Foundation Name
Total Annual Giving
 The McKnight Foundation
$90,711,057
 The Wells Fargo Foundation
$65,007,124
 The Wells Fargo Housing Foundation
$46,332,450
 The Minneapolis Foundation
$35,756,947
 The Saint Paul Foundation, Inc.
$33,557,217
 The Bush Foundation
$30,363,717
 Otto Bremer Foundation
$26,968,819
 Fred C. and Katherine B. Andersen Foundation
$25,349,733
 Medtronic Foundation
$20,409,562
 U.S. Bancorp Foundation
$20,271,339
 3M Foundation
$19,587,243
 Northwest Area Foundation
$16,203,362
 Best Buy Children's Foundation
$9,526,745
 Target Foundation
$9,500,000
 The Blandin Foundation
$8,976,419
 The Cargill Foundation
$8,487,885
 The St. Paul Travelers Foundation
$8,358,361
 Carl and Eloise Pohlad Family Foundation
$7,253,680
 Minnesota Community Foundation
$6,881,799
 The Xcel Energy Foundation
$6,769,835
 F. R. Bigelow Foundation
$6,402,511
 Garmar Foundation
$6,231,616
 St. Jude Medical Foundation
$6,036,364
 United Health Foundation
$6,010,000
 Catholic Community Foundation in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
$5,693,649
 Jay & Rose Phillips Family Foundation
$4,744,520
 Ecolab Foundation
$4,192,629
 I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation
$4,113,775
 Hugh J. Andersen Foundation
$3,689,480
 Central Minnesota Community Foundation
$3,203,580
 Curtis L. Carlson Foundation
$3,141,079
 Jerome Foundation
$3,121,341
 Star Tribune Foundation
$2,999,750
 The Hormel Foundation
$2,998,565
 Fairview Foundation
$2,953,405
 Graco Foundation
$2,781,284
 Arts Midwest
$2,661,396
 The Pentair Foundation
$2,600,625
 Patrick and Aimee Butler Family Foundation
$2,593,000
 Winona Community Foundation
$2,555,061
Foundation Name
Geographic Focus
 Bloomington Community Foundation Bloomington, MN
 Central Minnesota Community Foundation Central MN
 Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation Northeastern Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake, and St. Louis and/or Douglas and Bayfield counties in northwestern Wisconsin.
 Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Clay County, MN; Cass County, ND
 Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation Grand Rapids, MN area, Itatska County, MN;
 Greater Wayzata Community Foundation Wayzata, MN area
 Headwaters Foundation for Justice MN, WI
 Initiative Foundation Benton, Cass, Chisago, Crow Wing, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pine, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd, Wadena and Wright counties, MN
 The Minneapolis Foundation Twin Cities region, MN
 Minnesota Community Foundation MN
 Northwest Minnesota Foundation (NWMF) Northwest Minnesota counties of Beltrami, Clearwater, HUbbard, Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Manhomen, Norman, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, and Roseau.
 Rochester Area Foundation Rochester, MN; Olmsted County, MN
 The Saint Paul Foundation, Inc. Dakota, Ramsey and Washington counties, MN
 Southwest Minnesota Foundation Big Stone, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Swift, and Yellow Medicine counties, MN.
 St. Croix Valley Community Foundation Chisago and Washington Counties of Minnesota; Polk, St. Croix and Pierce Counties of Wisconsin
 St. Louis Park Community Foundation St. Louis Park, MN;
 The Virginia Community Foundation Virginia, MN
 West Central Initiative Becker, Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse and Wilkin counties, MN
 Winona Community Foundation Winona, MN area
Corporation Name
City of Headquarters
3M Company St. Paul
ADC Telecommunications, Inc. Eden Prairie
AgStar Financial Services, ACA Mankato
Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK) Edina
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America Minneapolis
American Hardware Mutual Insurance Company Minnetonka
Andersen Corporation Bayport
Apogee Enterprises, Inc. Minneapolis
Best Buy Co., Inc. Minneapolis
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Eagan
Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar, Inc. Minneapolis
Cargill, Incorporated Minneapolis
Carlson Companies, Inc. Minneapolis
CenterPoint Energy Minnegasco Minneapolis
Ceridian Corporation Minneapolis
CHS Inc. Inver Grove Heights
Deluxe Corporation Shoreview
Donaldson Company, Inc. Minneapolis
Dorsey and Whitney LLP Minneapolis
Ecolab Inc. St. Paul
Edina Realty, Inc. Edina
Federated Insurance Companies Owatonna
First National Bank Bemidji Bemidji
General Mills, Inc. Minneapolis
GMAC Residential Funding Corporation Minneapolis
Graco Inc. Minneapolis
Guidant Corporation St. Paul
H.B. Fuller Company St. Paul
Hickory Tech Corporation Mankato
Homecrest Industries, Inc. Wadena
Hormel Foods Corporation Austin
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated Hutchinson
Imation Corp. Oakdale
International Dairy Queen, Inc. Minneapolis
Jostens, Inc. Minneapolis
Land O'Lakes, Inc. Saint Paul
Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lindgren, Ltd. Minneapolis
Lawson Software, Inc. St. Paul
M. A. Mortenson Company Minneapolis
Macy's North Minneapolis
Malt-O-Meal Company Northfield
Medtronic, Inc. Minneapolis
Minnesota Hockey Ventures Group, LP St. Paul
Minnesota Power, Inc. Duluth
Minnesota Timberwolves Minneapolis
Minnesota Twins Minneapolis
Minnesota Vikings Football Club, Inc. Eden Prairie
MoneyGram International, Inc. Minneapolis
Nash Finch Company Minneapolis
Northwest Airlines Corporation Eagan
Opus Corporation Minnetonka
Padilla Speer Beardsley Inc. (PSB) Minneapolis
Pentair, Inc. Golden Valley
PepsiAmericas, Inc. Minneapolis
Polaris Industries, Inc. Medina
Rahr Malting Co. Shakopee
RBC Dain Rauscher Corporation Minneapolis
Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. Red Wing
Reell Precision Manufacturing Corporation (RPM) St. Paul
Regis Corporation Edina
Riverway Co. Bloomington
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. Minneapolis
Schoeneckers, Inc Minneapolis
Securian Financial Group, Inc. St. Paul
Security State Bank Hibbing
Sit Investment Associates, Inc. Minneapolis
SJE-Rhombus Controls Detroit Lakes
St. Jude Medical, Inc. St. Paul
Stahl Construction Company St. Louis Park
SUPERVALU INC. Minneapolis
Target Corporation Minneapolis
Tastefully Simple, Inc. Alexandria
TCF Financial Corporation Wayzata
Tennant Company Minneapolis
The Mosaic Company Plymouth
The Prophet Corporation Owatonna
The Schwan Food Company Marshall
The Specialty Mfg. Co. St. Paul
The Star Tribune Company Minneapolis
The Toro Company Bloomington
The Travelers Companies, Inc. Saint Paul
The Valspar Corporation Minneapolis
Thomson West Eagan
U.S. Bancorp Minneapolis
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated Minnetonka
Wenger Corporation Owatonna
Xcel Energy Inc. Minneapolis