Medica Foundation primarily funds community mental and behavioral health programs across the Twin Cities metro and greater Minnesota, with a secondary emphasis on early childhood health and rural health access. They support both frontline service providers (crisis, counseling, recovery, shelters) and larger institutional partners through strategic grants, favoring repeated investments in local organizations that deliver direct client services. Giving also targets populations with elevated needs—youth, veterans, survivors of domestic violence, and immigrant communities—indicating an equity-oriented focus on barriers to care. The foundation’s grants are predominantly mid-size awards aimed at sustaining program delivery and capacity rather than one-off seed funding.
Medica Foundation’s recent grantmaking is anchored by repeated $200,000 strategic grants to the University of Minnesota Foundation and Emma Norton Services, alongside similar awards to organizations working in behavioral health, early childhood health, and health equity across Minnesota. The pattern points to a local funder that uses substantial grants to support direct services and system-level capacity, not just short-term projects. In 2025, the foundation continued funding a mix of university partners, community mental health providers, and shelter-based service organizations, including Mewinzha Ondaadiziike Wiigaming for early childhood health and Hennepin Healthcare Foundation for strategic work. Their grantees range from outpatient counseling and recovery programs to county public health partners and domestic violence service providers, which matches the foundation’s stated emphasis on community behavioral health and counseling, early childhood mental health, rural health access, and support for vulnerable populations. The grant list also shows repeat awards to the same organizations over multiple years, suggesting ongoing relationships rather than isolated transactions. Across the portfolio, Medica Foundation appears to favor Minnesota-based nonprofit and institutional partners that can deliver direct care or strengthen health infrastructure.
Behavioral health is the clearest through line in the foundation’s grantmaking. In 2025, Medica Foundation gave $140,000 to Ellison Center for behavioral health, $140,000 to Face to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc for behavioral health, and $140,000 to Reclaim for behavioral health. The portfolio also includes $100,000 to Annex Teen Clinic for behavioral health, showing support for youth-facing care. Early childhood health appears as a separate funding lane: the foundation awarded $200,000 to Mewinzha Ondaadiziike Wiigaming for early childhood health in 2025. Rural access and public-health partnerships also show up in the grants list, including $70,000 to Wright County Public Health for behavioral health in both 2024 and 2025. Domestic violence and housing-related support are part of the mix as well, with grants to Emma Norton Services and Women’s Advocates Inc.
Medica Foundation’s typical grant size is mid-range: the 25th percentile is $10,000, the median is $10,000, and the 75th percentile is $37,500. The recent grants list shows that the foundation also makes larger strategic awards, including repeated $200,000 and $140,000 grants. Several recipients appear in multiple years, such as Emma Norton Services, University of Minnesota Foundation, The Link, Missions Inc Programs, Wright County Public Health, Churches United in Ministry, Raices Sagradas Community Mental Health, and Women’s Advocates Inc. That repeat pattern suggests ongoing relationships. The foundation is a private foundation and funds nonprofits; it also makes unsolicited grants through its published application process.
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Most grants fall between $10K and $38K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$38K
ELIZABETH ERICKSON
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Concentrated, repeat funding to a core set of Minnesota nonprofits and health institutions; mostly mid-sized grants (~$100k–$565k) combining program support and occasional strategic investments, with emphasis on sustaining service delivery rather than broad national expansion.
Notable grantees: University of Minnesota Foundation, Emma Norton Services, Annex Teen Clinic, Ellison Center, Hennepin Healthcare Foundation
Medica Foundation gives overwhelmingly in Minnesota: 93% of grants go to recipients in the HQ state, and Minnesota is also the top state by grant count. Recent recipients are concentrated in Minneapolis and St. Paul, with additional grants in Bemidji, St. Cloud, Moorhead, Duluth, Buffalo, Plymouth, Elk River, Robbinsdale, and Waite Park. The recipient country distribution is entirely U.S.-based, with 304 grants in the United States.
The foundation funds nonprofits and institutional partners working on behavioral health, early childhood health, rural health access, domestic violence services, and health equity. Recent grants include awards to counseling providers, public health partners, shelter organizations, and university-affiliated foundations.
Yes. The 2026 grant opportunities list says the foundation accepts unsolicited applications and directs applicants to its grant application page and grant schedule.
The grant size distribution is centered at $10,000: the 25th percentile is $10,000, the median is $10,000, and the 75th percentile is $37,500. The recent grants list also includes larger strategic awards at $140,000 and $200,000.
The foundation gives locally, with 93% of grants going to recipients in Minnesota. Recent grantees are concentrated in Minneapolis and St. Paul, with additional awards in Bemidji, St. Cloud, Moorhead, Duluth, Buffalo, Plymouth, Elk River, Robbinsdale, and Waite Park.
Repeat grants appear throughout the recent list. Examples include Emma Norton Services in 2024 and 2025, University of Minnesota Foundation in 2024 and 2025, The Link in 2024 and 2025, and Wright County Public Health in 2024 and 2025.
2025
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2025.
Current and upcoming funding from Medica Foundation that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Nonprofit applicants seeking grant funding through Medica Foundation’s 2026 grant opportunities. Specific eligibility requirements are not provided in the scraped content.
Deadline: 2026 grant schedule available on the application page.
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Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $200,000 | 2025 | STRATEGIC GRANT |
| EMMA NORTON SERVICES | ST PAUL, MN | $200,000 | 2025 | STRATEGIC GRANT |
| MEWINZHA ONDAADIZIIKE WIIGAMING | BEMIDJI, MN | $200,000 | 2025 | EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH |
| CONNECTIONS TO INDEPENDENCE | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $140,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| WOMEN'S ADVOCATES INC | ST PAUL, MN | $140,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| COMMUNITY CONNECT CENTER | MOORHEAD, MN | $140,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| VETERAN RESILIENCE PROJECT INC | MINNETONKA, MN | $140,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| FACE TO FACE HEALTH AND COUNSELING SERVICE INC | ST PAUL, MN | $140,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $140,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| ELLISON CENTER | ST CLOUD, MN | $140,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| OPEN PATH RESOURCES | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $140,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| RECLAIM | ST PAUL, MN | $140,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| RAICES SAGRADAS COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH | ST PAUL, MN | $140,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| ANNEX TEEN CLINIC | ROBBINSDALE, MN | $100,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| WRIGHT COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH | BUFFALO, MN | $70,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| MISSIONS INC PROGRAMS | PLYMOUTH, MN | $70,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| THE LINK | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $70,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| CHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRY | DULUTH, MN | $66,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| FIRST WITNESS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER | DULUTH, MN | $50,000 | 2025 | EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH |
| BABYS SPACE A PLACE TO GROW | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $50,000 | 2025 | EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH |
| MERRICK COMMUNITY SERVICES | SAINT PAUL, MN | $50,000 | 2025 | EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH |
| READY SET SMILE PA | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $50,000 | 2025 | EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH |
| ST DAVIDS CENTER FOR CHILD & FAMILY DEVELOPMENT | MINNETONKA, MN | $50,000 | 2025 | EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH |
| THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $50,000 | 2025 | GENERAL FUNDING |
| RAICES SAGRADAS COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $50,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| COMUNIDADES LATINAS UNIDAS EN SERVICIO | ST PAUL, MN | $50,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| SABATHANI COMMUNITY CENTER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $50,000 | 2025 | EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH |
| OUR SAVIOUR'S COMMUNITY SERVICES | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $50,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| WATERCOURSE COUNSELING CENTER | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $50,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| BRIDGE FOR YOUTH | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $50,000 | 2025 | EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH |
| KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA | ROSEVILLE, MN | $50,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $47,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ST PAUL & MINNEAPOLIS | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $47,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| DIVISION OF INDIAN WORK | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $40,000 | 2025 | EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH |
| ANNEX TEEN CLINIC | ROBBINSDALE, MN | $40,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| CHILDREN'S DENTAL SERVICES | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $40,000 | 2025 | EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH |
| WAYSIDE RECOVERY CENTER | ST PAUL, MN | $40,000 | 2025 | EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH |
| WEST CENTRAL INITIATIVE | FERGUS FALLS, MN | $40,000 | 2025 | EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH |
| MEWINZHA ONDAADIZIIKE WIIGAMING | BEMIDJI, MN | $40,000 | 2025 | EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH |
| WASHBURN CENTER FOR CHILDREN | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $40,000 | 2025 | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH |
| HOPE DENTAL CLINIC | ST PAUL, MN | $40,000 | 2025 | EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH |
| GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $37,500 | 2025 | GENERAL FUNDING |
| CREATING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES | ALEXANDRIA, VA | $37,500 | 2025 | GENERAL FUNDING |
| EVERYDAY MIRACLES | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $30,000 | 2025 | EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH |
| YWCA OF DULUTH | DULUTH, MN | $30,000 | 2025 | EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH |
| BABY'S SPACE | MINNEAPOLIS, MN | $25,000 | 2025 | EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH |
| SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND | BROOKLYN PARK, MN | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL FUNDING |
| SAWTOOTH MOUNTAIN CLINIC | GRAND MARAIS, MN | $25,000 | 2025 | EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH |
| MARCH OF DIMES | ARLINGTON, VA | $25,000 | 2025 | GENERAL FUNDING |
| COMMUNITY DENTAL CARE | MAPLEWOOD, MN | $25,000 | 2025 | EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH |
VETERAN RESILIENCE PROJECT INC
$140,000BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
OPEN PATH RESOURCES
$140,000BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
WRIGHT COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH
$70,000BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
MISSIONS INC PROGRAMS
$70,000BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
MERRICK COMMUNITY SERVICES
$50,000EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH
WATERCOURSE COUNSELING CENTER
$50,000BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
$47,000BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ST PAUL & MINNEAPOLIS
$47,000BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
EVERYDAY MIRACLES
$30,000EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH
COMMUNITY DENTAL CARE
$25,000EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH
