FUNDER
AVOCET FOUNDATION
19recipients FY2016–24
$2Mgiving on file
2024latest grant year
noaccepts unsolicited
LocalLocal funder, 68% of giving in Minnesota
Footprint
A local funder — 68% of its dollars go to MN. It is a candidate for organizations in the 4 states it has funded, whatever their cause: CO, MN, MO, WI.
Funders that fund the same organizations
| Funder | Location | Channel | Shared recipients |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTTO BREMER TRUST | SAINT PAUL, MN | large program funder | 10 |
| THE RICHARD M SCHULZE FAMILY FOUNDATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | large program funder | 8 |
| MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | program funder | 6 |
| SMIKIS FOUNDATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | program funder | 6 |
| THE MORTENSON FAMILY FOUNDATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | program funder | 6 |
| F R BIGELOW FOUNDATION TRUST 555 | SAINT PAUL, MN | program funder | 5 |
| FRED C AND KATHERINE B ANDERSEN FOUNDATION | BAYPORT, MN | program funder | 5 |
| GEORGE FAMILY FOUNDATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | program funder | 5 |
| MARGARET A CARGILL FOUNDATION | EDEN PRAIRIE, MN | program funder | 5 |
| ANDERSEN CORPORATE FOUNDATION | BAYPORT, MN | program funder | 4 |
| FREY FOUNDATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | program funder | 4 |
| GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | program funder | 4 |
| H B FULLER COMPANY FOUNDATION | SAINT PAUL, MN | program funder | 4 |
| HARDENBERGH FOUNDATION | SAINT PAUL, MN | program funder | 4 |
| HUGH J ANDERSEN FOUNDATION | BAYPORT, MN | program funder | 4 |
| JAY AND ROSE PHILLIPS FAMILY FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | program funder | 4 |
| NICHOLSON FAMILY FOUNDATION | SAINT PAUL, MN | program funder | 4 |
| OPUS FOUNDATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | program funder | 4 |
| PENTAIR FOUNDATION | GOLDEN VALLEY, MN | program funder | 4 |
| ROBINS KAPLAN FOUNDATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | program funder | 4 |
| THE MCNEELY FOUNDATION | SAINT PAUL, MN | program funder | 4 |
| THE WALSER FOUNDATION | BLOOMINGTON, MN | program funder | 4 |
| WEM FOUNDATION | program funder | 4 | |
| CARVAL INVESTORS FOUNDATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | program funder | 3 |
| HRK FOUNDATION | ST PAUL, MN | program funder | 3 |
Recent recipients
| Organization | State | Years | Latest | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST CROIX VALLEY FOUNDATION | WI | 7 | 2024 | $443,000 |
| YOUTH FRONTIERS INC | MN | 7 | 2024 | $238,000 |
| GLOBAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN | MN | 7 | 2024 | $220,000 |
| MICROGRANTS | MN | 7 | 2024 | $160,000 |
| VOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL | MN | 7 | 2024 | $103,000 |
| FAIRVOTE MINNESOTA FOUNDATION | MN | 4 | 2024 | $80,000 |
| MAREN FUND INC | MO | 7 | 2024 | $65,000 |
| APPLE TREE DENTAL | MN | 7 | 2024 | $63,000 |
| BREAKTHROUGH TWIN CITIES | MN | 6 | 2024 | $57,000 |
| GREAT PLAINS INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT | MN | 6 | 2024 | $56,000 |
| BELWIN CONSERVANCY | MN | 7 | 2024 | $54,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL INC | WI | 4 | 2024 | $40,000 |
| WILDERNESS INQUIRY INC | MN | 7 | 2024 | $31,500 |
| CONSTELLATION FUND | MN | 3 | 2024 | $30,000 |
| COMPASSION AND CHOICES | CO | 1 | 2024 | $5,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MINNESOTA | MN | 1 | 2021 | $24,000 |
| LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA | MN | 3 | 2021 | $15,000 |
| FRED WELLS TENNIS & EDUCATION CENTER INC | MN | 1 | 2020 | $25,000 |
| LAKE STREET COUNCIL | MN | 1 | 2020 | $10,000 |