· Private foundation
Douglas and Mary Staughton Jones 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 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NERSTRAND CHARTER SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS OF SUDAN EPISCOPAL CHURCH | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–19, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 44% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
27 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 27 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).
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 FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TATHE AMERICAN SWEDISH INSTITUTE6× · 2017–2022 · $35k · revenue +74%
- RCRICE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY5× · 2017–2021 · $3k · revenue +165%
- RHRUTH'S HOUSE OF HOPE5× · 2017–2021 · $3k · revenue +12%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $6k
- DBDAVID BOE MEMORIAL FUNDone grant, 2020 · $3k
- IIINTERNATONAL INST OF MINNone grant, 2022 · $3k
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.
The guthrie theater engages exceptional theater artists in the exploration of both classic and contemporary plays, connecting the community we serve to one another and to the world. through its extraordinary artists, staff and facility,…
Schubert club creates inspiring musical experiences that contribute to the cultural vibrancy of the twin cities community through concert presentations, music education and student scholarship programs, and musuem exhibits.
The minnesota orchestra mission is to enrich, inspire and serve our community as an enduring symphony orchestra internationally recognized for its artistic excellence.
The mission of the jewish museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret art and jewish culture. see schedule o for more information.
St. olaf college challenges students to excel in the liberal arts, examine faith and values, and explore meaningful vocation in an inclusive, globally engaged community nourished by lutheran tradition.
Building community and creating experiences inspired by norwegian-american stories and folk art.the museum is a national treasure that explores the diversity of american immigration through the lens of norwegian-american experience,…
To educate students in the liberal arts through free inquiry and the open exchange of ideas.when grinnell college framed its charter in the iowa territory of the united states in 1846, it set forth a mission to educate its students "for…
The minneapolis institute of art (mia) enriches the community by collecting, preserving, and making accessible outstanding works of art from the world's diverse cultures.
Rochester art center offers the opportunity for all people to understand and value the arts through innovative experiences with contemporary art. through world-class exhibitions and programs, we present a welcoming, integrated, and diverse…
In the belief that the visual arts are indispensable to a healthy community, it is the mission of the minnetonka center for the arts to provide teaching excellence, quality exhibitions, and cultural enrichment for people of all ages,…
Mcad provides a transformative education within a community of support for creative students of all backgrounds to work, collaborate, and lead with confidence in a dynamic, interconnected world.
Palaver strings is a grammy-nominated, musician-led string ensemble and nonprofit organization based in portland, me. our mission is to strengthen and inspire community through music. in our musician-led model, palaver's musicians share…
How this is measured
21 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. 21 of the 46 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 VOCALESSENCE ↗
- Who funds THE AMERICAN SWEDISH INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds MINNEHAHA ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds SKYLARK OPERA ↗
- Who funds GREAT RIVER SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ↗
- Who funds RICE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds RUTH'S HOUSE OF HOPE ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA MARINE ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds VALLEY GROVE PRESERVATION SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE ST PAUL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC ↗
- Who funds The Cowles Center ↗
- Who funds MACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC ↗
- Who funds CANNON VALLEY ELDER COLLEGIUM ↗
- Who funds CSJ Ministries Foundation ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds RIVER BEND NATURE CENTER INC ↗
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: Ibm International Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Minnesota Historical Society · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Douglas and Mary Staughton Jones Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Douglas and Mary Staughton Jones Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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