· Private foundation
Cannon Valley Communications Foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k27 grants · $102k
- $10k–50k3 grants · $42k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| FROST FIREMEN'S RELIEF ASSOCIATION | $12,250 |
| VENICE THEATRE | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $6,900 |
| BRICELYN COMMUNITY CLUB | $5,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| ELYSIAN FIRE DEPARTMENT RELIEF ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $5,000 |
| BRICELYN FIREMAN RELIEF ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| THE KEE CIVIC THEATRE ASSOCIATION | $5,000 |
| COMO FRIENDS | $5,000 |
| MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM FOUNDATION | $5,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE BWCA | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.
62 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2025, 42 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $140k · revenue +36%
- VTVENICE THEATRE INC7× · 2017–2025 · $39k · revenue +91%
- WAWELLS AREA FOOD SHELF9× · 2017–2025 · $23k · revenue +39%
Funded once
- COCITY OF FROST FIREMEN'S RELIEF ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2024 · $16k
- COCity of Watervilleone grant, 2024 · $10k
- COCITY OF KIESTER FIRE DEPARTMENT RELIEF ASSOCIATIONone grant, 2022 · $5k
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.
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.
To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.
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…
The minnesota grocers association advances the common interest of those engaged in all aspects of the food industry of mn as a leadership resource. the mga encourages and sponsors educational seminars, conventions and fosters the exchange…
Advance the health of individuals and communities through leadership, advocacy and collaboration on behalf of minnesota hospitals and health systems. vision: minnesotans are healthy and have access to the right care at the right time in…
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,…
See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…
The university of minnesota alumni association (umaa) fosters a lifelong spirit of belonging and pride by connecting alumni, students, and friends to the university of minnesota and each other. the alumni association advocates for the…
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…
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…
The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…
Sarasota memorial healthcare foundation is the philanthropic partner that helps sarasota memorial health care system bring world-class care to our community.
The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.
How this is measured
36 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. 36 of the 109 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds VENICE THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds WELLS AREA FOOD SHELF ↗
- Who funds ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC ↗
- Who funds TRUE FRIENDS ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL VOLUNTEERS ↗
- Who funds Elysian Fire Department Relief Association ↗
- Who funds UNION GOSPEL MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds RAKHMA INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc ↗
- Who funds United Hospital District ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION ↗
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: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Pentair Foundation · Gulf Coast Community Foundation Inc · The Community Foundation of Sarasota Co Inc · United Way Worldwide · Ibm International Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Cannon Valley Communications Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cannon Valley Communications Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
- The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens Inc: 0% of income from government
- Venice Theatre Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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