· Private foundation
Donald and Marie Roberts Charitable 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k1 grant · $2k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $124k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF OTTERTAIL COUNTY | $41,979 |
| ST CROIX PREPARATORY ACADEMY | $30,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF MN VETERINARY MEDICAL CENTER | $25,000 |
| ELY COMMUNITY RESOURCE | $16,978 |
| NEW LIFE ACADEMY (NLAEF) | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,978 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LRLAKE REGION HEALTHCARE CORPORATION5× · 2017–2021 · $126k · revenue +36%
- TEThe Ely Community Resource Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $85k · revenue +65%
- SCSt Croix Preparatory Academy3× · 2023–2025 · $53k · revenue +1%
Funded once
- TATRINITY ACADEMY INCone grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -48%
- NLNEW LIFE ACADEMYone grant, 2018 · $10k
- WBWHITE BEAR AREA FOOD SHELFgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $6k · revenue +240%
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.
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.
Ely-bloomenson community hospital is committed to caring for and enhancing the health and well-being of the community it serves.
Trinity health is committed to preserving and improving the quality of health of the people we serve. our mission is to excel at meeting the needs of the whole person through the provision of quality health care and health related services.
The mission of rivers edge academy is, in partnership with parents and community, to prepare urban high school students for their further education and career with rigorous academics, innovative projects and an interdisciplinary…
We make a positive difference in the health of the patients and communities we serve.
Trinity health is committed to preserving and improving the quality of health of the people we serve. our mission is to excel at meeting the needs of the whole person through the provision of quality health care and health related services.
To assist those residing in and visiting the mille lacs area in achieving and mantaining optimal health.
Provide quality childcare services at a central facility in the fosston, mn community. childcare is desperately needed in our area.
To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.
Caring for family and friends, kittson healthcare collaborates with others to ensure area residents have access to services necessary to maintain their health and well-being.
Lake country school is a montessori learning environment that fosters independence, critical thinking, and creativity within each child. we are a community that promotes diversity and inclusion, as well as respect and responsibility to…
Inspire and prepare students for academic excellence and cultivate responsbile, engaged, and well-rounded citizens.
How this is measured
8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 18 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 LAKE REGION HEALTHCARE CORPORATION ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF OTTER TAIL COUNTY ↗
- Who funds The Ely Community Resource Inc ↗
- Who funds St Croix Preparatory Academy ↗
- Who funds TRINITY ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds WHITE BEAR AREA FOOD SHELF ↗
- Who funds LAKEVIEW HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FERGUS FALLS 544 EDUCATION FOUNDATI ↗
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: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Donald and Marie Roberts Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Donald and Marie Roberts Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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