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Fraser Partnership Scholarships
early interventiontherapy serviceschildren with special needs+1 more
Who can apply: Individuals must be approved for services by Fraser and meet the foundation's scholarship criteria.
About Shooting Star Foundation
The Shooting Star Foundation is dedicated to helping children with special needs receive early-interventional therapy by providing financial assistance to families for the care and development of children from birth to age eight.
Focus Areas
early-interventional therapyspeech therapyoccupational therapyphysical therapyfeeding therapyautism programs and ABAspecial needs preschoolfinancial assistance for therapy
Who They Fund
infants and toddlersyoung children with developmental delays or disabilitiesfamilies/caregivers of children needing early intervention
Funding Style
About Shooting Star Foundation
The Shooting Star Foundation Inc centers its grantmaking on early-interventional therapy for young children with special needs, using scholarship-style support to help families cover billed services. Its recent grants show a consistent pattern of awards to therapy providers in Minnesota, including a $76,250 grant to Sunnydays Therapy in Waconia and a $65,193 grant to Sora Pediatric Therapy in Andover. The foundation also supports partner-based funding relationships, with grants routed through providers such as Fraser and St. Davids Center for Child and Family Development so families can use assistance toward approved therapy accounts. The foundation’s stated purpose is financial assistance for families seeking care and development support for children from birth to age eight. Its focus areas include early intervention therapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, feeding therapy, autism programs and ABA, and special needs preschool. The grant record points to direct support for therapy services rather than broad institutional funding, and the recipients in the recent grants list are all Minnesota-based pediatric and family-service organizations.
What Shooting Star Foundation Funds
Early-intervention therapy is the clearest thread in the foundation’s grantmaking. In 2024, it gave $42,320 to St Davids Center For Child and Family Development in Minnetonka, and in 2025 it awarded $29,962 to Fraser Child & Family Center in Minneapolis, both listed as early-interventional therapy grants. The foundation also backs pediatric therapy access through scholarship funding. It granted $25,000 to Gillette Children's Hospital Foundation in Saint Paul for scholarships, aligning with its broader emphasis on financial assistance for therapy. Provider-based support appears in its awards to therapy organizations that serve young children with developmental needs. A 2024 grant of $34,800 went to Fraser in Minneapolis, while a 2023 grant of $24,737 went to the same organization, both labeled early-interventional therapy grants.
How Shooting Star Foundation Gives
The Shooting Star Foundation Inc gives in a relatively narrow band. Typical grants cluster around a p25 of $20,526, a median of $29,768, and a p75 of $44,694. The recent grant list also includes larger awards, such as $76,250, alongside smaller seven-figure-scale? no, within the same therapy-focused range. The pattern is consistent with restricted, project-specific support rather than unrestricted operating grants. The grant history shows repeat relationships across multiple years: Fraser appears in both 2023 and 2024, Sunny Days Therapy appears in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and St Davids Center for Child and Family Development appears in 2023 and 2024. The foundation’s active programs include scholarship partnerships, and several accept unsolicited requests.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$131K
Total Assets
$377K
Total Revenue
$250K
Total Expenses
$250K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $21K and $45K, with a median of $30K.
25th Percentile
$21K
Median
$30K
75th Percentile
$45K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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