Grants awarded
Who does Otto Bremer Trust fund?
Otto Bremer Trust has awarded $406 million across 5,178 grants to 2,131 organizations between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in human services. Its typical grant is $50,000, with most between $28,000 and $75,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $50,000 versus $40,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$405.8M
Typical grant
$50K
Grantees
2,131
Grants
5,178
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Follow |
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| U University of Minnesota Foundation | $9.5M | 20 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Greater Milwaukee Foundation INC | $6.8M | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Initiative Foundation
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$5.5M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| M Mayo Clinic | $5.0M | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Community Foundation for the Fox Valley Region | $4.9M | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$4.5M | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| G Greater Twin Cities United Way | $4.4M | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Allina Health Foundation | $4.3M | 4 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Greater Twin Cities United Way
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$3.9M | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| I Initiative Foundation | $3.1M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Community Reinvestment Fund INC
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$3.0M | 4 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MN | |
| C Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St Paul and Minneapolis | $2.9M | 9 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| M Montana Community Development Corporation DBA Mofi | $2.2M | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| U United Way of Wisconsin | $2.1M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Impact Seven INC | $2.0M | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Every Meal
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$1.8M | 7 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| N Neighborhood House | $1.8M | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$1.8M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ND | |
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$1.8M | 13 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| T The Salvation Army Northern Division | $1.7M | 7 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Neighborhood Development Center INC
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$1.7M | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| M Montana Community Foundation INC | $1.6M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Montana Community Foundation INC
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$1.6M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | MT | |
| A American Cancer Society INC | $1.6M | 3 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Wallin Education Partners
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$1.5M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | MN | |
Propel Nonprofits
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$1.5M | 10 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| M Montana Children's Home & Hospital DBA Shodair Childrens Hospital | $1.4M | 3 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| S St David's Center | $1.4M | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Southside Community Health Services INC
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$1.4M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
Montana Food Bank Network INC
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$1.4M | 6 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
| C Community of Recovering People INC DBA the Retreat | $1.3M | 4 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| G Goodwill Industries INC | $1.3M | 7 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| J Junior Achievement of the Upper Midwest INC | $1.2M | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | — | — |
| S St Mary's University of Minnesota | $1.2M | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation | $1.2M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| L Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota | $1.1M | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Y Young Men's Christian Association of the North | $1.1M | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$1.1M | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| N North Dakota Community Foundation | $1.1M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Pacer Center INC
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$1.0M | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | MN | |
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$1.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| F Froedtert Hospital Foundation | $1.0M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$1.0M | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
United Hospital Foundation
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$1.0M | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MN | |
| E Eagle Mount | $965K | 4 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance Incorporated
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$950K | 14 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| U Union Gospel Mission Association of St Paul | $950K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$940K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| G Goodwill Industries INC DBA Goodwill-Easter Seals Minnesota | $930K | 3 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
College Possible
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$925K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
Northeast Entrepreneur Fund INC
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$900K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MN | |
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$900K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$887K | 8 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
| T True Friends | $880K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Apple Tree Dental
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$875K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
Simpson Housing Services INC
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$865K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
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$855K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| T The Salvation Army - Northern Division | $850K | 3 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$850K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$815K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
Commonbond Communities
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$810K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| L Latino Economic Development Center | $785K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Clues Comunidades Latinas Unidas En Servicio | $775K | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| K Keystone Community Services | $760K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin INC | $755K | 4 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Basilica Landmark | $750K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$750K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St Cloud
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$750K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| C Cedar Riverside People's Center DBA People's Center Health Services | $740K | 3 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Avenues for Youth
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$738K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| S St Croix Valley Food Bank | $735K | 5 | 2022–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Community Violence Intervention Center INC
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$720K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ND | |
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$720K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| J Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis | $710K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Feed My People INC | $685K | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J Jewish Family Service of Saint Paul | $685K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$685K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
Children's Dental Services INC
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$675K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Channel One INC
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$670K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
Good Samaritan Hospital Association
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$669K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ND | |
| S Second Harvest Heartland INC | $660K | 2 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American National Red Cross | $657K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library | $650K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| H Human Resource Development Council of District Ix INC (hrdc) | $650K | 5 | 2021–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Great Plains Food Bank
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$642K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ND | |
Jeremiah Program
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$640K | 13 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
Open Arms of Minnesota INC
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$640K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
| A Avivo | $635K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Missouri Slope Areawide United Way INC
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$625K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ND | |
| T The Lakes Community Health Center DBA Northlakes Community Clinic | $612K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Literacy Minnesota
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$605K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
180 Degrees INC
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$605K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MN | |
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$600K | 3 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | MT | |
| H Hennepin Health Foundation | $600K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Family Pathways | $600K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Marshfield Clinic Health System Foundation INC | $600K | 2 | 2023–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$600K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MT | |
| T The Salvation Army | $584K | 15 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation
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$575K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | MN | |
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$574K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | ND |
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