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Carl J Minnig Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Carl J Minnig Foundation

Its FY2019 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$30k
Granted FY2019
21
Grants FY2019
8
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2019.

Health$14kHuman Services$14kReligion$10kYouth Development$8kHousing & Shelter$6kFood & Nutrition$4kPublic Safety & Disaster$2kRecreation & Sports$2kOther$0
02FY2019 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH$2,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION$2,000
WELD FOOD BANK$2,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB$2,000
ST JOHN NEUMAN REGIONAL CATHOLIC S$2,000
MAKE A WISH COLORADO$2,000
DENVER RESCUE MISSION$2,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$2,000
FRIENDS OF A WOMANS PLACE$2,000
FORT BEND RAINBOW ROOM$1,000
COAST GUARD FOUNATION$1,000
AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION$1,000
GUADALUPE SHELTER$1,000
FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES$1,000
KIWANIS CLUB OF GREELEY$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 (FY18–19, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FORT COLLINS RESCUE MISSION: $500 → 11%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $2k → 12%FLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES: $1k → 12%SENIOR RESOURCE SERVICES: $1k → 9%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.

Which US states its grants reach

CT
CO
VA
MD
AZ
TN
GA
TX
FL
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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$44k · 14 repeat orgs$18k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2019, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2019 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
6

Total granted

$44k
$10k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+28%

Still filing today

64%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2019, 73% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyFood & NutritionYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitOther
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

  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $4k · revenue +125%
  • CF
    CAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH
    2× · 2018–2019 · $4k · revenue +20%
  • WF
    WELD FOOD BANK
    2× · 2018–2019 · $4k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • UF
    UMCP FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $3k
  • KD
    Kick Drugs Out of America Foundation
    one grant, 2018 · $2k · revenue +7%
  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA
    one grant, 2018 · $2k
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
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc

The mission of dfci is to provide expert, compassionate, and equitable care to children, adults, and their families, while advancing the understanding, diagnosis, treatment, cure, and prevention of cancer and related diseases. we train new…

Health
2
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
3
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
4
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

To cure cf and provide all people with cf the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the cf community, and advancing high-quality, specialized care.

Health
5
National Science and Technology Medals Foundation Inc

The nstmf's mission is to build inclusive stem communities across the united states. fundamental to these communities are the significant, inspirational connections we foster between the individuals who have received national recognition…

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6
Mental Health Center of Denver

We empower people to overcome barriers and achieve lasting well-being through collaborative behavioral health care and comprehensive support.

Health
7
Children's Hospital Colorado

To improve the health of children through the provision of high-quality, coordinated programs of patient care, education, research and advocacy.

Health
8
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

—
9
Lung Cancer Research Foundation

The mission of the lung cancer research foundation is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of lung cancer.

Health
10
Fresh Start Women's Foundation

The mission of fresh start women's foundation is to provide access and resources that help women achieve self-sufficiency and use their strength to thrive. we do this work in pursuit of our vision to create unlimited opportunities for…

Human Services
11
Invest in Kids

Invest in kids partners with local communities to ensure the success of evidence-based programs that improve the health and well-being of colorado's youngest children and their families.

Youth Development
12
The Carle Foundation Hospital

To be the trusted partner in all healthcare decisions and to improve health by providing highly accessible, world-class care and services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Weld Legacy Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Friends of a Womans Place. 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 27 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST JOHN NEUMAN REGIONAL CATHOLIC S: $5,000 · OtherST JOHN NEUMAN REGIONAL CATHOLIC SBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $4,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBUMCP FOUNDATION: $3,023 · OtherUMCP FOUNDATIONALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION: $3,000 · OtherALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATIONFRIENDS OF A WOMANS PLACE: $3,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF A WOMANS PLACEMAKE A WISH COLORADO: $2,000 · OtherMAKE A WISH COLORADOKIWANIS CLUB OF GREELEY: $2,000 · OtherKIWANIS CLUB OF GREELEYHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $2,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYCATHOLIC CHARITIES USA: $2,000 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES USA+5 more: $5,000 · Other+5 moreCAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $4,000 · Human ServicesCAL FARLEY'S BOYS RAN…DENVER RESCUE MISSION: $3,500 · Human ServicesDENVER RESCUE MISSIONFLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $3,000 · Human ServicesFLORENCE CRITTENTON S…SENIOR RESOURCE SERVICES: $1,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR RESOURCE SERVI…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDRE…American Heart Association Inc: $2,500 · HealthAmerican Heart …WELD LEGACY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · HealthWELD LEGACY FOU…American Diabetes Association: $1,000 · HealthAmerican Diabet…WELD FOOD BANK: $4,000 · Food & NutritionMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $2,000 · PhilanthropyPatrick B Roche Memorial Fund Foundation: $1,000 · PhilanthropyKick Drugs Out of America Foundation: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 · Public Benefit
Other$31,023Human Services$11,500Health$8,500Food & Nutrition$4,000Philanthropy$3,000Youth Development$2,000Public Benefit$2,000

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 budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAL FARLEY'S BOYS RANCH: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWELD FOOD BANK: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDENVER RESCUE MISSION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFLORENCE CRITTENTON SERVICES OF COLORADO: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKick Drugs Out of America Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSENIOR RESOURCE SERVICES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWELD LEGACY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Diabetes Association: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPatrick B Roche Memorial Fund Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% 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.

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 27 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 2019, released 2019. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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