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Deal Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$265k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$119k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$3.1MReligion$317kPublic Safety & Disaster$272kEducation$153kHuman Services$96kFood & Nutrition$70kArts & Culture$61kCrime & Legal$60kOther$0
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $231k
$4,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BEGIN ANEW$119,000
ACHIEVE$111,810
ANOKA RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$10,000
MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY$5,000
STEPPING STONE EMERGENCY HOUSING$4,000
SHARING AND CARING HANDS$4,000
ANOKA COUNTY BROTHERHOOD COUNCIL$4,000
CAER FOOD SHELF$4,000
LYRIC ARTS COMPANY OF ANOKA$2,000
YOUTHFIRST$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $136k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 21% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CAER FOOD SHELF: $5k → 6%SHARING AND CARING HANDS: $5k → 11%CAER FOOD SHELF: $5k → 6%SHARING AND CARING HANDS: $5k → 11%CAER FOOD SHELF: $4k → 6%SHARING AND CARING HANDS: $5k → 11%SHARING AND CARING HANDS: $5k → 11%SHARING AND CARING HANDS: $4k → 11%SHARING AND CARING HANDS: $2k → 11%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $7k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $3k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $3k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $1k → 7%ANOKA COMMUNITY MISSION: $25k → 7%ANOKA COMMUNITY MISSION: $15k → 7%ANOKA COMMUNITY MISSION: $10k → 7%ANOKA COUNTY BROTHERHOOD COUNCIL: $10k → 7%COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PROGRAMS: $3k → 11%ANOKA COUNTY BROTHERHOOD COUNCIL: $5k → 7%ANOKA COUNTY BROTHERHOOD COUNCIL: $5k → 7%ANOKA COUNTY BROTHERHOOD COUNCIL: $4k → 7%ANOKA COMMUNITY MISSION: $3k → 7%ANOKA COMMUNITY MISSION: $3k → 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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.0M · 22 repeat orgs$458k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
12

Total granted

$5.0M
$458k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+6%

Still filing today

64%
50%

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
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalOther
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

  • BA
    BEGIN ANEW
    4× · 2021–2024 · $445k · revenue +384% · 88% of their budget
  • CO
    COALITION OF RECOVERY INVESTMENT
    2× · 2019–2021 · $60k · revenue +29% · 33% of their budget
  • SS
    STEPPING STONE EMERGENCY HOUSING
    6× · 2019–2024 · $54k · revenue +74%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $300k
  • SS
    ST STEPHENS
    one grant, 2023 · $60k
  • MC
    MAYO CLINIC
    one grant, 2023 · $40k
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
Mercy House Minneapolis
Human Services
2
First Call for Help of Itasca County

First call for Help of Itasca County is a private, nonprofit community organization whose mission is to provide free, confidential and nonjudgement crisis intervention, active listening, and information and referral services 24 hours a…

Health
3
Minnesota Bridge to Freedom
Health
4
Partners for Affordable Housing

Partners for Affordable Housing is missioned to provide shelter for homeless families and individuals and help them secure economically viable long term housing. The Organization owns and operates a number of scattered site housing…

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5
Shelter House Community Shelter and Transition Services

Through shelter and housing, advocacy and supportive services, our mission is to prevent and end homelessness in our community.

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6
Cornerstone Advocacy Service

Cornerstone disrupts violence through advocacy, support, and prevention. We partner with individuals, families, and organizations to build communities free of harm.

Human Services
7
Mediation Services for Anoka County

Mediation and Restorative services mission is to provide accessible, affordable mediation and restorative practice to underserved populations, to provide them with the tools to help them resolve their own conflicts, repair harms and…

Crime & Legal
8
Touchstone Mental Health

Touchstone mental health provides innovative, person-centered services that foster hope, health and well-being. we envision a world where all people whose lives are affected by mental illness will flourish with effective treatment, quality…

Human Services
9
Minnesota Engagement On Shelter and Housing

Minnesota engagement on shelter and housing's mission is to foster statewide partnerships and strengthen capacity to end homelessness. mesh helps regions, communities, and organizations develop strategic and customized solutions for ending…

Housing & Shelter
10
Fargo Union Mission

A faith-based emergency shelter and crisis response ministry aimed at meeting the basic needs of food, shelter and clothing and transforming lives through the love of Jesus. Our mission is to serve people who are on the journey from…

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11
Firstlink

Firstlink is your local 24/7 agency that specializes in suicide support services, volunteerism, and linking people to thousands of community resources, including behavioral health and addiction.

Human Services
12
Neuro Hospitality House

To provide accessible and affordable accommodations for patients and their care givers while seeking specialty neurological healthcare in rochester, mn.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Accord; the most unlike its peers is Coalition of Recovery Investment. 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

21 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. 21 of the 35 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MERCY AND UNITED HOSPITALS FOUNDATION: $2,214,500 · OtherMERCY AND UNITED HOSPITALS FOUNDATIONACHIEVE: $966,736 · OtherACHIEVEMERCY HOSPITAL: $345,000 · OtherMERCY HOSPITALIndividual grant recipient: $300,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCHURCH OF ST STEPHENS: $256,880 · OtherCHURCH OF ST STEPHENS+10 more: $287,000 · Other+10 moreBEGIN ANEW: $445,000 · HealthBEGIN ANEWCOALITION OF RECOVERY INVESTMENT: $60,000 · HealthCOALITION O…MAYO CLINIC: $40,000 · HealthMAYO CLINIC+2 more: $7,000 · HealthTHE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION: $257,000 · Crime & LegalANOKA COMMUNITY MISSION INC: $56,000 · Human ServicesSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $26,000 · Human ServicesANOKA COUNTY BROTHERHOOD COUNCIL INC: $24,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY AID OF ELK RIVER: $14,000 · Human ServicesALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $13,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesSTEPPING STONE EMERGENCY HOUSING: $54,000 · Housing & ShelterHAVEN FOR HEROES INC: $33,000 · Housing & ShelterMINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $32,500 · Arts & CultureANOKA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $15,000 · Arts & CultureLYRIC ARTS COMPANY OF ANOKA INC: $13,000 · Arts & CultureYOUTH FIRST INC: $21,000 · Youth DevelopmentHOPE 4 Youth: $2,500 · Youth DevelopmentEAGLES HEALING NEST: $5,000 · Public Benefit
Other$4,370,116Health$552,000Crime & Legal$257,000Human Services$135,500Housing & Shelter$87,000Arts & Culture$60,500Youth Development$23,500Public Benefit$5,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBEGIN ANEW: $445,000 over 4y, 88% of budgetTHE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION: $257,000 over 5y, 32% of budgetCOALITION OF RECOVERY INVESTMENT: $60,000 over 2y, 33% of budgetANOKA COMMUNITY MISSION INC: $56,000 over 5y, 4.2% of budgetSTEPPING STONE EMERGENCY HOUSING: $54,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $40,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHAVEN FOR HEROES INC: $33,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetMINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $32,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $26,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetANOKA COUNTY BROTHERHOOD COUNCIL INC: $24,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetYOUTH FIRST INC: $21,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetANOKA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetANOKA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $15,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetCOMMUNITY AID OF ELK RIVER: $14,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLYRIC ARTS COMPANY OF ANOKA INC: $13,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $13,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetNEVER SURRENDER INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEAGLES HEALING NEST: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetHOPE 4 Youth: $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMental Health Minnesota: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

  • Who funds BEGIN ANEW ↗
  • Who funds THE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COALITION OF RECOVERY INVESTMENT ↗
  • Who funds ANOKA COMMUNITY MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPPING STONE EMERGENCY HOUSING ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN FOR HEROES INC ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds ANOKA COUNTY BROTHERHOOD COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH FIRST INC ↗
  • Who funds ANOKA TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ANOKA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY AID OF ELK RIVER ↗
  • Who funds LYRIC ARTS COMPANY OF ANOKA INC ↗
  • Who funds ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEVER SURRENDER INC ↗
  • Who funds EAGLES HEALING NEST ↗
  • Who funds HOPE 4 Youth ↗
  • Who funds ACCORD ↗
  • Who funds Mental Health Minnesota ↗

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…Mightycause Charitabl…Otto Bremer TrustRamsey Lions ClubEdina Realty Foundati…The Graco FoundationPohlad Family Foundat…Open Your Heart to th…Allina Health SystemXcel Energy FoundationThe Minneapolis Found…Connexus Energy
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 · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Ramsey Lions Club · Edina Realty Foundation · The Graco Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless · Allina Health System · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Connexus Energy

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 Deal Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Deal Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%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
    6report 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.

    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 35 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-PF 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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    The endowment market
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