About Minnesota Masonic Charities
Promote philanthropy on behalf of Minnesota Masonry and provide compassionate, quality care and services (including eldercare) as well as grantmaking, scholarships, and community services.
Focus Areas
Scholarships and student supportHealth (children's and cancer research)EldercareCommunity grants and matching grantsVeterans services
Who They Fund
children / school-aged studentslow-income families and households facing food insecurityK-12 school communities (PTOs, classrooms)girls (youth sports programs)
Funding Style
general operating / unrestricted supportdirect service funding
About Minnesota Masonic Charities
Minnesota Masonic Charities’ largest recent grant was a $26,179,762 award to the University of Minnesota for research. That scale sits alongside a broader pattern of direct support for education, health, eldercare, and community services across Minnesota. The foundation also appears repeatedly in youth and family-serving work, with grants to The Valley of Rochester Scottish Rite Children's Foundation for the Scottish Rite Children's Language Program, and to Rite Care of Mpls-St Paul for childhood language disorders. In other recent awards, Minnesota Masonic Charities supported Cresent Cove, Mn Assistance Council for Veterans, Eagles Healing Nest, and Face It Foundation, showing a mix of health-related, veteran, and family-support funding. Its active programs include scholarships for Minnesota students, matching grants for lodges and chapters, and mission grants tied to partner organizations. The organization also lists support for preservation of Masonic history as part of its strategic funding areas, alongside education, cancer research, eldercare, children's health, and community service. Overall, the recent record shows a foundation that combines large research support with smaller program grants and recurring scholarship activity.
What Minnesota Masonic Charities Funds
Education is a central part of the foundation’s work. Minnesota Masonic Charities gave $25,000 to Mn Grand Chapter Order of the Easter Star for scholarships, and it also runs multiple scholarship programs for Minnesota students, including a Signature Scholarship and a Legacy Scholarship. In child language and therapy services, it awarded $74,000 to The Valley of Rochester Scottish Rite Children's Foundation for the Scottish Rite Children's Language Program and $50,000 to Rite Care of Mpls-St Paul for childhood language disorders. Health and family support also appear in grants such as $50,650 to Cresent Cove for general support and $25,000 to Face It Foundation for general support. Veteran-serving organizations are another repeated area, including $50,000 to Mn Assistance Council for Veterans and $50,000 to Eagles Healing Nest, both for general support.
How Minnesota Masonic Charities Gives
Typical grants are modest relative to the foundation’s largest awards: the 25th percentile is $7,572, the median is $10,000, and the 75th percentile is $25,000. The recent record also includes repeated support to the same recipients across multiple years, including Cresent Cove, Eagles Healing Nest, Face It Foundation, Mn Assistance Council for Veterans, Rite Care of Mpls-St Paul, and The Valley of Rochester Scottish Rite Children's Foundation. Minnesota Masonic Charities is a grantmaking charity with scholarship programs and matching grants, and it also funds mission grants. Several scholarship programs accept unsolicited applications, including Community Scholarships, the Masonic Employee Scholarship, Legacy Scholarship, and Student Scholarships.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$26.7M
Total Assets
$29.1M
Total Revenue
$13.5M
Total Expenses
$31.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $8K and $25K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$25K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
ERIC J NEETENBEEK
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