Minnesota · Private foundation
Acorn Foundation
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.
- $235k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 10
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $4.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations Acorn Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 10 | $235k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $230k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $218k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $235k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $235k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $235k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washburn Center for Children | $355,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Horses for Heroes - New Mexico Inc | $255,000 | 6 | 14% |
| Christian Herald Association Inc | $67,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Angel Foundation | $55,000 | 6 | 1% |
| CaringBridge | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The General Council of the Assemblies of God | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| All Hands and Hearts Smart Response Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Rise Incorporated | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Jack's Basket | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($604k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Acorn Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Acorn Foundation
- How much does Acorn Foundation give?
- Acorn Foundation reported 10 grants totaling $235,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Acorn Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (93%), Religion (5%), Environment (1%).
- Who are Acorn Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Washburn Center for Children ($355k), Horses for Heroes - New Mexico Inc ($255k), Christian Herald Association Inc ($67k).
- Does Acorn Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Acorn Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Acorn Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Acorn Foundation based?
- Acorn Foundation is based in MN.
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