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Education Foundations in Minnesota

144 private foundations funding education in Minnesota.

Our directory lists 144 private education foundations based in Minnesota, compiled from IRS 990-PF filings. Most give by invitation only rather than accepting unsolicited proposals. Each profile below shows the funder's giving history, typical grant size, recent recipients, and application stance — so you can build a focused prospect list.

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Education

Established

Bentson Foundation

Minnesota

Assets: $106.5M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $13.5M

Funds in MN · NY · SD +5

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Education

Emerging

William Pablo Feraldo Memorial Foundation

Minnesota

Education

Assets: $11.1M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $548.8K

Funds in MO · MI

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Education

Emerging

William & Marian Ghidotti Foundation

Minnesota

Human ServicesEducationHuman Services

Assets: $10.5M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $562.5K

Funds in CA · OR · CO +12

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Education

Emerging

Evert Foundation

Minnesota

Human ServicesEducationHuman Services

Assets: $9.3M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $275K

Funds in MN

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Greater Denfeld Foundation Incorporated

Minnesota

Assets: $8.8M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $491.9K

Funds in MN

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Education

Emerging

Sam I Kobata & Sons Foundation

Minnesota

Education

Assets: $8.1M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $461K

Funds in WA · ID · OR +4

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Kate L Dunwoody Trust 775

Minnesota

Education

Assets: $8M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $438.3K

Funds in MN

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

River Road Foundation

Minnesota

Human ServicesEducationHuman Services

Assets: $6.9M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $520K

Funds in MN · MA · WI +4

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Education

Emerging

Butzow Family Foundation

Minnesota

Assets: $6.3M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $380K

Funds in MN · FL · KY +2

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Education

Emerging

Kinman-oldfield Family Foundation Trust 58060190

Minnesota

Assets: $5.7M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $233.8K

Funds in NE · IA · NV

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Education

Emerging

Roles Family Foundation

Minnesota

Assets: $5.6M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $366.4K

Funds in MN · CA · CO +7

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Lord Educational Fund

Minnesota

Education

Assets: $3.9M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $188.1K

Funds in IL · MO · IN +5

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Education

Emerging

Strippgen Educational Foundation Tr

Minnesota

Assets: $3.6M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $250K

Funds in MO

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Bingham Family Charitable Tr

Minnesota

Assets: $3.4M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $204.2K

Funds in WI

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Education

Emerging

Betty B Chastain Educational Foundation

Minnesota

Assets: $3.2M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $182.7K

Funds in AZ

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Education

Emerging

Albert J Ryan Foundation

Minnesota

Assets: $3M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $139.5K

Funds in MA · NH · OH

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Addison E & Johanna C Mcmechan Scholarship Fund

Minnesota

Assets: $2.9M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $136K

Funds in MO

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Robert E Yager Charitable Tr

Minnesota

Arts, Culture & HumanitiesEducationArts, Culture & Humanities

Assets: $2.5M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $127.8K

Funds in VA · IA · CA +6

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Valentine Hammes Family & Leopold Mannes Brown Scholarship Fund

Minnesota

Assets: $2.5M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $123.7K

Funds in IA

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Donald F Reiner Educational Trust

Minnesota

Education

Assets: $2.2M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $135K

Funds in MN

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Education

Emerging

James M Cox Foundation

Minnesota

Public & Societal BenefitEducationPublic & Societal Benefit

Assets: $2.1M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $121K

Funds in NE · IA · OH +1

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Education

Emerging

Ken & Betty Dahlberg Foundation

Minnesota

Human ServicesHealthEnvironment & Animals

Assets: $2.1M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $151.5K

Funds in MN · ND · WA

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

The Jacobus Family Foundation

Minnesota

Public & Societal BenefitEducationPublic & Societal Benefit

Assets: $2.1M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $50K

Funds in AZ · MN · NJ +5

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Gladys E Knowles Charitable Trust 50315420

Minnesota

HealthReligionHuman Services

Assets: $2M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $115.8K

Funds in MT · IA

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

James M Foster Tr U-w 061920C

Minnesota

Assets: $2M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $91.1K

Funds in MO

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Nvent Foundation

Minnesota

Human ServicesEducationHuman Services

Assets: $1.9M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $608.5K

Funds in MN · OH · CA +6

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Education

Emerging

Rzepa Scholarship Fund

Minnesota

Assets: $1.9M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $127.8K

Funds in IL

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Byrne Family Foundation

Minnesota

Assets: $1.6M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $40K

Funds in MN

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Edward P and Verda D Weeth Educational Fund

Minnesota

Assets: $1.5M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $77.2K

Funds in NE

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Clawson S Hammitt and Jennie Goessling Hammitt Fund

Minnesota

Education

Assets: $1.5M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $73.8K

Funds in WI

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Jane Audrey Ellis Charitable Foundation

Minnesota

Education

Assets: $1.4M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $80.5K

Funds in MO

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Rolfs Educational Foundation Ltd

Minnesota

Assets: $1.3M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $109K

Funds in WI · MN · NE

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Education

Emerging

Jayne L Miller Scholarship Foundation

Minnesota

Assets: $1.3M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $65K

Funds in IN · OH

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Education

Emerging

Tobola Educational Fund 9917250

Minnesota

Education

Assets: $1.3M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $87.2K

Funds in WI · IA · MN +4

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Education

Emerging

Aitkenhead Memorial Scholarship Tr

Minnesota

Assets: $1.3M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $46.4K

Funds in OR

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Education

Emerging

Bronson Memorial Trust 25284910

Minnesota

Assets: $1.2M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $48K

Funds in MN

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Claire & Charles Phillips Fdn Inc

Minnesota

Assets: $1.1M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $70.4K

Funds in OH · TX

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Kirsch Scholarship Fund

Minnesota

Assets: $1.1M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $61.1K

Funds in WI · IA · NE +1

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Education

Emerging

G N and Edna Mcdavid Dental Education Trust

Minnesota

Assets: $1M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $30K

Funds in MO

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Springer Family Foundation

Minnesota

Assets: $1M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $60K

Funds in MN

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Francis H Fitzgerald Trust U/a

Minnesota

Education

Assets: $1M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $77.8K

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Durnill Charitable Tr

Minnesota

Education

Assets: $1M
Giving / yr: 🎁 $52.6K

Funds in SD · MT · WY

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Education

Emerging

Theodore G Short Tr FBO Univeristy of MO School of Veteiniary Med

Minnesota

Education

Assets: $950.9K
Giving / yr: 🎁 $55.5K

Funds in MO

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Education

Emerging

Phoebe W Sime Trust for Pottstown High School

Minnesota

Assets: $949.8K
Giving / yr: 🎁 $40K

Funds in PA

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Kate Field Grant IN Aid Trust

Minnesota

Education

Assets: $927.8K
Giving / yr: 🎁 $48.7K

Funds in NE

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Turch Bookin Tr

Minnesota

Assets: $887.1K
Giving / yr: 🎁 $59K

Funds in MN

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Winifred Emerson Trust

Minnesota

Education

Assets: $878.4K
Giving / yr: 🎁 $63.4K

Funds in IA

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Vivian Fraser Schuh Res Tr U/w 16083 Nect

Minnesota

Education

Assets: $854.3K
Giving / yr: 🎁 $37.6K

Funds in WI

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Thomas M Paul Memorial Trust

Minnesota

Assets: $836.1K
Giving / yr: 🎁 $35.9K

Funds in MO

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Education

Emerging

IV Foundation

Minnesota

Assets: $828.6K
Giving / yr: 🎁 $40K

Funds in MN · FL · MD +1

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

The Liebling Foundation for Worthy Students

Minnesota

Assets: $801.5K
Giving / yr: 🎁 $37.9K

Funds in MO

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Education

Emerging

Freda Meyers Nishan Scholarship Trust

Minnesota

Education

Assets: $792.9K
Giving / yr: 🎁 $42K

Funds in WI

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Education

Emerging

Albert R Immel Charitable Trust

Minnesota

Assets: $791.5K
Giving / yr: 🎁 $30.6K

Funds in MO

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Ida M Crawford Student Aid Fund Trust

Minnesota

Assets: $776K
Giving / yr: 🎁 $36.1K

Funds in OR

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Education

Emerging

Warren L Devries Charitable Tr

Minnesota

ReligionEducationReligion

Assets: $773.4K
Giving / yr: 🎁 $48.9K

Funds in IA · IL · OH

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Friends of Pope John Paul II Catholic School

Minnesota

Assets: $770.8K
Giving / yr: 🎁 $35.4K

Funds in MN

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Russell D Nelson Test Trust 14-44156616

Minnesota

Education

Assets: $768.1K
Giving / yr: 🎁 $55.4K

Funds in WA

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Education

Emerging

Olive Dempsey Charitable Trust 124-0146977

Minnesota

HealthHuman Services

Assets: $766.6K
Giving / yr: 🎁 $42.4K

Funds in MO

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Louis a Roberg Endowment Trust

Minnesota

Education

Assets: $764.9K
Giving / yr: 🎁 $47.4K

Funds in MN · ND · FL +3

Invitation only

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Education

Emerging

Stewart Sullivan Scholarship Trust

Minnesota

Assets: $764.6K
Giving / yr: 🎁 $60.8K

Funds in OR · KS

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FAQFrequently Asked Questions

Our directory lists 144 private education foundations in Minnesota, compiled from IRS 990-PF filings. Each profile shows the funder's giving history, recent recipients, and application stance.

By total assets, BENTSON FOUNDATION is among the largest education funders in Minnesota in the directory.

Bentson Foundation

William Pablo Feraldo Memorial Foundation

William & Marian Ghidotti Foundation

Evert Foundation

Greater Denfeld Foundation Incorporated

Sam I Kobata & Sons Foundation

Kate L Dunwoody Trust 775

River Road Foundation

Butzow Family Foundation

Kinman-oldfield Family Foundation Trust 58060190

Roles Family Foundation

Lord Educational Fund

Strippgen Educational Foundation Tr

Bingham Family Charitable Tr

Betty B Chastain Educational Foundation

Albert J Ryan Foundation

Addison E & Johanna C Mcmechan Scholarship Fund

Robert E Yager Charitable Tr

Valentine Hammes Family & Leopold Mannes Brown Scholarship Fund

Donald F Reiner Educational Trust

James M Cox Foundation

Ken & Betty Dahlberg Foundation

The Jacobus Family Foundation

Gladys E Knowles Charitable Trust 50315420

James M Foster Tr U-w 061920C

Nvent Foundation

Rzepa Scholarship Fund

Byrne Family Foundation

Edward P and Verda D Weeth Educational Fund

Clawson S Hammitt and Jennie Goessling Hammitt Fund

Jane Audrey Ellis Charitable Foundation

Rolfs Educational Foundation Ltd

Jayne L Miller Scholarship Foundation

Tobola Educational Fund 9917250

Aitkenhead Memorial Scholarship Tr

Bronson Memorial Trust 25284910

Claire & Charles Phillips Fdn Inc

Kirsch Scholarship Fund

G N and Edna Mcdavid Dental Education Trust

Springer Family Foundation

Francis H Fitzgerald Trust U/a

Durnill Charitable Tr

Theodore G Short Tr FBO Univeristy of MO School of Veteiniary Med

Phoebe W Sime Trust for Pottstown High School

Kate Field Grant IN Aid Trust

Turch Bookin Tr

Winifred Emerson Trust

Vivian Fraser Schuh Res Tr U/w 16083 Nect

Thomas M Paul Memorial Trust

IV Foundation

The Liebling Foundation for Worthy Students

Freda Meyers Nishan Scholarship Trust

Albert R Immel Charitable Trust

Ida M Crawford Student Aid Fund Trust

Warren L Devries Charitable Tr

Friends of Pope John Paul II Catholic School

Russell D Nelson Test Trust 14-44156616

Olive Dempsey Charitable Trust 124-0146977

Louis a Roberg Endowment Trust

Stewart Sullivan Scholarship Trust

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