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Otto Bremer Trust Grants

Private foundation · EIN 41-6019050 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$125.8M
Grants reported
1,063
Typical grant
$55K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

$19.2M

How to apply

This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.

Contact
Otto Bremer Trust
Deadlines
See grant guidelines at www.ottobremer.org
Application materials
See grant guidelines at www.ottobremer.org
Restrictions
See grant guidelines at www.ottobremer.org
Original filing text
Contact
OTTO BREMER TRUST
Address
30 EAST 7TH STREET ST PAUL, MN, 55101
Phone
6512278036
Deadlines
SEE GRANT GUIDELINES AT WWW.OTTOBREMER.ORG
Application materials
SEE GRANT GUIDELINES AT WWW.OTTOBREMER.ORG
Restrictions
SEE GRANT GUIDELINES AT WWW.OTTOBREMER.ORG

Reported organization name: OTTO BREMER TRUST

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
2025180$57.2M
2024883$68.5M

Where Otto Bremer Trust gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Greater Twin Cities United Way

MINNEAPOLIS, MN

$4.2MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Community responsive fund

Greater Milwaukee Foundation Inc

MILWAUKEE, WI

$3.2MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Community responsive fund

Initiative Foundation

LITTLE FALLS, MN

$3.2MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Community responsive fund

United Way of Wisconsin

MADISON, WI

$2.1MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Community responsive fund

Montana Community Foundation Inc

HELENA, MT

$1.6MTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Community responsive fund

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (1,063 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Otto Bremer Trust's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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