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Nonprofit · EIN 41-6029402

MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

Tax-exempt · MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402

Financials

$146.9M$134.2M2023$193M$152.4M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
March 31, 2025990$192,988,402$152,448,966$40,539,436$1,185,664,206$80,355,721$1,105,308,485
March 31, 2024990$146,901,684$134,196,439$12,705,245$1,134,066,155$68,915,805$1,065,150,350
Financial details: 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$131,864,412
of which government grants
$1,536,794
Program service revenue
$1,307,931
Investment income
$59,584,907
Royalties
$231,152
Net gain from sales of assets
$32,617,366
Other revenue
$231,152

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$128,958,187
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$1,426,237
Other salaries and wages
$6,973,941
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$10,364,318
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$273,819
Accounting fees
$124,337
Occupancy
$608,180
Travel
$101,525
Depreciation
$370,358
Program services (functional)
$141,778,802
Management and general (functional)
$7,049,434
Fundraising (functional)
$3,620,730

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$1,134,066,155
Total assets, end of year
$1,185,664,206
Total liabilities, end of year
$80,355,721
Net assets, end of year
$1,105,308,485
Land, buildings and equipment
$834,256
Publicly traded securities
$631,176,248
Net assets without donor restrictions
$987,133,547
Net assets with donor restrictions
$118,174,938
Gross unrelated business income
$602,414
Gross receipts
$331,494,540
Employees
73
Volunteers
33
Year formed
1915
State of legal domicile
MN

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
RT RYBAKPRESIDENT & CEO
Trustee or director, Officer
37.5$420,545$56,654
CHRISTOPHER BEACHSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, PHILANTHROPIC SERVICES
Key employee
37.5$279,705$63,136
JO-ANNE STATELYSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF IMPACT
Key employee
37.5$288,507$30,846
WILLIAM STERNBERGDIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND PHILANTHROPIC A
Highest-paid employee
37.5$207,677$44,126
MILPHA BLAMOVICE PRESIDENT FOR TALENT AND CULTURE
Highest-paid employee
37.5$195,090$52,568
GREG WENZCFO
Officer
37.5$223,270$19,798
PATRICE RELERFORDVICE PRESIDENT OF COLLECTIVE IMPACT AND GIVING
Highest-paid employee
37.5$204,150$28,438
COLLEEN HASEVICE PRESIDENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND ENTERPRISE RISK M
Highest-paid employee
37.5$195,605$15,529
JANNA HOTTINGERCHIEF OF STAFF TO PRESIDENT AND CEO
Highest-paid employee
37.5$173,217$26,128
JOHN TAFTCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2.5$0$0
JULIE BAKERVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
MARY GROVEVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1.5$0$0
SCOTT ERICKSONTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1.5$0$0
MAURICE BLANKSSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1.5$0$0
KATHLEEN MACLENNANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
29 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
KHADIJA ALITRUSTEE - 12/2024
Trustee or director
1$0
PAURVI BHATTTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
COLETTE CAMPBELLTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
TOM FISHERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
BILL GRAVESTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
JUDY HALPERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
RICHARD HOWELLTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
DANIEL MORENOTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
BECKY O'GRADYTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1.5$0
TOM PACKTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1.5$0
MARCIA PAGETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
LIZ PANGERLTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1.5$0
STEPHANIE PIERCETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1.5$0
SHARON PIERCETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1.5$0
PAUL REYELTSTRUSTEE - 5/2024
Trustee or director
1$0
LAURI ROBERTSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
MICHAEL RODRIGUEZTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
MEG RODRIGUEZTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2$0
RAJIV SHAHTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
MARK SIMENSTADTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1.5$0
ALEX WARETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1.5$0
JAZZ HAMPTONTRUSTEE - 1/2025
Trustee or director
1$0
CHRISTINA LETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
PATRICIA TORRES RAYTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
JULIANA BATISTATRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
LAURA BOHLANDERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
BRENDA CHILDTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
KATE KELLYTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
TIM PALMERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended March 31, 2024: 42 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
RT RYBAKPRESIDENT & CEO
Officer
37.5$419,207$95,787
CHRISTOPHER BEACHSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, PHILANTHROPIC SERVICES
Key employee
37.5$272,576$83,471
WILLIAM STERNBERGDIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT & PHILANTHROPIC ADV
Highest-paid employee
37.5$203,779$73,553
GREG WENZCFO
Officer
37.5$220,988$37,164
MILPHA BLAMOVICE PRESIDENT TALENT AND CULTURE
Highest-paid employee
37.5$178,831$70,586
JO-ANNE STATELYSENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF IMPACT
Key employee
37.5$191,696$49,479
PATRICE RELERFORDVICE PRESIDENT OF COLLECTIVE IMPACT AND GIVING
Highest-paid employee
37.5$190,964$41,288
MICHELLE BENSONVICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Highest-paid employee
37.5$171,002$52,429
CHANDA SMITH BAKERCHIEF IMPACT OFFICER JUNE 2023
Key employee
37.5$166,147$47,026
COLLEEN HASEVICE PRESIDENT TECHNOLOGY AND ENTERPRISE RISK MANA
Highest-paid employee
37.5$187,701$24,343
MARGIE SORANPAST CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1.5$0$0
JOHN TAFTCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2.5$0$0
JULIE BAKERVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1.5$0$0
MARY GROVEVICE CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
1.5$0$0
SCOTT ERICKSONTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
1.5$0$0
MAURICE BLANKSSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1.5$0$0
KATHLEEN MACLENNANTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
KHADIJA ALITRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PAURVI BHATTTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
COLETTE CAMPBELLTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
TOM FISHERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BILL GRAVESTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JUDY HALPERTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
RICHARD HOWELLTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LENI MOORETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
DANIEL MORENOTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
BECKY O'GRADYTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
TOM PACKTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
MARCIA PAGETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LIZ PANGERLTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
STEPHANIE PIERCETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
SHARON PIERCETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
PAUL REYELTSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
LAURI ROBERTSTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MICHAEL RODRIGUEZTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MEG RODRIGUEZTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
2.5$0$0
RAJIV SHAHTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
MARK SIMENSTADTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1.5$0$0
ALEX WARETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
JAZZ HAMPTONTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
CHRISTINA LETRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0
PATRICIA TORRES RAYTRUSTEE
Trustee or director
1$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
80 SOUTH EIGHT STREET, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402-2100
In care of
% THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
GREGORY WENZ, 800 IDS CENTER 80 S EIGHTH ST, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402
Signed the 990
GREGORY WENZ, CFO
Phone
(612) 672-3878
Return prepared by
CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP

Mission

THE FOUNDATION CULTIVATES GENEROSITY BY TAKING ACTION ON THE GREATEST CIVIC, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC NEEDS PARTNERING WITH NONPROFITS, FACILITATING GRANTMAKING, DRIVING RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY, AND PROVIDING SERVICES TO DONORS SEEKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

990 for the year ended March 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND LARGEST COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS IN THE NATION. ESTABLISHED IN 1915, THE FOUNDATION CULTIVATES GENEROSITY BY TAKING ACTION ON THE GREATEST CIVIC, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC NEEDS PARTNERING WITH NONPROFITS, FACILITATING GRANTMAKING, DRIVING RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY, AND PROVIDING SERVICES TO DONORS SEEKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES. AS A COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, WE INVEST AND DISTRIBUTE GRANTS FROM CHARITABLE FUNDS ESTABLISHED BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. TODAY, WE MANAGE MORE THAN $1 BILLION IN ASSETS AND ADMINISTER MORE THAN 1,500 CHARITABLE FUNDS CREATED BY INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, BUSINESSES, AND NONPROFITS. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GRANTS ARE DISTRIBUTED FROM THESE FUNDS EACH YEAR (SEE PART 1, LINE 13), EITHER PERSONALLY ADVISED BY OR IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEGACY WISHES OF OUR DONORS. WE ALSO STEWARD A PERMANENT CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT AND DISTRIBUTE THE INCOME FROM IT TO BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. THE FOUNDATION CREATES INTERSECTIONS IN CIVIC LIFE THAT FOSTER A GENEROUS COMMUNITY OF DONORS, ORGANIZATIONS, STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, AND RESIDENTS WHO LISTEN, LEARN, AND TAKE RESPONSIVE ACTION TO ADDRESS PRESSING NEEDS. WE SUPPORT DONORS AND PARTNERS AS THEY EXPRESS THEIR GENEROSITY PERSONALLY, COLLECTIVELY, AND ACROSS GENERATIONS. WE INVEST IN COMMUNITY-SHAPED AND COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS USING ALL AVAILABLE TOOLS AND RESOURCES. WE USE OUR ACCESS AND INFLUENCE TO AMPLIFY AND ELEVATE THE VOICES AND LEADERSHIP OF OTHERS. WE CREATE MEASURABLE MEANING AND IMPACT ACROSS OUR WORK THROUGH RESEARCH, EVALUATION, AND KNOWLEDGE-SHARING. WE DEMONSTRATE PHILANTHROPIC AND ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN IMPACT, INTEGRITY, AND INNOVATION. DURING THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2025, THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION RECEIVED MORE THAN $130 MILLION IN GIFTS AND AWARDED MORE THAN $125 MILLION IN TOTAL GRANTS. OUR DONORS ADVISED MORE THAN $92 MILLION IN GRANTS TO CAUSES LOCALLY AND AROUND THE UNITED STATES. THE FOUNDATION DISTRIBUTED COMMUNITY GRANTS TOTALING OVER $13 MILLION. THE REMAINING GRANTS WERE FROM A VARIETY OF FUNDS INCLUDING CORPORATE EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE FUNDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, DESIGNATED FUNDS AND OTHERS. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION CAN BE FOUND AT WWW.MINNEAPOLISFOUNDATION.ORG.
    Expenses $141,778,802 · grants $128,958,187 · revenue $1,307,931

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in March, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025March 31, 2026August 17, 2026Not on file
2024March 31, 2025August 15, 2025990 on file
2023March 31, 2024August 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
41-6029402
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
1926
Accounting year ends
March
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$1,185,664,206
Income (IRS master file)
$331,494,540

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990March 2025$192,988,402$152,448,966$1,185,664,206XML
990-TMarch 2025–––IRS
990March 2024$146,901,684$134,196,439$1,134,066,155XML
990-TMarch 2024–––IRS
990March 2023$115,302,787$122,536,152$1,039,176,403IRS
990-TMarch 2023–––IRS
990March 2022$204,398,163$121,965,802$1,113,100,701IRS
990-TMarch 2022–––IRS
990March 2021–––IRS
990-TMarch 2021–––IRS
990March 2020–––IRS
990March 2019–––IRS
990March 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 41-6029402).

Questions about MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION

What is the EIN of MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION?
The employer identification number (EIN) of MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION is 41-6029402.
Is MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1926.
Are donations to MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending March 31, 2026) is due August 17, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended March 2025.
Who is the principal officer of MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION?
The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 names GREGORY WENZ.
Who are the officers and directors of MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION?
The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 lists 44 people; 9 received compensation from the organization, the highest $420,545 (RT RYBAK, PRESIDENT & CEO).
How much revenue does MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION have?
On its 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $192,988,402, expenses of $152,448,966 and total assets of $1,185,664,206 at year end.

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