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Donald W & Margaret M Anderson 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
41
Grants FY2025
30
Organizations funded FY2024
23%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$20,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$125,000
Organizations funded a year
30 to 41
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
8
Total assets, FY2025
$15M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 23% of the organizations Donald W & Margaret M Anderson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 26% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $260k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthCommunity ImprovementFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsAnimalsOther
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 arriving39$1.1M36%
FY202430$991k23%
FY202335$751k14%
FY202241$995k22%
FY202141$1.1M51%
FY202035$750kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$1.6MEducation$786kHuman Services$783kArts & Culture$497kCommunity Improvement$430kHousing & Shelter$391kFood & Nutrition$316kPhilanthropy$270kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
MT
MN
IL
WI
NY
OH
CA
VA
NM
HI

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 60 grantees
All grantees of Donald W & Margaret M Anderson Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Agrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc$445,00061%
Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners$376,00061%
Holomua Group$305,0003n/a
Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative$243,00061%
Operation Fresh Start Inc$205,00061%
The Grief Club of Minnesota$153,00059%
Dane County Humane Society$140,00060%
Groves Academy$128,00040%
Second Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi$125,00060%
Maui Youth and Family Services Inc$125,00013%
Wayzata Community Church$121,0006n/a
Little Eagle Arts Foundation$119,500631%
Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation$100,00021%
Sonoma County Vet Connect$80,0001n/a
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity$56,00050%
Ka Hale a Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers Inc$55,00020%
Lokahi Pacific$55,00022%
Living Pono Project$55,00022%
Moon Bear Wildlife Sanctuary$50,0001n/a
San Antonio Community Delvelopment Corporation Inc$50,0001n/a
Women Helping Women$50,00021%
United Way of Dane County Inc$45,00020%
Child Loss Foundation$45,00052%
University of Minnesota Foundation$40,00010%
The Hidden Seer System$40,0002n/a
Mississippi Valley Conservancy Inc$39,00051%
Passages a Program for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault$37,00041%
Team Rubicon Inc$35,00020%
The University of Toledo Foundation$35,00030%
Domestic Abuse Intervention Services Inc$35,00021%
Sacred Youth Foundation$29,500218%
Mai Movement Hawaii Inc$25,000140%
Oregon Area Food Pantry$25,00024%
Habitat for Humanity Maui Inc$25,00010%
Maui Humane Society$25,00010%
The Village Diaper Bank Inc$25,00014%
Maui Food Bank Inc$25,00010%
Flat Broke Farm Animal Rescue Inc$20,000116%
Native Movement$20,00010%
The Accomplis Collective Inc$20,00011%
Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us$17,00040%
Hastings Hockey Boosters Inc$16,00042%
Irwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc$15,00010%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$15,00010%
Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation Inc$15,00011%
Boys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc$15,00010%
Project Home Inc$10,00010%
Special Olympics Wisconsin Inc$10,00010%
All Saints in Big Sky$6,0004n/a
The Montana Land Reliance$5,0001n/a
Ruby Habitat Foundation$5,0001n/a
Operation Smile Inc$5,00010%
THE PRAIRIE ENTHUSIASTs INC$5,00010%
Orono Hockey Boosters Inc$5,00011%
Couleecap Inc$5,0001n/a
Cannon Falls Youth Athletics$4,00024%
John Burch Park Supporters$4,00031%
Clark Lake Conservation Association$2,5001n/a
We Can Ride Inc$2,00020%
Madison Symphony Orchestra Inc$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.9M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Donald W & Margaret M Anderson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 49 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAgrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc: $445,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetInterfaith Outreach and Community Partners: $376,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetBeacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative: $243,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetOperation Fresh Start Inc: $205,000 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetThe Grief Club of Minnesota: $153,000 over 5y, 9.0% of budgetDane County Humane Society: $140,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetGroves Academy: $128,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSecond Harvest Foodbank of Southern Wi: $125,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMaui Youth and Family Services Inc: $125,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetLittle Eagle Arts Foundation: $119,500 over 6y, 31% of budgetInstitute of American Indian Arts Foundation: $100,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetTwin Cities Habitat for Humanity: $56,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetKa Hale a Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLokahi Pacific: $55,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetLiving Pono Project: $55,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetWomen Helping Women: $50,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetUnited Way of Dane County Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChild Loss Foundation: $45,000 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $40,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMississippi Valley Conservancy Inc: $39,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetPassages a Program for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault: $37,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetTeam Rubicon Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Toledo Foundation: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetDomestic Abuse Intervention Services Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSacred Youth Foundation: $29,500 over 2y, 18% of budgetMai Movement Hawaii Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetOregon Area Food Pantry: $25,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity Maui Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMaui Humane Society: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetThe Village Diaper Bank Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetMaui Food Bank Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFlat Broke Farm Animal Rescue Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetNative Movement: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Accomplis Collective Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOpportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us: $17,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHastings Hockey Boosters Inc: $16,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetIrwin a and Robert D Goodman Community Center Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWisconsin Women's Health Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Dane County Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProject Home Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSpecial Olympics Wisconsin Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOperation Smile Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PRAIRIE ENTHUSIASTs INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOrono Hockey Boosters Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCannon Falls Youth Athletics: $4,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetJohn Burch Park Supporters: $4,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetWe Can Ride Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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.

Alliant Energy Foundation IncWI30.4× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Hooper Corp Foundation · Madison Gas and Electric Foundation Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · Trustage Foundation Inc · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Madison Community Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc · Jpc Foundation · Veridian Foundation Inc

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 Donald W & Margaret M Anderson Foundation

How much does Donald W & Margaret M Anderson Foundation give?
Donald W & Margaret M Anderson Foundation reported 41 grants totaling $1,225,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 41 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Donald W & Margaret M Anderson Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (26%), Education (13%), Human Services (13%).
Who are Donald W & Margaret M Anderson Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Agrace HospiceCare Foundation Inc ($445k), Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners ($376k), Holomua Group ($305k).
Does Donald W & Margaret M Anderson Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Donald W & Margaret M Anderson 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 Donald W & Margaret M Anderson Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alliant Energy Foundation Inc, Green Bay Packers Foundation, Hooper Corp Foundation.
Where is Donald W & Margaret M Anderson Foundation based?
Donald W & Margaret M Anderson Foundation 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 94 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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