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Cherry Tree Giving Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$48k
Granted FY2024still arriving
15
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$67kHealth$25kInternational$7kHousing & Shelter$7kArts & Culture$3kAnimals$3kEnvironment$849Philanthropy$600Other$0
02FY2024 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,830
Median grant
10
States reached
$615k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$8,492
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
MADELINE STARR NORTH PARK UNI$5,000
REED MUELLER WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY$5,000
LINCOLN CRISIS PREGNANCY CTR$2,831
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$2,830
OPEN DOOR MISSION$2,830
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Individual grant recipient$2,500
HUMANE SOCIETY$1,699
WIKIMEDIA$1,698
HANNAH PAYNE UNI OF SOUTH DAKOTA$1,000
DEPLOY$849
Individual grant recipient$849
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $3k → 12%Open Door Mission: $2k → 12%Open Door Mission: $2k → 12%American Red Cross: $300 → 14%Open Door Mission: $300 → 12%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
IL
NY
MA
SD
IA
NJ
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
MD
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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

35%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$44k · 8 repeat orgs$82k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 1 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
32

Total granted

$44k
$55k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+43%

Still filing today

25%
25%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $27k 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
HealthInternationalHuman ServicesEnvironmentAnimalsArts & CultureOther
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

  • MS
    MADELINE STARR NORTH PARK UNI
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k
  • RM
    REED MUELLER WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $10k
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $7k · revenue +39%

Funded once

  • MG
    MARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $11k · revenue +61%
  • NN
    Noah Niemeyer Colorado State Uni
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • MS
    Madeline Starr North Park Universit
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
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
Unmc Physicians

Our mission is to lead the world in transforming lives to create a healthy future for all individuals and communities through premier educational programs, innovative research and extraordinary patient care.

Health
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
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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4
New York Blood Center Inc

As one of the most preeminent and comprehensive blood centers in theworld, nybc operates under a four-part mission. for more information,see sch. o and part iii, 4a-c.

Health
5
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
6
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
7
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
8
UNeMed Corporation

UNeMed Corporation's mission is to improve healthcare by fostering innovation, advancing biomedical research, and engaging entrepreneurs and industry to commercialize novel technologies.

Education
9
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
10
Foundation of the Arc of the United States

To promote, support and further the interests and purposes of the arc of the united states, inc.

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11
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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12
Observer Research Foundation America

Organization mission the observer research foundation america orf america is an independent, non-partisan, and nonprofit organization in washington dc dedicated to addressing policy challenges facing the united states, india, and their…

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Medecins Sans Frontieres Usa Inc; the most unlike its peers is Pregnancy Center Inc. 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

11 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. 11 of the 48 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MADELINE STARR NORTH PARK UNI: $10,000 · OtherMADELINE STARR NORTH PARK UNIREED MUELLER WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · OtherREED MUELLER WASHINGTON UNIVERSITYIndividual grant recipient: $8,492 · OtherIndividual grant recipientNoah Niemeyer Colorado State Uni: $5,000 · OtherMadeline Starr North Park Universit: $5,000 · OtherNoah Niemeyer Colorado State Univer: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherNorth Park University - Scholarship: $5,000 · OtherLINCOLN CRISIS PREGNANCY CTR: $4,831 · Other+29 more: $31,387 · Other+29 moreMARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $10,610 · HealthMARY GREELEY…PREGNANCY CENTER INC: $2,903 · HealthPREGNANCY CE…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $6,817 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $300 · InternationalOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $6,807 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $300 · Human ServicesNEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 · AnimalsSARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $1,000 · Arts & CultureDEPLOYUS INC: $849 · Environment
Other$94,710Health$13,513International$7,117Human Services$7,107Animals$1,000Arts & Culture$1,000Environment$849

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 budgetMARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION: $10,610 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $6,817 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $6,807 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPREGNANCY CENTER INC: $2,903 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDEPLOYUS INC: $849 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $50 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.

  • Who funds MARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds PREGNANCY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SARCOMA FOUNDATION OF AMERICA ↗
  • Who funds DEPLOYUS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗

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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundMA6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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 Cherry Tree Giving Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Cherry Tree Giving Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%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
    3get 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 48 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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