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Belton Family 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.

$412k
Granted FY2024still arriving
31
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$350kEducation$336kInternational$211kYouth Development$201kReligion$195kHealth$178kEmployment$155kHuman Services$91kOther$0
02FY2024 · 31 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k22 grants · $393k
$12,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$7.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MINNEHAHA ACADEMY$35,000
ONEVILLAGE PARTNERS$30,000
WASHBURN CENTER FOR CHILDREN$30,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH$30,000
GUTHRIE THEATER$26,000
BANYAN COMMUNITY$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
FAMILY PARTNERSHIP$20,000
PARTNERS IN FOOD SOLUTIONS$20,000
WALKER WEST MUSIC ACADEMY$16,800
MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO$15,000
CURE BLINDNESS PROJECT$15,000
CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL$15,000
DARTMOUTH COLLEGE$15,000
TWIN CITIES RISE$12,500
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 (FY19–24, $194k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%4 WORD: $15k → 14%FELLOWSHIP OF FATHERS FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%4 WORD: $15k → 14%FELLOWSHIP OF FATHERS FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%4 WORD: $15k → 14%FELLOWSHIP OF FATHERS FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%FELLOWSHIP OF FATHERS FOUNDATION: $15k → 14%4 WORD: $10k → 14%4 WORD: $10k → 14%AVIVO: $9k → 11%FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $20k → 11%FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $20k → 11%FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $20k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
NH
WA
MN
WI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CA
CO
MD
DC
AL
GA
TX
FL
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 41 repeat orgs$194k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

41 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
17

Total granted

$1.8M
$166k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+13%

Still filing today

71%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalArts & CultureHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentReligionOther
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

  • WC
    Washburn Center for Children
    4× · 2021–2024 · $110k · revenue +31%
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH
    4× · 2021–2024 · $100k · revenue +61%
  • MP
    MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA
    4× · 2021–2024 · $75k · revenue +0%

Funded once

  • LA
    LAND AND LIFE FOUNDATIONG
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • GT
    GUTHRIE THEATRE
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • SA
    SALVATION ARMY
    one grant, 2019 · $20k
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 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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2
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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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
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
5
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
6
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
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
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
9
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
10
Great Mn Schools

We believe that great schools are the cornerstone of a just and thriving community. ensuring that every child is able to attend a school that works is our moral and social imperative - our children deserve no less.

Education
11
African Development Center

Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota

Human Services
12
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Minneapolis Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Gospel Association of India Inc. 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

48 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. 48 of the 70 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
46/48
Grantees still filing
32/48
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH: $80,000 · OtherUNITED METHODIST CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $65,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWALKER WEST MUSIC ACADEMY: $63,930 · OtherWALKER WEST MUSIC ACADEMYIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $30,000 · OtherTwin Cities Rise: $70,000 · OtherTwin Cities RiseGOSPEL ASSOCIATION OF INDIA INC: $30,000 · OtherYOUNG LIFE: $37,500 · OtherNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE: $30,000 · Other+31 more: $376,950 · Other+31 moreONEVILLAGE PARTNERS: $120,500 · InternationalONEVILLAGE PARTNERSJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH: $100,000 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT …HIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $65,000 · InternationalHIMALAYAN CATARACT …PARTNERS IN FOOD SOLUTIONS: $55,000 · InternationalPARTNERS IN FOOD SO…+3 more: $18,500 · InternationalMINNEHAHA ACADEMY: $132,500 · EducationMINNEHAHA ACADEM…Trustees of Dartmouth College: $80,000 · EducationTrustees of Dart…The Trustees of Princeton University: $40,000 · EducationThe Trustees of …TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $40,000 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE …+4 more: $16,640 · Education+4 moreMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $75,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PUB…GUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATION: $61,000 · Arts & CultureGUTHRIE THEAT…YELLOW TREE THEATRE: $45,000 · Arts & CultureYELLOW TREE T…HOPEWELL MUSIC COOPERATIVE-NORTH: $30,000 · Arts & CultureHOPEWELL MUSI…MACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC: $29,000 · Arts & CultureMACPHAIL CENT…+1 more: $5,000 · Arts & Culture4WORD: $65,000 · Human Services4WORDThe Family Partnership: $60,000 · Human ServicesThe Family…FELLOWSHIP OF FATHERS FOUNDATION: $60,000 · Human ServicesFELLOWSHIP…AVIVO: $8,750 · Human ServicesWashburn Center for Children: $110,000 · HealthST MARYS HEALTH CLINICS: $12,500 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthThe Banyan Foundation: $60,000 · Community ImprovementVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $22,500 · Community Improvement
Other$813,380International$359,000Education$309,140Arts & Culture$245,000Human Services$193,750Health$123,000Community Improvement$82,500

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 budgetMINNEHAHA ACADEMY: $132,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetONEVILLAGE PARTNERS: $120,500 over 6y, 3.5% of budgetWashburn Center for Children: $110,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH: $100,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $80,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $75,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTwin Cities Rise: $70,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budget4WORD: $65,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetHIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC: $65,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWALKER WEST MUSIC ACADEMY: $63,930 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetGUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATION: $61,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Family Partnership: $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetThe Banyan Foundation: $60,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF FATHERS FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetPARTNERS IN FOOD SOLUTIONS: $55,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetYELLOW TREE THEATRE: $45,000 over 4y, 2.2% of budgetThe Trustees of Princeton University: $40,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA: $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $37,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHOPEWELL MUSIC COOPERATIVE-NORTH: $30,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetMACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC: $29,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST MARYS HEALTH CLINICS: $12,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGOODWILL INDUSTRIES INTERNATIONAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIVE US WINGS: $10,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetAVIVO: $8,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT ZAWADI INC: $8,140 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetFERNANDO PULLUM COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER: $5,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMISSION DISPATCH: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BRANDLAB: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTIONS TO INDEPENDENCE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaringBridge: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTuskegee University: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlumni Education Foundation for Malverne Ufsd Incorporated: $500 over 1y, 12% of budgetAnimal Humane Society: $500 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 MINNEHAHA ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds ONEVILLAGE PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds Washburn Center for Children ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH ↗
  • Who funds Trustees of Dartmouth College ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds Twin Cities Rise ↗
  • Who funds 4WORD ↗
  • Who funds HIMALAYAN CATARACT PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds WALKER WEST MUSIC ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds GUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Family Partnership ↗
  • Who funds The Banyan Foundation ↗
  • Who funds FELLOWSHIP OF FATHERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN FOOD SOLUTIONS ↗
  • Who funds YELLOW TREE THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds The Trustees of Princeton University ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds GOSPEL ASSOCIATION OF INDIA INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE ↗
  • Who funds HOPEWELL MUSIC COOPERATIVE-NORTH ↗
  • Who funds MACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VAIL VALLEY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds URBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA ↗

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…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Mortenson Family Foun…Mightycause Charitabl…Otto Bremer TrustThe Richard M Schulze…YouthpriseGreater Twin Cities U…The Walser FoundationPohlad Family Foundat…Linsmayer James B Fdn…Engelsma Family Found…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN29.9× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Youthprise · Greater Twin Cities United Way · The Walser Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Linsmayer James B Fdn Tr-Main · Engelsma 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 Belton Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Belton 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%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 35%
  • Goodwill Industries International Inc: 35% of income from government
  • The Trustees of Princeton University: 11% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 70 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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