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Who does Wem Foundation fund?

Wem Foundation has awarded $610 million across 539 grants to 218 organizations between 2020 and 2023. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $75,000, with most between $15,000 and $250,000.

Total awarded
$610.3M
Typical grant
$75K
Grantees
218
Grants
539
Years
2020–2023

Organizations this funder supports

Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.

100 of 218 grantees
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Grantee Total receivedGrantsYearsLatestState Follow
Smithsonian Institution $75.2M42020–20232023DC
Dunwoody College of Technology $31.0M42020–20232023MN
M Minnesota Landscape Arboretum $30.1M62020–20232023— —
M Minneapolis Institute of Art $26.7M52020–20232023— —
M Mayo Clinic $26.0M22022–20232023— —
Minnesota Historical Society $25.9M82020–20232023MN
The Learning Alliance INC $21.5M52020–20232023FL
U University of Minnesota Foundation - Bell Museum and Planetarium $21.1M42020–20222022— —
W Westminster Presbyterian Church $16.1M62020–20232023— —
Williams College $15.0M120232023MA
Abbott Northwestern Hospital Foundation $15.0M32021–20232023MN
Second Harvest Heartland $14.4M72020–20232023MN
Y Yale University $12.7M120202020— —
V Vero Beach Museum of Art $12.1M62020–20232023— —
U University of Minnesota Foundation $10.8M82020–20232023— —
R Riverside Theatre $10.1M42020–20232023— —
Minneapolis Parks Foundation $10.1M22020–20232023MN
M Montana State University Alumni Foundation $10.0M120222022— —
Junior Achievement North INC $8.5M52021–20232023MN
G Guthrie Theater $8.3M42020–20232023— —
Great Mn Schools $8.1M72020–20232023MN
P Project Success $7.3M42020–20232023— —
H Hope Academy $6.6M82020–20232023— —
Northside Achievement Zone $6.5M42020–20232023MN
M Museum of the Rockies - Montana State University $6.5M320222022— —
The Nature Conservancy $6.3M42020–20232023VA
Twin Cities Public Television INC $6.3M52020–20232023MN
Groves Academy $5.9M52020–20232023MN
Way to Grow $5.7M52020–20232023MN
C Cristo Rey Jesuit High School $5.5M42020–20232023— —
M Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain $5.1M22021–20222022— —
McKee Botanical Garden INC $5.1M42020–20232023FL
B Blake School Annual Fund $5.0M42022–20232023— —
Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation $4.9M42020–20232023MN
Summit Academy Oic $4.7M42020–20232023MN
L Lundstrum Performing Arts $4.5M120232023— —
C Church of the Ascension $4.5M42020–20232023— —
P Prodeo Academy $4.4M42020–20232023— —
Macphail Center for Music $4.2M42020–20232023MN
C Cornell Lab or Ornithology $4.0M120202020— —
M Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media $3.8M220222022— —
Youth Frontiers INC $3.7M42020–20232023MN
YWCA of Minneapolis $3.7M52020–20232023MN
Project for Pride in Living INC $3.6M32020–20232023MN
S St David's Center for Child & Family Development $3.5M120232023— —
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities $3.4M52020–20232023MN
M Minnesota Council on Economic Education $3.3M42020–20232023— —
Think Small $3.3M42020–20232023MN
F Friends of the Cornell Lab or Ornithology $3.0M120212021— —
Northside Economic Opportunity Network $3.0M120232023MN
C Children's Theatre Company $3.0M120232023— —
F Friends of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology $3.0M120222022— —
Wallin Education Partners $3.0M120232023MN
We Care Solar $2.2M42020–20232023CA
K Kingswood College $2.2M42020–20232023— —
D Diocesan School for Girls $2.0M120232023— —
P Producer Partnership INC $2.0M120232023— —
S St Andrew's College $2.0M120232023— —
Jeremiah Program $1.7M52020–20232023MN
Voyageur Outward Bound School $1.6M22022–20232023MN
Museum of the Rockies INC $1.6M32020–20212021MT
Every Meal $1.6M22022–20232023MN
The Museum of Russian Art $1.6M32021–20232023MN
Catholic Schools Center of Excellence (cscoe) $1.4M52020–20232023MN
F First Tee - Minnesota $1.4M22022–20232023— —
Reading Partners $1.4M42020–20232023CA
Bestprep $1.3M42020–20232023MN
C College Possible - Twin Cities $1.3M42020–20232023— —
B Boys & Girls Clubs of Indian River County $1.1M120232023— —
T Teach Minnesota $1.0M120232023— —
M Minnesota Orchestra $1.0M120232023— —
V3 Sports INC $1.0M120232023MN
B Bridging $1.0M120232023— —
National History Day $1.0M120232023MD
R Risen Christ School $975K42020–20232023— —
Good Grocer $950K22021–20232023MN
I Indian River Land Trust INC $875K42020–20232023— —
Achieve Twin Cities $860K22022–20232023MN
Young Life $850K22022–20232023CO
A Angel Foundation $799K82020–20232023— —
Y Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History $750K32020–20222022— —
C Charter Source $750K120232023— —
T Teach for America - Twin Cities Region $650K32021–20232023— —
G Genesys Works - Twin Cities $610K42020–20232023— —
Center of the American Experiment $600K22020–20212021MN
Wilderness Inquiry INC $500K22020–20232023MN
B Banyan Community $500K42020–20232023— —
Science Museum of Minnesota $500K120232023MN
T The Food Group $500K120232023— —
N National Academies of Sciences $500K120202020— —
C Common Bond Communities $500K120232023— —
F Franklin Center $500K120232023— —
Northeast College Prep Charter School No 4219 $475K42020–20232023MN
The Cookie Cart $380K42020–20232023MN
Microgrants $380K22022–20232023MN
T Treehouse $375K42020–20232023— —
Minndependent $350K22022–20232023MN
G Goodwill-Easter Seals Minnesota $350K32021–20232023— —
T The Wildflower Foundation $350K22021–20232023— —
Livingston Healthcare Foundation $320K42020–20232023MT

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