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Astrup Family Foundation

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.

$710k
Granted FY2025still arriving
59
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$85k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$848kHuman Services$798kEducation$222kHousing & Shelter$201kPhilanthropy$115kReligion$101kPublic Safety & Disaster$77kYouth Development$68kOther$0
02FY2025 · 59 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k34 grants · $134k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $377k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $199k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BEST CHRISTMAS EVER INC$85,000
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS$63,958
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE UPPER MIDWEST$50,000
SEMESTER AT SEA - SHIPBOARD EDUCATION$40,000
OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE FREE CLINIC$25,000
FARM IN THE DELL OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY$25,000
SOURCE MN INC$25,000
PAY IT FORWARD INC$25,000
KINDLY COMMUNITY FUND$20,000
AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY$20,000
EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA INC$20,000
ST DAVID'S CENTER CHILD & FAMILY DEVT$18,200
AMERICAN RED CROSS SE MN CHAPTER$17,350
BENEDICTINE FOUNDATION$15,000
LAURA BAKER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION$15,000
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 (FY19–25, $134k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%BENETROU INC: $5k → 5%FAMILY PROMISE ROCHESTER: $15k → 9%ELPIS ENTERPRISES: $5k → 14%FAMILY PROMISE ROCHESTER: $10k → 9%ELPIS ENTERPRISES: $5k → 14%LIVIN FOUNDATION: $5k → 7%FAMILY PROMISE ROCHESTER: $5k → 9%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $50k → 14%GUIDE YOUR HEART: $8k → 9%A GREAT DAY FARM FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%APPLE LANE COMMUNITY CHILD CARE CENTER: $6k → 10%APPLE LANE COMMUNITY CHILD CARE CENTER: $5k → 10%SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WOMEN'S CENTER: $5k → 10%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

MN
IL
WI
NY
SD
IA
RI
CA
MO
VA
TN
MS
GA
TX
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.

72%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 39 repeat orgs$740k to everyone else

39 repeat relationships: 32 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

39
65

Total granted

$1.9M
$564k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
+30%

Still filing today

69%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $177k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyEducationCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    4× · 2019–2025 · $271k · revenue +17%
  • HC
    HealthFinders Collaborative Inc
    4× · 2019–2025 · $90k · revenue +40%
  • FI
    FARM IN THE DELL OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $75k · revenue +132%

Funded once

  • AA
    ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $65k
  • LS
    LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • LS
    LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTAgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue +66%
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.

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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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2
Ecumen

We empower individuals and families to confidently navigate aging so that it is a purposeful journey filled with dignity and support.

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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
Mn Community Measurement

Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.

Health
5
The Foundation for Health Care Continuums

The mission of the foundation for health care continuums is to strengthen each community we serve by providing a wide spectrum of housing and health care services that honor the evolving, aging population.

Health
6
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

Purpose: we inspire, advocate and invest to advance community visions. continued on sch o

Philanthropy
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
Connectability of Mn Inc

Connectability of mn, inc. works to advance the independence, productivity, and full citizenship of people experiencing physical or invisible barriers.

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9
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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10
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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11
Hope Haven Inc

As followers of christ, hope haven's mission is to empower individuals with disabilities through work and life skills so that they may enjoy a productive life in their community.

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12
Glencoe Regional Health Services

Glencoe regional health services exists to improve every life by offering high-quality, safe, and accessible healthcare. we are dedicated to strengthening healthcare by connecting our communities, enhancing the patient experience,…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint Therese; the most unlike its peers is A Great Day Farm. 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

80 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. 80 of the 133 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)
22
Early backer (in before they grew)
79/80
Grantees still filing
53/80
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BEST CHRISTMAS EVER INC: $377,000 · OtherBEST CHRISTMAS EVER INCRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE UPPER MIDWEST: $130,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE UPPER MIDWESTSEMESTER AT SEA - SHIPBOARD EDUCATION: $80,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS SE MN CHAPTER: $67,350 · OtherALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $65,000 · OtherPAY IT FORWARD INC: $60,000 · Other+77 more: $743,375 · Other+77 moreALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $270,661 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATE…HealthFinders Collaborative Inc: $90,000 · HealthHealthFinders Collaborative …EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA INC: $65,000 · HealthEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF MINNE…OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE FREE CLINIC: $60,000 · HealthOUR LADY OF GUADALUPE FREE C…Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $59,104 · HealthMinnesota Teen Challenge IncREGIONS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Health+13 more: $89,995 · Health+13 moreLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $50,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE ROCHESTER: $30,000 · Human ServicesAPPLE LANE COMMUNITY CHILD CARE CENTER: $11,000 · Human ServicesElpis Enterprises: $10,000 · Human ServicesA GREAT DAY FARM: $10,000 · Human ServicesGUIDE YOUR HEART: $8,000 · Human ServicesBENETROU INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHERN MINNESOTA WOMENS CENTER: $5,000 · Human ServicesLIVIN FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Human ServicesAUGSBURG UNIVERSITY: $65,000 · EducationOWATONNA FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · EducationBETHEL UNIVERSITY: $15,000 · EducationATHLETES COMMITTED TO EDUCATING STUDENTS: $10,000 · Education+2 more: $4,300 · EducationFARM IN THE DELL OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY INC: $75,000 · Housing & ShelterBETHLEHEM INN OF WASECA: $25,500 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $2,500 · Housing & ShelterAUSTIN COMMUNITY GROWTH VENTURES: $40,000 · Community ImprovementNORTHFIELD HEALTHY COMMUNITY INITIATIVE: $15,000 · Community ImprovementAUSTIN ASPIRES INC: $5,000 · Community ImprovementSouthwestern MN Opportunity Council: $5,000 · Community ImprovementSAINT THERESE: $15,000 · PhilanthropyFIREFIGHTERS FOR HEALING: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE SNOW FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyROCHESTER AREA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF MOWER COUNTY INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyB THE LIGHT: $5,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $2,990 · Philanthropy
Other$1,522,725Health$664,760Human Services$134,000Education$114,300Housing & Shelter$103,000Community Improvement$65,000Philanthropy$47,990

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBEST CHRISTMAS EVER INC: $377,000 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $270,661 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHealthFinders Collaborative Inc: $90,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetFARM IN THE DELL OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY INC: $75,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetEPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA INC: $65,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetAUGSBURG UNIVERSITY: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOUR LADY OF GUADALUPE FREE CLINIC: $60,000 over 3y, 9.6% of budgetMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $59,104 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSOURCE MN INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLAURA BAKER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $50,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN COMMUNITY GROWTH VENTURES: $40,000 over 4y, 3.3% of budgetFAMILY PROMISE ROCHESTER: $30,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetREGIONS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBETHLEHEM INN OF WASECA: $25,500 over 3y, 12% of budgetOWATONNA FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetKARL POTACH FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetTHE LANDING MN: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetRECOVERY IS HAPPENING: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHFIELD HEALTHY COMMUNITY INITIATIVE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSAINT THERESE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBENEDICTINE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBETHEL UNIVERSITY: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLE SUEUR BASEBALL ASSOCIATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetAPPLE LANE COMMUNITY CHILD CARE CENTER: $11,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ROCHESTER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetIRONWOOD SPRINGS CHRISTIAN RANCH INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNAMI SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetATHLETES COMMITTED TO EDUCATING STUDENTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetElpis Enterprises: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHILDHOOD CANCER COMMUNITY: $10,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetCEDAR RIVER RECREATION AND FINE ARTS COMPLEX: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetTHE LOST AND FOUND ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA GREAT DAY FARM: $10,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetThe Cookie Cart: $8,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBLOOMING PRAIRIE YOUTH CLUB: $7,500 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH: $6,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHWEST CRISIS CENTER: $5,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SNOW FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetROCHESTER AREA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUSTIN ASPIRES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNITED WAY OF MOWER COUNTY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetBENETROU INC: $5,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetGOOD EARTH VILLAGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSOUTHERN MINNESOTA WOMENS CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetWorthington Christian School Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetA PEACE OF MY MIND INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.9% 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.

Otto Bremer TrustSaint Paul & Minnesot…Rochester Area Founda…Southern Minnesota In…The Minneapolis Found…Mayo ClinicMightycause Charitabl…Minnesota Community F…The Richard M Schulze…Xcel Energy FoundationMayo Clinic Group Ret…The Graco Foundation
Otto Bremer TrustMN34.9× affinity19 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 · Rochester Area Foundation · Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Mayo Clinic · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mayo Clinic Group Return · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Astrup Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Astrup Family Foundation. 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    19report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Astrup Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Astrup 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 133 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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