MINNESOTA'S FUTURE | $500,000 | 2025 |
| BAYPORT PUBLIC LIBRARYBAYPORT, MN | BUILDING RENOVATIONS | $350,000 | 2021 |
| SOLID GROUNDWHITE BEAR LAKE, MN | EAST METRO PLACE EXPANSION & REMODEL | $300,000 | 2023 |
| NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSEST PAUL, MN | COMPREHENSIVE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $300,000 | 2022 |
| TWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITYST PAUL, MN | BUILD FORWARD TOGETHER | $250,000 | 2024 |
| LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MNMatched to this organization because 11 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.DULUTH, MN | BETHANY CRISIS SHELTER CAPITAL | $250,000 | 2022 |
| COMMONBOND COMMUNITIESMINNEAPOLIS, MN | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN FOR PEOPLE, PLACES | $225,000 | 2024 |
| SOLID GROUNDWHITE BEAR LAKE, MN | EAST METRO EXPANSION AND REMODEL | $200,000 | 2025 |
| ST CROIX VALLEY FOOD BANK INCHUDSON, WI | ST. CROIX FOOD BANK CAPITAL BUILDING | $200,000 | 2024 |
| THE ARTS PARTNERSHIPMatched to this organization because 6 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.ST PAUL, MN | ALL 4 ONE CAMPAIGN | $200,000 | 2024 |
| MINNESOTA CHILDREN'S MUSEUMMatched to this organization because 9 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.ST PAUL, MN | MCM REVIVE CAMPAIGN | $200,000 | 2022 |
| OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTAMINNEAPOLIS, MN | NOURISHING OUR NEIGHBORS CAPACITY | $200,000 | 2022 |
| TRUE FRIENDSANNANDALE, MN | CAMP COURAGE RECREATION CENTER | $200,000 | 2024 |
| ANN BANCROFT FOUNDATIONST PAUL, MN | CAPITAL CAMPAIGN | $200,000 | 2020 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MN ND AND SDST PAUL, MN | DULUTH HEALTH CENTER RENOVATION PROJ | $200,000 | 2025 |
| GILLETTE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDAST PAUL, MN | ADULT INPATIENT UNIT RENOVATION PROJ | $200,000 | 2020 |
| TUBMANMAPLEWOOD, MN | GREAT DREAMS CAMPAIGN | $165,000 | 2023 |
| CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPYWASHINGTON, DC | CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE RECOVERY FUND | $150,000 | 2025 |
| COMMONBOND COMMUNITIESST PAUL, MN | FITZGERALD FLATTS CAPITAL SUPPORT | $150,000 | 2022 |
| DREAM OF WILD HEALTHMINNEAPOLIS, MN | PLANTING SEEDS FOR FUTURE GENERATION | $150,000 | 2024 |
| WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTAMatched to this organization because 16 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.MINNEAPOLIS, MN | COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN | $150,000 | 2023 |
| UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEFNEW YORK, NY | EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE TURKEY | $150,000 | 2023 |
| SOLID GROUNDWHITE BEAR LAKE, MN | EAST METRO PLACE EXPANSION AND REMOD | $150,000 | 2024 |
| 1.00 |
| $0 |
| Jordan C Copeland | DIRECTOR | 1.00 | $0 |
Nearest by size, location and giving pattern in the database. Geography weighs heavily. Treat it as a starting list, not a ranking of fit.
Form 990-PF · FY2024 · period ending Feb 29, 2024IRS bulk XML
Filing id 202401839349100110
Form 990-PF · FY2023 · period ending Feb 28, 2023
Filing id 202321929349100607
Form 990-PF · FY2022 · period ending Feb 28, 2022
Filing id 202221939349100617
Form 990-PF · FY2021 · period ending Feb 28, 2021
Filing id 202101959349100520
Form 990-PF · FY2020 · period ending Feb 29, 2020
Filing id 202031979349100248
Form 990-PF · FY2019 · period ending Feb 28, 2019
Filing id 201931909349100513
IRS filings are the source for every fact on this page. Nothing a model writes is ever a source; it can only point at a row here.