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Fastbreak Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$125k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$298kPhilanthropy$294kHealth$215kCommunity Improvement$138kRecreation & Sports$133kHuman Services$96kFood & Nutrition$75kCivil Rights$73kOther$0
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$486k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Special Olympics Minnesota Inc$25,000
Playworks Minnesota$25,000
A Mother's Love Initiatives$25,000
Youthlink MN$25,000
Twin Cities Pride$25,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $158k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%PINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%PINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%CRESCENT COVE: $5k → 11%AVIVO: $3k → 11%APPETITE FOR CHANGE: $5k → 11%GOOD IN THE HOOD: $5k → 11%The Minnesota Fastbreak Foundation: $50k → 11%Youthlink MN: $25k → 11%Youthlink MN: $25k → 11%Youthlink MN: $25k → 11%YOUTHLINK: $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.

71%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$954k · 34 repeat orgs$393k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +54% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 29 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
74

Total granted

$954k
$393k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+54%
+42%

Still filing today

65%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationHuman ServicesPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • Y
    YOUTHLINK
    4× · 2017–2025 · $80k · revenue +4%
  • GT
    GAY-LESBIAN-BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER PRIDE-T
    4× · 2018–2025 · $78k · revenue +105%
  • SO
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA INC
    3× · 2023–2025 · $75k · revenue +12%

Funded once

  • TM
    THE MINNESOTA FASTBREAK FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $50k
  • CO
    City of Moorhead
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • MC
    MAYO CLINIC CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
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
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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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 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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4
Women's Foundation of Minnesota

Women's Foundation of Minnesota is a statewide community foundation investing in ending systemic inequities and driving innovation for gender and racial justice. WFM applies an Intersectional Equity Framework inclusive of gender, race,…

Philanthropy
5
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
6
St Paul Transportation Management Organization

Move minnesota leads the movement for an equitable and sustainable transportation system that puts people first. we are passionate about connecting communities, ending the climate crisis, expanding access to jobs and resources, and…

Environment
7
Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth

Mity's mission is to inspire and challenge intellectually curious students to pursue their passions within a diverse, inclusive community and empower them by building skills and relationships for lifelong success.

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8
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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9
Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota

Mentoring partnership of minnesota (mpm) builds and elevates the capacity of programs, systems and policies to strengthen youth mentoring relationships. strategic priorities include: 1. support a statewide mentoring partner network2.…

Employment
10
Minnesota Chamber Foundation

The organization's mission is to bring stakeholders together to promote prosperity and long-term growth of minnesota's economy.

Public Benefit
11
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

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

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12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Minneapolis Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Camp Cambria 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

87 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. 87 of the 110 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
78/87
Grantees still filing
62/87
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Playworks Minnesota: $80,000 · OtherPlayworks MinnesotaSPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA INC: $75,000 · OtherSPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA INCA Mother's Love Initiatives: $75,000 · OtherA Mother's Love InitiativesURBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherURBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATIONRebuilding Together - Twin Cities: $40,500 · OtherRebuilding Together - Twin Cities+67 more: $408,500 · Other+67 moreTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $251,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOU…MINNESOTA MILITARY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Philanthropy+5 more: $20,000 · Philanthropy+5 moreBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TWIN CITIES: $60,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GI…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHER…THE SANNEH FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE SANNEH …The Cookie Cart: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentThe Cookie …+2 more: $10,000 · Youth Development+2 moreYOUTHLINK: $80,000 · Human ServicesYOUTHLINKTHE MINNESOTA FASTBREAK FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE MINNES…PINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesPINKY SWEA…+4 more: $17,500 · Human Services+4 moreHOPEKIDS INC: $60,000 · HealthHOPEKIDS I…MAYO CLINIC: $27,175 · HealthMAYO CLINI…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $17,500 · HealthAMERICAN C…ANGEL FOUNDATION: $7,500 · HealthFIREFLY SISTERHOOD: $7,500 · Health+8 more: $32,500 · Health+8 moreGAY-LESBIAN-BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER PRIDE-T: $77,500 · Civil Rights+1 more: $2,500 · Civil RightsMATTER: $55,000 · Food & NutritionCHANNEL ONE INC: $5,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$729,000Philanthropy$281,000Youth Development$160,000Human Services$157,500Health$152,175Civil Rights$80,000Food & Nutrition$65,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $251,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTHLINK: $80,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetGAY-LESBIAN-BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER PRIDE-T: $77,500 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TWIN CITIES: $60,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHOPEKIDS INC: $60,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMATTER: $55,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $50,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE MINNESOTA FASTBREAK FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetURBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetRebuilding Together - Twin Cities: $40,500 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetTHE SANNEH FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $27,175 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED HEROES LEAGUE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMINNESOTA MILITARY FAMILY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBESTPREP: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Cookie Cart: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBolder Options: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetTHE FLIP SAUNDERS LEGACY FUND: $10,000 over 2y, 95% of budgetPINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMONBOND COMMUNITIES: $9,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEAGLEWATCH INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWOMENVENTURE: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetANGEL FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOUTFRONT MINNESOTA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $7,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFIREFLY SISTERHOOD: $7,500 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetMILE IN MY SHOES: $5,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetRALLY FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN FAMILY CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCHANNEL ONE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetACTIVE KIDS ASSOCIATION OF SPORT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCOURAGE KENNY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE KURT B SEYDOW DYSTONIA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetHOPE ACADEMY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAPPETITE FOR CHANGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Banyan Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN MINNESOTA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCRESCENT COVE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMINNEHAHA ACADEMY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget180 DEGREES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAT HOME GROUP: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetFREEDOM ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARCH OF DIMES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWE CARE SOLAR: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRIDGEVIEW FOUNDATION: $5,000 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.

The Minneapolis Found…Xcel Energy FoundationSaint Paul & Minnesot…The Richard M Schulze…Otto Bremer TrustCh Robinson Worldwide…Fr Bigelow FoundationMightycause Charitabl…Pohlad Family Foundat…The Walser FoundationGreater Twin Cities U…Margaret a Cargill Fo…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN60.2× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · The Walser Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Margaret a Cargill 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 Fastbreak Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fastbreak Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    21report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Fastbreak Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Fastbreak 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 110 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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