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Private foundation (trust)EIN 416017815Est. 1972-12

THE BUSH FOUNDATION

ST PAUL, MN 55101

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Total Assets

$1.4B

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$90.4M

FY 2023

Grants Made

138

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$655K

FY 2023

Grant Range

$5K–$50M

Typical

Deadlines

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Focus Areas

Education

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$43.9M

Total Expenses

$102.8M

Qualifying Distributions

$103.6M

Distributable Amount

$64.2M

Min. Investment Return

$64.9M

Payout rate 100%Arc chart showing what share of IRS distributable amount was paid out as qualifying distributions in the latest filing.100%

Payout rate

Qualifying distributions as a share of distributable amount.

Grant Range

138 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $5K through median $160K to maximum $50M, 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

3 years

Giving over time from 2020 to 2023. Peak $100.7M in 2022. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

500 grants

NDN COLLECTIVE INC
$50.6M
4 grants
NEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS
$50.5M
5 grants
SAINT PAUL AND MINNESOTA FOUNDATION
$9.0M
14 grants
BUSH FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
$7.1M
12 grants
SOUTH DAKOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
$5.1M
8 grants
FOUR BANDS COMMUNITY FUND INC
$3.9M
8 grants
NORTHSIDE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY NETWORK
$3.5M
4 grants
NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY CLINIC
$3.2M
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

500 grants

<$10K
29
grants
$10–50K
105
grants
$50–250K
256
grants
$250K–1M
81
grants
$1–5M
26
grants
$5M+
3
grants

Geographic Focus

17 states

Minnesota
$128.4M
57% of total
South Dakota
$72.8M
32% of total
North Dakota
$11.0M
5% of total
Virginia
$3.2M
1% of total
Ohio
$2.6M
1% of total
District of Columbia
$2.0M
1% of total
New Mexico
$1.6M
1% of total
New York
$832K
0% of total
California
$710K
0% of total
Massachusetts
$624K
0% of total

+7 more states

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