Second Harvest Heartland
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About Second Harvest Heartland
The mission of the Second Harvest Heartland Foundation is to support Minnesota's largest food bank in reducing hunger across our service area by managing an endowment that provides long-term, flexible resources to meet urgent and strategic needs.
Focus Areas
Hunger reliefFood bank supportEndowment fundingGrantmaking to local partners
Who They Fund
children (child hunger program recipients)local nonprofits and food agencies (capacity recipients)food-insecure individuals and families / community memberswellness partners and coalition organizations
Funding Style
capacity building (agency capacity)direct service funding (food distribution / expanded meals)
About Second Harvest Heartland
Second Harvest Heartland’s grantmaking is built around one core role: supporting Minnesota’s largest food bank through an endowment that supplies flexible resources for urgent and strategic needs. That structure shows up in its recent grants, where food distribution is the dominant pattern and the largest awards are tied to moving food at scale. The biggest recent grant listed is $206,227,843 in 2025 for food distribution, followed by $167,593,620 in 2024 for the same purpose and $149,567,201 in 2023. Those figures place the foundation firmly in the category of large-scale, systems-oriented hunger relief funders. Beyond the largest distribution awards, the foundation also funds the operating backbone behind that work. Recent examples include $1,027,091 in 2025 for agency capacity and $1,454,650 in 2024 for expanded meals. Smaller grants still align with the same mission, such as child hunger support, emergency response, and collaboration with partner organizations. The pattern points to a funder that combines direct food access with infrastructure, partner support, and longer-term capacity for hunger relief across its service area.
What Second Harvest Heartland Funds
Food access is the clearest throughline in the foundation’s grantmaking. It supported food distribution at major scale, including $941,219 in 2023 for distribution grants and $146,000 in 2024 for distribution grants. Capacity-building is another consistent theme. The foundation gave $651,493 in 2024 for agency capacity and $221,488 in 2023 for agency capacity, indicating attention to the organizations that move food to households and communities. It also funds targeted programmatic work. In 2025, it awarded $223,000 for child hunger grants and $209,750 for emergency and response, while $201,819 in 2024 went to kitchen coalition expansion. The presence of collaboration grants, general operating grants, sourcing, and wellness partner grants shows that the foundation backs both direct service and the systems that make that service work.
How Second Harvest Heartland Gives
Typical grant size is substantial: the 25th percentile is $189,184, the median is $313,630, and the 75th percentile is $941,219. The recent grant list also shows repeated awards in the same amounts across years, including multiple 2023 and 2024 entries at $149,567,201 and $941,219, which suggests recurring program-level support rather than isolated one-time gifts. Second Harvest Heartland is classified as a Regular Funder, funds individuals, and makes no program-related investments. The active partner grant program is open to unsolicited applications.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$207.9M
Total Assets
$123.1M
Total Revenue
$309.2M
Total Expenses
$300.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $189K and $941K, with a median of $314K.
25th Percentile
$189K
Median
$314K
75th Percentile
$941K
Geographic Reach
About 0% of grants go to recipients in MN.
Leadership
SARAH MOBERG
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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