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Connexus Energy Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$377k
Granted FY2025still arriving
134
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Education$630kHuman Services$273kFood & Nutrition$228kHealth$201kEnvironment$177kCommunity Improvement$103kHousing & Shelter$96kAnimals$75kOther$0
02FY2025 · 134 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k124 grants · $244k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $133k
$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$958k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WARGO NATURE CENTER - ANOKA COUNTY PARKS$25,000
THE SALVATION ARMY - HEATSHARE$20,000
THE FOOD GROUP$15,000
ALEXANDRA HOUSE$12,500
HOPE 4 YOUTH$10,250
ANOKA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION$10,000
INITIATIVE FOUNDATION$10,000
FRIENDS OF SHERBURNE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE$10,000
TREE TRUST$10,000
MINNESOTA COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC FOUNDATION$10,000
ANOKA HENNEPIN EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC$8,000
ANOKA RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$7,500
GREAT RIVER GREENING$6,500
BLAINE COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM$6,000
HOPE FOR THE COMMUNITY$5,383
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 (FY20–25, $283k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 11% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%FAMILY PATHWAYS: $3k → 5%NORTH ANOKA COUNTY EMERGENCY FOODSHELF: $14k → 7%FAMILY PATHWAYS: $3k → 5%NORTH ANOKA COUNTY EMERGENCY FOODSHELF INC: $7k → 7%NORTH ANOKA COUNTY EMERGENCY FOOD SHELF: $5k → 7%PARAMOUNT CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $2k → 11%NORTH ANOKA COUNTY EMERGENCY FOOD SHELF: $3k → 7%BIG LAKE COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF: $3k → 6%NEW PATHWAYS INC: $3k → 7%BIG LAKE COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF: $3k → 6%BIG LAKE COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF: $2k → 6%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $2k → 11%BIG LAKE COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF: $2k → 6%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH (YMCA): $3k → 11%YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH (YMCA): $2k → 11%COMMUNITY AID OF ELK RIVER: $7k → 6%NEXUS FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY HEALING: $3k → 11%NEXUS FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY HEALING: $3k → 11%COMMUNITY AID OF ELK RIVER: $2k → 6%WISHES AND MORE: $2k → 7%WISHES AND MORE: $2k → 7%NEXUS FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY HEALING: $2k → 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $10k → 11%ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $20k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $15k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $15k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $14k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $13k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $10k → 7%HOPE FOR THE COMMUNITY: $9k → 7%HOPE FOR THE COMMUNITY: $7k → 7%HOPE FOR THE COMMUNITY: $7k → 7%ACHIEVE SERVICES INC: $7k → 7%HOPE FOR THE COMMUNITY: $6k → 7%HOPE FOR THE COMMUNITY: $5k → 7%ACHIEVE SERVICES INC: $5k → 7%HOPE FOR THE COMMUNITY: $5k → 7%ACHIEVE SERVICES INC: $5k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $3k → 7%ACHIEVE SERVICES INC: $2k → 7%TOYS FOR JOY: $2k → 7%THE DWELLING PLACE: $2k → 7%HAM LAKE SENIOR CENTER INC: $3k → 7%ANOKA COUNTY BROTHERHOOD COUNCIL: $6k → 7%ANOKA COUNTY BROTHERHOOD COUNCIL: $5k → 7%ANOKA COUNTY BROTHERHOOD COUNCIL: $5k → 7%ANOKA COUNTY BROTHERHOOD COUNCIL: $5k → 7%ELEVATE HOPE HOUSE: $2k → 7%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.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
ND
MN
IL
WI
NY
OR
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IA
PA
NJ
CO
MO
VA
DC
AL
TX
FL

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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.7M · 151 repeat orgs$358k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +23% since the first grant, against +11% for the ones you funded once.

151 repeat relationships — 78 still active in FY2025, 73 since wound down; 55 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

151
129

Total granted

$1.7M
$287k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+11%

Still filing today

66%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther

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

  • AH
    ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $89k · revenue +16%
  • AT
    ANOKA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $79k · revenue +110%
  • H4
    HOPE 4 Youth
    6× · 2020–2025 · $71k · revenue +685%

Funded once

  • AC
    ANOKA COUNTY
    one grant, 2020 · $31k
  • AR
    AMERICAN RED CROSS - MINNESOTA-DAKOTAS REGION
    one grant, 2020 · $15k
  • AR
    AMERICAN RED CROSS - GREATER MSP CHAPTER
    one grant, 2021 · $15k

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 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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2
MinnPost

MinnPost produces independent journalism to serve as a trusted guide for Minnesotans exploring the critical issues, challenges and opportunities facing our state.

Arts & Culture
3
MN350

Mn350 unites minnesotans with the global movement to end the pollution damaging our climate, speed the transition to clean energy, and create a just and healthy future for all.

Environment
4
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

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

Philanthropy
5
Mn Community Measurement

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

Health
6
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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7
Protect Minnesota

Protect Minnesota promotes a culture of health and safety for all Minnesotans by preventing gun violence through research education advocacy and community investment. We emphasize prevention using a public health model and we seek to build…

Education
8
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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9
Minnesota Chapter of the National Childrens Alliance

The Minnesota Children's Alliance leads the development and growth of locally based children's advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure equitable access to services for healing and growth.

Crime & Legal
10
Minnesota State University Student Association Inc

Led by minnesota state university students, we are the inclusive voice for all future, current, and former students. we actively work to represent and support minnesota state university students and advocate at a campus, state, and federal…

Education
11
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

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

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12
Youthprise

Youthprise is a nonprofit intermediary that invests in the future of Minnesota by investing in youth. Youthprise's mission is to increase equity with and for Minnesota's indigenous, low-income, and racially diverse youth.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc and the most unlike its peers is Independent School District No 15 Select Hra. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyDisability Services and Com…Food Assistance and Basic N…Social Justice Movement Bui…Service Clubs and Veterans …Animal Rescue and AdoptionPrivate Member ClubsYouth Support ServicesCharter and Alternative Sch…Senior Housing and Care Ser…Family FoundationsAffordable Housing Developm…Community Arts & PerformanceProfessional Trade Associat…Union Trade Benefits FundsYouth Sports Programs
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 22 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%7%<5yr14%15%5–10yr20%23%10–20yr19%28%20–35yr15%19%35–55yr13%8%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%2%<5yr14%8%5–10yr20%23%10–20yr19%20%20–35yr15%42%35–55yr13%6%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 7% of your grantees by number, and just 2% 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%0/230
the rest of the field
14%
2,254/15,571

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

192 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. 192 of the 337 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
48
Early backer (in before they grew)
184/192
Grantees still filing
125/192
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

ANOKA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $79,000 · OtherANOKA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATIONWARGO NATURE CENTER - ANOKA COUNTY PARKS — $75,000 · OtherWARGO NATURE CENTER - ANOKA COUNTY PARKSTHE SALVATION ARMY - HEATSHARE — $75,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY - HEATSHAREWARGO NATURE CENTER — $50,000 · OtherTree Trust — $50,000 · Other+130 more — $890,989 · Other+130 moreALEXANDRA HOUSE INC — $89,250 · Human ServicesALEXANDRA HOUSE…HOPE FOR THE COMMUNITY — $38,855 · Human ServicesHOPE FOR THE CO…NORTH ANOKA COUNTY EMERGENCY FOOD SHELF — $31,286 · Human ServicesNORTH ANOKA COU…ANOKA COUNTY BROTHERHOOD COUNCIL INC — $21,000 · Human ServicesANOKA COUNTY BR…ACHIEVE SERVICES INC — $18,600 · Human ServicesACHIEVE SERVICE…COMMUNITY AID OF ELK RIVER — $10,075 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $10,000 · Human ServicesBIG LAKE COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF INC — $9,825 · Human Services+13 more — $50,178 · Human Services+13 moreANOKA HENNEPIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED — $65,500 · EducationANOKA HENN…ANOKA-RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $50,000 · EducationANOKA-RAMS…COON RAPIDS COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP — $30,000 · EducationCOON RAPID…CENTENNIAL AREA EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $13,000 · EducationCENTENNIAL…+13 more — $35,150 · Education+13 moreHOPE 4 Youth — $70,860 · Youth DevelopmentYOUTH FIRST COMMUNITY OF PROMISE — $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentROBERT & WILMA BURBACH BIKE FOUNDATION OF MN INC — $7,000 · Youth DevelopmentAnoka County 4-H Leaders Council MN — $6,500 · Youth DevelopmentThe Wave — $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentThe Wave Youth Center LLC — $5,500 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TWIN CITIES — $4,706 · Youth Development+3 more — $5,500 · Youth DevelopmentMental Wellness Campaign for Anoka County Inc — $49,800 · HealthALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION — $20,000 · HealthACRES FOR LIFE - THERAPY & WELLNESS CENTER — $7,500 · HealthANGEL FOUNDATION — $7,000 · Health+5 more — $11,039 · HealthINITIATIVE FOUNDATION — $53,000 · Community ImprovementIMPACT SERVICES INC — $19,900 · Community ImprovementSERVEMINNESOTA — $5,000 · Community ImprovementFLIGHT EXPO INC — $3,250 · Community ImprovementFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE — $28,000 · Food & NutritionCENTENNIAL COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF — $23,300 · Food & NutritionEVERY MEAL — $15,422 · Food & NutritionHugo Good Neighbors Food Shelf — $6,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,219,989Human Services$279,069Education$193,650Youth Development$118,566Health$95,339Community Improvement$81,150Food & Nutrition$72,722

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetALEXANDRA HOUSE INC — $89,250 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetANOKA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $79,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetHOPE 4 Youth — $70,860 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetANOKA HENNEPIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED — $65,500 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetINITIATIVE FOUNDATION — $53,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTree Trust — $50,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetANOKA-RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 6y, 3.1% of budgetMental Wellness Campaign for Anoka County Inc — $49,800 over 6y, 47% of budgetHOPE FOR THE COMMUNITY — $38,855 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetMINNESOTA STATE COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION — $34,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY — $32,029 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH ANOKA COUNTY EMERGENCY FOOD SHELF — $31,286 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetCOON RAPIDS COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP — $30,000 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE — $28,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGREAT RIVER GREENING — $28,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMERCY AND UNITY HOSPITALS FOUNDATION — $23,600 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCENTENNIAL COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF — $23,300 over 5y, 3.8% of budgetANOKA COUNTY BROTHERHOOD COUNCIL INC — $21,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT SERVICES INC — $19,900 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetACHIEVE SERVICES INC — $18,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSTEPPING STONE EMERGENCY HOUSING — $16,854 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION — $16,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetRUM RIVER ART INC — $16,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetEVERY MEAL — $15,422 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDAKOTA COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $13,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF SHERBURNE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE INC — $13,500 over 3y, 9.0% of budgetCENTENNIAL AREA EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $13,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetYOUTH FIRST COMMUNITY OF PROMISE — $12,500 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetBLAINE COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ASSOC — $12,000 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetRUFF START RESCUE INC — $10,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY AID OF ELK RIVER — $10,075 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetM STATE FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI — $10,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetINDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 15 SELECT HRA — $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCommunity Action Partnership of Ramsey and Washington Counties — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAVEN FOR HEROES INC — $10,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIG LAKE COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF INC — $9,825 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetFRESH ENERGY — $8,125 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNEXUS FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY HEALING — $8,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER — $7,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetACRES FOR LIFE - THERAPY & WELLNESS CENTER — $7,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetROBERT & WILMA BURBACH BIKE FOUNDATION OF MN INC — $7,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetANGEL FOUNDATION — $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAnoka County 4-H Leaders Council MN — $6,500 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH — $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetRIDGEVIEW FOUNDATION — $6,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Wave — $6,000 over 2y, 2.4% 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.

  • Who funds ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds ANOKA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE 4 Youth ↗
  • Who funds ANOKA HENNEPIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds INITIATIVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Tree Trust ↗
  • Who funds ANOKA-RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Mental Wellness Campaign for Anoka County Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FOR THE COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA STATE COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds NORTH ANOKA COUNTY EMERGENCY FOOD SHELF ↗
  • Who funds COON RAPIDS COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP ↗
  • Who funds FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE ↗
  • Who funds GREAT RIVER GREENING ↗
  • Who funds MERCY AND UNITY HOSPITALS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTENNIAL COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF ↗
  • Who funds ANOKA COUNTY BROTHERHOOD COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds IMPACT SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEVE SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPPING STONE EMERGENCY HOUSING ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RUM RIVER ART INC ↗
  • Who funds EVERY MEAL ↗
  • Who funds DAKOTA COUNTY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF SHERBURNE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTENNIAL AREA EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH FIRST COMMUNITY OF PROMISE ↗

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.

The Graco FoundationOtto Bremer TrustEdina Realty Foundati…Xcel Energy FoundationPohlad Family Foundat…Allina Health SystemThe Minneapolis Found…Walter C Rasmussen - …Land O'Lakes Foundati…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Ramsey Lions ClubBame Foundation
The Graco FoundationMN67.9× affinity39 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Graco Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Edina Realty Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Allina Health System · The Minneapolis Foundation · Walter C Rasmussen - Northeast Bank Foundation · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Ramsey Lions Club · Bame 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 Connexus Energy Foundation 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 · 10%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    49report 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 Connexus Energy Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Connexus Energy Foundation 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 337 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

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