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Connexus Energy at a glance

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Connexus Energy

CONNEXUS ENERGY serves our membership by providing cost competitive, reliable electricity and related services, with an environmental commitment, affirming the value of member cooperative ownership.

$576k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$576k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$2.4MEducation$126kHuman Services$77kPhilanthropy$67kAnimals$65kHealth$37kScience & Tech$36kHousing & Shelter$34kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$576,060
Median grant
1
States reached
$494M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE CONNEXUS ENERGY FOUNDATION$576,060
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 (FY17–19, $52k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 19% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $10k → 10%HOPE FOR THE COMMUNITY: $10k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $11k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $11k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $10k → 7%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 grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 11 repeat orgs$94k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
10

Total granted

$2.8M
$94k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+76%

Still filing today

73%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CE
    CONNEXUS ENERGY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $2.3M · revenue +46% · 100% of their budget
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2019 · $50k · revenue +87%
  • H4
    HOPE 4 Youth
    3× · 2017–2019 · $34k · revenue +258%

Funded once

  • AC
    ANOKA-RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue -8%
  • AH
    ANOKA HENNEPIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $12k · revenue +167%
  • HF
    HOPE FOR THE COMMUNITYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +172%
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
Environmental Initiative

Catalyze collaboration across perspectives, power, and systems for social equity and environmental health.

Environment
2
Mercy House Minneapolis
Human Services
3
The Anika Foundation

Our mission is to promote health equity, civic engagement and economic empowerment. We serve as a catalyst for change, dedicated to improving the quality of life in underrepresented communities.

Human Services
4
Minneapolis Parks Foundation

The Minneapolis Parks Foundation transforms human lives through parks and public spaces by aligning philanthropic investment and community vision.

Recreation & Sports
5
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital

Provide quality, accessible, and valuable health care services via a hospital, home health agency, and clinic to the surrounding rural community.

Health
6
Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors Foundation Inc
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7
Healtheast Woodwinds Hospital

Fairview is driven to heal, discover, and educate for longer, healthier lives.

Health
8
The Great Northern Winter Festival

The great northern celebrates our cold, creative winters through ten days of diverse programming that invigorate mind and body. in an era of changing climate that threatens our signature season, we seek to create community, inspire action,…

Arts & Culture
9
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation

To support charitable, plant-based scientific, and educational activities exclusively for the benefit of the minnesota landscape arboretum of the university of minnesota

Environment
10
Housinglink

Connecting people to affordable rental homes, increasing choice and access for all.

Housing & Shelter
11
Second Harvest North Central Food Bank

Engaging the community to end hunger

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12
North Hennepin Community College Foundation

The mission of the North Hennepin Community College Foundation is to create access to quality educational opportunities by energizing and mobilizing community, college, and alumni resources on behalf of North Hennepin Community College.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater Twin Cities United Way; the most unlike its peers is Connexus Energy 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

18 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. 18 of the 22 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/18
Grantees still filing
14/18
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CONNEXUS ENERGY FOUNDATION: $2,325,959 · PhilanthropyCONNEXUS ENERGY FOUNDATION+1 more: $67,270 · PhilanthropyAnoka Co Sr Caregiver Network: $97,500 · OtherAnoka Co Sr…SCHOOL DISTRICT 11: $83,750 · OtherSCHOOL DIST…SALVATION ARMY: $45,000 · OtherSALVATION A…Tree Trust: $30,000 · OtherTree Trust+6 more: $50,000 · Other+6 moreUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationANOKA-RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $15,350 · EducationANOKA HENNEPIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $12,220 · EducationALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $32,100 · Human ServicesHOPE FOR THE COMMUNITY: $10,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 · Human ServicesALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM: $31,246 · HealthMental Wellness Campaign for Anoka County Inc: $6,000 · HealthHOPE 4 Youth: $34,400 · Youth DevelopmentEAGLES HEALING NEST: $15,420 · Public Benefit
Philanthropy$2,393,229Other$306,250Education$77,570Human Services$52,100Health$37,246Youth Development$34,400Public Benefit$15,420

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 budgetCONNEXUS ENERGY FOUNDATION: $2,325,959 over 6y, 100% of budgetGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $67,270 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE 4 Youth: $34,400 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $32,100 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetALLINA HEALTH SYSTEM: $31,246 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTree Trust: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetEAGLES HEALING NEST: $15,420 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetANOKA-RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $15,350 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetHOPE FOR THE COMMUNITY: $10,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINITIATIVE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetANOKA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetMental Wellness Campaign for Anoka County Inc: $6,000 over 1y, 41% of budgetGREAT RIVER GREENING: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Connexus Energy Found…The Minneapolis Found…Ramsey Lions ClubSaint Paul & Minnesot…Xcel Energy FoundationMightycause Charitabl…Allina Health SystemPohlad Family Foundat…Deal Family FoundationMinnco Credit Union F…Walter C Rasmussen - …The Graco Foundation
Connexus Energy FoundationMN26.2× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Connexus Energy Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Ramsey Lions Club · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Allina Health System · Pohlad Family Foundation · Deal Family Foundation · Minnco Credit Union Foundation Inc · Walter C Rasmussen - Northeast Bank Foundation · The Graco 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 Connexus Energy funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Connexus Energy. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's 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
    5report 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
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Connexus Energy?

    Find your warmest path to Connexus Energy 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 22 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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