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786 Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$170k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$340kHuman Services$333kEnvironment$275kEducation$275kAnimals$163kFood & Nutrition$135kReligion$103kHousing & Shelter$55kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $65k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$4.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$100,000
MINNEHAHA ACADEMY$35,000
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA$15,000
EVERY MEAL$15,000
STAR HOUSE$5,000
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 (FY17–25, $73k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SERVING PEOPLE IN NEED INC: $10k → 10%SERVING PEOPLE IN NEED INC: $8k → 10%PROJECT FOR PRIDE LIVING: $10k → 11%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $15k → 14%SERVING PEOPLE IN NEED INC: $5k → 10%PROJECT FOR PRIDE LIVING: $5k → 11%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $10k → 14%FAMILY INDEPENDENCE INITIATIVE: $5k → 10%SHARE OUR SELVES CORPORATION: $5k → 10%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
WI
NY
PA
CA
CO
VA
SC
DC
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 31 repeat orgs$452k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

31 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2025, 28 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
25

Total granted

$1.6M
$432k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+37%

Still filing today

55%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentHuman ServicesAnimalsEducationFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • AL
    ALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER INC
    5× · 2019–2023 · $125k · revenue +61%
  • GW
    GREENWOOD WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER
    6× · 2017–2023 · $80k · revenue +53%
  • MA
    MINNEHAHA ACADEMY
    2× · 2022–2025 · $70k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • PC
    PACIFICA CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue +34%
  • GL
    GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HUNTINGTON BCH
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • UF
    UW FOUNDATION - KEMP NRS
    one grant, 2021 · $40k
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
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
2
Minnesota Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment
3
Eastern National

Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.

Recreation & Sports
4
Minnesota Forest Industries Inc

To inform and educate the public about forest industries practices in minnesota.

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5
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
6
Habitat for Humanity of Orange County Inc

Habitat for humanity's mission is to give witness to the christian gospel by working with god's people to build decent habitats for those who are inadequately sheltered in orange county.

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7
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
8
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
9
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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10
University Family Physicians Inc

Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…

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11
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
12
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Star House. 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

36 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. 36 of the 58 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/36
Grantees still filing
31/36
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INC: $300,000 · OtherCAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INCIndividual grant recipient: $200,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientMATA AMRITANANDAMAYI CENTER: $120,000 · OtherMATA AMRITANANDAMAYI CENTERYMCA: $55,000 · OtherSEVA: $50,000 · OtherGRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH OF HUNTINGTON BCH: $50,000 · OtherLIFETRACK RESOURCES INC: $45,000 · Other+28 more: $508,500 · Other+28 morePACIFICA CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $100,000 · EducationPACIFICA CHRI…MINNEHAHA ACADEMY: $70,000 · EducationMINNEHAHA ACA…UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $49,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF…THE UWM FOUNDATION INC: $20,600 · EducationTHE UWM FOUND…ALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER INC: $125,000 · EnvironmentALDO LEOP…TREES FOR TOMORROW INC: $25,000 · EnvironmentTREES FOR…EARTHJUSTICE: $10,000 · EnvironmentEARTHJUST…+2 more: $10,000 · Environment+2 moreGREENWOOD WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER: $80,000 · AnimalsCOLORADO HORSE RESCUE: $30,000 · AnimalsLongmont Friends of Feral & Abandoned Cats: $20,000 · AnimalsREZDAWG RESCUE INC: $5,000 · AnimalsMICHAEL FIELDS AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE INC: $45,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $20,000 · Food & NutritionEVERY MEAL: $15,000 · Food & NutritionPENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: $10,000 · Food & NutritionLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $25,000 · Human ServicesServing People In Need Inc: $22,500 · Human ServicesPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesFII - NATIONAL: $5,000 · Human ServicesShare Our Selves Corporation: $5,000 · Human ServicesAMERICA INC: $30,000 · Civil Rights
Other$1,328,500Education$239,600Environment$170,000Animals$135,000Food & Nutrition$90,000Human Services$72,500Civil Rights$30,000

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 budgetCAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INC: $300,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER INC: $125,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetPACIFICA CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL: $100,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetGREENWOOD WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER: $80,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetMINNEHAHA ACADEMY: $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $49,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMICHAEL FIELDS AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE INC: $45,000 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetLIFETRACK RESOURCES INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetKeystone Community Services: $35,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICA INC: $30,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCOLORADO HORSE RESCUE: $30,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILIES FORWARD: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTREES FOR TOMORROW INC: $25,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetServing People In Need Inc: $22,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetTHE UWM FOUNDATION INC: $20,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST PAUL URBAN TENNIS PROGRAM: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLongmont Friends of Feral & Abandoned Cats: $20,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetSIMPSON HOUSING SERVICES INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHUNTINGTON VALLEY LITTLE LEAGUE: $15,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEVERY MEAL: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGREENPEACE FUND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFII - NATIONAL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetShare Our Selves Corporation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREZDAWG RESCUE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHOWARD YOUNG FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRED WELLS TENNIS AND EDUCATION CENTER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEDUCATIONAL EQUITY ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEvery Creature Counts: $3,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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.

  • Who funds CAMP MANITO-WISH YMCA INC ↗
  • Who funds ALDO LEOPOLD NATURE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds PACIFICA CHRISTIAN HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds GREENWOOD WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MINNEHAHA ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MICHAEL FIELDS AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds LIFETRACK RESOURCES INC ↗
  • Who funds Keystone Community Services ↗
  • Who funds AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO HORSE RESCUE ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds FAMILIES FORWARD ↗
  • Who funds TREES FOR TOMORROW INC ↗
  • Who funds Serving People In Need Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE UWM FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST PAUL URBAN TENNIS PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds Longmont Friends of Feral & Abandoned Cats ↗
  • Who funds SIMPSON HOUSING SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds HUNTINGTON VALLEY LITTLE LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC ↗

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.

Otto Bremer TrustSaint Paul & Minnesot…The Richard M Schulze…Lauretta Boyd Charita…Hardenbergh FoundationThe Minneapolis Found…Community Foundation …Baird Foundation IncAmerican Gift FundColorado Gives Founda…Xcel Energy FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…
Otto Bremer TrustMN16.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Lauretta Boyd Charitable Trust · Hardenbergh Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Community Foundation Boulder County · Baird Foundation Inc · American Gift Fund · Colorado Gives Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 786 Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from 786 Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 58 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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