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44 North Foundation Inc at a glance

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44 North Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$995k
Granted FY2024still arriving
59
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Human Services$509kReligion$470kHousing & Shelter$351kFood & Nutrition$244kEducation$163kHealth$99kPublic Benefit$38kPublic Safety & Disaster$28kOther$0
02FY2024 · 59 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $96k
  • $10k–50k40 grants · $749k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $150k
$12,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACADEMY OF HOLY ANGELS$150,000
CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL$40,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$40,000
LOAVES AND FISHES$30,000
SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND$30,000
MINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS$30,000
PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE$25,000
SHARING AND CARING HANDS$25,000
WARRIORS AND QUIET WATERS FOUNDATION INC$22,500
BIG SKY BRAVERY$22,500
GOOD IN THE HOOD$22,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$22,000
BRIDGE FOR YOUTH$22,000
SIMPSON HOUSING SERVICES$22,000
MILITARY WARRIORS SUPPORT FOUNDATION$22,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $306k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MILITARY WARRIORS SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $22k → 16%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $22k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $18k → 14%MILITARY WARRIORS SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $18k → 16%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $15k → 14%MILITARY WARRIORS SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $15k → 16%HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL: $5k → 10%SHARING AND CARING HANDS: $25k → 11%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $22k → 11%SHARING AND CARING HANDS: $20k → 11%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $20k → 11%WAY TO GROW: $15k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $15k → 11%GOOD IN THE HOOD: $22k → 11%GOOD IN THE HOOD: $20k → 11%GOOD IN THE HOOD: $16k → 11%GOOD IN THE HOOD: $16k → 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.
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 36 repeat orgs$260k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +42% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 35 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
4

Total granted

$1.8M
$14k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+42%
+21%

Still filing today

67%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $246k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHousing & ShelterPublic BenefitFood & NutritionHealthEmploymentOther
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

  • MA
    MINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS
    3× · 2022–2024 · $75k · revenue +34%
  • GI
    GOOD IN THE 'HOOD
    4× · 2021–2024 · $74k · revenue +28%
  • NH
    NorthPoint Health and Wellness Center Inc
    4× · 2021–2024 · $68k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $7k
  • HH
    HAVEN HOUSING
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue -100%
  • KS
    KENWOOD SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $1k
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
Mercy House Minneapolis
Human Services
2
Shelter House Community Shelter and Transition Services

Through shelter and housing, advocacy and supportive services, our mission is to prevent and end homelessness in our community.

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3
Mn Veterans Pantry

The mn veterans pantry is committed to enhancing the lives of minnesota veterans by providing targeted financial support through grants exclusively for grocery and supply items. our current partnership with the minneapolis va medical…

Public Benefit
4
The Family Place

Assisting families in shelters to gain more confidence in building future goals that will lead to success of the entire family.

—
5
Housinglink

Connecting people to affordable rental homes, increasing choice and access for all.

Housing & Shelter
6
Swords to Plowshares Veterans Rights Organization

Swords to plowshares' mission is to heal the wounds of war, to restore dignity, hope and self-sufficiency to all veterans in need, and to significantly reduce homelessness and poverty among veterans.

Public Benefit
7
Urban Triage Incorporated

Urban triage transforms culture, institutions, and communities to ensure a humane future.

Philanthropy
8
My Sister's Place Inc

My sister's place, inc. shelters, supports and empowers survivors of domestic violence and their children, while providing leadership and education to build a supportive community.

—
9
Humility Homes and Services Inc

Humility homes and services, inc. is committed to ending homelessness by offering housing opportunities and supportive services in the greater quad cities area.

Housing & Shelter
10
United States Veterans Initiative

The successful transition of military veterans and their families through the provision of housing, counseling, career development and comprehensive support.

Human Services
11
St John the Evangelist Homeless Shelter Inc

To honor the dignity, restore hope and create lasting change for homeless and those at risk in the green bay area.

Housing & Shelter
12
Mental Health Resources Inc

The mission of mental health resources is to foster hope, health and recovery for people affected by mental illness and substance use disorder.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans; the most unlike its peers is Fishing for Life. 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

43 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. 43 of the 64 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/43
Grantees still filing
27/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ACADEMY OF THE HOLY ANGELS: $400,000 · OtherACADEMY OF THE HOLY ANGELSLOAVES AND FISHES: $95,000 · OtherLOAVES AND FISHESCRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: $90,000 · OtherCRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOLCATHOLIC CHARITIES: $60,000 · OtherBENILDE ST MARGARETS HIGH SCHOOL: $60,000 · OtherST VINCENT DE PAUL: $47,000 · OtherAGATE HOUSING & SERVICES INC: $60,000 · OtherMINNESOTA MILITARY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $45,000 · Other+30 more: $412,739 · Other+30 moreGOOD IN THE 'HOOD: $74,069 · Human ServicesGOOD IN THE 'HOO…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $55,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR …MILITARY WARRIORS SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $55,000 · Human ServicesMILITARY WARRIOR…SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesSHARING AND CARI…THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $42,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRIDGE FOR Y…WAY TO GROW: $15,000 · Human ServicesOPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $15,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesNorthPoint Health and Wellness Center Inc: $68,000 · HealthWARRIORS & QUIET WATERS FOUNDATION INC: $32,500 · HealthInvisible Wounds Project Inc: $10,000 · HealthPEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE INC: $45,000 · Housing & ShelterMy Very Own Bed: $22,000 · Housing & ShelterBIG SKY COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST BSCHT: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterRUTH'S HOUSE OF HOPE: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $55,000 · Food & NutritionEVERY MEAL: $20,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE: $15,000 · Food & NutritionHUNGER IMPACT PARTNERS: $7,000 · Food & NutritionMINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS: $75,000 · EmploymentThe Lift Garage: $5,000 · EmploymentBIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION: $32,500 · Public BenefitEVERY THIRD SATURDAY INC: $32,000 · Public BenefitSOLDIERS 6 INC: $8,000 · Public BenefitTalons Reach Foundation Inc: $5,000 · Public Benefit
Other$1,269,739Human Services$306,069Health$110,500Housing & Shelter$102,000Food & Nutrition$97,000Employment$80,000Public Benefit$77,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD IN THE 'HOOD: $74,069 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetNorthPoint Health and Wellness Center Inc: $68,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAGATE HOUSING & SERVICES INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $55,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMILITARY WARRIORS SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMINNESOTA MILITARY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetPEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSIMPSON HOUSING SERVICES INC: $42,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $42,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE 4 Youth: $40,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetWARRIORS & QUIET WATERS FOUNDATION INC: $32,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION: $32,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetEVERY THIRD SATURDAY INC: $32,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $23,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetMy Very Own Bed: $22,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetMINNESOTA PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $21,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERY MEAL: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWAY TO GROW: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSPANISH PEAKS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetBIG SKY COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST BSCHT: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetGallatin River Task Force: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetInvisible Wounds Project Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetYouthprise: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetSOLDIERS 6 INC: $8,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetHUNGER IMPACT PARTNERS: $7,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetTHE MISSION PROJECT: $6,000 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetSTAR HOUSE: $6,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetBIG SKY COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHAVEN HOUSING: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTalons Reach Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL OF DISTRICT IX INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRUTH'S HOUSE OF HOPE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Lift Garage: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFishing For Life: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFISHING WITH VETS: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% 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…Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Richard M Schulze…Mightycause Charitabl…Xcel Energy FoundationOtto Bremer TrustPohlad Family Foundat…The Blackbaud Giving …The Walser FoundationCatholic Community Fo…Charities Aid Foundat…The Head Family Found…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN37.9× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Pohlad Family Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Walser Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Head Family Foundation

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 44 North Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from 44 North Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
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Find your warmest path to 44 North Foundation Inc through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 64 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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