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Alex G & Mollie Tankenoff Family Foundation at a glance

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Alex G & Mollie Tankenoff Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$31k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$83kHealth$64kPhilanthropy$34kCommunity Improvement$20kReligion$20kCivil Rights$13kArts & Culture$6kHousing & Shelter$4kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$638k
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 95% of reported assets are held in Us Bank.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN MN$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MNSD$4,000
TEMPLE OF AARON$3,800
ALZHEIMERS ASSOC OF MNND$2,500
JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SRV MPLS$2,400
THE SHOLOM FOUNDATION$1,500
HOPKINS EDUCATION FOUNDATION$1,500
JEWISH COMM REALTIONS COUNCIL$1,000
MINNESOTA HILLEL$1,000
MINNESOTA OVARIAN CANCER ALLIANCE$1,000
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM MIM$500
TPT$500
HERZL CAMP FOUNDATION$500
NC LITTLE MEMORIAL HOSPICE$250
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 (FY19–24, $7k) 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%ICA FOOD SHELF: $500 → 11%NEW YORK PEACE INSTITUTE: $1k → 17%THE SHOLOM FOUNDATION: $4k → 11%THE SHOLOM FOUNDATION: $2k → 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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$202k · 20 repeat orgs$29k to everyone else

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

20 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
12

Total granted

$202k
$21k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+37%

Still filing today

65%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Housing & ShelterHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureReligionCivil RightsOther
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

  • MO
    Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance Inc
    7× · 2018–2024 · $11k · revenue +37%
  • NC
    N C LITTLE MEMORIAL HOSPICE INC
    4× · 2017–2024 · $7k · revenue +45%
  • MJ
    MINNESOTA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
    3× · 2017–2021 · $7k · revenue +147%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $6k
  • JI
    J-HAP INC
    one grant, 2019 · $4k · revenue -19%
  • MO
    MN OVARIAN CANCER ALLIANCE MOCA
    one grant, 2017 · $3k
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
Minnesota Jewish Community Center Foundation

The minnesota jcc foundation's sole purpose is to support the minnesota jcc.

Human Services
2
Jewish Community Action

Jewish community action's mission is to organize minnesota jews on key issues impacting our families and neighbors, including religious freedom, affordable housing and public safety.

Civil Rights
3
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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4
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest

The purpose of the society is to promote the vitality and continuity of jewish culture in the upper midwest through preservation, interpretation and education.

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5
Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Mitchell hamline school of law is an independent law school that advances its mission through a combination of legal education, public service, and community engagement. it is dedicated to preparing students to practice law, while also…

Education
6
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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7
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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8
Metropolitan Jewish Health System Inc

Mjhs health system is a charitable not-for-profit established to support the activities of affiliated organizations. mjhs is built on the core values of compassion, dignity and respect, first established by the four brooklyn ladies in…

Health
9
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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10
Jewish Senior Life

To enhance the quality of life, health, and well-being of jewish older adults, their families, and others in our community, consistent with the values and traditions of our jewish heritage.

Religion
11
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
12
The Jewish Museum

The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Minneapolis Jewish Federation; the most unlike its peers is Volunteer Lawyers for Justice in. 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

22 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. 22 of the 38 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MNSD: $24,500 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MNSDALZHEIMERS ASSOC OF MNND: $19,500 · OtherALZHEIMERS ASSOC OF MNNDJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SRV MPLS: $17,200 · OtherJEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SRV MPLSTEMPLE OF AARON: $10,160 · OtherTEMPLE OF AARONNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR JEWISH WOMEN: $10,000 · OtherNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR JEWISH WOMENMINNESOTA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $6,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,600 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · Other+17 more: $26,830 · Other+17 moreSHOLOM COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $50,500 · Housing & ShelterSHOLOM COMMUNITY ALLIAN…J-HAP INC: $3,600 · Housing & ShelterJ-HAP INC+1 more: $500 · Housing & ShelterMINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION: $31,100 · PhilanthropyMINNEAPOLIS JE…HOPKINS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,500 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN MINNESOTA (MN) SECTION: $20,250 · Community ImprovementMinnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance Inc: $10,500 · HealthN C LITTLE MEMORIAL HOSPICE INC: $6,750 · HealthSHOLOM FOUNDATION: $5,100 · Human ServicesNEW YORK PEACE INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesINTERCONGREGATION COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION INC: $500 · Human ServicesMUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM: $4,000 · Arts & CultureTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $1,490 · Arts & Culture
Other$125,290Housing & Shelter$54,600Philanthropy$32,600Community Improvement$20,250Health$17,250Human Services$6,600Arts & Culture$5,490

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 budgetSHOLOM COMMUNITY ALLIANCE: $50,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION: $31,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN MINNESOTA (MN) SECTION: $20,250 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetMinnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance Inc: $10,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetN C LITTLE MEMORIAL HOSPICE INC: $6,750 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMINNESOTA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHOLOM FOUNDATION: $5,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM: $4,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJ-HAP INC: $3,600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA AND THE DAKOTAS: $3,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMINNESOTA HILLEL: $2,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHONEYMOON ISRAEL FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPKINS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $1,490 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW YORK PEACE INSTITUTE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVOLUNTEER LAWYERS FOR JUSTICE IN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHERZL CAMP FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERCONGREGATION COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION: $200 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 SHOLOM COMMUNITY ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds MINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN MINNESOTA (MN) SECTION ↗
  • Who funds Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance Inc ↗
  • Who funds N C LITTLE MEMORIAL HOSPICE INC ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SHOLOM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds J-HAP INC ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA AND THE DAKOTAS ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA HILLEL ↗
  • Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds HONEYMOON ISRAEL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPKINS EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW YORK PEACE INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEER LAWYERS FOR JUSTICE IN ↗
  • Who funds HERZL CAMP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INTERCONGREGATION COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds JEREMIAH PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION ↗

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…Marshall & Elaine Sie…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Baratz Family Foundat…The Rum FundMike & Linda Fiterman…Mightycause Charitabl…Oren and Sharron Stei…Moscoe Family Foundat…Robert and Susan Diam…Tankenoff Families Fo…Carl & Tammy Birnberg…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN25.6× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Marshall & Elaine Siegel Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Baratz Family Foundation Inc · The Rum Fund · Mike & Linda Fiterman Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Oren and Sharron Steinfeldt Foundation · Moscoe Family Foundation · Robert and Susan Diamond Foundation · Tankenoff Families Foundation · Carl & Tammy Birnberg 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 Alex G & Mollie Tankenoff Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alex G & Mollie Tankenoff Family Foundation. 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%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Volunteer Lawyers for Justice in: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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 Alex G & Mollie Tankenoff Family Foundation 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 38 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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