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Deluxe Corporation Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.6M
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$281k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.9MCivil Rights$1.7MCommunity Improvement$763kHuman Services$727kYouth Development$713kPublic Safety & Disaster$545kFood & Nutrition$427kInternational$412kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k13 grants · $335k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $685k
  • $250k+2 grants · $531k
$25,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$24M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND$280,644
AMERICAN RED CROSS$250,000
NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC$200,000
MEALS FROM THE HEART$135,000
YOUTH FRONTIERS INC$100,000
NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC$100,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UPPER MIDWEST INC$75,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF GEORGIA INC$75,000
NEIGHBORHOOD FOREST INC$35,000
HMONG AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP$25,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA INC$25,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE UPPER MIDWEST INC$25,000
ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC$25,000
BILINGUAL LEARNING CENTER$25,000
FREE GUITARS 4 KIDS$25,000
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 (FY20–25, $2.6M) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $25k → 7%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $300k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $250k → 14%MILITARY SPOUSE CORPORATE CAREER NETWORK INC: $25k → 11%EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $338k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $25k → 14%CAMP ENCOURAGE: $20k → 15%FAMILY SUPPORT CIRCLE INC: $9k → 8%FOR THE GIRLS INC: $30k → 8%ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $25k → 7%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $200k → 17%SHEEP DOG IMPACT ASSISTANCE: $30k → 8%CAMP ENCOURAGE: $15k → 15%STABLE HANDS INC: $200 → 11%PREPARE PROSPER: $5k → 14%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $200k → 17%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $250k → 14%CAMP ENCOURAGE: $5k → 15%VALLEY OUTREACH: $200 → 6%YOUTH FRONTIERS INC: $100k → 11%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $200k → 17%PAWSPERITY INC: $20k → 15%WOMEN ARE DREAMERS TOO INC: $5k → 13%YOUTH FRONTIERS INC: $75k → 11%NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE: $200k → 17%YOUTH VOLUNTEER CORPS: $30k → 15%YOUTH FRONTIERS INC: $30k → 11%YOUTH FRONTIERS INC: $20k → 11%ATHENAS WAREHOUSE INC: $30k → 13%ATHENAS WAREHOUSE INC: $5k → 13%CROSSROADS COMMUNITY MINISTRIES INC: $5k → 13%DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY CIVIC VENTURES: $20k → 15%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $20k → 11%OPEN ACCESS CONNECTIONS: $2k → 14%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $20k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA INC: $25k → 11%APPETITE FOR CHANGE INC: $14k → 11%CLARE HOUSING: $25k → 11%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $30k → 11%AMERICAN RED CROSS MINNESOTA REGION: $15k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
IA
PA
NJ
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
NM
KS
AR
NC
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.9M · 29 repeat orgs$1.7M to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
92

Total granted

$5.9M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+16%

Still filing today

100%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k 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 ServicesEducationPhilanthropyHealthYouth DevelopmentCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • AN
    American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches
    4× · 2020–2025 · $545k · revenue +38%
  • ME
    Metropolitan Economic Development Association
    5× · 2021–2025 · $375k · revenue +28%
  • JA
    Junior Achievement of Georgia
    6× · 2020–2025 · $362k · revenue +180%

Funded once

  • EA
    EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2020 · $338k · revenue -55%
  • MM
    MEDA - METROPOLITAN ECONOMIC DEV ASSOC
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • CD
    CAN DO CANINESgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue +27%
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
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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2
African Development Center

Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota

Human Services
3
Women's Foundation of Minnesota

Women's Foundation of Minnesota is a statewide community foundation investing in ending systemic inequities and driving innovation for gender and racial justice. WFM applies an Intersectional Equity Framework inclusive of gender, race,…

Philanthropy
4
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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5
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
6
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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7
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
8
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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9
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
10
Coop Careers Inc

Building a movement of diverse, upwardly mobile college grads overcoming underemployment through digital skills and peer connections.

Education
11
Minnesota State Council On Economic Education

Mcee equips minnesotans with the economic and personal financial knowledge and skills to make informed decisions and thrive in our complex world. we fulfill our mission by teaching teachers through top quality professional development and…

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12
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

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

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Youth Frontiers Inc; the most unlike its peers is Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization. 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

121 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. 121 of the 131 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
118/121
Grantees still filing
74/121
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $1,100,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INCAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $545,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its C…EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $338,251 · Human ServicesEMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INCYOUTH FRONTIERS INC: $225,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH FRONTIERS INC+21 more: $435,400 · Human Services+21 moreGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $1,027,388 · PhilanthropyGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITE…THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND: $584,012 · PhilanthropyTHE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUNDUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $129,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATL…+8 more: $151,000 · Philanthropy+8 moreMetropolitan Economic Development Association: $375,000 · OtherMetropolitan Economic Develop…MEALS FROM THE HEART: $315,385 · OtherMEALS FROM THE HEARTSPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA INC: $204,000 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA IN…MEDA - METROPOLITAN ECONOMIC DEV ASSOC: $100,000 · OtherNETWORK FOR GOOD: $137,625 · OtherNETWORK FOR GOODNEIGHBORHOOD FOREST INC: $127,500 · OtherNEIGHBORHOOD FOREST INC+60 more: $928,700 · Other+60 moreJunior Achievement of Georgia: $362,380 · InternationalJunior Ac…JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH: $275,000 · InternationalJUNIOR AC…JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE AMERICA INC: $50,000 · InternationalJUNIOR AC…NATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $600,000 · Arts & CultureFree Guitars 4 Kids: $25,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $10,400 · Arts & CultureCOLLEGIATE ENTREPRENEURS ORGANIZATION: $30,000 · EducationBILINGUAL LEARNING CENTER: $25,000 · EducationEMPOWR CO: $25,000 · EducationKIDS IN NEED FOUNDATION: $19,183 · EducationTHE POSSE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · EducationDUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY: $10,000 · EducationWOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY INC: $10,000 · EducationEverybody Wins Atlanta Inc: $10,000 · EducationThe Kindezi School Inc: $10,000 · Education+7 more: $4,350 · EducationWOMENVENTURE: $39,000 · Community ImprovementLake Street Council: $25,000 · Community ImprovementCENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION: $25,000 · Community ImprovementOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $21,500 · Community ImprovementPITTSBURGH COLLABORATIVE INC: $20,000 · Community ImprovementEDC STRATEGIC INITIATIVES FUND: $15,000 · Community Improvement
Human Services$2,643,651Philanthropy$1,891,400Other$2,188,210International$687,380Arts & Culture$635,400Education$158,533Community Improvement$145,500

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 budgetNATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE INC: $1,100,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $1,027,388 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNATIONAL CENTER FOR CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $600,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTHE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND: $584,012 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $545,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMetropolitan Economic Development Association: $375,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetJunior Achievement of Georgia: $362,380 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetEMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION INC: $338,251 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEALS FROM THE HEART: $315,385 over 3y, 14% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH: $275,000 over 5y, 1.3% of budgetYOUTH FRONTIERS INC: $225,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA INC: $204,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $137,625 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED WAY OF GREATER ATLANTA INC: $129,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD FOREST INC: $127,500 over 4y, 17% of budgetROSE BROOKS CENTER INC: $60,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF MIDDLE AMERICA INC: $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetNMDP FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE OSCAR MIKE FOUNDATION: $45,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetCOOL GIRLS INC: $45,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetCamp Encourage: $40,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetTHE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $40,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWOMENVENTURE: $39,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetATHENAS WAREHOUSE INC: $35,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetCAN DO CANINES: $30,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThe Pentagon Federal Credit Union Foundation: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYouth Volunteer Corps: $30,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetCOLLEGIATE ENTREPRENEURS ORGANIZATION: $30,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetFor the Girls Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSheep Dog Impact Assistance: $30,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY: $30,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEXT GENERATION MEN & WOMEN INC: $30,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Atlanta Inc: $29,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetFree Guitars 4 Kids: $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS KANSAS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY HEALING AND MENTAL HEALTH: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetSUNSHINE ON A RANNEY DAY INCORPORATED: $25,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetMy Very Own Bed: $25,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetOPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMINNESOTA DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIES INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMilitary Spouse Jobs: $25,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBILINGUAL LEARNING CENTER: $25,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetOUTFRONT MINNESOTA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetCODE SAVVY: $25,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetCLARE HOUSING: $25,000 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.

Ch Robinson Worldwide…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Otto Bremer TrustFr Bigelow FoundationXcel Energy FoundationThe Minneapolis Found…Atl Fdn-W Peters MainTarget FoundationThe Richard M Schulze…Greater Twin Cities U…Tw Marian W Ottley At…Tr Uw Charles I Branan
Ch Robinson Worldwide FoundationSD35.1× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Atl Fdn-W Peters Main · Target Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Tw Marian W Ottley Atlanta Main · Tr Uw Charles I Branan

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Merrimack Valley Food Bank Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
38report 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 Deluxe Corporation Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Deluxe Corporation 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 131 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home