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Baxter Family Foundation at a glance

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Baxter 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.

$18k
Granted FY2025still arriving
26
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0189% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Food & Nutrition$24kEnvironment$17kHousing & Shelter$16kReligion$12kArts & Culture$10kHuman Services$7kPublic Benefit$6kYouth Development$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$800
Median grant
3
States reached
$251k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMONBOND COMMUNITIES$1,500
AEON$1,500
LOAVES FISHES$1,000
SECOND HARVEST NORTHLAND$1,000
LANDMARK CONSERVANCY$1,000
DUNN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,000
THE MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN ARTS$1,000
SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND$1,000
MN LAND TRUST$1,000
MN MILITARY APPRECIATION FUND$1,000
SALVATION ARMY$1,000
WAYZATA COMMUNITY CHURCH$800
PRESBYTERIAN HOMES FOUNDATION$800
Individual grant recipient$517
THE FOOD GROUP$500
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 (FY25–25, $800) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, 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%PRESBYTERIAN HOMES FOUNDATION: $800 → 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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$107k · 47 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

47 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

47
13

Total granted

$107k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
+24%

Still filing today

47%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentArts & CultureFood & NutritionAnimalsHealthHousing & 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

  • A
    AEON
    5× · 2021–2025 · $10k · revenue +20%
  • LC
    LANDMARK CONSERVANCY INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $7k · revenue +7%
  • COMMONBOND COMMUNITIES
    5× · 2021–2025 · $6k · revenue +86%

Funded once

  • IO
    INTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +23%
  • M
    MATTERgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +26%
  • PN
    PARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue 0%
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 Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment
2
Science Museum of Minnesota

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

Arts & Culture
3
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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4
Conservation Minnesota

Conservation minnesota's mission is to turn our shared conservation values into state priorities and provide you with the information you need to make decisions for your family, community and future.

Environment
5
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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6
Mn Community Measurement

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

Health
7
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
8
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation

To support charitable, plant-based scientific, and educational activities exclusively for the benefit of the minnesota landscape arboretum of the university of minnesota

Environment
9
Second Harvest North Central Food Bank

Engaging the community to end hunger

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10
University of Minnesota Foundation

A non-profit organization with the sole purpose of supporting the university of minnesota with a mission to connect passion with possibility, inspire generosity, and support greatness at the university of minnesota.

Education
11
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation

This member-supported organization protects and restores iowa's land, water and wildlife for future generations. priorities include permanent land protection, promotion of improved land management and bringing new conservation…

Environment
12
Minnesota Environmental Partnership

The minnesota environmental partnership is a coalition that strengthens member effectiveness and builds collective power to secure a healthy environment for all minnesotans.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners; the most unlike its peers is Wayzata Symphony Orchestra. 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

29 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. 29 of the 63 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
19/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SECOND HARVEST: $10,000 · OtherSECOND HARVESTWAYZATA CHURCH: $9,000 · OtherWAYZATA CHURCHMN LAND TRUST: $7,000 · OtherMN LAND TRUSTCOMMONBOND COMMUNITIES: $5,500 · OtherCOMMONBOND COMMUNITIESSALVATION ARMY: $5,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYMN MILITARY APPRECIATION FUND: $4,500 · OtherMN MILITARY APPRECIATION FUNDDUNN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,000 · OtherBOYS GIRLS CLUBS: $3,500 · OtherLOAVES AND FISHES: $3,000 · Other+36 more: $28,232 · Other+36 moreAEON: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterAEONLANDMARK CONSERVANCY INC: $7,000 · EnvironmentCoastside Land Trust: $400 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $300 · Environment+2 more: $400 · EnvironmentFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE: $4,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $2,000 · Food & NutritionMATTER: $1,000 · Food & NutritionTHE MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN ART: $1,240 · Arts & CultureLAKE MINNETONKA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 · Arts & CultureLAKE SUPERIOR RAILROAD MUSUEM: $950 · Arts & CultureMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $180 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $100 · Arts & CultureTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $1,500 · AnimalsAnimal Humane Society: $1,300 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $400 · AnimalsCHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $1,500 · Philanthropy
Other$79,732Housing & Shelter$10,000Environment$8,100Food & Nutrition$7,000Arts & Culture$3,470Animals$3,200Philanthropy$1,500

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 budgetAEON: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetLANDMARK CONSERVANCY INC: $7,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMONBOND COMMUNITIES: $5,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDUNN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $4,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSecond Harvest Northland: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $1,600 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Humane Society: $1,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN ART: $1,240 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $1,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMATTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAKE MINNETONKA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $1,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetLAKE SUPERIOR RAILROAD MUSUEM: $950 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN HOMES FOUNDATION: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION INC: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTANFORD HEALTH CARE: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCoastside Land Trust: $400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $300 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLAND STEWARDSHIP PROJECT: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $180 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWAYZATA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $75 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 AEON ↗
  • Who funds LANDMARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMONBOND COMMUNITIES ↗
  • Who funds FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE ↗
  • Who funds DUNN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Second Harvest Northland ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds UNION GOSPEL MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MARINE MAMMAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND ↗
  • Who funds Animal Humane Society ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN ART ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds MATTER ↗
  • Who funds LAKE MINNETONKA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds LAKE SUPERIOR RAILROAD MUSUEM ↗
  • Who funds PRESBYTERIAN HOMES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARK NICOLLET 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.

Xcel Energy FoundationSaint Paul & Minnesot…The Minneapolis Found…Minnesota Historical …Mightycause Charitabl…Renaissance Charitabl…Charities Aid Foundat…American Endowment Fo…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Morgan Stanley Global…Donor Advised Charita…
Xcel Energy FoundationMN18.3× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Xcel Energy Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Minnesota Historical Society · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Baxter Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Baxter 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report 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 63 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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