What kinds of organizations does Second Harvest Northland fund?

Its partner network includes food shelves, on-site meal programs, tribal organizations, school pantries, and senior nutrition programs. The recent grants also show support for community food assistance, feeding people in need, and local food access work through agencies and collaboratives.

What is the typical grant size?

The 25th percentile grant is $17,126, the median is $41,272, and the 75th percentile is $96,561. That indicates many awards are relatively modest, with a smaller set of larger operating or distribution grants.

Does the foundation fund beyond Minnesota?

Yes, but only a little in the recent record. 85% of grants go to recipients in Minnesota, and the listed recipients are all in the United States. Wisconsin organizations such as recipients in Superior and Ashland appear among the grants.

Can organizations apply for support?

The active Partner Agency Network / Food Distribution program accepts unsolicited requests. That program supplies food and other in-kind resources through product orders and deliveries to agencies and community partners in the Northland region.

Does Second Harvest Northland make repeat grants to the same organizations?

Yes. The grant list includes recipients that appear in multiple years, such as Lincoln Park Children and Families Collaborative in Duluth and Superior Salvation Army in Superior. The pattern suggests ongoing relationships with local food access partners.

Second Harvest Northland

Name: Second Harvest Northland — grants, 990 financials & funding data
Creator: Kindora

ActiveFood, Agriculture & Nutrition

DULUTH, MNWebsite2187275653

About Second Harvest Northland

End Hunger Together in NE Minnesota and NW Wisconsin. Second Harvest Northland works compassionately to end hunger by ensuring dignified and equitable access to food for our neighbors facing hunger.

Focus Areas

Food securityHunger reliefNutritionCommunity partnershipsSenior nutritionSchool pantry programsAgency support and capacity building

Who They Fund

people in needfood-insecure individualslow-income householdslocal community members

Funding Style

direct service

About Second Harvest Northland

Second Harvest Northland’s recent grantmaking is built around food distribution through a partner network, with awards flowing to food shelves, meal programs, tribal organizations, school pantries, and senior nutrition programs across the Northland. The foundation’s largest recent grants show that scale clearly: $2,085,351 to Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency (aeoa) in Aurora for feeding people in need, and $1,707,508 to the Salvation Army in Cloquet for the same purpose. The pattern is not limited to a single type of charity or one city. Funds also reached community food assistance efforts at Second Harvest Food Shelf (west - Grand Rapids), Brainerd Salvation Army Food Shelf, Union Gospel Mission in Duluth, and Lakes Area Food Shelf in Pequot Lakes. In its own description, the foundation frames the work as ending hunger in Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin by ensuring dignified and equitable access to food for neighbors facing hunger. That same emphasis on direct service appears across the grant list, where support repeatedly goes to organizations delivering food access at the local level rather than to individuals.

What Second Harvest Northland Funds

Food security is the clearest throughline in the grant list. In 2025, Second Harvest Northland gave $937,540 to Second Harvest Food Shelf (west - Grand Rapids) for community food assistance, and $499,913 to Brainerd Salvation Army Food Shelf for the same purpose. School and family-oriented access also appears in the data. The foundation awarded $358,301 to Lincoln Park Children and Families Collaborative in Duluth and $138,544 to the same organization in an earlier year, both for feeding people in need. A third area is support for community-based hunger relief partners in multiple towns. Grants went to Duluth Vineyard Food Shelf for $909,678, Chum Food Shelves for $666,514, and Fruit of the Vine - Vineyard for $371,902, each tied to feeding people in need. This shows a mix of food shelves, mission-based providers, and local collaboratives.

How Second Harvest Northland Gives

Second Harvest Northland’s grant sizes cluster around a mid-market direct-service profile: the 25th percentile is $17,126, the median is $41,272, and the 75th percentile is $96,561. The foundation is not known here for making grants to individuals, and it does not make program-related investments. The recent record shows repeated support to the same organizations across more than one year, including grants to multiple recipients in 2023, 2024, and 2025. That points to an ongoing operating relationship rather than one-off awards. Its active program is a partner agency network that supplies food and in-kind resources through product orders and deliveries, and it accepts unsolicited requests in that program.

Financial Snapshot

Annual Giving

$28.7M

Total Assets

$25.8M

Total Revenue

$30.4M

Total Expenses

$27M

Typical Grant Size

Most grants fall between $17K and $97K, with a median of $41K.

25th Percentile

$17K

Median

$41K

75th Percentile

$97K

Geographic Reach

Local2 states funded

Funding intensity

Low

High

Headquarters

Leadership

SHAYE MORIS

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Recipient	Location	Amount	Year	Purpose
Quad City Food Shelf AEOA	Mountain Iron, MN	$1,241,252	2026	Community Food Assistance
Quad City Food Shelf AEOA	Mountain Iron, MN	$1,241,252	2026	Community Food Assistance
Duluth Vineyard Food Shelf	Duluth, MN	$890,954	2026	Community Food Assistance
Duluth Vineyard Food Shelf	Duluth, MN	$890,954	2026	Community Food Assistance
Princeton Pantry	PRINCETON, MN	$865,986	2026	Community Food Assistance
Princeton Pantry	PRINCETON, MN	$865,986	2026	Community Food Assistance
Hibbing Salvation Army	Hibbing, MN	$722,648	2026	Community Food Assistance
Hibbing Salvation Army	Hibbing, MN	$722,648	2026	Community Food Assistance
Brainerd Salvation Army Food Shelf	Brainerd, MN	$691,004	2026	Community Food Assistance
Brainerd Salvation Army Food Shelf	Brainerd, MN	$691,004	2026	Community Food Assistance
CHUM Food Shelf (Downtown)	Duluth, MN	$596,878	2026	Community Food Assistance
CHUM Food Shelf (Downtown)	Duluth, MN	$596,878	2026	Community Food Assistance
Faith United Methodist Church	Superior, WI	$589,013	2026	Community Food Assistance
Faith United Methodist Church	Superior, WI	$589,013	2026	Community Food Assistance
Union Gospel Mission	Duluth, MN	$509,063	2026	Community Food Assistance
Union Gospel Mission	Duluth, MN	$509,063	2026	Community Food Assistance
Walker Food Shelf	WALKER, MN	$466,070	2026	Community Food Assistance
Walker Food Shelf	WALKER, MN	$466,070	2026	Community Food Assistance
Lakes Area Food Shelf	Pequot Lakes, MN	$459,900	2026	Community Food Assistance
Lakes Area Food Shelf	Pequot Lakes, MN	$459,900	2026	Community Food Assistance
BRICK Ministries	Ashland, WI	$431,855	2026	Community Food Assistance
BRICK Ministries	Ashland, WI	$431,855	2026	Community Food Assistance
Cental Lakes College	Brainerd, MN	$409,444	2026	Community Food Assistance
Cental Lakes College	Brainerd, MN	$409,444	2026	Community Food Assistance
Superior Salvation Army	Superior, WI	$386,337	2026	Community Food Assistance
Superior Salvation Army	Superior, WI	$386,337	2026	Community Food Assistance
Cloquet Salvation Army	Cloquet, MN	$323,035	2026	Community Food Assistance
Cloquet Salvation Army	Cloquet, MN	$323,035	2026	Community Food Assistance
Milaca Area Pantry	MILACA, MN	$292,591	2026	Community Food Assistance
Milaca Area Pantry	MILACA, MN	$292,591	2026	Community Food Assistance
Aurora Biwabik Food Shelf AEOA	Aurora, MN	$243,076	2026	Community Food Assistance
Aurora Biwabik Food Shelf AEOA	Aurora, MN	$243,076	2026	Community Food Assistance
Two Harbors Area Food Shelf	Two Harbors, MN	$228,188	2026	Community Food Assistance
Two Harbors Area Food Shelf	Two Harbors, MN	$228,188	2026	Community Food Assistance
Cass Lake Area Food Shelf	CASS LAKE, MN	$215,860	2026	Community Food Assistance
Cass Lake Area Food Shelf	CASS LAKE, MN	$215,860	2026	Community Food Assistance
Virginia Salvation Army FS	Wvirginia, MN	$215,052	2026	Community Food Assistance
Virginia Salvation Army FS	Wvirginia, MN	$215,052	2026	Community Food Assistance
Lincoln Park Children and Families Collaborative	Duluth, MN	$213,754	2026	Community Food Assistance
Lincoln Park Children and Families Collaborative	Duluth, MN	$213,754	2026	Community Food Assistance
Mora Food Pantry	MORA, MN	$205,731	2026	Community Food Assistance
Mora Food Pantry	MORA, MN	$205,731	2026	Community Food Assistance
Ely Area Food Shelf	Ely, MN	$204,881	2026	Community Food Assistance
Ely Area Food Shelf	Ely, MN	$204,881	2026	Community Food Assistance
Chisholm Food Shelf AEOA	Chisholm, MN	$186,844	2026	Community Food Assistance
Chisholm Food Shelf AEOA	Chisholm, MN	$186,844	2026	Community Food Assistance
Koochiching County Food Access	INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN	$179,647	2026	Community Food Assistance
Koochiching County Food Access	INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN	$179,647	2026	Community Food Assistance
Crosslake Food Shelf	CROSS LAKE, MN	$169,734	2026	Community Food Assistance
Crosslake Food Shelf	CROSS LAKE, MN	$169,734	2026	Community Food Assistance

Recipient

Location

Amount

Year

Purpose

Quad City Food Shelf AEOA

Mountain Iron, MN

$1,241,252

2026

Community Food Assistance

Quad City Food Shelf AEOA

Mountain Iron, MN

$1,241,252

2026

Community Food Assistance

Duluth Vineyard Food Shelf

Duluth, MN

$890,954

2026

Community Food Assistance

Duluth Vineyard Food Shelf

Duluth, MN

$890,954

2026

Community Food Assistance

Princeton Pantry

PRINCETON, MN

$865,986

2026

Community Food Assistance

Princeton Pantry

PRINCETON, MN

$865,986

2026

Community Food Assistance

Hibbing Salvation Army

Hibbing, MN

$722,648

2026

Community Food Assistance

Hibbing Salvation Army

Hibbing, MN

$722,648

2026

Community Food Assistance

Brainerd Salvation Army Food Shelf

Brainerd, MN

$691,004

2026

Community Food Assistance

Brainerd Salvation Army Food Shelf

Brainerd, MN

$691,004

2026

Community Food Assistance

CHUM Food Shelf (Downtown)

Duluth, MN

$596,878

2026

Community Food Assistance

CHUM Food Shelf (Downtown)

Duluth, MN

$596,878

2026

Community Food Assistance

Faith United Methodist Church

Superior, WI

$589,013

2026

Community Food Assistance

Faith United Methodist Church

Superior, WI

$589,013

2026

Community Food Assistance

Union Gospel Mission

Duluth, MN

$509,063

2026

Community Food Assistance

Union Gospel Mission

Duluth, MN

$509,063

2026

Community Food Assistance

Walker Food Shelf

WALKER, MN

$466,070

2026

Community Food Assistance

Walker Food Shelf

WALKER, MN

$466,070

2026

Community Food Assistance

Lakes Area Food Shelf

Pequot Lakes, MN

$459,900

2026

Community Food Assistance

Lakes Area Food Shelf

Pequot Lakes, MN

$459,900

2026

Community Food Assistance

BRICK Ministries

Ashland, WI

$431,855

2026

Community Food Assistance

BRICK Ministries

Ashland, WI

$431,855

2026

Community Food Assistance

Cental Lakes College

Brainerd, MN

$409,444

2026

Community Food Assistance

Cental Lakes College

Brainerd, MN

$409,444

2026

Community Food Assistance

Superior Salvation Army

Superior, WI

$386,337

2026

Community Food Assistance

Superior Salvation Army

Superior, WI

$386,337

2026

Community Food Assistance

Cloquet Salvation Army

Cloquet, MN

$323,035

2026

Community Food Assistance

Cloquet Salvation Army

Cloquet, MN

$323,035

2026

Community Food Assistance

Milaca Area Pantry

MILACA, MN

$292,591

2026

Community Food Assistance

Milaca Area Pantry

MILACA, MN

$292,591

2026

Community Food Assistance

Aurora Biwabik Food Shelf AEOA

Aurora, MN

$243,076

2026

Community Food Assistance

Aurora Biwabik Food Shelf AEOA

Aurora, MN

$243,076

2026

Community Food Assistance

Two Harbors Area Food Shelf

Two Harbors, MN

$228,188

2026

Community Food Assistance

Two Harbors Area Food Shelf

Two Harbors, MN

$228,188

2026

Community Food Assistance

Cass Lake Area Food Shelf

CASS LAKE, MN

$215,860

2026

Community Food Assistance

Cass Lake Area Food Shelf

CASS LAKE, MN

$215,860

2026

Community Food Assistance

Virginia Salvation Army FS

Wvirginia, MN

$215,052

2026

Community Food Assistance

Virginia Salvation Army FS

Wvirginia, MN

$215,052

2026

Community Food Assistance

Lincoln Park Children and Families Collaborative

Duluth, MN

$213,754

2026

Community Food Assistance

Lincoln Park Children and Families Collaborative

Duluth, MN

$213,754

2026

Community Food Assistance

Mora Food Pantry

MORA, MN

$205,731

2026

Community Food Assistance

Mora Food Pantry

MORA, MN

$205,731

2026

Community Food Assistance

Ely Area Food Shelf

Ely, MN

$204,881

2026

Community Food Assistance

Ely Area Food Shelf

Ely, MN

$204,881

2026

Community Food Assistance

Chisholm Food Shelf AEOA

Chisholm, MN

$186,844

2026

Community Food Assistance

Chisholm Food Shelf AEOA

Chisholm, MN

$186,844

2026

Community Food Assistance

Koochiching County Food Access

INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN

$179,647

2026

Community Food Assistance

Koochiching County Food Access

INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN

$179,647

2026

Community Food Assistance

Crosslake Food Shelf

CROSS LAKE, MN

$169,734

2026

Community Food Assistance

Crosslake Food Shelf

CROSS LAKE, MN

$169,734

2026

Community Food Assistance

Second Harvest Northland

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Does Second Harvest Northland make repeat grants to the same organizations?

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Where Second Harvest Northland Makes Grants

Frequently Asked Questions About Second Harvest Northland

What kinds of organizations does Second Harvest Northland fund?

What is the typical grant size?

Does the foundation fund beyond Minnesota?

Can organizations apply for support?

Does Second Harvest Northland make repeat grants to the same organizations?

Open Grant Opportunities

Partner Agency Network / Food Distribution (Product Orders & Deliveries)

Recent Grants