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Caliber Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$38k
Granted FY2025still arriving
14
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$84kPhilanthropy$63kEducation$61kHuman Services$57kArts & Culture$50kEnvironment$37kHousing & Shelter$30kCivil Rights$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 14 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$304k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$6,000
EVERY MEAL$5,000
TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION$5,000
WILDERNESS INQUIRY$3,000
PBS FOUNDATION$2,500
PERSON TO PERSON$2,500
FERGUSON LIBRARY$2,500
SAN JOSE PUBLIC LIBRARY$2,500
FAMILY PATHWAYS$2,000
PROJECT DIVA$2,000
MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,500
ISANTI COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$1,000
ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERISTY$1,000
MINNESOTA STATE FAIR FOUNDATION$1,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–25, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%SIBLING CONNECTIONS: $3k → 8%FAMILY PATHWAYS: $6k → 7%SIBLING CONNECTIONS: $3k → 8%FAMILY PATHWAYS: $6k → 7%SIBLING CONNECTIONS: $3k → 8%FAMILY PATHWAYS: $2k → 7%FAMILY PATHWAYS: $500 → 7%FAMILY PATHWAYS: $500 → 7%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING (PPL): $3k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING (PPL): $3k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING (PPL): $3k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING (PPL): $1k → 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.
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$395k · 32 repeat orgs$72k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

32 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

32
28

Total granted

$395k
$59k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
+19%

Still filing today

63%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationPhilanthropyArts & CultureHuman ServicesInternationalHousing & 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

  • MI
    MINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $76k · revenue +186%
  • AC
    AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MINNESOTA
    6× · 2018–2024 · $30k · revenue +59%
  • WI
    WILDERNESS INQUIRY INC
    5× · 2017–2025 · $23k · revenue +150%

Funded once

  • SC
    SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $12k
  • MC
    MINNESOTA COMPUTERS FOR SCHOOLS
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +19%
  • CT
    CONNECTIONS TO INDEPENDENCEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +236%
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 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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4
Mn Community Measurement

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

Health
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
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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7
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

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

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8
African Development Center

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

Human Services
9
Reach for Resources Inc

Empowering people of all abilities to reach their full potential. we provide individualized services that maximize independence, boosts community engagement and improves physical and emotional well-being.

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10
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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11
Avivo

Avivo increases well-being through recovery and career advancement while working to end homelessness.

Human Services
12
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
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 Greenwich Spanish School Corporation the Greenwich Spanish School Gss. 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

39 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. 39 of the 66 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)
39/39
Grantees still filing
28/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MINNESOTA: $30,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MINNESOTAARC: $16,750 · OtherARCINTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $14,000 · OtherINTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $14,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYISANTI COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $12,000 · OtherSCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND: $11,746 · OtherURBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $9,000 · OtherAEON: $9,000 · OtherEVERY MEAL: $11,500 · OtherPACER CENTER INC: $11,500 · Other+35 more: $88,950 · Other+35 moreMINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY: $76,100 · PhilanthropyMINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE…PERSON TO PERSON INC: $7,500 · PhilanthropyPERSON TO PERSON INCWomen's Foundation of Minnesota: $5,000 · PhilanthropyMINNESOTA STATE FAIR FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $1,000 · PhilanthropyWALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS: $18,750 · EducationWALLIN EDU…THE FERGUSON LIBRARY: $7,500 · EducationTHE FERGUS…MINNEHAHA ACADEMY: $7,000 · EducationMINNEHAHA …MINNESOTA COMPUTERS FOR SCHOOLS: $3,000 · EducationMINNESOTA …PROJECT DIVA: $2,000 · EducationSUCCESS ACADEMY: $2,000 · Education+2 more: $2,000 · EducationFamily Pathways: $15,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $8,500 · Human ServicesSIBLING CONNECTIONS INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesMINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $21,000 · Arts & CultureTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CulturePBS FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Arts & CultureOPPORTUNITY PARTNERS: $24,000 · EmploymentWILDERNESS INQUIRY INC: $23,000 · Environment
Other$228,446Philanthropy$94,600Education$42,250Human Services$31,000Arts & Culture$28,500Employment$24,000Environment$23,000

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 budgetMINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY: $76,100 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MINNESOTA: $30,000 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetOPPORTUNITY PARTNERS: $24,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWILDERNESS INQUIRY INC: $23,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $21,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS: $18,750 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFamily Pathways: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetINTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $14,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetISANTI COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $12,000 over 5y, 5.6% of budgetPACER CENTER INC: $11,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEVERY MEAL: $11,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAEON: $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $8,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSIBLING CONNECTIONS INC: $7,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE FERGUSON LIBRARY: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPERSON TO PERSON INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMINNEHAHA ACADEMY: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC HOUSE INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA STATE FAIR FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMINNESOTA COMPUTERS FOR SCHOOLS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCONNECTIONS TO INDEPENDENCE: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetINTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREENWICH SPANISH SCHOOL CORPORATION THE GREENWICH SPANISH SCHOOL GSS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPBS FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP TO BELONG: $2,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetALPHA PROJECT FOR THE HOMELESS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT DIVA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSUCCESS ACADEMY: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEACEMAKER MINNESOTA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetRIVERVIEW SCHOOL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOOKS FOR AFRICA INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMICROGRANTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELPS INTERNATIONAL: $750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $200 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 MINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds WILDERNESS INQUIRY INC ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds WALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds Family Pathways ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds ISANTI COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds PACER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds EVERY MEAL ↗
  • Who funds URBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AEON ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds SIBLING CONNECTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FERGUSON LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds PERSON TO PERSON INC ↗
  • Who funds MINNEHAHA ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Women's Foundation of Minnesota ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA STATE FAIR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA COMPUTERS FOR SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTIONS TO INDEPENDENCE ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL RELIEF TEAMS ↗

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.

Otto Bremer TrustThe Minneapolis Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Mightycause Charitabl…The Richard M Schulze…The Walser FoundationXcel Energy FoundationThe Hubbard Broadcast…Hb Fuller Company Fou…Hardenbergh FoundationPohlad Family Foundat…United Way Worldwide
Otto Bremer TrustMN27.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Walser Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation · Hb Fuller Company Foundation · Hardenbergh Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · United Way Worldwide

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 Caliber Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Caliber Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Pacific House Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Sibling Connections Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Person to Person Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Riverview School Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
8report 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
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 66 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home