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Avocet Foundation: 16 grants to organizations, $290,500 (tax year ended December 2024)
Avocet Foundation, a private foundation in Minneapolis, MN, paid 16 grants to organizations totaling $290,500 in its tax year ended December 2024, according to its Form 990-PF filed with the IRS on September 9, 2025. The largest was $63,000 to St Croix Valley Foundation in Hudson, WI for promote assistance in valleyadvance quality of life in st. croix valley.
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- EIN
- 411859473
- Based in
- Minneapolis, MN
- Assets
- $7,002,653
- Grants paid
- $290,500
- Tax year ended
- December 2024
Grants paid, tax year ended December 2024
From the Form 990-PF filed September 9, 2025, IRS object ID 202532529349100613. It reported $290,500 in grants paid; 16 grants to organizations are listed.
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Cause | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Croix Valley Foundation | Hudson, WI | Promote assistance in valleyadvance quality of life in st. croix valley | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $63,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Microgrants | Minneapolis, MN | To spur economic self-sufficiency by giving strategic grants to low-income people of potential through partner agencies | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $32,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Global Rights for Women | Minneapolis, MN | Promoting women's human rights internationally | $30,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Youth Frontiers Inc | Minneapolis, MN | Change way kids treat each other in school | Human services | $28,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Fairvote Minnesota Foundation | St Paul, MN | Promoting better democracy through improving thevoting system. we provide research and education about theeffects our voting system has on the quality of democracy andadvocate for ranked choice voting | Public and societal benefit | $20,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Belwin Conservancy | Minneapolis, MN | Protect the st. croix valley through land preservation | $17,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Breakthrough Twin Cities | St Paul, MN | Breakthrough twin cities prepared under-resourced students for college success and cultivates the next generation of educators | Education | $17,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Voyageur Outward Bound | St Paul, MN | Educational organization specializing in youth leadership and experiential edcuation, change lives through challenge and discovery | $15,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Constellation Fund | Minneapolis, MN | Fight poverty in the twin cities | Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Great Plains Institute | Minneapolis, MN | Better energy policy | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Maren Fund | Kirkwood, MO | Developmentally disable centers and services | Human services | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Planned Parenthood | St Paul, MN | To ensure all people have access to the care and resources they need to make infromed decisions about their bodies, their lives and their futures | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| St Croix Valley Habitat for Humanity | Hudson, WI | To create opportunities for all people to live in decent,durable shelter. | $10,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Apple Tree Dental | Minneapolis, MN | Improves oral health of people with special dental access needs | $9,000 | apps.irs.gov | |
| Compassion and Choices | Littleton, CO | To improve care, expand options and empower everyone to chart their end-of-life journey | Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $5,000 | apps.irs.gov |
| Wilderness Inquiry | Minneapolis, MN | To connect everyone to great places through activities such as sea kayaking, canoeing, rafting, hiking, safaris, dogsledding, operating in a manner that facilitates full participation by everyone, inc | $4,500 | apps.irs.gov |
Causes funded
From grants whose recipient has a cause.
| Cause | Granted |
|---|---|
| Philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations | $105,000 |
| Human services | $38,000 |
| Public and societal benefit | $20,000 |
| Education | $17,000 |
| Civil rights, social action and advocacy | $5,000 |
States funded
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Updated September 9, 2025. Read from IRS Form 990-PF e-file data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Grants are as each foundation reported them to the IRS on its Form 990-PF. Grants to individuals are left out. A grant has a cause only where the recipient's name and city match one organization in the IRS Business Master File, and the cause is that organization's NTEE major group. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.