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3M OPEN FUND is a nonprofit organization created to run an annual pga tour sanctioned professional golf tournament that will contribute positively to the life in the community through donations of the net proceeds from the event.

$700k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$2.9MRecreation & Sports$1.7MPhilanthropy$1.2MScience & Tech$556kHuman Services$538kCommunity Improvement$486kYouth Development$255kFood & Nutrition$225kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 14 grants below total $647,100, the rows itemized in this filing. The $700,373 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $53,273 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $239k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$28,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW MASONIC CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$250,000
PGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC$150,000
FOLDS OF HONOR$32,500
SPRING LAKE PARK FIRE DEPT INC$30,600
THE LARRY FITZGERALD FOUNDATION$30,000
PGA REACH MINNESOTA$30,000
ALLINA HEALTH SYSTEMS$28,000
GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY$20,000
BLAINE POLICE EXPLORERS$20,000
CUB FOUNDATION$15,000
FOSTER ONE$12,500
NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER$10,500
BE THE WHY$10,000
TWIN CITIES FILM FEST$8,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $568k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%OPEN ARMS HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $5k → 15%BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK: $5k → 15%YWCA OF ST PAUL: $100k → 14%YWCA OF ST PAUL: $100k → 14%YWCA OF ST PAUL: $50k → 14%FOSTER ONE: $13k → 14%NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $20k → 14%MAN UP CLUB: $5k → 14%YWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS: $100k → 11%YWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS: $100k → 11%YWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS: $50k → 11%YWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS: $10k → 11%YWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS: $10k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
CA
UT
KY
MD
AZ
DC
OK
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$7.4M · 24 repeat orgs$760k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue -1% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
27

Total granted

$7.4M
$738k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

-1%
-2%

Still filing today

75%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FH
    Fairview Health Services
    7× · 2019–2025 · $2.6M · revenue +33%
  • PT
    PGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $660k · revenue +20%
  • TC
    TWIN CITIES JUNIOR GOLF PROGRAM
    5× · 2019–2024 · $282k · revenue +467%

Funded once

  • BO
    BUSINESS OF CARING - THE LEHMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $150k · revenue -50%
  • LS
    Lake Street Council
    one grant, 2020 · $150k · revenue -85%
  • NP
    NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue +145%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Women's Foundation of Minnesota

Women's Foundation of Minnesota is a statewide community foundation investing in ending systemic inequities and driving innovation for gender and racial justice. WFM applies an Intersectional Equity Framework inclusive of gender, race,…

Philanthropy
2
Minnesota Golf Association Foundation

Use golf to do good. regardless of background or ability, every individual should have access to the life-changing benefits of the greatest game in the world. we want to share golf with everyone. the foundation uses golf to change lives.…

Education
3
Professional Golfers Association Mn Section

To promote the enjoyment and involvement in the game of golf and to contribute to the growth of the golf professional and the golf industry. the minnesota section will accomplish this mission by enhancing the skills of golf professionals…

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4
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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5
United States Golf Association

The united states golf association champions and advances the game of golf. it serves millions of golfers and thousands of golf courses both within the united states and around the world through programs and services that promote a…

Recreation & Sports
6
Minnesota Chamber Foundation

The organization's mission is to bring stakeholders together to promote prosperity and long-term growth of minnesota's economy.

Public Benefit
7
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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8
Twin Cities in Motion

Twin cities in motion organizes the region's premier running events, including the medtronic twin cities marathon, a top 10 u.s. marathon with a mission of promoting healthy lifestyles through running events and community outreach, tcm is…

Recreation & Sports
9
Achieve Twin Cities

As one of the upper midwest's leading career and college readiness organizations, achieve twin cities rallies community support and delivers best-in-class programs to inspire and equip young people in minneapolis and saint paul, minnesota…

Youth Development
10
Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership

The mission of the greater msp partnership is to accelerate regional competitiveness and inclusive economic growth through job creation, capital investment and execution of strategic initiatives. the partnership works to strengthen our…

Community Improvement
11
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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12
Friends of Minnesota Men's Gymnasti Mannon
Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Sports Center Foundation; the most unlike its peers is 3M Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

47 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 47 of the 54 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
44/47
Grantees still filing
22/47
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Fairview Health Services: $2,625,000 · HealthFairview Health ServicesALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM: $263,500 · HealthALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM+2 more: $23,520 · HealthURBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $260,125 · OtherURBAN VENTURES LEADER…VEAP Inc: $200,000 · OtherVEAP IncBLAINE POLICE FEDERATION: $147,408 · OtherBLAINE POLICE FEDERAT…MINNESOTA MINORITY JUNIOR GOLF ASSOCIATION INC: $133,500 · OtherMINNESOTA MINORITY JU…BLAINE POLICE EXPLORER POST 3939: $129,700 · OtherBLAINE POLICE EXPLORE…NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherNATIONAL PARK FOUNDAT…At The Turn: $67,380 · OtherCUB FOUNDATION: $60,000 · OtherLake Street Council: $150,000 · OtherLake Street Council+17 more: $322,629 · Other+17 morePGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC: $660,000 · Recreation & SportsPGA TOUR FIRST T…TWIN CITIES JUNIOR GOLF PROGRAM: $281,750 · Recreation & SportsTWIN CITIES JUNI…WORLD GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · Recreation & SportsWORLD GOLF FOUND…NATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOUNDATION: $54,000 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $15,000 · Recreation & SportsGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $797,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER TWIN CI…THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $227,500 · PhilanthropyTHE MINNEAPOLIS…BUSINESS OF CARING - THE LEHMAN FAMILY FOUNDATION: $150,000 · PhilanthropyBUSINESS OF CAR…+1 more: $12,500 · PhilanthropySCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA: $555,500 · Arts & CultureTWIN CITIES FILM FEST: $37,600 · Arts & CultureYWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS: $270,000 · Human ServicesYoung Women's Christian Association of St Paul: $250,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $20,000 · Human Services+4 more: $27,500 · Human ServicesMINNESOTA SECTION PGA FOUNDATION: $273,500 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION MINNESOTA INC: $78,500 · EducationMILITARY BOWL FOUNDATION INC: $24,000 · Education+2 more: $12,500 · Education
Health$2,912,020Other$1,570,742Recreation & Sports$1,210,750Philanthropy$1,187,000Arts & Culture$593,100Human Services$567,500Education$388,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFairview Health Services: $2,625,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $797,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPGA TOUR FIRST TEE FOUNDATION INC: $660,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetSCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA: $555,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTWIN CITIES JUNIOR GOLF PROGRAM: $281,750 over 5y, 13% of budgetMINNESOTA SECTION PGA FOUNDATION: $273,500 over 7y, 5.8% of budgetYWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS: $270,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM: $263,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $260,125 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetYoung Women's Christian Association of St Paul: $250,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $227,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetVEAP Inc: $200,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWORLD GOLF FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLake Street Council: $150,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION MINNESOTA INC: $78,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetAt The Turn: $67,380 over 3y, 21% of budgetNATIONAL SPORTS CENTER FOUNDATION: $54,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSPRING LAKE PARK FIRE DEPT INC: $46,060 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetATHLETES FOR MN KIDS INC: $40,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetTWIN CITIES FILM FEST: $37,600 over 5y, 2.5% of budgetVETERANS MEMORIAL PARK OF BLAINE: $30,000 over 2y, 24% of budget3M FOUNDATION: $25,600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMILITARY BOWL FOUNDATION INC: $24,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSTEPPING STONE EMERGENCY HOUSING: $21,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetLUNAR INC: $20,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTB1 FUND INC: $16,020 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetTONY FINAU FOUNDATION FKA FINAU YOUTH FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE THIELEN FOUNDATION INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCAMERON CHAMP FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPGA TOUR INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIRDIES 4 BRAINS MN INC: $7,500 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TWIN CITIES: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBolder Options: $7,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPGA TOUR WIVES ASSOCIATION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSHS Athletics Booster Club: $5,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetBLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIn Sports Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetOPEN ARMS HOME FOR CHILDREN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPUPPIES & GOLF INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetTHE MAN UP CLUB: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Minneapolis Found…Pga Tour IncSaint Paul & Minnesot…The Hubbard Broadcast…Fr Bigelow FoundationOtto Bremer TrustXcel Energy FoundationGreater Twin Cities U…Pohlad Family Foundat…Mightycause Charitabl…American Gift FundAllina Health System
The Minneapolis FoundationMN25.1× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Pga Tour Inc · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Xcel Energy Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Pohlad Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · American Gift Fund · Allina Health System

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization 3m Open Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from 3m Open Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Pga Tour Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 54 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home