Minnesota Charter School Sponsors — 1991-2005
| Sponsor | Total authorized* | Total currently operating | Approved, not operating* | Closed or never opened | Open but changed sponsor |
| School Districts (30) | |||||
| Anoka-Hennepin School District | 1 | - | - | - | 1-(PACT) |
| Balaton School District | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Brooklyn Center School District | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Chaska School District | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Chisago Lakes School District | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Duluth School District | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1-(Edison Duluth) |
| Faribault School District | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Forest Lake School District | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| GFW School District | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Hopkins School District | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Intermediate District #917 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| LeSeuer/Henderson School District | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Milroy School District | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Minneapolis School District | 10 | 4 | - | 1 | 5*** |
| Mountain Iron School District | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| New Ulm School District | 2 | - | - | - | 2-(Hanska, Lafayette) |
| NE Metro Intermediate District #916 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Northfield School District | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Osseo School District | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Red Wing School District | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Redwood Falls School District | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Rockford School District | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Roseville School District | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| St. Cloud School District | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| St. Louis County School District | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| St. Paul School District | 15 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2-(City Academy, Minn. Business Academy) |
| Stillwater School District | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Waseca School District | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Winona School District | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Yellow Medicine East School District | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Colleges and Universities (20) | |||||
| Alexandria Technical College | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Alfred Adler Graduate School | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Augsburg College | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Bethel College | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Central Lakes College | 4 | - | - | 1 | 3-(Lake Superior, Pillager, Great River) |
| Century College | 4 | 3 | - | 1 | - |
| College of St. Catherine | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Concordia University | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
| College of Visual Arts | 1 | - | - | - | 1-(Studio Academy) |
| Crossroads College | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Hamline University | 5 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Inver Hills Community College | 1 | - | - | - | 1-(Jennings HS) |
| Metropolitan State University | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Normandale Community College | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| North Central University | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Rochester Community/Technical Col. | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1-(Riverway) |
| St. Cloud State University | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| St. Mary’s University | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Saint Paul College | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| University of St. Thomas | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Non-profit organizations (16) | |||||
| Audubon Center of the North Woods | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| EdVisions, Inc. | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Episcopal Community Services | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Friends of Ascension | 18 | 5 | 13 | - | - |
| Germanic American Institute | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Islamic Relief Worldwide | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Lao Family Community | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Northwoods Children’s Services | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Ordway Center for the Performing Arts | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Pillsbury United Communities | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | - |
| Project for Pride in Living | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Sabathani Community Center | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Volunteers of America | 13 | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| YMCA of Greater Minneapolis | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Foundations (1)* | |||||
| James Ford Bell Foundation | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| State Agencies (1) | |||||
| Minnesota Department of Education | 14 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| ALL SPONSORS (68) | 187* ** | 105 | 43* | 22 | 17 |
* Includes four schools approved by sponsors but not yet approved by the State Department
** Fifteen of these schools are doubled counted, since they were authorized by two different sponsors and three have not yet been approved by the state; thus the net number of schools operating or approved by both the state and sponsor is currently 116
*** Cedar Riverside, Sojourner Truth, New Visions, Minnesota Transitions and Chiron all changed sponsors in the spring of 2004