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Dv 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.

$402k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead

Read this first · the figures below need context

66% of Dv Foundation’s FY2025 grant dollars went to Mayo Clinic, not to grantees.

Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2025 names 5 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2024, the last year Dv Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 7 organizations, $402k. It is dated, not current.

Organizations named directly on the return

5
’23
7
’24
5
’25

Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.

01What it funds
0185% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Health$422kCivil Rights$200kEducation$160kCrime & Legal$85kYouth Development$75kRecreation & Sports$25kPublic Benefit$25kPhilanthropy$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $192k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACLU OF MINNESOTA$200,000
MAYO CLINIC$47,166
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND$25,000
CLEAN ELECTIONS MINNESOTA$25,000
MINNESOTA JUSTICE RESEARCH CENTER$25,000
NORTHERN STAR SCOUTING$25,000
FRIENDS OF SAINT PAUL COLLEGE$20,000
SAINT PAUL URBAN TENNIS$15,000
FRIENDS OF DARTMOUTH HOCKEY$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
RAGOM$5,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY23–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 35% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%MAYO CLINIC: $250k → 9%NORTHERN STAR SCOUTING: $25k → 11%CLEAN ELECTIONS MINNESOTA: $25k → 14%AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE: $30k → 22%MISTY COPELAND FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND: $50k → 14%FRIENDS OF DARTMOUTH HOCKEY: $10k → 10%MAYO CLINIC: $47k → 9%NORTHERN STAR SCOUTING: $25k → 11%FRIENDS OF SAINT PAUL COLLEGE: $20k → 14%TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY: $50k → 17%PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND: $50k → 14%NORTHERN STAR SCOUTING: $25k → 11%FRIENDS OF SAINT PAUL COLLEGE: $20k → 14%PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND: $25k → 14%CHARLES WITTWER WHEELCHAIR: $8k → 11%FRIENDS OF SAINT PAUL COLLEGE: $20k → 14%CHARLES WITTWER WHEELCHAIR: $5k → 11%SAINT PAUL URBAN TENNIS: $15k → 14%CHARLES WITTWER WHEELCHAIR: $5k → 11%MINNESOTA JUSTICE RESEARCH CENTER: $30k → 14%BRECK SCHOOL: $50k → 11%MINNESOTA JUSTICE RESEARCH CENTER: $25k → 14%ACLU OF MINNESOTA: $200k → 11%NORTHSIDE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: $30k → 11%RAGOM: $5k → 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.
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.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$333k · 5 repeat orgs$366k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against -8% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call). Read against FY2024, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
2

Total granted

$333k
$60k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+18%
-8%

Still filing today

80%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
Civil RightsEducationRecreation & SportsHealthCrime & LegalOther
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

  • PP
    PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $125k · revenue +16%
  • NS
    NORTHERN STAR COUNCIL
    3× · 2023–2025 · $75k · revenue +18%
  • MJ
    MINNESOTA JUSTICE RESEARCH CENTER
    2× · 2023–2024 · $55k · revenue +95%

Funded once

  • AL
    AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue -8%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $30k
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
The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel

Enhance the ability of actec members to provide the most efficient and highest quality services to their clients; develop qualified trust and estate counselors; improve and reform probate, trust and tax laws, procedures, and standards of…

Community Improvement
2
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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3
Minnesota Council on Foundations

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

—
4
Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Mitchell hamline school of law is an independent law school that advances its mission through a combination of legal education, public service, and community engagement. it is dedicated to preparing students to practice law, while also…

Education
5
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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6
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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7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
9
Minnesota Private College Fund

The minnesota private college fund serves the shared needs of its members by seeking philanthropic support from corporations, foundations, and others for the benefit of its member colleges and universities and the students they educate.

Education
10
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education
11
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
American Council On Education

Ace leads higher education with a united vision for the future, galvanizing our members to make change. the council collaborates across the sector to design solutions for today's challenges, serves the needs of a diverse student…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota; the most unlike its peers is The Misty Copeland Foundation Inc. 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

12 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. 12 of the 16 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)
12/12
Grantees still filing
5/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAYO CLINIC: $297,166 · HealthMAYO CLINICPLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC: $125,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INCAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MINNESOTA: $200,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MI…NORTHERN STAR COUNCIL: $75,000 · OtherNORTHERN STAR COUNCILIndividual grant recipient: $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $18,000 · Other+3 more: $16,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF SAINT PAUL COLLEGE: $60,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF SAINT …THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $50,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF C…Breck School: $50,000 · EducationBreck SchoolMINNESOTA JUSTICE RESEARCH CENTER: $55,000 · Civil RightsCLEAN ELECTIONS MINNESOTA: $25,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE: $30,000 · Crime & LegalST PAUL URBAN TENNIS PROGRAM: $15,000 · Recreation & Sports
Health$422,166Other$339,000Education$160,000Civil Rights$80,000Crime & Legal$30,000Recreation & Sports$15,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMAYO CLINIC: $297,166 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MINNESOTA: $200,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC: $125,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHERN STAR COUNCIL: $75,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetFRIENDS OF SAINT PAUL COLLEGE: $60,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetMINNESOTA JUSTICE RESEARCH CENTER: $55,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetTHE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBreck School: $50,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCLEAN ELECTIONS MINNESOTA: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetST PAUL URBAN TENNIS PROGRAM: $15,000 over 1y, 1.3% 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.

Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Minneapolis Found…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN15× affinity5 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Dv Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Dv Foundation. 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%5%10%15%20%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 · 0–20%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Dv Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Dv Foundation 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 16 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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