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Bieber 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.

$319k
Granted FY2023
49
Grants FY2023
6
States reached
$36k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

100% of Bieber Family Foundation’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Schwab Charitable Fund, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2023, the last year Bieber Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 41 organizations, $319k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

67
’20
75
’21
76
’22
41
’23
0
’24

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Philanthropy$512kHealth$392kEducation$390kHuman Services$284kCivil Rights$160kYouth Development$99kFood & Nutrition$75kRecreation & Sports$57kOther$0
02FY2023 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k33 grants · $97k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $223k
$5,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$21M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAMMER RESIDENCES$36,000
ALIGHT COLOR MOVEMENT EL SALVADOR$25,000
INNER HERO$24,000
ARC OF MN$15,000
MINNESOTA TEEN CHALLENGE$12,500
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION$10,000
WASHBURN CENTER FOR CHILDREN$10,000
DELASALLE HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
ACE SCHOLARSHIPS$10,000
TRUE FRIENDS$10,000
HEART AND HAND CENTER$10,000
WAYZATA COMMUNITY CHURCH$10,000
CHRESTOMATHY INC$10,000
HOPE ACADEMY$10,000
FRASER COMMUNITY SERVICES$10,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–23, $268k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MOUNT OLIVET ROLLING ACRES: $5k → 5%MOUNT OLIVET ROLLING ACRES: $5k → 5%LOS CABOS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 6%MOUNT OLIVET ROLLING ACRES: $5k → 5%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $10k → 7%MOUNT OLIVET ROLLING ACRES: $3k → 5%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $2k → 6%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $5k → 7%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $1k → 6%CHALLENGE ASPEN: $1k → 6%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $5k → 7%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $5k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $5k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $5k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $3k → 11%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MN: $1k → 14%SISTERS RISING WORLDWIDE: $5k → 14%SISTERS RISING WORLDWIDE: $2k → 14%SISTERS RISING WORLDWIDE: $1k → 14%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $2k → 11%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $2k → 11%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $1k → 11%HOMEWARD BOUND: $5k → 11%HOMEWARD BOUND: $5k → 11%HOMEWARD BOUND: $2k → 11%HOMEWARD BOUND: $2k → 11%PRISM: $6k → 11%PRISM: $5k → 11%PRISM: $2k → 11%TAKE CHARGE MINNESOTA: $1k → 11%HAMMER RESIDENCES: $36k → 11%HAMMER RESIDENCES: $36k → 11%HAMMER RESIDENCES: $35k → 11%HAMMER RESIDENCES: $26k → 11%EPISCOPAL GROUP HOMES: $5k → 11%EPISCOPAL GROUP HOMES: $2k → 11%CHRESTOMATHY INC: $10k → 11%EPISCOPAL GROUP HOMES: $2k → 11%CHRESTOMATHY INC: $10k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
WA
MN
IL
NV
NJ
CA
CO
NE
VA
MD
DC
GA
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.8M · 95 repeat orgs$38k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +38% since the first grant, against +25% for the ones you funded once.

95 repeat relationships — 45 still active in FY2023, 50 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call). Read against FY2023, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

95
12

Total granted

$1.8M
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+25%

Still filing today

77%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • HR
    Hammer Residences Inc
    4× · 2020–2023 · $133k · revenue +40%
  • MT
    Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc
    4× · 2020–2023 · $88k · revenue +44%
  • TA
    THE ARC MINNESOTA INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $60k · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • CC
    Clayton Contributes Fund
    one grant, 2022 · $8k · revenue -32%
  • FF
    FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +16%
  • AA
    ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2022 · $5k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — 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 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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3
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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4
The Minneapolis Foundation

The foundation cultivates generosity by taking action on the greatest civic, social, and economic needs partnering with nonprofits, facilitating grantmaking, driving research and advocacy, and providing services to donors seeking to make a…

Philanthropy
5
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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6
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

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

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7
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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8
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

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

Philanthropy
9
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
10
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
11
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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12
St Paul Transportation Management Organization

Move minnesota leads the movement for an equitable and sustainable transportation system that puts people first. we are passionate about connecting communities, ending the climate crisis, expanding access to jobs and resources, and…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners and the most unlike its peers is The International Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 40 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%11%10–20yr18%25%20–35yr14%30%35–55yr15%30%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%2%5–10yr19%8%10–20yr18%44%20–35yr14%19%35–55yr15%27%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/92
the rest of the field
15%
7,913/52,850

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

89 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 89 of the 114 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
88/89
Grantees still filing
73/89
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ALIGHT COLOR MOVEMENT EL SALVADOR — $100,000 · OtherALIGHT COLOR MOVEMENT EL SALVADORTHE ARC MINNESOTA INC — $60,000 · OtherTHE ARC MINNESOTA INCFRASER COMMUNITY SERVICES — $40,000 · OtherWayzata Community Church — $40,000 · OtherDELASALLE HIGH SCHOOL — $40,000 · OtherTRUE FRIENDS — $37,500 · Other+60 more — $584,000 · Other+60 moreDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC — $439,329 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE …GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY — $50,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITE…+2 more — $18,300 · PhilanthropyUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION — $40,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF …ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION — $40,000 · EducationALLIANCE FOR C…HOPE ACADEMY INC — $40,000 · EducationHOPE ACADEMY I…DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY — $20,000 · EducationDUNWOODY COLLE…ROOM TO READ — $20,000 · EducationROOM TO READWALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS — $19,750 · EducationWALLIN EDUCATI…FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION MINNESOTA INC — $19,000 · EducationFOLDS OF HONOR…SUMMIT ACADEMY OIC — $17,500 · EducationSUMMIT ACADEMY…PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $15,000 · EducationPRAGER UNIVERS…MIYA MBA REMEDIAL EDUCATION FOR CAMEROON INC — $10,000 · EducationCOLORADO ACADEMY — $10,000 · Education+6 more — $27,500 · Education+6 moreHammer Residences Inc — $133,000 · Human ServicesHammer Reside…LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA — $20,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SOCI…CHRESTOMATHY INC — $20,000 · Human ServicesCHRESTOMATHY …MOUNT OLIVET ROLLING ACRES INC — $17,500 · Human ServicesMOUNT OLIVET …GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY — $17,500 · Human ServicesGREATER MINNE…HOMEWARD BOUND INC — $14,000 · Human ServicesPEOPLE RESPONDING IN SOCIAL MINISTRY — $13,000 · Human ServicesEPISCOPAL GROUP HOMES INC — $9,000 · Human Services+6 more — $24,000 · Human Services+6 moreMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc — $87,500 · HealthWashburn Center for Children — $40,000 · HealthGillette Children's Hospital Foundation — $17,500 · HealthRonald McDonald House Global — $12,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION — $12,000 · Health+3 more — $6,000 · HealthTHE INNER HERO — $49,000 · Youth DevelopmentCenter of the American Experiment — $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentTREEHOUSE — $5,000 · Youth Development+1 more — $2,700 · Youth DevelopmentTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $40,000 · Social Science
Other$901,500Philanthropy$507,629Education$278,750Human Services$268,000Health$175,000Youth Development$81,700Social Science$40,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC — $439,329 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHammer Residences Inc — $133,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc — $87,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC MINNESOTA INC — $60,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY — $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INNER HERO — $49,000 over 4y, 43% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOUNDATION — $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ASPEN INSTITUTE INC — $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION — $40,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWashburn Center for Children — $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE ACADEMY INC — $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTRUE FRIENDS — $37,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPAGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHEART AND HAND CENTER — $30,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCenter of the American Experiment — $25,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetPACER CENTER INC — $25,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCAN DO CANINES — $22,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA — $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY — $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHRESTOMATHY INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetROOM TO READ — $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS — $19,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION MINNESOTA INC — $19,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetOPPORTUNITY PARTNERS — $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSUMMIT ACADEMY OIC — $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMOUNT OLIVET ROLLING ACRES INC — $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM — $17,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS — $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPERSPECTIVES INC — $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGillette Children's Hospital Foundation — $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY — $17,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMETRO MEALS ON WHEELS INC — $16,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe New Horizons Foundation Inc — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEWARD BOUND INC — $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE RESPONDING IN SOCIAL MINISTRY — $13,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE — $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRonald McDonald House Global — $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC — $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE INC — $12,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION — $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBridging Inc — $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC — $11,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMATTER — $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMIYA MBA REMEDIAL EDUCATION FOR CAMEROON INC — $10,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetThe International Foundation — $10,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Minneapolis Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Richard M Schulze…Otto Bremer TrustMightycause Charitabl…Xcel Energy FoundationThe K FoundationCh Robinson Worldwide…The Graco FoundationCatholic Community Fo…Bame FoundationUnited Way Worldwide
The Minneapolis FoundationMN42.1× affinity24 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 · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The K Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · The Graco Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Bame Foundation · United Way Worldwide

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Bieber Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 114 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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