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Central Mn Noon Optimist Club Inc at a glance

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Central Mn Noon Optimist Club Inc

By providing hope and positive vision, optimists bring out the best in kids 18 and under.

$225k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$32k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Youth Development$445kPhilanthropy$125kHuman Services$95kEducation$76kHealth$34kFood & Nutrition$30kRecreation & Sports$20kInternational$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 13 grants below total $149,680, the rows itemized in this filing. The $224,945 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $75,265 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $8k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $142k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$78k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITYGIVING$31,500
BOY SCOUTS CENTRAL MN COUNCIL$10,680
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH$10,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$10,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA$10,000
ANNA MARIE'S ALLIANCE$10,000
ST CLOUD YMCA$10,000
DIOCESE OF ST CLOUD - CATHOLIC EDUCATION MINISTRIES$10,000
ST CLOUD ROTARY FOUNDATION INC$10,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL MN$10,000
UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA$10,000
CONNECTABILITY OF MN INC$10,000
ELEVATE PREGNANCY AND FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER$7,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FOLEY OUTBACK GROUP: $8k → 9%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $15k → 11%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT: $8k → 14%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $15k → 11%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT: $10k → 14%UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $10k → 11%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT: $10k → 14%UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $10k → 11%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT: $10k → 14%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $10k → 11%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT: $10k → 14%BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $10k → 11%JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH: $10k → 14%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $10k → 11%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $10k → 11%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL MN: $10k → 11%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL MN: $10k → 11%ST CLOUD YMCA: $10k → 11%UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $10k → 11%ST CLOUD YMCA: $10k → 11%UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $10k → 11%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL MN: $10k → 11%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $10k → 11%UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $10k → 11%BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF CENTRAL MN: $10k → 11%BOY SCOUTS CENTRAL MN COUNCIL: $11k → 11%BOY SCOUTS CENTRAL MN COUNCIL: $11k → 11%BOY SCOUTS CENTRAL MN COUNCIL: $11k → 11%BOY SCOUTS CENTRAL MN COUNCIL: $11k → 11%BOY SCOUTS CENTRAL MN COUNCIL: $11k → 11%BOY SCOUTS CENTRAL MN COUNCIL: $10k → 11%POWER TO SAVE A LIFE INC ADVOCATES FOR HEALTH: $10k → 11%BOY SCOUTS CENTRAL MN COUNCIL: $10k → 11%AVON HILLS FOLK SCHOOL: $10k → 11%AVON HILLS FOLK SCHOOL: $10k → 11%ELEVATE PREGNANCY AND FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $10k → 11%CONNECTABILITY OF MN INC: $10k → 11%CONNECTABILITY OF MN INC: $9k → 11%CONNECTABILITY OF MN INC: $8k → 11%COMMUNITYGIVING: $36k → 11%COMMUNITYGIVING: $32k → 11%COMMUNITYGIVING: $19k → 11%COMMUNITYGIVING: $17k → 11%COMMUNITYGIVING: $16k → 11%COMMUNITYGIVING: $14k → 11%COMMUNITYGIVING: $12k → 11%COMMUNITYGIVING: $12k → 11%GREAT RIVER CHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $10k → 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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$629k · 14 repeat orgs$47k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
5

Total granted

$629k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+307%

Still filing today

86%
40%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureInternationalYouth DevelopmentHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ST CLOUD
    8× · 2018–2025 · $80k · revenue +80%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
    6× · 2019–2025 · $65k · revenue +21%
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MN
    6× · 2019–2025 · $60k · revenue +55%

Funded once

  • KF
    KIDS FIGHTING HUNGERgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +221% · 29% of their budget
  • GR
    GREAT RIVER CHILDRENS MUSEUMgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +307%
  • MW
    MINNESOTA WOMEN OF TODAY
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
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 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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2
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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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
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

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

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5
Community Shares of Minnesota

The mission of community shares of minnesota is to create a fair, just and equitable minnesota. community shares of minnesota accomplishes its mission by: supporting collective action to eliminate root causes of inequality and injustice;…

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6
Mn Community Measurement

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

Health
7
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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8
Minnesota Chapter of the National Childrens Alliance

The Minnesota Children's Alliance leads the development and growth of locally based children's advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure equitable access to services for healing and growth.

Crime & Legal
9
Community Resource Connections Inc

Improving access to and the effectiveness of services through facilitation and coordination of community services and provision of information and referral services.

Community Improvement
10
Minnesota Family Council

Minnesota family council (mfc) is a non-profit christian organization that is dedicated to strengthening minnesota families by advancing biblical principles in the public arena, for the glory of the lord jesus christ and the good of…

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11
South Central Minnesota Youth for Christ Inc

Reaching out to young people everywhere to raise up life-long followers of Jesus who lead by their godliness in lifestyle, devotion to the Word of God and prayer, passion for sharing the love of Christ, and commitment to social involvement.

Youth Development
12
St Cloud Downtown Alliance Foundation

Enhancing and strengthening our community and our regional core.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is United Way of Central Minnesota; the most unlike its peers is Power to Save a Life Inc Advocates for Health. 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

17 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. 17 of the 22 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
12/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTRAL MN COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $74,820 · OtherCENTRAL MN COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICADIOCESE OF ST CLOUD: $64,700 · OtherDIOCESE OF ST CLOUDBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MN: $60,240 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MNUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $50,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTASt Cloud Area Family YMCA: $27,200 · OtherSt Cloud Area Family YMCACONNECTABILITY OF MN INC: $27,000 · OtherCONNECTABILITY OF MN INCElevate Pregnancy and Family Resource Center: $17,500 · OtherFOLEY OUTBACK GROUP: $12,745 · Other+6 more: $41,655 · Other+6 moreCOMMUNITYGIVING: $164,450 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITYGIVINGCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ST CLOUD: $80,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES…ANNA MARIE'S ALLIANCE: $56,000 · Human ServicesANNA MARIE'S ALLIA…BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $65,200 · Youth DevelopmentJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH: $57,500 · InternationalAVON HILLS FOLK SCHOOL: $20,000 · Arts & CultureGREAT RIVER CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & CulturePOWER TO SAVE A LIFE INC ADVOCATES FOR HEALTH: $16,400 · Health
Other$375,860Philanthropy$164,450Human Services$136,000Youth Development$65,200International$57,500Arts & Culture$30,000Health$16,400

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 budgetCOMMUNITYGIVING: $164,450 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ST CLOUD: $80,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRAL MN COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $74,820 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $65,200 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL MN: $60,240 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH: $57,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetANNA MARIE'S ALLIANCE: $56,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetUNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: $50,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetSt Cloud Area Family YMCA: $27,200 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTABILITY OF MN INC: $27,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAVON HILLS FOLK SCHOOL: $20,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetElevate Pregnancy and Family Resource Center: $17,500 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetPOWER TO SAVE A LIFE INC ADVOCATES FOR HEALTH: $16,400 over 2y, 7.6% of budgetKIDS FIGHTING HUNGER: $10,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetGREAT RIVER CHILDRENS MUSEUM: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetST CLOUD ROTARY FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetINITIATIVE FOUNDATION: $5,100 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.

CommunitygivingMorgan Family Foundat…Rick and Helga Bauerl…Granite Partners Foun…United Way of Central…Otto Bremer TrustInitiative FoundationCentral Minnesota Art…Xcel Energy FoundationThe Optimist Club of …Cross Works FoundationBenton Telecommunicat…
CommunitygivingMN37.7× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communitygiving · Morgan Family Foundation · Rick and Helga Bauerly Foundation · Granite Partners Foundation of Minnesota Inc · United Way of Central Minnesota · Otto Bremer Trust · Initiative Foundation · Central Minnesota Arts Board · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Optimist Club of St Cloud · Cross Works Foundation · Benton Telecommunications 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 Central Mn Noon Optimist Club Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Central Mn Noon Optimist Club Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    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

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    How do I get to Central Mn Noon Optimist Club Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Central Mn Noon Optimist Club Inc 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 22 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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