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Api Group 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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
55
Grants FY2024
43
Organizations funded FY2023
60%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$300,000
Organizations funded a year
10 to 43
FY2021 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
6
Total assets, FY2024
$1.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Api Group Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 67% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $860k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23
HealthYouth DevelopmentEducationCrime & LegalInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving53$1.1M49%
FY202343$1.3M60%
FY202222$420k100%
FY202110$97kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Health$1.1MYouth Development$524kEducation$379kCommunity Improvement$179kHousing & Shelter$145kPhilanthropy$134kHuman Services$132kFood & Nutrition$70kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
WI
MA
IA
CA
CO
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Health Care Foundation$600,00031%
Junior Achievement North$250,00012%
Essentia Health Foundation$200,00014%
University of St Thomas$130,00020%
Greater Twin Cities United Way$124,56130%
Studio-180$100,00023%
Washburn Center for Children$75,00030%
American Cancer Society Inc$72,00020%
Community Partners with Youth$70,00036%
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity$65,00020%
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All grantees of Api Group Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Children's Health Care Foundation$600,00031%
Junior Achievement North$250,00012%
Essentia Health Foundation$200,00014%
University of St Thomas$130,00020%
Greater Twin Cities United Way$124,56130%
Studio-180$100,00023%
Washburn Center for Children$75,00030%
American Cancer Society Inc$72,00020%
Community Partners with Youth$70,00036%
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity$65,00020%
Northern Star Council$50,00020%
Summit Academy Oic$50,00020%
Achieve Twin Cities$45,00020%
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School$45,0002n/a
Missions Inc Programs$40,00030%
Second Harvest Heartland$35,00020%
Allina Health Foundation$35,00030%
Construction Careers Foundation$30,00023%
Solid Ground$30,00030%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$30,00030%
Avivo$25,00030%
Northside Economic Opportunity Network$25,00010%
Urban Roots Mn$25,00021%
University of Minnesota Foundation$25,00010%
Second Harvest Northland$25,00010%
United Heroes League$25,00030%
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery$25,00011%
Urban League Twin Cities$25,00012%
23rd Veteran$20,00032%
Union Gospel Mission Association of St Paul Inc$20,00020%
Cornerhouse$17,00030%
Children's Heartlink$15,00030%
First Witness Child Advocacy Center$15,00011%
Family Cancer Network Inc$15,000113%
Angel Foundation$10,00010%
Damiano of Duluth Inc$10,00011%
The Quell Foundation$10,0001n/a
Como Friends$10,00010%
Friends of Saint Paul College$10,00011%
Minnesota Computers for Schools$10,00011%
Operation Homefront Inc$10,00010%
People Incorporated$10,00020%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities$10,00010%
Page Education Foundation$10,00010%
Wilderness Inquiry Inc$8,00020%
Ascension Wisconsin Foundation Inc$6,00010%
Mahtomedi Area Educational Foundation$5,50021%
Nexus Family Healing$5,00010%
Pacer Center Inc$5,00010%
Way to Grow$5,00010%
Communities in Schools of the Twin Cities$5,00011%
Healing Warriors Program$5,00010%
The Reel Hope Project$4,80011%
D-Day Honor Ride Inc$4,4591n/a
Rotary Healthy Youth Foundation$4,00033%
Pier 22 Fishing$3,8001n/a
Miller-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries$3,75010%
Twin Cities Rise$3,00010%
Special Olympics Minnesota Inc$3,00010%
911 Day$2,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($329k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Api Group Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Health Care Foundation: $600,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetJunior Achievement North: $250,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetEssentia Health Foundation: $200,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $130,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Twin Cities United Way: $124,561 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetStudio-180: $100,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetWashburn Center for Children: $75,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $72,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Partners with Youth: $70,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetTwin Cities Habitat for Humanity: $65,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNorthern Star Council: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSummit Academy Oic: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAchieve Twin Cities: $45,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMissions Inc Programs: $40,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSecond Harvest Heartland: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAllina Health Foundation: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetConstruction Careers Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetSolid Ground: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCrohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAvivo: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorthside Economic Opportunity Network: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetUrban Roots Mn: $25,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest Northland: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Heroes League: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetGreater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery: $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUrban League Twin Cities: $25,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budget23rd Veteran: $20,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetUnion Gospel Mission Association of St Paul Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCornerhouse: $17,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetChildren's Heartlink: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetFirst Witness Child Advocacy Center: $15,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFamily Cancer Network Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetAngel Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDamiano of Duluth Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetComo Friends: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Saint Paul College: $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMinnesota Computers for Schools: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOperation Homefront Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPeople Incorporated: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPage Education Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWilderness Inquiry Inc: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAscension Wisconsin Foundation Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMahtomedi Area Educational Foundation: $5,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetNexus Family Healing: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPacer Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWay to Grow: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 56.

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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…Xcel Energy FoundationThe Minneapolis Found…Fr Bigelow FoundationThe Walser FoundationThe Hubbard Broadcast…Medica FoundationMightycause Charitabl…Andersen Corporate Fo…The Richard M Schulze…The Graco Foundation
Otto Bremer TrustMN51.9× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · The Walser Foundation · The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation · Medica Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Andersen Corporate Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Graco 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.

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How do I get to Api Group Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Api Group 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.

About Api Group Foundation

How much does Api Group Foundation give?
Api Group Foundation reported 55 grants totaling $1,096,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 43 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
What does Api Group Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (39%), Youth Development (18%), Education (13%).
Who are Api Group Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Children's Health Care Foundation ($600k), Junior Achievement North ($250k), Essentia Health Foundation ($200k).
Does Api Group Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Api Group 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 Api Group Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Otto Bremer Trust, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation.
Where is Api Group Foundation based?
Api Group Foundation is based in MN.

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 86 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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