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Capi USA

CAPI USA's mission is to guide refugees and immigrants in the journey toward self-determination and social equality.

$186k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$127k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$759kEducation$235kInternational$102kPublic Benefit$35kCommunity Improvement$29kEmployment$21kHealth$19kRecreation & Sports$16kOther$0
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $56k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $127k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Karen Organization of Minnesota$126,745
Vietnamese Social Services of Minnesota$17,413
Believe in What's Possible$15,000
Sewa-Aifw Asian Indian Family Wellness$12,000
One Family$12,000
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 (FY20–24, $759k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%COMMUNITY INTEGRATION CENTER: $106k → 9%Community Integration Center: $27k → 9%VIETNAMESE SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTA: $53k → 14%VIETNAMESE SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTA: $48k → 14%Sewa-Aifw Asian Indian Family Wellness: $12k → 11%VIETNAMESE SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTA: $47k → 14%SEWA-AIFW: $10k → 11%Vietnamese Social Services of Minnesota: $41k → 14%Vietnamese Social Services of Minnesota: $17k → 14%Karen Organization of Minnesota: $127k → 14%Karen Organization of Minnesota: $82k → 14%BHUTANESE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA: $15k → 14%BHUTANESE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA: $6k → 14%KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA: $73k → 14%KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA: $68k → 14%KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA: $28k → 14%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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 10 repeat orgs$205k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
6

Total granted

$1.0M
$190k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
+43%

Still filing today

90%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k 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
Human ServicesEducationRecreation & SportsEnvironmentInternationalEmploymentOther
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

  • KO
    KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA
    5× · 2020–2024 · $377k · revenue +68%
  • TI
    TUTAPONA INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $94k · revenue +5%
  • OF
    One Family
    3× · 2022–2024 · $36k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • NM
    NEW MILLENNIUM ACADEMYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $70k · revenue +43%
  • IS
    INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 281
    one grant, 2022 · $44k
  • MC
    MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $36k · revenue -13%
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
Chinese Community Center
Community Improvement
2
Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association of Southeastern Minnesota

Intercultural mutual assistance association builds bridges between cultures by providing culturally and linguistically appropriate services.

Human Services
3
Center for Community Services

Foster understanding and cultural exchange between american and chinese peoples and assist new immigrants in the greater minneapolis area to achieve economic self-sufficiency, social empowerment, and cultural appreciation.

Human Services
4
Coalition of Asian American Leaders

The Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL) is a network organization of Asian Minnesotan leaders harnessing our collective power to improve the lives of community.

Arts & Culture
5
Asian Women United of Minnesota

Asian Women United of Minnesota (AWUM)'s mission is to end domestic violence by promoting safe and healthy relationships within the Asian-Pacific Islander community.

Human Services
6
Korean Service Center

The Korean Service Center is dedicated to providing supportive resources and programs to Koreans and other immigrant-Americans while striving to promote their rich cultural heritage for all international people.

Human Services
7
Center for Economic Inclusion

The Center for Economic Inclusion is an organization committed to strengthening the Minneapolis - Saint Paul region's civic infrastructure and collective capacity to disrupt systems and influence market forces to catalyze shared prosperity…

Community Improvement
8
Minnesota Multifaith Network

The Minnesota Multifaith Network is the statewide network supporting faith and interfaith leaders and organizations who work for a more just and loving world.

Religion
9
MinnPost

MinnPost produces independent journalism to serve as a trusted guide for Minnesotans exploring the critical issues, challenges and opportunities facing our state.

Arts & Culture
10
Sahan Journal

Sahan Journal provides immigrants and communities of color with free, fair, and responsive journalism that shows everyone the way to a more equitable Minnesota.

Education
11
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits informs, promotes, connects and strengthens individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.

Philanthropy
12
International Institute of Minnesota

The international institute of minnesota helps new americans become self-sufficient and fully contributing members in our society. the institute provides quality programs and services that help new americans move lives forward. our…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hmong American Partnership; the most unlike its peers is Center for Energy and Environment. 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

14 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. 14 of the 18 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
7/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA: $377,235 · Human ServicesKAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTAVIETNAMESE SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTA: $206,112 · Human ServicesVIETNAMESE SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTACOMMUNITY INTEGRATION CENTER: $132,457 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY INTEGRATION CENTER+2 more: $43,000 · Human Services+2 moreFOND DU LAC TRIBAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE: $66,861 · OtherFOND DU LAC TRI…INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 281: $43,915 · OtherINDEPENDENT SCH…PILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES: $28,600 · OtherPILLSBURY UNITE…BELIEVE IN WHAT'S POSSIBLE: $15,000 · OtherBELIEVE IN WHAT…CENTURY COLLEGE: $10,970 · OtherCENTURY COLLEGENEW MILLENNIUM ACADEMY: $70,000 · EducationNEW MILLENN…MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $35,995 · EducationMINNEAPOLIS…SOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $15,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD…TUTAPONA INC: $94,300 · InternationalOne Family: $36,000 · Recreation & SportsHMONG AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP: $21,000 · EmploymentYoga Sanctuary: $19,320 · HealthCENTER FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT: $10,000 · Environment
Human Services$758,804Other$165,346Education$120,995International$94,300Recreation & Sports$36,000Employment$21,000Health$19,320Environment$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA: $377,235 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetVIETNAMESE SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTA: $206,112 over 5y, 3.5% of budgetTUTAPONA INC: $94,300 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetNEW MILLENNIUM ACADEMY: $70,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOne Family: $36,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $35,995 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES: $28,600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSEWA-AIFW: $22,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetHMONG AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP: $21,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBHUTANESE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA-BCOM-: $21,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

The Minneapolis Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Metropolitan Area Age…Propel NonprofitsGreater Twin Cities U…Otto Bremer TrustFidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Minneapolis FoundationMN16.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 7 of 7Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging Inc · Propel Nonprofits · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Otto Bremer Trust · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Capi USA funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Capi USA. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Capi USA?

    Find your warmest path to Capi USA through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 18 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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