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C & K Cunningham Fam Fdn

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$327k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
25
Grants FY2025
23
Organizations funded FY2024
17%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
18 to 23
FY2017 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$4.6M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 17% of the organizations C & K Cunningham Fam Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyArts & CultureHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving24$227k21%
FY202423$153k17%
FY202321$68k19%
FY202219$67k16%
FY202119$67k16%
FY202018$64k39%
FY201720$98kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$264kPhilanthropy$227kEducation$115kHuman Services$102kHealth$70kReligion$52kRecreation & Sports$35kYouth Development$31kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
WI
MA
IA
CA
NC
DC
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Minnesota Orchestral Association$160,00030%
Gustavus Adolphus College$56,00070%
St Olaf College$40,00060%
Macphail Center for Music$40,00060%
Cathedral of the Pines Inc$33,00071%
Mount Olivet Careview Home$29,00040%
Greater Twin Cities United Way$27,00020%
Mount Olivet Rolling Acres Inc$21,50040%
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota$21,00070%
Minnehaha Academy$19,00070%
Show all 31 grantees
All grantees of C & K Cunningham Fam Fdn by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Minnesota Orchestral Association$160,00030%
Gustavus Adolphus College$56,00070%
St Olaf College$40,00060%
Macphail Center for Music$40,00060%
Cathedral of the Pines Inc$33,00071%
Mount Olivet Careview Home$29,00040%
Greater Twin Cities United Way$27,00020%
Mount Olivet Rolling Acres Inc$21,50040%
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota$21,00070%
Minnehaha Academy$19,00070%
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery$18,00070%
Science Museum of Minnesota$18,00060%
Presbyterian Homes Foundation$17,00030%
Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies$14,00040%
Minnesota Youth Symphonies$12,00060%
Mount Olivet Day Services$12,00021%
Samaritan's Purse$10,0001n/a
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities$10,00040%
The Minnesota Opera$10,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10,00010%
Athletes Committed to Educating Students$9,00030%
Berean Baptist Church$8,0001n/a
Minnesota Dare Inc$7,00071%
Rogers Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc$7,00040%
Abbott Northwestern Hospital Foundation$6,00020%
Children's Theatre Company and School$6,00060%
Rogers Behavioral Health System Inc$4,00020%
Vocalessence$2,50010%
World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals$2,00020%
Young Mens Christian Association of the North$2,0001n/a
International OCD Foundation Inc$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($112k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget C & K Cunningham Fam Fdn supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMinnesota Orchestral Association: $160,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGustavus Adolphus College: $56,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSt Olaf College: $40,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMacphail Center for Music: $40,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCathedral of the Pines Inc: $33,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetMount Olivet Careview Home: $29,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Twin Cities United Way: $27,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMount Olivet Rolling Acres Inc: $21,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLutheran Social Service of Minnesota: $21,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMinnehaha Academy: $19,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery: $18,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetScience Museum of Minnesota: $18,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPresbyterian Homes Foundation: $17,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies: $14,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetMinnesota Youth Symphonies: $12,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetMount Olivet Day Services: $12,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Minnesota Opera: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAthletes Committed to Educating Students: $9,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMinnesota Dare Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetRogers Memorial Hospital Foundation Inc: $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAbbott Northwestern Hospital Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Theatre Company and School: $6,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRogers Behavioral Health System Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVocalessence: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational OCD Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 28.

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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.

Fred C and Katherine …Mightycause Charitabl…Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Minneapolis Found…Ea Michelson Philanth…Hardenbergh FoundationThrivent Charitable I…The Richard M Schulze…Baird Foundation IncHognander FoundationRodney and Barbara Bu…Wenger Foundation
Fred C and Katherine B Andersen FoundationMN19.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Ea Michelson Philanthropy Co Family Philanthropy Advisors · Hardenbergh Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Hognander Foundation · Rodney and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation · Wenger 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.

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About C & K Cunningham Fam Fdn

How much does C & K Cunningham Fam Fdn give?
C & K Cunningham Fam Fdn reported 25 grants totaling $327,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 23 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
What does C & K Cunningham Fam Fdn fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (28%), Philanthropy (24%), Education (12%).
Who are C & K Cunningham Fam Fdn's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Minnesota Orchestral Association ($160k), Gustavus Adolphus College ($56k), St Olaf College ($40k).
Does C & K Cunningham Fam Fdn fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does C & K Cunningham Fam Fdn accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as C & K Cunningham Fam Fdn?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
Where is C & K Cunningham Fam Fdn based?
C & K Cunningham Fam Fdn is based in MN.

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 47 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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The camps
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By state
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