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Community Shares of Minnesota

The mission of COMMUNITY SHARES OF MINNESOTA is to create a fair, just and equitable minnesota.

$339k
Granted FY2021
2
Grants FY2021
1
States reached
$29k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2021.

Health$230kAnimals$137kPhilanthropy$98kFood & Nutrition$73kCrime & Legal$37kInternational$29kReligion$22kHousing & Shelter$18kOther$0
02FY2021 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 2 grants below total $44,126 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $339,234 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $295,108 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$28,879
Median grant
1
States reached
$238k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MINNESOTASOUTH DAKOTA$28,879
ANIMAL HUMANE SOCIETY OF GOLDEN VALLEYMINNEAPOLIS$15,247
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–21, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MINNESOTASOUTH DAKOTA: $29k → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $6k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$556k · 16 repeat orgs$142k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +40% since the first grant, against +17% for the ones you funded once.

16 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2021, 15 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
19

Total granted

$556k
$114k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+17%

Still filing today

81%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21
HealthInternationalAnimalsArts & CulturePhilanthropyHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA
    4× · 2017–2020 · $124k · revenue +1%
  • AH
    Animal Humane Society
    5× · 2017–2021 · $123k · revenue +28%
  • FM
    FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC
    3× · 2018–2020 · $50k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • CR
    CH ROBINSON EMPLOYEE HARDSHIP FUND
    one grant, 2018 · $9k
  • CD
    CAN DO CANINESgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $7k · revenue +61%
  • WR
    WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MINNESOTA
    one grant, 2019 · $7k · revenue -2%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — 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
Mn Community Measurement

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

Health
3
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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4
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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5
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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6
Women Winning

To encourage, promote, support, and elect pro-choice women of all political parties to all levels of public office in minnesota.

Public Benefit
7
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
8
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits informs, promotes, connects and strengthens individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.

Philanthropy
9
Care Providers of Minnesota

Trade association whose mission is to empower members to excellence through advocacy, education, expertise, resources and support.

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10
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

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

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11
Minnesota Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment
12
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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc and the most unlike its peers is Pflag St Paul Minneapolis. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 41 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%6%10–20yr19%21%20–35yr15%58%35–55yr13%15%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr20%7%10–20yr19%19%20–35yr15%33%35–55yr13%41%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/37
the rest of the field
14%
2,029/14,506

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 37 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/32
Grantees still filing
23/32
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

PLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA — $123,779 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA N…HENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION — $15,918 · HealthHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATIONFamily Tree Inc — $15,538 · HealthFamily Tree IncHealthFinders Collaborative Inc — $12,380 · HealthHealthFinders Collaborative In…Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc — $11,208 · HealthMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc+2 more — $10,982 · Health+2 moreAnimal Humane Society — $122,959 · AnimalsAnimal Humane Societ…WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MINNESOTA — $6,773 · AnimalsEAGLE BROOK CHURCH — $16,222 · OtherEAGLE BROOK CHURCHMISSING CHILDREN MINNESOTA — $15,963 · OtherMISSING CHILDREN MINNESO…Violence Free Minnesota — $15,312 · OtherViolence Free MinnesotaCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF ST PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS — $11,804 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF TH…CH ROBINSON EMPLOYEE HARDSHIP FUND — $8,884 · OtherCH ROBINSON EMPLOYEE HAR…CAN DO CANINES — $7,259 · OtherNAMI MINNESOTA — $6,318 · OtherPFLAG ST PAUL MINNEAPOLIS — $5,593 · OtherUNITED WAY OF FARIBAULT INC — $5,491 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $5,403 · OtherST BRIDGETS SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC — $5,400 · OtherCHC CREATING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES — $5,274 · OtherCITY OF LAKES COMMUNITY LAND TRUST — $13,081 · OtherCITY OF LAKES COMMUNITY …Fresh Air Inc — $6,145 · OtherPENUMBRA THEATRE COMPANY INC — $5,719 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY ACTION — $5,864 · OtherMinnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault — $5,265 · Other+2 more — $10,142 · Other+2 moreGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY — $75,751 · PhilanthropyGREATER TWIN C…UNITED WAY OF STEELE COUNTY — $16,315 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF …FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC — $50,217 · InternationalFEED MY STAR…THE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE — $16,422 · InternationalTHE CENTER F…ALIGHT — $6,576 · InternationalALIGHTMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $5,979 · InternationalMEDECINS SAN…PLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES FOUNDATION — $28,879 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $5,898 · Human ServicesSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND — $23,225 · Food & Nutrition
Health$189,805Animals$129,732Other$155,139Philanthropy$92,066International$79,194Human Services$34,777Food & Nutrition$23,225

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA — $123,779 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAnimal Humane Society — $122,959 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY — $75,751 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC — $50,217 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES FOUNDATION — $28,879 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND — $23,225 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE — $16,422 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF STEELE COUNTY — $16,315 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION — $15,918 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFamily Tree Inc — $15,538 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetViolence Free Minnesota — $15,312 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCITY OF LAKES COMMUNITY LAND TRUST — $13,081 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHealthFinders Collaborative Inc — $12,380 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc — $11,208 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAN DO CANINES — $7,259 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MINNESOTA — $6,773 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALIGHT — $6,576 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI MINNESOTA — $6,318 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFresh Air Inc — $6,145 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC — $5,979 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA EMERGENCY CARE ASSOCIATION INC — $5,913 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $5,898 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY ACTION — $5,864 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPENUMBRA THEATRE COMPANY INC — $5,719 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $5,403 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHC CREATING HEALTHIER COMMUNITIES — $5,274 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault — $5,265 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHawthorne Neighborhood Council — $5,083 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC — $5,069 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RONDO COMMUNITY LAND TRUST — $5,059 over 1y, 0.7% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Saint Paul & Minnesot…Otto Bremer TrustPohlad Family Foundat…The Minneapolis Found…Xcel Energy FoundationMightycause Charitabl…Hrk FoundationHeadwaters Foundation…Fr Bigelow FoundationThe McKnight Foundati…Ch Robinson Worldwide…Hugh J Andersen Found…
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN27.1× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Community Shares of Minnesota funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Community Shares of Minnesota?

    Find your warmest path to Community Shares 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 37 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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