Minnesota · Private foundation
Cronin Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $41k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $412k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Cronin Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 11 | $41k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $35k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $35k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $39k | 36% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $33k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $17k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $25k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 2 | $26k | 50% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nativity of Mary Catholic School | $86,000 | 8 | n/a |
| St Edwards Church | $36,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Aim Higher Foundation | $32,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Jeremiah Program | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Center of the American Experiment | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Banyan Foundation | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alpha News | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Upper Midwest Law Center | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Academy of the Holy Angels | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nativity of Mary Catholic School | $86,000 | 8 | n/a |
| St Edwards Church | $36,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Aim Higher Foundation | $32,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Jeremiah Program | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Center of the American Experiment | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Banyan Foundation | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Alpha News | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Upper Midwest Law Center | $3,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Feed My Starving Children Inc | $2,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Academy of the Holy Angels | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mac Greeman Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($77k), not named here.
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: Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Michael J & Karen B Frey Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc
How this is measured
About Cronin Family Foundation
- How much does Cronin Family Foundation give?
- Cronin Family Foundation reported 11 grants totaling $40,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Cronin Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (48%), Education (26%), Public Benefit (8%).
- Who are Cronin Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Nativity of Mary Catholic School ($86k), St Edwards Church ($36k), Aim Higher Foundation ($33k).
- Does Cronin Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Cronin Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Cronin Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota, The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is Cronin Family Foundation based?
- Cronin Family Foundation is based in MN.
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