EIN 411604640

WEM FOUNDATION

MINNEAPOLIS, MN 554405828

Total Assets

FY 2023

Annual Giving

$359.5M

FY 2023

Grants Made

135

FY 2023

Avg Grant

$2.7M

FY 2023

Grant Range

$100–$75.2M

Typical

Deadlines

Applications

Financial Snapshot

2023 filing

Total Revenue

$5.9M

Total Expenses

$360.2M

Qualifying Distributions

$360.0M

Distributable Amount

$7.8M

Min. Investment Return

$7.8M

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

135 grants

Grant sizes from minimum $100 through median $550K to maximum $75.2M, 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 $359.5M in 2023. Hover bars for details.

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

Top Recipients

409 grants

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
$75.2M
3 grants
DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
$30.5M
3 grants
MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM
$30.1M
5 grants
MAYO CLINIC
$26M
2 grants
MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART
$25.9M
4 grants
MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
$25.7M
6 grants
THE LEARNING ALLIANCE
$21.3M
4 grants
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION - BELL MUSEUM AND PLANETARIUM
$20M
3 grants

Grant Size Distribution

409 grants

<$10K
88
grants
$10–50K
92
grants
$50–250K
105
grants
$250K–1M
46
grants
$1–5M
48
grants
$5M+
30
grants

Geographic Focus

22 states

Minnesota
$399.8M
68% of total
District of Columbia
$75.9M
13% of total
Florida
$51.0M
9% of total
Montana
$19.2M
3% of total
Maine
$15M
3% of total
Connecticut
$13.2M
2% of total
New York
$7.3M
1% of total
California
$2.3M
0% of total
Maryland
$1.0M
0% of total
Colorado
$850K
0% of total

+12 more states

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