Minnesota · Private foundation
Birmingham-Dorsey Char Tr
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.
- $116k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 16
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Birmingham-Dorsey Char Tr funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 15 | $116k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $116k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $116k | 7% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $128k | 27% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $132k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $130k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $130k | 13% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $130k | 43% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Harvest Heartland | $190,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Union Gospel Mission Association of St Paul Inc | $125,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $79,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Solid Ground | $60,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Food Group Minnesota Inc The | $55,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Microgrants | $53,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Presbyterian Homes Foundation | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Friends in Need Food Shelf | $38,500 | 9 | 1% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $34,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Arc Greater Twin Cities | $29,000 | 7 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Harvest Heartland | $190,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Union Gospel Mission Association of St Paul Inc | $125,500 | 8 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $79,500 | 6 | n/a |
| Solid Ground | $60,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Food Group Minnesota Inc The | $55,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Microgrants | $53,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Presbyterian Homes Foundation | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Friends in Need Food Shelf | $38,500 | 9 | 1% |
| World Central Kitchen Inc | $34,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Arc Greater Twin Cities | $29,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Sharing and Caring Hands Inc | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation | $21,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Union Gospel Mission Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 3% |
| My Very Own Bed | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Uplift North | $8,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Uplift North | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Cornerstone | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($332k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Birmingham-Dorsey Char Tr supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Edina Realty Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Birmingham-Dorsey Char Tr
- How much does Birmingham-Dorsey Char Tr give?
- Birmingham-Dorsey Char Tr reported 15 grants totaling $116,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 16 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Birmingham-Dorsey Char Tr fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (39%), Food & Nutrition (25%), Housing & Shelter (18%).
- Who are Birmingham-Dorsey Char Tr's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Second Harvest Heartland ($190k), Union Gospel Mission Association of St Paul Inc ($126k), Salvation Army ($80k).
- Does Birmingham-Dorsey Char Tr fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Birmingham-Dorsey Char Tr 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 Birmingham-Dorsey Char Tr?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Edina Realty Foundation, The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is Birmingham-Dorsey Char Tr based?
- Birmingham-Dorsey Char Tr is based in MN.
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