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Dr Daniel C Hartnett Family Foundation at a glance

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Dr Daniel C Hartnett Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$22k
Granted FY2024still arriving
69
Grants FY2024still arriving
15
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$151kAnimals$78kHealth$34kArts & Culture$32kInternational$27kHuman Services$17kEnvironment$10kPhilanthropy$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 69 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$100
Median grant
15
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$5,000
WILDLIFE REHABILITATION$5,000
SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND$1,000
LONG LAKE FIRE DEPT$1,000
MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION$1,000
WESTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY PIONEER ASSOCIATION$1,000
MAYO CLINIC$1,000
SAVE THE CHILDREN$200
SUSAN B KOMEN FOUNDATION$200
WOMEN'S SHELTER AND SUPPORT$200
MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION$200
PHYSICIANS FOR PEACE$100
NIMBUS$100
Individual grant recipient$100
YELLOW TREE THEATRE$100
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 (FY17–24, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%BOYS TOWN: $100 → 12%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 8%CANINE COMPANIONS: $1k → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $200 → 9%PATH: $100 → 9%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 8%CANINE COMPANIONS: $100 → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 9%CANINE COMPANIONS: $100 → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 9%LITTLE BROTHERS FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $100 → 14%CANINE COMPANIONS: $100 → 9%THE LUSTGARTEN FOUNDATION: $100 → 6%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 9%GUARDIAN ANGELS MEDICAL SERVICE DOGS: $100 → 16%HOMES FOR LIFE FOUNDATION: $100 → 14%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 9%GUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND: $100 → 9%FRIENDS & CO: $100 → 14%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $100 → 11%UNION GOSPEL MISSION TWIN CITIES: $100 → 14%COVENANT HOUSE: $100 → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $100 → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $100 → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $100 → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $100 → 17%COVENANT HOUSE: $100 → 17%SHARING & CARING HAN: $1k → 11%SHARING & CARING HAN: $1k → 11%SHARING & CARING HAN: $100 → 11%SHARING & CARING HAN: $100 → 11%SHARING & CARING HANDS: $100 → 11%HAMMER RESIDENCES: $1k → 11%HAMMER RESIDENCES: $1k → 11%BB HAMMER RESIDENCES: $1k → 11%HAMMER RESIDENCES: $1k → 11%EPISCOPAL GROUP HOMES: $100 → 11%LITTLE BROTHERS FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $100 → 11%HAMMER RESIDENCES: $100 → 11%EPISCOPAL GROUP HOMES: $100 → 11%HAMMER RESIDENCES: $100 → 11%EPISCOPAL GROUP HOMES: $100 → 11%LITTLE BROTHERS FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $100 → 11%EPISCOPAL GROUP HOMES: $100 → 11%LITTLE BROTHERS FRIENDS OF THE ELDERLY: $100 → 11%EPISCOPAL GROUP HOMES: $100 → 11%BB HAMMER RESIDENCES: $100 → 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

ME
WA
MT
MN
IL
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
VA
MD
AZ
AR
TN
NC
DC
OK
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$388k · 192 repeat orgs$26k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

192 repeat relationships: 49 still active in FY2024, 143 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

192
92

Total granted

$388k
$23k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+16%

Still filing today

55%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
AnimalsInternationalHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureOther
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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $150k · revenue +105%
  • WR
    WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MINNESOTA
    5× · 2018–2022 · $45k · revenue +88%
  • MZ
    MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $6k · revenue +158%

Funded once

  • WL
    WILLIE LEE REHAB CENTER
    one grant, 2017 · $5k
  • MV
    MINNESOTA VETERINARY MEDISOUTH ST PAUL
    one grant, 2017 · $2k
  • FI
    FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue +10%
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
Project Drawdown

Project drawdown's mission is to drive meaningful climate action by advancing science-based solutions and strategies. project drawdown's work is focused on three pillars: science - advancing science-based climate solutions and strategies;…

Education
2
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
3
American Humane Association

Founded in 1877, american humane association, dba american humane society (american humane) is committed to ensuring the safety, welfare and well-being of animals. our leadership programs are first to serve in promoting and nurturing the…

Animals
4
Animal Wellness Action

To prevent cruelty to animals, we promote enacting and enforcing good public policies. enacting good laws depends upon electing good lawmakers, and we remind voters which candidates care about and support animal issues.

Human Services
5
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition
6
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
7
Panthera Corporation

Panthera's mission is the conservation of the world's 40 wild cat species, many of which are endangered or threatened. panthera develops, implements and oversees wild cat conservation strategies on a global scale.

Animals
8
Wildaid Inc

Wildaid's mission is to inspire change and empower the world to protect wildlife and vital habitats from critical threats.

Animals
9
Rainforest Alliance Inc

RA works at the intersection of business, agriculture & forests to improve lives & protect nature by transforming how land is used, production of goods & consumer choices.

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10
The Humane League

We exist to end the abuse of animals raised for food. this mission is executed by persuading companies and institutions to adopt animal welfare policies through negotiation and pressure campaigns, and then holding them accountable to their…

Animals
11
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
12
Oceana Inc

To advocate for policy changes by governments and corporations in order to preserve ocean life and return the oceans to their former abundance.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Medical Mission Board Inc; the most unlike its peers is Dark & Stormy Productions. 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

156 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. 156 of the 305 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)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
154/156
Grantees still filing
124/156
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $149,600 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION+1 more: $300 · EducationHOPKINS WESTWIND CONCERT BAND: $12,500 · OtherHOPKINS WESTWIND CONCERT BANDIndividual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientWILDLIFE REHABILITATION: $10,000 · OtherWILDLIFE REHABILITATIONHEIFER INTERNATIONAL: $6,100 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $6,000 · OtherINTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $5,500 · Other+124 more: $108,000 · Other+124 moreWILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MINNESOTA: $45,000 · AnimalsWILDLIFE REHABIL…MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION: $6,200 · AnimalsMINNESOTA ZOO FO…+16 more: $8,500 · Animals+16 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $4,200 · InternationalFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $700 · InternationalFOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC: $600 · InternationalGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $600 · InternationalPATH: $500 · InternationalPhysicians For Peace: $500 · InternationalLUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC: $500 · InternationalSEVA FOUNDATION: $500 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $410 · International+9 more: $2,600 · InternationalHammer Residences Inc: $4,400 · Human ServicesSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $2,300 · Human ServicesCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $1,300 · Human ServicesGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $800 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE: $600 · Human ServicesEPISCOPAL GROUP HOMES INC: $500 · Human ServicesFriends & Co: $500 · Human Services+1 more: $300 · Human ServicesPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $4,000 · HealthMAYO CLINIC: $2,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $600 · HealthAmerican Heart Association Inc: $600 · HealthALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $500 · HealthANIMAL CANCER FOUNDATION: $500 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $500 · HealthPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $500 · HealthCYSTIC FIBROSIS FOUNDATION: $400 · Health+3 more: $800 · HealthYELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $700 · EnvironmentNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $700 · EnvironmentTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $600 · EnvironmentTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $600 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $600 · EnvironmentWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $600 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION: $500 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER: $400 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $400 · EnvironmentOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $300 · EnvironmentNATIONAL PARK TRUST INC: $200 · Environment
Education$149,900Other$158,100Animals$59,700International$12,110Human Services$10,700Health$10,400Environment$5,600

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $149,600 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MINNESOTA: $45,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION: $6,200 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHammer Residences Inc: $4,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $4,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $2,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $2,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $2,200 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $1,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCAN DO CANINES: $1,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC: $1,300 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNETWORK FOR GOOD: $1,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHEATRE IN THE ROUND PLAYERS INC: $1,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWestern Hennepin County Pioneer Association: $1,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetGUIDING EYES FOR THE BLIND INC: $800 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCOMO FRIENDS: $800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetYELLOWSTONE FOREVER: $700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE JUNGLE THEATER: $700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetAlive & Kickin: $700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMETRO MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE POOR INC: $700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDefenders of Wildlife: $700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHEATER LATTE DA: $700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetYELLOW TREE THEATRE: $700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetGALAPAGOS CONSERVANCY INC: $700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION: $700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $700 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetJANE GOODALL INSTITUTE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CONSERVATION: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FOR THE HUNGRY INC: $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CONSERVATION FUND A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDERNESS SOCIETY: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Brain Tumor Association: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN MACULAR DEGENERATION GOEHRING: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN INC: $600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $600 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Humane Society: $600 over 6y, 0.0% 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.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds Hammer Residences Inc ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds UNION GOSPEL MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC ↗
  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds CAN DO CANINES ↗
  • Who funds CANINE COMPANIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE INC ↗
  • Who funds NETWORK FOR GOOD ↗
  • Who funds FINCA INTERNATIONAL 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.

Mightycause Charitabl…The Minneapolis Found…Xcel Energy FoundationSaint Paul & Minnesot…Pohlad Family Foundat…The K FoundationThe Jamf Nation Globa…Margaret a Cargill Fo…Ch Robinson Worldwide…Target FoundationThe McKnight Foundati…James T Nystrom Found…
Mightycause Charitable FoundationFL30.7× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · The K Foundation · The Jamf Nation Global Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Target Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · James T Nystrom 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 Dr Daniel C Hartnett Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dr Daniel C Hartnett Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 24%
  • National Park Trust Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • EcoHealth Alliance Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Feed the Children Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
22report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.

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 305 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

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