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Dryer 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.

$39k
Granted FY2024still arriving
8
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0198% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$1.1MHealth$198kReligion$40kHuman Services$35kHousing & Shelter$24kAnimals$10kInternational$9kFood & Nutrition$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $20k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA$10,000
HOMELESS & WOUNDED WARRIORS-MN$10,000
EVERY MEAL$5,000
SAINT JOHNS UNIVERSITY$5,000
AMPLIFY MISSION NETWORK$5,000
MOVEMBER FOUNDATION$1,500
MINNESOTA COLORECTAL CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION$1,000
TRINITY SOBER HOMES$1,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $20k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HOMELESS & WOUNDED WARRIORS-MN: $10k → 11%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $10k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

NH
WA
MN
IL
CA
CO
VA
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

22%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$313k · 15 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +92% since the first grant, against +18% for the ones you funded once.

15 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
16

Total granted

$313k
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+92%
+18%

Still filing today

80%
81%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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
HealthEducationHousing & ShelterInternationalEnvironmentFood & NutritionOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $140k · revenue +2%
  • SJ
    SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $25k · revenue +51%
  • AM
    AMPLIFY MISSION NETWORK
    5× · 2019–2024 · $25k · revenue +117%

Funded once

  • CO
    COLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT
    one grant, 2019 · $1.0M · revenue -6%
  • TN
    THE NATIONAL LOON CENTER FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $10k · revenue +253%
  • OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -39%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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2
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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3
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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4
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
5
Ecumen

We empower individuals and families to confidently navigate aging so that it is a purposeful journey filled with dignity and support.

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6
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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7
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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8
Mn Community Measurement

Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.

Health
9
The Minneapolis Foundation

The foundation cultivates generosity by taking action on the greatest civic, social, and economic needs partnering with nonprofits, facilitating grantmaking, driving research and advocacy, and providing services to donors seeking to make a…

Philanthropy
10
Minnesota Hospital Association

Advance the health of individuals and communities through leadership, advocacy and collaboration on behalf of minnesota hospitals and health systems. vision: minnesotans are healthy and have access to the right care at the right time in…

Community Improvement
11
The Foundation for Health Care Continuums

The mission of the foundation for health care continuums is to strengthen each community we serve by providing a wide spectrum of housing and health care services that honor the evolving, aging population.

Health
12
Minnesota Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Health Care Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Movember Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyVeterans Service Organizati…Elementary & Early Childhoo…Faith-Based International D…Developmental Disabilities …Senior Residential CareYouth & Family Support Serv…Environmental Sustainabilit…Health Care Systems and Dis…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 30 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr14%10%5–10yr18%26%10–20yr18%36%20–35yr15%13%35–55yr15%16%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%3%5–10yr18%3%10–20yr18%15%20–35yr15%2%35–55yr15%77%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 15% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/33
the rest of the field
15%
6,995/46,141

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 36 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
21/30
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

COLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT — $1,000,000 · EducationCOLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT+4 more — $35,000 · EducationCHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION — $140,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEA…TREEHOUSE INC — $22,500 · HealthTREEHOUSE INC+5 more — $14,500 · Health+5 moreSAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY — $25,000 · OtherNORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — $19,750 · OtherBridging Inc — $15,000 · OtherSEARCH MINISTRIES INC — $8,500 · OtherCRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL — $5,000 · OtherITS MY BIRTHDAY — $5,000 · OtherGuild — $5,000 · OtherTHE BASILICA OF ST MARY CO-CATHEDRAL — $4,000 · OtherOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US — $5,000 · OtherEVERY MEAL — $5,000 · Other+6 more — $12,000 · OtherAMPLIFY MISSION NETWORK — $25,000 · ReligionHOMELESS & WOUNDED WARRIORS-MN — $10,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA — $10,000 · Human ServicesTHE NATIONAL LOON CENTER FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 · EnvironmentTIN MOUNTAIN CONSERVATION CENTER INC — $5,000 · EnvironmentJEREMIAH PROGRAM — $7,500 · Housing & ShelterHOUSING IN ACTION INC — $4,000 · Housing & ShelterTRINITY SOBER HOMES — $1,000 · Housing & Shelter
Education$1,035,000Health$177,000Other$109,250Religion$25,000Human Services$20,000Environment$15,000Housing & Shelter$12,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCOLLEGE OF SAINT BENEDICT — $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION — $140,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY — $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMPLIFY MISSION NETWORK — $25,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetTREEHOUSE INC — $22,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetGREAT MN SCHOOLS — $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION — $19,750 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetBridging Inc — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATIONAL LOON CENTER FOUNDATION INC — $10,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOMELESS & WOUNDED WARRIORS-MN — $10,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM — $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEVERY MEAL — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGuild — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD'S PLAY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIGI'S PLAYHOUSE INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOUSING IN ACTION INC — $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION MINNESOTA INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA MILITARY FAMILY FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMINNESOTA COLORECTAL CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION — $2,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTEE IT UP FOR THE TROOPS INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOVEMBER FOUNDATION — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetARM IN ARM IN AFRICA — $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetROCKY MOUNTAIN PLANNED PARENTHOOD INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY SOBER HOMES — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Xcel Energy FoundationCatholic Community Fo…Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Minneapolis Found…Ch Robinson Worldwide…Mightycause Charitabl…United Way WorldwideThe Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…
Xcel Energy FoundationMN17.8× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Xcel Energy Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Dryer Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 36 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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