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Advent Angels In My Hair Inc

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.

$111k
Granted FY2025still arriving
56
Grants FY2025still arriving
13
States reached
$20k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$638kRecreation & Sports$202kYouth Development$75kReligion$60kArts & Culture$26kHuman Services$26kHousing & Shelter$8kHealth$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 56 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k52 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $58k
$576
Median grant
13
States reached
$47k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Totino Grace High School$20,444
Trinity Lutheran Church$15,500
Mohela Student Loan US DOE$12,000
Academy of Holy Angels$10,067
United Christian Academy$8,520
The George Washington University$5,757
Metro State University$4,496
Woodbury Dance Center$4,133
University of Southern California$2,720
Allina Health$2,204
Individual grant recipient$2,135
LTD Booster Club$1,926
University of Wisconsin River Falls$1,361
University of Nebraska Foundation$1,246
Eastview High School$1,222
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 (FY17–19, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Unbound: $480 → 16%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MN: $2k → 14%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MN: $812 → 14%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

WA
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
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MA
OR
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IA
IN
OH
PA
CA
NE
MO
KY
VA
MD
DE
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KS
TN
DC
HI
AL
GA
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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.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$786k · 123 repeat orgs$261k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

123 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2025, 91 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

123
274

Total granted

$786k
$239k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+10%

Still filing today

16%
12%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationRecreation & SportsArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHealthHuman ServicesOther
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

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $68k · revenue +8%
  • UC
    UNITED CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
    3× · 2023–2025 · $20k · revenue +32%
  • UO
    University of Mary
    3× · 2022–2024 · $19k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • ER
    EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $11k · revenue +59%
  • NF
    Nelnet Federal Loan Service
    2× · 2024–2025 · $8k
  • PA
    PARENTS AND COMMUNITY FOR KIDS
    one grant, 2019 · $8k · revenue +24%
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
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
2
Augsburg University

Augsburg university educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its…

Education
3
Nebraska Wesleyan University

Nebraska wesleyan university is an academic community dedicated to intellectual and personal growth within the context of a liberal arts education and in an environment of christian concern.

Education
4
Minnesota State University Student Association Inc

Led by minnesota state university students, we are the inclusive voice for all future, current, and former students. we actively work to represent and support minnesota state university students and advocate at a campus, state, and federal…

Education
5
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
6
National Collegiate Athletic Association

Provide a world-class athletics and academic experience for student-athletes that fosters lifelong well-being.

Recreation & Sports
7
College of St Scholastica Inc

Shaped by the catholic benedictine heritage, the college of st. scholastica provides intellectual and moral preparation for responsible living and meaningful work. in conjunction with this mission statement, the college's vision statement…

Education
8
Mount Saint Mary's University Inc

As a catholic university, mount st. mary's graduates ethical leaders who are inspired by a passion for learning and lead lives of significance in service to god and others.

Education
9
Augustana University Association

Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.

Education
10
Upper Midwest Athletic Conference

The organization is organized exclusively for the fostering of amateur sports competition. the upper midwest athletic conference shall help member institutions promote and develop collegiate athletic programs and provide consistent…

Recreation & Sports
11
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Minnesota Hockey Inc; the most unlike its peers is United Christian Academy. 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

64 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 64 of the 422 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)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
61/64
Grantees still filing
49/64
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Totino Grace High School: $55,475 · OtherTotino Grace High SchoolUniversity of North Dakota: $48,389 · OtherUniversity of North DakotaWoodbury Dance Center: $39,272 · OtherTrinity Lutheran Church: $27,200 · Other+171 more: $640,304 · Other+171 moreFRIENDS OF EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY INC: $67,750 · EducationFRIENDS OF EAGLE…UNITED CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $19,639 · EducationUNITED CHRISTIAN…University of Mary: $19,331 · EducationUniversity of Ma…The George Washington University: $15,174 · EducationThe George Washi…EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY: $11,250 · EducationEAGLE RIDGE ACAD…+9 more: $14,885 · Education+9 morePARENTS AND COMMUNITY FOR KIDS: $8,062 · Arts & CultureOSSEO-MAPLE GROVE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $3,004 · Arts & CultureMAPLE BROOK SOCCER ASSOCIATION: $3,082 · Recreation & SportsGREAT WOLF SWIM CLUB INC: $2,504 · Recreation & SportsMOUNDSVIEW YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $2,371 · Recreation & SportsMOUNDS VIEW SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION: $1,341 · Recreation & SportsROSEVILLE FIGURE SKATING CLUB: $1,273 · Recreation & SportsLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $6,090 · Human ServicesALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM: $2,477 · HealthREGIONS HOSPITAL: $1,150 · HealthCOON RAPIDS SOCCER ASSOCIATION: $636 · Youth Development
Other$810,640Education$148,029Arts & Culture$11,066Recreation & Sports$10,571Human Services$6,090Health$3,627Youth Development$636

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetFRIENDS OF EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY INC: $67,750 over 7y, 17% of budgetUNITED CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $19,639 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUniversity of Mary: $19,331 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe George Washington University: $15,174 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY: $11,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARENTS AND COMMUNITY FOR KIDS: $8,062 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSIGMA CHI FRATERNITY: $7,512 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $6,090 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAPLE BROOK SOCCER ASSOCIATION: $3,082 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOSSEO-MAPLE GROVE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $3,004 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT: $2,979 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT WOLF SWIM CLUB INC: $2,504 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM: $2,477 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLDT Booster Club Inc: $2,448 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetMOUNDSVIEW YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $2,371 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $2,356 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE: $2,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA HOCKEY INC: $1,658 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $1,471 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHERN STAR COUNCIL: $1,449 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY: $1,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNDS VIEW SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION: $1,341 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetROSEVILLE FIGURE SKATING CLUB: $1,273 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetREGIONS HOSPITAL: $1,150 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES OF AMERICA SNOWBOARD AND FREESKI ASSOCIATION: $859 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH DANCE AND ENRICHMENT: $754 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN: $732 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST OLAF COLLEGE: $645 over 1y, 0.0% 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 FRIENDS OF EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds University of Mary ↗
  • Who funds The George Washington University ↗
  • Who funds EAGLE RIDGE ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds PARENTS AND COMMUNITY FOR KIDS ↗
  • Who funds SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA ↗

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.

Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN27.4× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Ecmc Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Kopp Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Graco Foundation · Bame Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Pohlad 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 Advent Angels In My Hair Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Advent Angels In My Hair Inc. 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 →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
13report 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 422 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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