· Private foundation
Edwin W Norberg Char Tr Uw
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, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| AUGUSTANA LUTHERAN CHURCH | $9,248 |
| ST OLAF COLLEGE | $5,549 |
| AUGSBURG COLLEGE | $4,624 |
| MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION | $4,624 |
| EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH AMERICA | $4,624 |
| GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE | $4,624 |
| MOUNT OLIVET LUTHERAN CHURCH | $4,277 |
| MACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC | $2,312 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN ST PAUL | $2,312 |
| AUGUSTANA CARE | $2,312 |
| MOUNT OLIVET ROLLING ACRES | $1,734 |
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 (FY19–25, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
12 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SOST OLAF COLLEGE7× · 2019–2025 · $36k · revenue +37%
- AUAUGSBURG UNIVERSITY7× · 2019–2025 · $35k · revenue +28%
- MCMACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC7× · 2019–2025 · $17k · revenue +30%
Funded once
- ELEVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICAone grant, 2023 · $5k
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 mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
Founded by the norwegian evangelical lutheran church in 1861, luther college is a four-year, residential liberal arts institution. luther welcomes students of all backgrounds to engage in a way of learning that moves beyond immediate…
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…
St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
Depauw university develops leaders the world needs through an uncommon commitment to the liberal arts. depauw's diverse and inclusive learning and living experience, distinctive in its rigorous intellectual engagement and its global and…
The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.
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…
The university of minnesota alumni association (umaa) fosters a lifelong spirit of belonging and pride by connecting alumni, students, and friends to the university of minnesota and each other. the alumni association advocates for the…
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.
The University of Mary exists to serve the religious, academic and cultural needs of the people in this region and beyond.(Continued on Schedule O)
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 14 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 ST OLAF COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC ↗
- Who funds AUGUSTANA CARE ↗
- Who funds MOUNT OLIVET ROLLING ACRES INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHWESTERN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NORTHWESTERN - ST PAUL ↗
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.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Edwin W Norberg Char Tr Uw funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Edwin W Norberg Char Tr Uw. Bigger dots raise more.
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