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Dellwood Foundation Inc

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.

$472k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
55
Grants FY2025
51
Organizations funded FY2024
14%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$60,000
Organizations funded a year
45 to 51
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$6.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Dellwood Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $26k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentHealthHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving54$469k9%
FY202451$260k14%
FY202348$323k10%
FY202245$348k2%
FY202147$353k28%
FY202046$232k0%
FY201949$355kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$783kPhilanthropy$405kHealth$325kEnvironment$320kAnimals$228kEducation$100kHuman Services$89kYouth Development$61kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Greater Twin Cities United Way$265,00070%
The Arts Partnership$140,00071%
Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center$76,00071%
Minnesota Children's Museum$65,00070%
Lakeview Health Foundation$60,0001n/a
Science Museum of Minnesota$59,50070%
Como Friends$49,00070%
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts$42,00040%
Minnesota Zoo Foundation$40,00070%
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts$40,00070%
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All grantees of Dellwood Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Greater Twin Cities United Way$265,00070%
The Arts Partnership$140,00071%
Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center$76,00071%
Minnesota Children's Museum$65,00070%
Lakeview Health Foundation$60,0001n/a
Science Museum of Minnesota$59,50070%
Como Friends$49,00070%
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts$42,00040%
Minnesota Zoo Foundation$40,00070%
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts$40,00070%
Minnesota Historical Society$40,00070%
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society$40,00070%
The Minnesota Opera$40,00070%
Gillette Children's Hospital Foundation$33,00070%
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation$33,00070%
Courage Kenny Foundation$32,00051%
Minnesota Museum of American Art$31,00030%
Guthrie Theater Foundation$26,00070%
Northeast Youth & Family Services$26,00070%
Mounds Park Academy$26,00070%
Children's Theatre Company and School$26,00070%
Children's Home Society of Minnesota$26,00070%
The Blake School$26,00070%
St Paul Academy and Summit School$26,00070%
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation$25,00050%
Minnesota Orchestral Association$20,50070%
International Crane Foundation Inc$20,50070%
Walker Art Center$20,50070%
Park Square Theatre$17,50021%
Minnesota Land Trust$16,50070%
Voyageur Outward Bound School$15,50050%
Schubert Club The$14,00070%
Young Mens Christian Association of the North$12,50050%
Ramsey County Historical Society Inc$11,50070%
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities$10,00020%
White Bear Lake Restoration Association$10,0001n/a
Landmark Conservancy Inc$10,00010%
Retreat Inc$10,00020%
Bestprep$7,50070%
Wilderness Inquiry Inc$7,50070%
Allina Health Foundation$7,00010%
Kinnickinnic River Land Trust Inc$7,00070%
University of Minnesota Foundation$6,50010%
Big Ideas Inc$6,00020%
In Sports Foundation$6,00021%
The Valor Coalition$6,000216%
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc$6,00020%
Minnesota State Fair Foundation$5,00010%
Macphail Center for Music$4,50040%
Community Partners with Youth$4,0001n/a
St Paul Curling Foundation$4,000260%
Madeline Island Chamber Music co Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP$1,50031%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($778k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Dellwood Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 49 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGreater Twin Cities United Way: $265,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Arts Partnership: $140,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetThomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center: $76,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetMinnesota Children's Museum: $65,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetScience Museum of Minnesota: $59,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetComo Friends: $49,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetOrdway Center for the Performing Arts: $42,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Zoo Foundation: $40,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMinneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts: $40,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Historical Society: $40,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society: $40,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Minnesota Opera: $40,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGillette Children's Hospital Foundation: $33,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetHazelden Betty Ford Foundation: $33,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCourage Kenny Foundation: $32,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMinnesota Museum of American Art: $31,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGuthrie Theater Foundation: $26,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNortheast Youth & Family Services: $26,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetMounds Park Academy: $26,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Theatre Company and School: $26,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Home Society of Minnesota: $26,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Blake School: $26,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSt Paul Academy and Summit School: $26,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Orchestral Association: $20,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Crane Foundation Inc: $20,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWalker Art Center: $20,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPark Square Theatre: $17,500 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMinnesota Land Trust: $16,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetVoyageur Outward Bound School: $15,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSchubert Club The: $14,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of the North: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRamsey County Historical Society Inc: $11,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLandmark Conservancy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetRetreat Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBestprep: $7,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWilderness Inquiry Inc: $7,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAllina Health Foundation: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKinnickinnic River Land Trust Inc: $7,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $6,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Ideas Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetIn Sports Foundation: $6,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetThe Valor Coalition: $6,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetProject Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMinnesota State Fair Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMacphail Center for Music: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt Paul Curling Foundation: $4,000 over 2y, 60% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 49.

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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.

Xcel Energy FoundationSaint Paul & Minnesot…Hardenbergh FoundationFred C and Katherine …William Boss Foundati…The Hubbard Broadcast…Hrk FoundationThe Minneapolis Found…The K FoundationMightycause Charitabl…Otto Bremer TrustFleetwood Foundation
Xcel Energy FoundationMN40.4× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Xcel Energy Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Hardenbergh Foundation · Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · William Boss Foundation · The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation · Hrk Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The K Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Fleetwood 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.

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About Dellwood Foundation Inc

How much does Dellwood Foundation Inc give?
Dellwood Foundation Inc reported 55 grants totaling $472,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 45 and 51 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Dellwood Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (33%), Philanthropy (17%), Health (14%).
Who are Dellwood Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Greater Twin Cities United Way ($265k), The Arts Partnership ($140k), Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center ($76k).
Does Dellwood Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Dellwood Foundation Inc 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 Dellwood Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Xcel Energy Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Hardenbergh Foundation.
Where is Dellwood Foundation Inc based?
Dellwood Foundation Inc is based in MN.

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 81 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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