Supporters of Greater Minnesota Housing Fund investors include thoughtful, mission-oriented community and private foundations, banks, government agencies, and corporations.
Support comes in the form of program or project grants, program or mission related investments, and low-interest loans.
Philanthropic Support
Founding Funders
The McKnight Foundation and Blandin Foundation jointly funded Greater Minnesota Housing Fund when it launched in 1996.
Funders
The B.C. Gamble & P.W. Skogmo Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation
Bush Foundation
Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi Foundation for Children, a supporting organization of
The Minneapolis Foundation
The Emma B. Howe Fund of The Minneapolis Foundation
Enterprise Foundation
Faegre & Benson Foundation
Fannie Mae Foundation
F.B. Heron Foundation
Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
First Homes Initiative
Eugene U. & Mary F. Frey Family Fund of The Saint Paul Foundation
The Home Depot Foundation
Land O’Lakes Foundation
Macarthur Foundation
Mardag Foundation
The Minneapolis Foundation
Minnegasco Foundation
Minnesota Foundation
Otto Bremer Foundation
Piper Jaffray Foundation
Rochester Area Foundation
The Saint Paul Foundation
Stardust Foundation
TCF Foundation
Travelers Foundation
Twin Cities LISC
Wells Fargo Housing Foundation on behalf of Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Xcel Energy Foundation
Government Support
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
US Department of the Treasury, Community Development Finance Institution Fund
Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (Minnesota Housing)
USDA Rural Development
Program Related Investments (PRIs) and EQ2s
Blandin Foundation
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
The McKnight Foundation
Otto Bremer Trust
US Bancorp
Wells Fargo Bank
Investors
Investors in Minnesota Equity Fund
UnitedHealth Group
Individual corporations through Multi-investor Funds
Investors in NOAH Impact Fund
Hennepin County