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Charles Engasser Memorial Foundation Inc at a glance

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Charles Engasser Memorial Foundation Inc

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.

$72k
Granted FY2025still arriving
27
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0188% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$30kEducation$18kYouth Development$10kReligion$8kRecreation & Sports$4kArts & Culture$4kCivil Rights$4kHuman Services$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
All Saints Lutheran Church$7,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities$6,960
Amherst Central High School$5,800
Advocates for Better Health$5,000
Camp Breakaway via Minneapolis Foundation$4,276
Childrens Healthcare Foundation$4,120
Camp Breakaway$4,000
Alzheimers Association$3,659
Alzheimers Association$3,627
GiGis Playhouse$3,157
MakeAWish America$3,150
Eleven11 Charity$3,090
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$3,000
PROP People Reaching Out to People$3,000
Williams College$2,000
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 (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 70% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MakeAWish America: $3k → 11%Williams College: $2k → 12%Various: $64k → 5%MN CANCER RESEARCH: $8k → 11%Boys & Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities: $7k → 14%Amherst Central High School: $6k → 13%Orthopaedic Research and Education Fdn: $1k → 14%National Alliance on Mental Illness NAMI: $1k → 7%Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: $3k → 8%Saint Hubert Catholic Church: $250 → 5%Advocates for Better Health: $5k → 11%American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: $1k → 14%Saint Hubert Catholic Church: $250 → 5%Eleven11 Charity: $3k → 11%GiGis Playhouse: $3k → 14%Ridgeview Foundation: $1k → 5%Camp Breakaway: $4k → 11%Alzheimers Association: $4k → 14%Ridgeview Foundation: $1k → 5%PROP People Reaching Out to People: $3k → 11%Alzheimers Association: $4k → 14%VARIOUS: $46k → 11%Alzheimers Association: $550 → 14%VARIOUS: $42k → 11%Camp Breakaway via Minneapolis Foundation: $4k → 11%Childrens Healthcare Foundation: $4k → 11%Little Earth of United Tribes: $1k → 11%All Saints Lutheran Church: $7k → 11%The Bond Between: $1k → 11%Hennepin Theatre Trust: $1k → 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 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 Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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2
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

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…

Health
3
Minnesota Hospital Association

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…

Community Improvement
4
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
5
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
6
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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7
Riverview Healthcare Association

We deliver a healthcare experience that consistently exceeds patients' expectations through exceptional people - our people are our foundation. we employ trusted, dedicated professionals who serve with compassion, empathy and respect.…

Health
8
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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9
American Association of Medical Society Executives

American association of medical society executives (aamse) is committed to educating and supporting medical society professionals to advance the profession of medical society management, medical societies, and the physicians they serve.

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10
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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11
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
12
Osteopathic Founders Foundation

The mission of the osteopathic founders foundation is to support osteopathic medical education, to enhance the public's understanding of osteopathic medicine, and to improve the health of the community through projects consistent with the…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Health Care Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. 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

12 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. 12 of the 26 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)
12/12
Grantees still filing
5/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Various: $152,630 · OtherVariousAMHURST CENTRAL HS: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $8,490 · OtherAll Saints Lutheran Church: $7,000 · Other+10 more: $26,019 · Other+10 moreALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $7,836 · HealthALZHEIMER'S …ADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH: $5,000 · HealthADVOCATES FO…CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $4,120 · HealthCHILDREN'S H…CAMP BREAKAWAY: $4,000 · HealthCAMP BREAKAW…CYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $3,000 · HealthCYSTIC FIBRO…AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEONS: $1,000 · HealthOrthopaedic Research and Education Foundation: $1,000 · HealthBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TWIN CITIES: $6,960 · Youth DevelopmentWilliams College: $2,000 · EducationRIDGEVIEW FOUNDATION: $2,000 · PhilanthropyTHE BOND BETWEEN: $1,245 · AnimalsHENNEPIN THEATRE TRUST: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$204,139Health$25,956Youth Development$6,960Education$2,000Philanthropy$2,000Animals$1,245Arts & Culture$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $7,836 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TWIN CITIES: $6,960 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetADVOCATES FOR BETTER HEALTH: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWilliams College: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOND BETWEEN: $1,245 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOrthopaedic Research and Education Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHENNEPIN THEATRE TRUST: $1,000 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.

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.

Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Vanguard Charitable Endowment ProgramPA8.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Charles Engasser Memorial Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Charles Engasser Memorial Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
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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 →median 0%
  • Williams College: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
1report 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.
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Find your warmest path to Charles Engasser Memorial Foundation 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 26 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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