Minnesota · Public charity
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; connecting donors with a meaningful opportunity to invest in social justice; and empowering nonprofit…
- $339k
- Granted FY2021
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2021
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Itemized, FY2021
- $44k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2021
- $28,879
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $28,879
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Total assets, FY2021
- $238k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 50% of the organizations Community Shares of Minnesota funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 2 | $44k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $136k | 27% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $169k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 20 | $235k | 70% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $114k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota | $123,779 | 4 | 0% |
| Animal Humane Society | $122,959 | 5 | 0% |
| Greater Twin Cities United Way | $75,751 | 3 | 0% |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $50,217 | 3 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood North Central States Foundation | $28,879 | 1 | 1% |
| Second Harvest Heartland | $23,225 | 3 | 0% |
| The Center for Victims of Torture | $16,422 | 2 | 0% |
| United Way of Steele County | $16,315 | 3 | 1% |
| Eagle Brook Church | $16,222 | 2 | n/a |
| Missing Children Minnesota | $15,963 | 2 | n/a |
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Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Community Shares of Minnesota supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Pohlad Family Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Hrk Foundation · Headwaters Foundation for Justice · Fr Bigelow Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Hugh J Andersen Foundation
How this is measured
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About Community Shares of Minnesota
- How much does Community Shares of Minnesota give?
- Community Shares of Minnesota reported 2 itemized grants totaling $44,126, out of $339,234 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Community Shares of Minnesota fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Health (33%), Animals (19%), Philanthropy (14%).
- Who are Community Shares of Minnesota's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Planned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota ($124k), Animal Humane Society ($123k), Greater Twin Cities United Way ($76k).
- Does Community Shares of Minnesota fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Community Shares of Minnesota?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust, Pohlad Family Foundation.
- Where is Community Shares of Minnesota based?
- Community Shares of Minnesota is based in MN.
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