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Fingerhut Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$345k
Granted FY2024still arriving
49
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0192% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Human Services$887kInternational$273kPhilanthropy$216kHealth$133kHousing & Shelter$93kPublic Safety & Disaster$81kFood & Nutrition$55kReligion$44kOther$0
02FY2024 · 49 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k38 grants · $98k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $98k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
$2,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UJA - FEDERATION OF NY$50,000
CONSTELLATION FUND$50,000
MINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION$50,000
ISRA AID GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE$22,500
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF OGEN INC$12,500
PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENET FUNDS$12,500
MN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL$10,000
AMERICAN JEWISH JOINT DIST COMMITTEE$10,000
PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENET FUNDS$10,000
HADASSAH$7,500
PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENET FUNDS$7,500
JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL$6,000
SHOLOM FOUNDATION$6,000
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 (FY20–24, $851k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%SOJOURNER PROJECT INC: $10k → 11%SOJOURNER PROJECT INC: $10k → 11%SOJOURNER PROJECT INC: $10k → 11%SOJOURNER PROJECT INC: $10k → 11%SOJOURNER PROJECT INC: $3k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $10k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $9k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $5k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $5k → 11%ICA FOOD SHELF: $5k → 11%ICA FOOD SHELF: $3k → 11%ICA FOOD SHELF: $3k → 11%ICA FOOD SHELF: $3k → 11%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $10k → 11%THE LINK: $10k → 11%THE LINK: $9k → 11%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $3k → 11%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $3k → 11%THE LINK: $3k → 11%THE LINK: $3k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $10k → 11%AVIVO: $3k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICE: $32k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICE: $27k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICE: $27k → 11%PRISM: $9k → 11%PRISM: $3k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDRENS SERVICE: $1k → 11%PRISM: $1k → 11%SHOLOM FOUNDATION: $156k → 11%SHOLOM FOUNDATION: $151k → 11%SHOLOM FOUNDATION: $151k → 11%SHOLOM FOUNDATION: $151k → 11%SHOLOM FOUNDATION: $6k → 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.

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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.7M · 48 repeat orgs$124k to everyone else

48 repeat relationships — 29 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

48
14

Total granted

$1.7M
$36k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+9%
+18%

Still filing today

73%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $88k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesInternationalHealthPhilanthropyEducationCrime & LegalOther

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

  • SF
    SHOLOM FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $615k · revenue +1%
  • JF
    JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS
    4× · 2020–2023 · $86k · revenue +47%
  • IU
    ISRAAID US GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $73k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • PF
    PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +20%
  • JC
    JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER-SABES
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • JH
    JEWISH HOUSING AND PROGRAMMING
    one grant, 2020 · $5k

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
The Jewish Agency for Israel

The jewish agency binds jews across ideologies and civilizations together in a worldwide jewish family with israel at its center. it provides the global framework for aliyah, ensures global jewish safety, strengthens jewish identity and…

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2
Minnesota Jewish Community Center Foundation

The minnesota jcc foundation's sole purpose is to support the minnesota jcc.

Human Services
3
Jewish Family and Children's Service Inc

Strengthening the community by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social services to all ages, faiths and backgrounds.

Human Services
4
Minnesota Jewish Community Center

The minnesota jcc is dedicated to strengthening our community by providing inclusive programs that inspire personal growth, foster connection, and promote well-being through arts, culture, education, fitness, early childhood, day camp and…

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5
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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6
National Council of Jewish Women Incorporated

The national council of jewish women is a grassroots nonpartisan organization of volunteers and advocates who strive for social justice by improving the quality of life for women, children and families.

Community Improvement
7
Jewish Family Service

Jewish Family Service is a nonprofit social service organization that supports people of all faiths as they navigate through lifes's challenges - illness, aging , finanical uncertainty, mental health concerns, family problems, or personal…

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8
American Jewish Committee

AJC's mission is to enhance the wellbeing of the Jewish people and Israel, and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world. In pursuit of this mission, AJC advances democratic principles, fights…

Civil Rights
9
Jewish Community Action

Jewish community action's mission is to organize minnesota jews on key issues impacting our families and neighbors, including religious freedom, affordable housing and public safety.

Civil Rights
10
Jewish Coalition for Immigrant Justice Northwest

The jewish coalition builds a jewish voice in the pacific northwest advancing immigrant justice and domestic policy, following the leadership of impacted community.

Human Services
11
Jewish Federation Council of Greater La

Based on jewish values, the jewish federation of greater los angeles convenes and leads the community and leverages its resources to assure the continuity of the jewish people, support a secure state of israel, care for jews in need here…

Philanthropy
12
Jewish Council for Public Affairs Inc

The mission of the jewish council for public affairs (jcpa) is to strengthen and leverage the jewish community relations network across the nation to champion a just, democratic and pluralistic society and advance the right of full…

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis and the most unlike its peers is American-Middle East Press Association Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 40 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%9%<5yr14%5%5–10yr20%9%10–20yr21%24%20–35yr14%34%35–55yr11%20%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%1%<5yr14%5%5–10yr20%5%10–20yr21%8%20–35yr14%65%35–55yr11%17%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 9% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/63
the rest of the field
12%
7,431/62,281

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

60 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. 60 of the 79 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
60/60
Grantees still filing
33/60
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SHOLOM FOUNDATION — $615,000 · Human ServicesSHOLOM FOUNDATIONJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS — $86,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOL…Sojourner Project Inc — $42,500 · Human ServicesGREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY — $28,500 · Human Services+6 more — $79,000 · Human Services+6 moreJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA AND THE DAKOTAS — $35,000 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS…JEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAEL — $35,000 · OtherJEWISH AGENCY FOR ISRAELFRIENDS OF ELNET - EUROPEAN LEADERSHIP NETWORK — $30,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF ELNET - EUROPEA…MN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER — $30,000 · OtherMN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTERIndividual grant recipient — $30,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION — $28,000 · OtherALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATIONHADASSAH — $27,500 · OtherHADASSAHSTEP — $20,500 · OtherPERSPECTIVES INC — $20,000 · OtherAVENUES FOR YOUTH — $34,000 · OtherAVENUES FOR YOUTHMOVEFWD INC — $22,500 · OtherFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE — $27,500 · OtherFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC T…+33 more — $122,900 · Other+33 moreMINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION — $70,000 · PhilanthropyMINNEAPOLIS …The Constellation Fund — $55,000 · PhilanthropyThe Constell…UNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $50,000 · PhilanthropyUNITED JEWIS…PEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC — $33,500 · PhilanthropyPEF ISRAEL E…+3 more — $11,100 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $150,000 · InternationalAMERICAN IS…The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc — $30,000 · InternationalThe America…THE CENTER FOR PEACE COMMUNICATIONS INC — $22,500 · InternationalTHE CENTER …+3 more — $1,500 · InternationalWALK-IN COUNSELING CENTER INC — $42,500 · HealthVAIL PLACE — $36,000 · HealthWashburn Center for Children — $12,500 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC — $6,000 · Health+2 more — $4,500 · HealthISRAAID US GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE INC — $72,500 · Public Safety & DisasterNECHAMA - JEWISH RESPONSE TO DISASTER — $5,000 · Public Safety & DisasterSOUTHSIDE FAMILY NURTURING CENTER — $41,000 · Crime & Legal+2 more — $1,000 · Crime & Legal
Human Services$851,000Other$462,900Philanthropy$219,600International$204,000Health$101,500Public Safety & Disaster$77,500Crime & Legal$42,000

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetSHOLOM FOUNDATION — $615,000 over 5y, 8.1% of budgetAMERICAN ISRAEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $150,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS — $86,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetISRAAID US GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE INC — $72,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION — $70,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Constellation Fund — $55,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetUNITED JEWISH APPEAL-FEDERATION OF JEWISH PHILANTHROPIES OF NEW YORK INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWALK-IN COUNSELING CENTER INC — $42,500 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetSojourner Project Inc — $42,500 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTHSIDE FAMILY NURTURING CENTER — $41,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetVAIL PLACE — $36,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA AND THE DAKOTAS — $35,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetAVENUES FOR YOUTH — $34,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPEF ISRAEL ENDOWMENT FUNDS INC — $33,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc — $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY — $28,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE — $27,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LINK — $24,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMOVEFWD INC — $22,500 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTHE CENTER FOR PEACE COMMUNICATIONS INC — $22,500 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetPERSPECTIVES INC — $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH — $16,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetINTERCONGREGATION COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION INC — $13,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPEOPLE RESPONDING IN SOCIAL MINISTRY — $12,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF OGEN INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWashburn Center for Children — $12,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAZON A Jewish Response to Hunger — $9,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC — $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FUNDERS NETWORK — $5,100 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNECHAMA - JEWISH RESPONSE TO DISASTER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF LEKET ISRAEL INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAROLD AND MICKEY SMITH JEWISH ACADEMY — $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTOP DOG FOUNDATION INC — $4,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetST LOUIS PARK EMERGENCY PROGRAM INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL WALDENSTROM'S MACROGLOBULINEMIA FOUNDATION INC — $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAVIVO — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHERZL CAMP ASSOCIATION INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMusic Association of Minnetonka — $2,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetPROTECT MINNESOTA — $2,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHAVEN HOUSING — $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA — $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN MINNESOTA (MN) SECTION — $1,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCAN DO CANINES — $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOLDIERS 6 INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPACER CENTER INC — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLIVING LEGACY — $1,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetDONT SHOOT GUNS SHOOT HOOPS — $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% 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.

The Beverly FoundationThe Minneapolis Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Mightycause Charitabl…The K FoundationOtto Bremer TrustThe Richard M Schulze…Pohlad Family Foundat…Ronald Fingerhut Fami…Greater Twin Cities U…Xcel Energy FoundationLynne & Andrew Redlea…
The Beverly FoundationMN51.7× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Beverly Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The K Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Ronald Fingerhut Family Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Xcel Energy Foundation · Lynne & Andrew Redleaf 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 Fingerhut 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 · 30%3%10%23%40%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    3get no government money at all
    15report 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

    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.

    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Fingerhut Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Fingerhut Family 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 79 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.

    Source object · view filing

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