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Carol Dines Family Foundation at a glance

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Carol Dines Family 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.

$59k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$878k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Minnesota Foundation$7,500
Landmark Conservancy$7,500
Center for Biological Diversity Inc$5,000
Minnesota Public Radio$5,000
Second Harvest Heartland$5,000
Twin Cities Public Television Inc$5,000
Planned Parenthood MN ND SD$5,000
Speaking Out Collective$2,500
The Nature Conservancy$2,500
National Audubon Society$2,500
Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness$2,500
National Park Foundation$2,500
Rainforest Action Network$2,500
Natural Resources Defense Council$2,500
Union of Concerned Scientists Inc$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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY25–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 95% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Union of Concerned Scientists Inc: $1k → 8%Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness: $3k → 8%University of Minnesota Foundation: $8k → 11%Planned Parenthood MN ND SD: $5k → 14%Rainforest Action Network: $3k → 10%Natural Resources Defense Council: $3k → 17%National Park Foundation: $3k → 14%Landmark Conservancy: $8k → 11%The Nature Conservancy: $3k → 7%Second Harvest Heartland: $5k → 11%Minnesota Public Radio: $5k → 14%National Audubon Society: $3k → 17%Speaking Out Collective: $3k → 11%Twin Cities Public Television Inc: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
WI
NY
MA
CA
VA
AZ
DC
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 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
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition
2
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
3
Fresh Energy

Shape and drive bold policy solutions to achieve equitable carbon-neutral economies.

Environment
4
Washington Forest Law Center

Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.

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5
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
6
Ocean Conservancy

Ocean conservancy unites science, people, and policy to protect our ocean, today and for generations to come.

Environment
7
The Great Northern Winter Festival

The great northern celebrates our cold, creative winters through ten days of diverse programming that invigorate mind and body. in an era of changing climate that threatens our signature season, we seek to create community, inspire action,…

Arts & Culture
8
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
9
Environment Now
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10
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
11
Property and Environment Research Center

Perc is dedicated to advancing conservation through markets, incentives, property rights, and partnerships.

Public Benefit
12
Environmental Initiative

Catalyze collaboration across perspectives, power, and systems for social equity and environmental health.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is National Park Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Speaking Out Collective. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the 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 15 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)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
2/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LANDMARK CONSERVANCY INC: $7,500 · EnvironmentLANDMARK CONSERVANCY INCRainforest Action Network: $2,500 · EnvironmentRainforest Action NetworkNORTHEASTERN MINNESOTANS FOR WILDERNESS: $2,500 · EnvironmentNORTHEASTERN MINNESOTANS FOR …NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,500 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COU…MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO A…TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEV…Speaking Out Collective: $2,500 · Arts & CultureSpeaking Out CollectiveUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $7,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF …THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,500 · OtherTHE NATURE CON…NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $2,500 · OtherNATIONAL PARK …National Audubon Society: $2,500 · OtherNational Audub…PLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA: $5,000 · HealthPLANNED P…SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $5,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HA…CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY INC: $5,000 · AnimalsCENTER FO…THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $1,000 · International
Environment$15,000Arts & Culture$12,500Education$7,500Other$7,500Health$5,000Food & Nutrition$5,000Animals$5,000International$1,000

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 budgetLANDMARK CONSERVANCY INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRainforest Action Network: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSpeaking Out Collective: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHEASTERN MINNESOTANS FOR WILDERNESS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $2,500 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%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 · 0–25%
    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 15 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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