About Glen A Taylor Foundation
The Glen A Taylor Foundation concentrates its giving on local youth and faith-based education in the Mankato/North Mankato area, providing large operational grants to schools and youth services. Its support favors religiously affiliated institutions (Lutheran and Catholic) and a community youth center, indicating a priority on sustaining local education and youth development infrastructure.
Focus Areas
Operational support for faith-based higher education (Bethany Lutheran College)Operational support for Catholic K–12 education (Loyola Catholic School)Community youth development and drop-in services in Mankato (Mankato Youth Place)
Who They Fund
local youth (Mankato/North Mankato)students at Lutheran higher education institutionsstudents at Catholic K–12 schoolsattendees of community youth centers/drop-in programs
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated: a small number of very large, unrestricted operational grants focused on a local geography; includes repeat funding to at least one college. Funding is relationship-driven rather than widely distributed.
About Glen A Taylor Foundation
A single $750,000 operating grant to Mankato Youth Place stands out in the Glen a Taylor Foundation’s recent record and captures its local style of giving. The foundation concentrates on youth services, faith-based education, and community institutions in the Mankato and North Mankato area, with support often tied to operations rather than one-time projects. Its recent grants include substantial operating support for Bethany Lutheran College and Loyola Catholic School, showing a clear pattern of backing schools with religious affiliations alongside youth-serving organizations. The foundation’s portfolio also reaches smaller community anchors such as museums, libraries, youth programs, and local civic groups, all within a tightly focused geographic footprint. Recipients in the recent grants list include the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota, South Central College Foundation, North Mankato Taylor Library, Blue Earth County Library, and the Mankato Family YMCA. That mix suggests a funder oriented toward sustaining local education and youth-service infrastructure rather than broad program experimentation. Across the recent grants shown here, the foundation’s giving is consistently place-based and tied to ongoing institutional support.
What Glen A Taylor Foundation Funds
Operational support is the most visible pattern in the Glen a Taylor Foundation’s grantmaking. It gave $274,475 to Loyola Catholic School for operations and $100,000 to Concordia Classical Academy for the same purpose, indicating sustained support for faith-based education at both K–12 and classical school levels. Youth development is another clear area. The foundation provided $750,000 to Mankato Youth Place for operations, and it also supported Connecting Kids with $5,000 in both 2023 and 2024. Community learning and enrichment appear as well. The Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota received $40,000 in 2023 and another $40,000 in 2024, while the North Mankato Taylor Library was funded at $7,500 in each of those years. The foundation also backed the Mankato Family YMCA with $4,000 in 2023 and $4,000 in 2024.
How Glen A Taylor Foundation Gives
Typical grants are small by count and highly uneven by size: the 25th percentile is $1,000, the median is $1,800, and the 75th percentile is $10,000. That distribution sits alongside a few much larger operating gifts, including seven-figure-scale support within the recent list. The foundation’s grantmaking appears relationship-driven and recurring, with several recipients appearing in both 2023 and 2024, such as the Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota, Junior Achievement - Mankato, Educare, North Mankato Taylor Library, Blue Earth County Library, Connecting Kids, and Mankato Family YMCA. The foundation is structured as a private foundation and does not fund individuals. It also lists an option to request a contribution through a general grants process.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.2M
Total Assets
$517K
Total Revenue
$498K
Total Expenses
$3.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $1K and $10K, with a median of $2K.
25th Percentile
$1K
Median
$2K
75th Percentile
$10K
Geographic Reach
Local3 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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