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Alkire Family Foundation Tr

Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$71k
Granted FY2017
18
Grants FY2017
6
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2017 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2017

  • Under $10k16 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
$3,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
2017 GRANT BRIDGING$15,000
GIRL SCOUTS OF UTAH$10,000
VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAH$9,000
AUTISM SPEAKS$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$5,000
MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM$4,000
MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION$3,000
MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS$3,000
ANIMAL HUMANE SOCIETY$3,000
MESA VERDE FOUNDATION$3,000
GALLATIN RIVER TASK FORCE$2,500
FRIENDS OF BLUE SKY EDUCATION$2,000
UPPER MISSOURI WATERSHED ALLIANCE$1,500
WESTERN NATIONAL PARK ASSOCIATION$1,500
HRDC$1,500
02The need
02

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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–17) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%WESTERN NATIONAL PARK ASSOCIATION: $2k → 15%MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM: $4k → 5%MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION: $3k → 6%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%UPPER MISSOURI WATERSHED ALLIANCE: $2k → 9%HRDC: $2k → 10%GALLATIN RIVER TASK FORCE: $3k → 10%BIG HORN RIVER ALLIANCE: $500 → 23%GIRL SCOUTS OF UTAH: $10k → 8%MESA VERDE FOUNDATION: $3k → 12%AUTISM SPEAKS: $5k → 11%MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM FOUNDATION: $493 → 5%MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $3k → 11%FRIENDS OF BLUE SKY EDUCATION: $2k → 10%VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAH: $9k → 8%ANIMAL HUMANE SOCIETY: $3k → 11%2017 GRANT BRIDGING: $15k → 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 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
Science Museum of Minnesota

The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."

Arts & Culture
2
Swan Valley Connections

Maintain the swan valley's unique natural resources and ensure that a vibrant human community can sustain itself through stewardship, education, economic viability, and conservation on public and private lands.

Environment
3
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
4
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

We inspire people to live in harmony with the natural world by fostering love, appreciation, and understanding of the sonoran desert.

Arts & Culture
5
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
6
Maine Audubon Society

Maine Audubon works to conserve Maine's wildlife and habitat by engaging people of all ages in education, conservation, and action. We are helping the people of Maine become the nation's most informed and effective stewards of wildlife and…

Environment
7
American Museum of Natural History

The museum's mission statement is: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."

Arts & Culture
8
Huron Pines Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc

It is our mission at huron pines to conserve and enhance northern michigan's natural resources to ensure healthy water, protected places and vibrant communities. for alomst 50 years, our work across the forests, lakes and streams of…

Environment
9
Grand Canyon Conservancy

As the official philanthropic and collaborative partner of the grand canyon national park, grand canyon conservancy's mission is to inspire generations of park champions to cherish and support the natural and cultural wonder of the grand…

Environment
10
National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States

Impart knowledge and appreciation of humanity's relationship with wildlife through art.

Arts & Culture
11
Montana Wildlife Federation

The montana wildlife federation is a statewide conservation organization dedicated to protecting wildlife, wildlife habitat, and public access for outdoor recreation.

Animals
12
Montana Trout Unlimited

To conserve, protect and restore montana's coldwater fisheries and watersheds.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Minnesota Zoo Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Mesa Verde Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

15 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. 15 of the 18 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
14/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

2017 GRANT BRIDGING: $15,000 · Other2017 GRANT BRIDGINGVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAH: $9,000 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAHMINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM: $4,000 · OtherMINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUMHRDC: $1,500 · OtherFRIENDS OF BIG SKY EDUCATION: $2,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF BIG SKY EDUCATIONWESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION: $1,500 · OtherGIRL SCOUTS OF UTAH: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF …MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $3,000 · Arts & CultureMINNEAPOL…MESA VERDE FOUNDATION: $3,000 · Arts & CultureMESA VERD…MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION: $3,000 · AnimalsMINNESOTA…Animal Humane Society: $3,000 · AnimalsAnimal Hu…Gallatin River Task Force: $2,500 · EnvironmentGallatin …UPPER MISSOURI RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE: $1,500 · EnvironmentUPPER MIS…MONTANA RAPTOR CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $1,000 · EnvironmentMONTANA R…BIGHORN RIVER ALLIANCE: $500 · EnvironmentBIGHORN R…MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM FOUNDATION: $493 · EnvironmentMINNESOTA…UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $5,000 · Health
Other$33,000Youth Development$10,000Arts & Culture$6,000Animals$6,000Environment$5,993Education$5,000Health$5,000

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 budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF UTAH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA UTAH: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SPEAKS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMESA VERDE FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Humane Society: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGallatin River Task Force: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF BIG SKY EDUCATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUPPER MISSOURI RIVER WATERSHED ALLIANCE: $1,500 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetWESTERN NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTANA RAPTOR CONSERVATION CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM FOUNDATION: $493 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.

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.

Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Alkire Family Foundation Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Alkire Family Foundation Tr. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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 18 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 2017, released 2017. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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