Private foundation (trust)EIN 411859473Est. 1997-07

AVOCET FOUNDATION

MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55413

Accepts unsolicited proposals

Total Assets

$7.0M

FY 2024

Annual Giving

$291K

FY 2024

Grants Made

16

FY 2024

Avg Grant

$18K

FY 2024

Grant Range

$5K–$63K

Typical

Deadlines

Open / rolling

Applications

Focus Areas

Private Grantmaking Foundations

Financial Snapshot

2024 filing

Total Revenue

$626K

Total Expenses

$438K

Qualifying Distributions

$291K

Distributable Amount

$326K

Min. Investment Return

$331K

Undistributed Income

$325K

Payout rate 89%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.89%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

16 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $5K through median $13K to maximum $63K, shown on a logarithmic scale.

Logarithmic scale — typical grant portfolios span orders of magnitude, so distances are proportional to multiplicative change, not dollar gaps.

Giving Over Time

5 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2024. Peak $307K in 2023. Hover bars for details.

Total dollars recorded per filing year. Scale adjusts to the foundation's range.

Top Recipients

77 grants

ST CROIX VALLEY FOUNDATION
$351K
5 grants
YOUTH FRONTIERS INC
$174K
5 grants
GLOBAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN
$150K
5 grants
MICROGRANTS
$124K
5 grants
FAIRVOTE MINNESOTA FOUNDATION
$80K
4 grants
VOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND
$75K
5 grants
BREAKTHROUGH TWIN CITIES
$49K
5 grants
GREAT PLAINS INSTITUTE
$48K
5 grants

Grant Size Distribution

77 grants

<$10K
43
grants
$10–50K
28
grants
$50–250K
6
grants
$250K–1M
$1–5M
$5M+

Geographic Focus

5 states

Minnesota
$950K
67% of total
Wisconsin
$391K
28% of total
Missouri
$47K
3% of total
Maryland
$20K
1% of total
Colorado
$5K
0% of total

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