2023 Giving in Minnesota Report

Read this edition of Giving in Minnesota for:

An overview of our state's 2021 giving picture, including both organizational and individual giving
The amount given by corporate, community, and independent foundations, and the largest givers in each category
Grantee locations of Minnesota-based foundations
Giving by subject area: How much money went to the arts, education, health, human services and more, and who the top funders in these subjects are.
A governance survey conducted this September by MCF. See how our members approach board recruitment, strategic planning, policy review and more.

Strengthening Response in Real Time

This Rapid Response Report serves as a testimony to how Minnesota’s philanthropic ecosystem organized during a critical moment in state history. It offers vital lessons, structural insights, and

Guide to Fiscal Sponsorship

As fiscal sponsorship continues to become a more widely used tool for charitable impact, it is important that 501(c)(3) organizations acting as a fiscal sponsor are doing it right.

Immigrant Rapid Response Fund: Briefing Series

Between Christmas 2025 and February 2026, Operation Metro Surge brought roughly 2,000 federal immigration agents to the Twin Cities. More than 4,000 people were arrested. Two Minnesotans were killed.