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Community Charities of Minnesota at a glance

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Community Charities of Minnesota

To provide benefits to youth, disabled persons, and other charitable organizations with funds from our fundraising activities.

$478k
Granted FY2025still arriving
37
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$477kYouth Development$290kPublic Benefit$263kHuman Services$230kPhilanthropy$206kEducation$137kPublic Safety & Disaster$132kHealth$120kOther$0
02FY2025 · 37 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $108k
  • $10k–50k21 grants · $364k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$824k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SMART BOWLING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING$40,000
BOWLING PROPRIETORS ASSN OF MN$30,419
GREATER MANKATO ROTARY FOUNDATION$30,250
HEROES HELPING HEROES$21,549
FUTURE FOR MINNESOTA BOWLING$21,000
STEP$21,000
GAVIN PIANO SERVICES INC$20,098
SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$20,000
BIGFORK HIGH SCHOOL$17,250
MINNESOTA AMERICAN LEGION FDN$16,000
PARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION$15,000
AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION FUND$14,500
MN AMERICAN LEGION FUND 78$13,000
BUFFALO RODEO ASSN$12,000
GREATER MANKATO AREA UNITED WAY$11,150
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:

Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $39k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 45% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 9%HEROES HELPING HEROES: $22k → 5%Hallie Q Brown Community Center: $5k → 14%Hallie Q Brown Community Center: $5k → 14%HAMMER RESIDENCES INC: $8k → 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.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 17% of Community Charities of Minnesota’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 85% of the giving stays in MN; by stated purpose, 73%.

Community Charities of Minnesotalessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 16 repeat orgs$435k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
22

Total granted

$1.2M
$200k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+36%

Still filing today

56%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $235k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Public BenefitArts & CultureRecreation & SportsHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyOther
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

  • SB
    SMART BOWLING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING CORPORATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $250k · revenue +49%
  • PN
    PARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $120k · revenue +26%
  • SL
    ST LOUIS PARK EMERGENCY PROGRAM INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $113k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • PT
    PARK TAVERN
    one grant, 2024 · $39k
  • WW
    WILDERNESS WHEELERS
    one grant, 2024 · $18k · revenue -30%
  • HF
    HIGHLAND FRIENDSHIP CLUBgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $13k · revenue +99%
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 American Legion Auxiliary and the Sons of the American
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2
Minnewawa Sportsmen's Club Inc

Promote shooting sports, gun safety, and sportsmanship and support area youth programs.

Philanthropy
3
The American Legion Department of Minnesota

To support american legion members and their programs in minnesota. the american legion was chartered and incorporated by congress in 1919 as a patriotic veterans organization devoted to mutual helpfulness. it is the nation's largest…

—
4
The Minnesota Hundred Club

Support first responders and their families killed or critically injured in the line of duty.

Human Services
5
Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association

Organizations mission or most significant activities provide memorials for police officers slain in the lin of duty, provide assistance for their families, provide training for police honor guard units, assist department with funeral…

—
6
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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7
Minnesota Paralyzed Veterans of America

The minnesota paralyzed veterans of america (mnpva) a minnesota nonprofit organization, is an officially recognized paralyzed veterans of america chapter. mnpva assists veterans with spinal cord injuries or spinal cord diseases, such as ms…

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8
Minnesota Veterans 4 Veterans Trust

The minnesota veterans 4 veterans trust fund helps minnesota veterans integrate into society, and lead healthier and independent lives by funding programs for veteran organizations in the state of minnesota.

Public Benefit
9
Minnesota Hunter & Jumper Association

The minnesota hunter & jumper association's purpose is to support the hunter/jumper sport in the state of minnesota. our goals are to foster a community of hunter/jumper enthusiasts, strengthen local competition at all levels, represent…

Recreation & Sports
10
Minnesota State Usbc Association

Amateur sports - bowling

Recreation & Sports
11
Minnesota Medical Association Foundation

The foundation's mission is to be the mma's philanthropic partner in making minnesota the healthiest state and best place to practice.

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12
Minnesota State Elks Association Charitable Trust
Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Minnesota American Legion Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Project Delta. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

42 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. 42 of the 63 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/42
Grantees still filing
18/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MINNESOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $408,000 · OtherMINNESOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONSMART BOWLING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING CORPORATION: $249,783 · OtherSMART BOWLING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING CORPORATIONPARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION: $120,000 · OtherPARK NICOLLET FOUNDATIONST LOUIS PARK EMERGENCY PROGRAM INC: $113,000 · OtherST LOUIS PARK EMERGENCY PROGRAM INCBOWLING PROPRIETORS ASSO OF MINN: $61,679 · Other+36 more: $534,340 · Other+36 moreMINNESOTA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION: $318,279 · Public BenefitMINNESOTA AMERICAN…+3 more: $20,000 · Public Benefit+3 morePARKTACULAR INCORPORATED: $18,500 · Arts & CultureST LOUIS PARK FRIENDS OF THE ARTS: $16,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PATRIOT GUARD: $10,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS ARTS ASSOC: $7,000 · Arts & CultureSAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER MANKATO AREA UNITED WAY INC: $11,150 · PhilanthropyNEW YORK MILLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyMINNESOTA MILITARY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $7,500 · PhilanthropyMAYO CLINIC: $24,000 · HealthMAGNUS VETERANS FOUNDATION: $7,000 · HealthMINNESOTA EMERGENCY CARE ASSOCIATION INC: $5,500 · HealthCHILDHOOD CANCER COMMUNITY: $5,000 · HealthWILDERNESS WHEELERS: $18,000 · Recreation & SportsBUFFALO RODEO ASSOCIATION: $12,000 · Recreation & SportsDELANO ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB INC: $5,500 · Recreation & SportsBUFFALO BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF BUFFALO INC: $5,000 · Recreation & SportsDELANO AREA SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION: $27,000 · EducationHIGHLAND FRIENDSHIP CLUB: $12,700 · Education
Other$1,486,802Public Benefit$338,279Arts & Culture$51,500Philanthropy$48,650Health$41,500Recreation & Sports$40,500Education$39,700

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMINNESOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $408,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetMINNESOTA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION: $318,279 over 8y, 15% of budgetSMART BOWLING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING CORPORATION: $249,783 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetPARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION: $120,000 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetST LOUIS PARK EMERGENCY PROGRAM INC: $113,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetBOWLING PROPRIETORS ASSO OF MINN: $61,679 over 2y, 10% of budgetSLP NEST: $30,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetDELANO AREA SCHOLARSHIP ASSOCIATION: $27,000 over 3y, 18% of budgetMARCELL SNOWDRIFTERS SNOWMOBILE CLUB: $25,000 over 3y, 16% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $24,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLEGIONVILLE SCHOOL SAFETY PATROL TRAINING CENTER INC: $23,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetHEROES HELPING HEROES HEROES HELPING HEROES: $21,549 over 1y, 11% of budgetSAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKTACULAR INCORPORATED: $18,500 over 3y, 66% of budgetWILDERNESS WHEELERS: $18,000 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetST LOUIS PARK FRIENDS OF THE ARTS: $16,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetHIGHLAND FRIENDSHIP CLUB: $12,700 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetGREATER MANKATO AREA UNITED WAY INC: $11,150 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetAmerican Legion Endowment Fund Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetMINNESOTA PATRIOT GUARD: $10,000 over 1y, 68% of budgetHALLIE Q BROWN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHOICE UNLIMITED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSALUTING BRANCHES: $7,570 over 1y, 10% of budgetHammer Residences Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA MILITARY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS ARTS ASSOC: $7,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetIRONWOOD SPRINGS CHRISTIAN RANCH INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE MISSION PROJECT: $6,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetHERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $5,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA EMERGENCY CARE ASSOCIATION INC: $5,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetDELANO ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB INC: $5,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBUFFALO BASEBALL ASSOCIATION OF BUFFALO INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCHILDHOOD CANCER COMMUNITY: $5,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetTIME ON THE WATER: $5,000 over 1y, 4.7% 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.

Russell T Lund Charit…The Minneapolis Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Xcel Energy FoundationOtto Bremer TrustMinnesota Community F…The Graco FoundationMightycause Charitabl…The Richard M Schulze…Thrivent Financial fo…Thrivent Charitable I…United Way Worldwide
Russell T Lund Charitable TrustMN17.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Russell T Lund Charitable Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Minnesota Community Foundation · The Graco Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · United Way Worldwide

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 Community Charities of Minnesota funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Charities of Minnesota. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%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 · 0–75%
    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 Community Charities of Minnesota?

    Find your warmest path to Community Charities of Minnesota 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 63 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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