United Health Foundation
Eden Prairie, MN · EIN 41-1941615. Reported 250 grants totalling $181.6M to 121 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation told the IRS it does not accept unsolicited requests: it contributes only to organizations it selects itself.
Does this foundation accept applications?
No -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation to check a box if it "only makes contributions to preselected charitable organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests for funds". United Health Foundation checked it on its most recent filing, as 78% of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered did. An unsolicited request is unlikely to go anywhere.
Organizations it funds that make grants of their own
4 of the organizations United Health Foundation funded make grants themselves, and it reported 8 grants totalling $104.4M to them. That is 64% of the $164.1M of its giving we could match to a registered organization. Each is classified by the IRS as a philanthropy or grantmaking organization, reported grants to at least 25 organizations of its own, and has at least 10 funders behind it.
All of them file Form 990, which never asks whether an organization funds only groups it picks, so there is no answer on record either way.
What that does not mean. It does not mean an application to any of them reaches this foundation's money. A private foundation's grant to a community foundation or a federated campaign is often a donor-advised fund or a gift designated for a purpose the foundation chose, and has nothing to do with any open programme the receiving organization runs. Its return's purpose text sometimes names a family fund or a designated purpose, which is the plainest case of money no applicant can reach; where it names none, neither return says which. The list is who this foundation paid that also makes grants. Whether any of them would fund you is a question for its own page.
| Grantmaker | Kind | State | Received | Grants | Years | Last | Only funds organizations it picks? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Online Giving Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | Delaware | $102.3M | 4 | 4 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc | grantmaking organization | Florida | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 | Its form does not ask |
| Baton Rouge Area Foundation | community foundation | Louisiana | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
| The Greater New Orleans Foundation | community foundation | Louisiana | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 | Its form does not ask |
A floor, not a full list. A grantmaker appears here only where this foundation's return named it clearly enough for us to match the name to an EIN, which we manage for about two thirds of 990-PF grant rows, and only where that grantmaker has a page on this site. There may be more. Dollars here are summed by EIN across every spelling on its returns, so a figure can differ from the matching row in the full list below, which groups names as written. And the IRS classification cannot tell a grantmaker from a funders' association or a donor-advised fund sponsor, so a payment to one of these may be dues or an account rather than support for a grants programme.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $200,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $46,750 and $500,000; the smallest was $1,000 and the largest $26.8M.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Online Giving Foundation | Newark, DE | $102.3M | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Scholarship America | Detroit, MI | $5,379,077 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Childrens National Medical Center | Silver Spring, MD | $3,359,567 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| East Carolina University | Greenville, NC | $2,670,294 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Nurses Foundation Inc | Silver Springs, MD | $2,624,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Indian College Fund | Denver, CO | $2,516,583 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Childrens Minnesota Foundation | Edina, MN | $2,500,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Active Minds Inc | Washington, DC | $2,479,166 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| North Olympic Healthcare Network | Port Angeles, WA | $2,177,284 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Camba Inc | Brooklyn, NY | $2,025,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Asian & Pacific Islander American Scholarship Fund | Washington, DC | $2,004,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Valle Del Sol Inc | Phoenix, AZ | $1,997,066 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Hispanic Association of Colleges | San Antonio, TX | $1,937,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Health Alliance for the Uninsured | Oklahoma City, OK | $1,862,854 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Indian Health Care Resource Center | Tulsa, OK | $1,848,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Medical Fellowships Inc | Alexandria, VA | $1,703,894 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Harris Stowe Foundation Inc | St Louis, MO | $1,666,667 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| National Hispanic Health Foundation | Washington, DC | $1,569,100 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Volunteer Florida Foundation | Tallahassee, FL | $1,500,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| The United Negro College Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $1,481,691 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Hispanic Federation | New York, NY | $1,479,846 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Healthnet Inc | Indianapolis, IN | $1,333,334 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Native American Connections | Phoenix, AZ | $1,316,832 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Texas Assoc of Community Health Centers | Austin, TX | $1,246,041 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Thurgood Marshall College Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $1,218,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center | Baton Rouge, LA | $1,209,716 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Direct Relief | Santa Barbara, CA | $1,200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rainbow Health | St Paul, MN | $1,080,051 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jackie Robinson Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $1,080,000 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation | Leawood, KS | $1,050,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Arc of the United States | Washington, DC | $1,031,679 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Aafp Foundation | Leawood, KS | $1,000,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Red Cross | Minneapolis, MN | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Save the Children Federation Inc | Fairfield, CT | $1,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| US India Friendship Alliance Inc | New York, NY | $1,000,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Health Care for the Homeless | Nashville, TN | $990,635 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Healthcare for the Homeless Council | Nashville, TN | $990,635 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Health Care Center for the Homeless | Orlando, FL | $910,126 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Touro University | Henderson, NV | $866,652 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin | Milwaukee, WI | $833,333 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Michigan Primary Care Association | Lansing, MI | $833,333 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family First Health | York, PA | $668,019 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Any Baby Can | Austin, TX | $666,667 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Colorado Center for Nursing Excellence | Denver, CO | $600,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Emotional and Mental | Pasadena, CA | $553,291 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Medical Fellowships Inc | New York, NY | $547,917 | 4 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cherokee Health Systems | Talbott, TN | $504,803 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Commonwealth of Kentucky | Frankfort, KY | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fsu Research Foundation Inc | Tallahasee, FL | $498,244 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Health Care for the Homeless Council | Nashville, TN | $495,318 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| National Black Nurses Assn Inc | Silver Spring, MD | $427,260 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community of Hope | Washington, DC | $412,695 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Asian & Pacific Islander American | Washington, DC | $375,000 | 5 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Marys Health Wagon | Wise, VA | $373,000 | 4 | 2 | 2022 |
| Helen Ross Mcnabb Center | Knoxville, TN | $350,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Corporation of Mercer University | Macon, GA | $330,886 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Morehouse College | Atlanta, GA | $320,166 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Friends of Ulster University | New York, NY | $307,853 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Congressional Black Caucus Foundation | Washington, DC | $307,300 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Baton Rouge Area Foundation | Baton Rouge, LA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Greater New Orleans Foundation | New Orleans, LA | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hawaii Community Foundation | Honolulu, HI | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Healthconnect One | Chicago, IL | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| La Clinica De Familia | Las Cruces, NM | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Maui Food Bank | Wailuku, HI | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Galway University Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $237,056 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Meta House Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $233,206 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bayou Community Foundation | Houma, LA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater | New Orleans, LA | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope Family Health Services | Westmoreland, TN | $188,393 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Assoc of Hispanic Nurses | Mclean, VA | $186,000 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Birth Detroit | Detroit, MI | $157,972 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Guthrie Theater | Minneapolis, MN | $150,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| University of North Carolina | Atlanta, GA | $135,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland | $125,206 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | |
| Walker Art Center | Minneapolis, MN | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Atlantic Technological University | $123,283 | 1 | 1 | 2024 | |
| Justbirth Space | Montclair, NJ | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Project Hope | Washington, DC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The MV3 Foundation | Cambridge, MA | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Childrens Theatre Company | Minneapolis, MN | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of North Carolina | Carolina, NC | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Queens University Belfast Foundation | $80,997 | 3 | 3 | 2024 | |
| Minneapolis Institute of Arts | Minneapolis, MN | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Atlanta Doula Collective | Hampton, GA | $74,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| National Hospice Foundation | Alexandria, VA | $64,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| African American Breastfeeding Network | Milwaukee, WI | $55,750 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Atlantic Technological University - Donegal | $50,597 | 2 | 2 | 2023 | |
| Center of Southwest Culture Inc | Albuquerque, NM | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Florida Medical Directors Association | West Palm Beach, FL | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The MV3 Foundation | Carmichael, CA | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute | Washington, DC | $46,750 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Best Prep | Brooklyn Park, MN | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Charles R Drew University | Los Angeles, CA | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Foundation for Nc A&t State University | Greensboro, NC | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan State University Foundation | Saint Paul, MN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tennessee State University Foundation | Nashville, TN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Delasalle High School | Minneapolis, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Second Harvest Heartland | Brooklyn Park, MN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| TOUCH4LIFE | Clarksville, MD | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| 180 Degrees | Minneapolis, MN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Blue Star Families | Encinitas, CA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Growing Up New Mexico | Santa Fe, NM | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Medical College of Wisconsin Inc | Milwaukee, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Bemidji State University Alumni | Bemidji, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Foundation for Social Connection | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Indiana Rural Health Association | Terre Haute, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mental Health America | Indianapolis, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Northwest Indian Community | Bemidji, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oklahoma City Indian Clinic | Oklahoma City, OK | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Trevor Project | West Hollywood, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Missouri | Columbia, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| University of Wisconsin | Madison, WI | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Community Health Network Foundation | Indianapolis, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Good Samaritan Health Services | Tulsa, OK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Healthlinc Inc | Valparaiso, IN | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lincoln University | Jefferson City, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oklahoma Heart Hospital Research | Oklahoma City, OK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The University of Oklahoma Foundation | Tulsa, OK | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Association of State and Territorial | Arlington, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Association of State and Territorial Health Officials | Arlington, VA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
50 of 121 (41%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 63%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one, and this foundation told the IRS it does not.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- American Online Giving Foundation
CORPORATE MATCH FOR EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM - Scholarship America
DIVERISTY IN HEALTH CARE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM - Hispanic Association of Colleges
HEALTH CARE SCHOLARS UNITED PROGRAM - East Carolina University
CARING FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF CHILDREN: USING TELEPSYCHIATRY TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO CARE AND PROMOTE WELL-BEING - Childrens National Medical Center
INTEGRATED SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES FOR AT-RISK CHILDREN - North Olympic Healthcare Network
INTO THE RIVER: TAKING CARE TO COMMUNITIES IN NEED-- MOBILIZING INTERVENTIONS UPSTREAM AND DOWNSTREAM TO ADDRESS DISPARITIES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 177 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 98 | $43.5M | $124,565 |
| 2022 | 49 | $42.8M | $359,377 |
| 2023 | 46 | $45.0M | $354,167 |
| 2024 | 57 | $50.3M | $250,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. United Health Foundation has 4 of them, worth $20.0M. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| America Online Giving | Newark, DE | $5,451,385 |
| American Online Giving Foundation | Newark, DE | $4,974,710 |
| American Online Giving Foundation | Newark, DE | $4,939,429 |
| American Online Giving Foundation | Newark, DE | $4,599,535 |
Where its money goes
56% of its giving went to organizations in Delaware.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more. Unlike this foundation, none of them is on record as funding only organizations it picks, and each page says what its filings show.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from United Health Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 1 Health Drive, Eden Prairie, MN, 55344. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS.
EIN 41-1941615 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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