Mortenson Family Foundation | Impact Dashboard

Focus Area Allocation (2024)

$6.2M

FY 2024

Children & Families (39%)

Environment (21%)

Developing Communities (18%)

Arts & Culture (10%)

Other (12%)

Annual Giving Trend

$8.7M

2022

$6.4M

2023

$6.2M

2024

Median grant: $25,000 • Range: $1K – $1M

Largest Recipients (3-Year Cumulative)

Univ. of Minnesota Foundation

$1.52M

Nexus Community Partners

$1.10M

Coalition of Asian Am. Leaders

$730K

Regents of Univ. of Colorado

$600K

African Am. Leadership Forum

$433K

Mississippi Park Connection

$375K

Northside Achievement Zone

$356K

Eastern Congo Initiative / Asili

$330K

Hawaiian Islands Land Trust

$310K

Dunwoody College of Technology

$275K

Geographic Distribution (2024)

Minneapolis

136 grants

Saint Paul

57 grants

Greater MN

26 grants

Central America

15 grants

East Africa / DRC

13 grants

Other U.S. / Hawaii

15 grants

Estimated Impact Across Portfolio

📚

35,000+

Children & youth served through education partners

🌱

150K+

Acres of land & water conserved in Minnesota

🌎

500K+

People reached in developing communities (DRC, Central America, E. Africa)

💰

$33M

Loans catalyzed through MI3 collaborative for affordable housing

🏠

CDFIs supported with $1M loans + $600K grants each

🤝

5,150+

Women athletes outfitted through ASIYA investment

Impact Investing Portfolio — 86% of $141.8M Assets

Direct Equity Active

Shared-X — Smallholder farming accelerator
Kuja Kuja — Citizen voice platform
Asili — DRC social enterprise: water, health, agriculture
ASIYA — Culturally-appropriate activewear (27 countries)

Fund Investments Funds

Brown Venture Group — MN Black-owned investment fund
ReThink Impact — Women entrepreneurs in tech
The Coven — Co-working for women/NB/trans entrepreneurs
Vision Fund — International microlender (since 1999)
FARM Fund — Regenerative agriculture

CDFIs & Loans $1M+ each

African Development Center • African Econ. Dev. Solutions • Latino Econ. Dev. Center • NEON • MniSota • NeDa Centro • Land Bank Twin Cities
Propel — Mission-driven nonprofit loan fund
Burke Agro — Nicaraguan regenerative farming

All Grant Recipients

Showing 262 grants

Recipient ▲▼	Location	Amount ▲▼	Purpose	Focus Area	Est. Impact