· Private foundation
Frels 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k6 grants · $30k
- $10k–50k23 grants · $330k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CATHOLIC | $40,000 |
| ST JOHN'S SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY SEMINARY | $25,000 |
| ROBBINSDALE WOMEN'S CENTER | $25,000 |
| RAMSEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $20,000 |
| CHURCH OF SAINT AGNES | $15,000 |
| SIGNS AND WONDERS FOR OUR TIMES | $15,000 |
| BELLIS | $15,000 |
| ST ODILIA CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $15,000 |
| FRANCISION BROTHERS OF PEACE | $15,000 |
| CRADLE OF HOPE | $15,000 |
| NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| HELPING PAWS | $10,000 |
| PEOPLE INC | $10,000 |
| CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–24, $105k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 71% 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
46 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- RWROBBINSDALE WOMEN'S CENTER7× · 2017–2024 · $130k · revenue +183%
- PIPEOPLE INCORPORATED7× · 2017–2024 · $95k · revenue +36%
- NHNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE7× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +97%
Funded once
- L(LIFETRACK (JOINED LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MN AS OF 7121)one grant, 2023 · $20k
- SOSt Odilia Catholic Schoone grant, 2019 · $20k
- RCRAMSEY CTY HISTORICAL SOCIETYone grant, 2020 · $20k
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.
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.
The mission of minnesota public radio is creating the future of public media by amplifying voices to inform, include, and inspire.
The mission of twin cities public television, inc. (tpt) is to enrich lives and strengthen our community through the power of media.see schedule o for continuation.
To advance the success of women attorneys and strive for a just society.
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.
Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.
University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…
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…
We educate women to lead and influence. we educate at all degree levels through valuing and integrating the liberal arts and professional education within the catholic intellectual tradition, see schedule oemphasizing scholarly inquiry and…
Leadership matters mn is focused on advancing a policy agenda that places working minnesotans first. we support economic growth, job creation and equitable tax and education policies that will allow every minnesotan to thrive.
Minnesota youth symphonies (mys) enriches and inspires talented k-12 orchestral musicians by providing professional, comprehensive educational experiences, and thrills audiences with outstanding performances of orchestral repertoire.
Touchstone mental health provides innovative, person-centered services that foster hope, health and well-being. we envision a world where all people whose lives are affected by mental illness will flourish with effective treatment, quality…
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 82 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 ROBBINSDALE WOMEN'S CENTER ↗
- Who funds RAMSEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds PEOPLE INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ↗
- Who funds BELLIS ↗
- Who funds Cradle of Hope ↗
- Who funds HELPING PAWS INC ↗
- Who funds ETERNAL WORD TELEVISION NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds The Minnesota Opera ↗
- Who funds MINNDEPENDENT ↗
- Who funds SAINT JOHN'S UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · American Gift Fund · Hardenbergh Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Nicholson Family Foundation · Patrick and Aimee Butler Family · Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Frels Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frels Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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