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Dover Firemen's Relief Association at a glance

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Dover Firemen's Relief Association

To provide retirment benefits to members of the DOVER FIREMEN'S RELIEF ASSOCIATION or their lawful beneficiaries.

$385k
Granted FY2023
7
Grants FY2023
2
States reached
$240k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0190% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Public Benefit$1.1MRecreation & Sports$92kEducation$35kHousing & Shelter$32kHealth$26kAnimals$18kArts & Culture$15kYouth Development$6kOther$0
02FY2023 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 7 grants below total $299,100, the rows itemized in this filing. The $385,296 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $86,196 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k4 grants · $28k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $31k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $240k
$9,431
Median grant
2
States reached
$879k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY OF DOVER$240,150
CITY OF DE GRAFF$19,174
Individual grant recipient$11,620
DOVER-EYOTA SCHOOLS$9,431
ST JUDES RESEARCH HOSPITAL$6,725
THE FIRST TEE OF THE TWIN CITIES$6,000
THE LANDING MN$6,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%FAMILY SERVICE ROCHESTER: $6k → 9%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.
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.3M · 10 repeat orgs$103k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +24% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
10

Total granted

$1.3M
$87k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+24%
+9%

Still filing today

50%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Recreation & SportsEducationPublic BenefitEmploymentCommunity ImprovementHealthOther
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

  • TC
    TWIN CITIES JUNIOR GOLF PROGRAM
    6× · 2018–2023 · $40k · revenue +347%
  • TL
    THE LANDING MN
    3× · 2021–2023 · $27k · revenue +68%
  • RM
    ROCHESTER MN SPORTS
    3× · 2018–2022 · $23k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • OC
    OLMSTED COUNTY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +9%
  • PA
    PHEASANTS AND HABITAT UNLIMITED INC
    one grant, 2017 · $18k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $9k
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
Rochester Rotary Club

We are a member-centered service organization enriching the lives of our city youth, people with disabilities and world neighbors.

Community Improvement
2
Rochester Downtown Development Corporation

Rochester Downtown Development Corporation drives economic vitality in Downtown Rochester through innovation and collaboration.

Community Improvement
3
Rochester Sports Foundation

Planning and developing future community facility needs to utilizing local input and resources to attain outcomes determined by rochester sports foundation leadership.

Recreation & Sports
4
Rochester Youth Volleyball Association

Provide youth of the rochester minnesota area the opportunity to learn and play volleyball.

Recreation & Sports
5
Rochester Management Inc

To provide clean, safe, well maintained, and affordable apartments and townhouses, suitable for anyone, in many locations throughout rochester, new york.

Housing & Shelter
6
Residential Services of Northeastern Minnesota Inc

Enhancing the lives of people with disabilities by providing innovative services that promote inclusion and self-determination.

Human Services
7
Rochester Downtown Alliance

To create, enhance, and promote a downtown experience that is welcoming, fun, and livable.

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8
Collider Foundation

Collider foundation activates, connects, and empowers entrepreneurs in rochester, minnesota. we believe in a community with zero barriers to entrepreneurship for anyone with a strong business idea and the passion to see it grow.

Community Improvement
9
Rochesterworks Inc

The rochesterworks system stimulates local economic growth by providing outstanding employment education, support, and training services.

Employment
10
Rochester Child Care Center Inc

The center strives to provide a range of services that support working parents while fostering the emotional, social, physical and intellectual growth of their children. special consideration is given to low income families and families…

Human Services
11
Thrive Family Resource Center

Thrive family resource center's mission is to help break the cycle of poverty by offering high quality child care and family support. we are building community, one family at a time.

Human Services
12
Rochester Art Center

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…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Family Service Rochester Inc; the most unlike its peers is Rochester Public School Foundation. 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

13 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. 13 of the 22 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
9/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF DOVER: $1,003,600 · OtherCITY OF DOVERCITY OF DE GRAFF: $88,663 · OtherCITY OF DE GRAFF+10 more: $139,156 · Other+10 moreTWIN CITIES JUNIOR GOLF PROGRAM: $39,500 · Recreation & SportsROCHESTER MN SPORTS: $22,500 · Recreation & SportsMINNESOTA NATIONAL WRESTLING DUALS: $6,000 · Recreation & SportsTHE LANDING MN: $26,500 · Public BenefitOLMSTED COUNTY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · EducationROCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $6,000 · EducationCELEBRATION OF A CITY INC: $14,500 · Community ImprovementABILITY BUILDING CENTER INC: $13,500 · EmploymentST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,725 · HealthFAMILY SERVICE ROCHESTER INC: $6,000 · Human Services
Other$1,231,419Recreation & Sports$68,000Public Benefit$26,500Education$26,000Community Improvement$14,500Employment$13,500Health$6,725Human Services$6,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTWIN CITIES JUNIOR GOLF PROGRAM: $39,500 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetTHE LANDING MN: $26,500 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetROCHESTER MN SPORTS: $22,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetOLMSTED COUNTY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetCELEBRATION OF A CITY INC: $14,500 over 2y, 22% of budgetABILITY BUILDING CENTER INC: $13,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $6,725 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY SERVICE ROCHESTER INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKIWANIS CHARITABLE AND EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION OF ROCHESTER MINNESOTA: $6,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetMINNESOTA NATIONAL WRESTLING DUALS: $6,000 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetBEAR CREEK SERVICES INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIAWATHA HOMES INC: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Rochester Area Founda…Mayo ClinicOtto Bremer TrustMightycause Charitabl…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Rochester Area FoundationMN17.7× affinity6 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rochester Area Foundation · Mayo Clinic · Otto Bremer Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Dover Firemen's Relief Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dover Firemen's Relief Association. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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

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    How do I get to Dover Firemen's Relief Association?

    Find your warmest path to Dover Firemen's Relief Association 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 22 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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