Minnesota · Private foundation
G & D Peterson 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.
- $54k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 9
- Grants FY2024
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 25%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 8
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $218k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 25% of the organizations G & D Peterson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 20% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 9 | $54k | 44% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $5k | 25% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $23k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $23k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $21k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota | $93,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Ordway Center for the Performing Arts | $6,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Education Foundation of the Forest Lake Area | $5,250 | 5 | 3% |
| Lymphoma Research Foundation | $2,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Twin Cities Public Television Inc | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Community Scholarship Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Forest Lake Police Relief Assn | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Lakes Center for Youth & Families | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| St Olaf College | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget G & D Peterson Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
About G & D Peterson Foundation
- How much does G & D Peterson Foundation give?
- G & D Peterson Foundation reported 9 grants totaling $54,250 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 8 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does G & D Peterson Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (78%), Religion (8%), Arts & Culture (8%).
- Who are G & D Peterson Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Trustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota ($94k), Ordway Center for the Performing Arts ($6k), The Education Foundation of the Forest Lake Area ($5k).
- Does G & D Peterson Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does G & D Peterson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as G & D Peterson Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is G & D Peterson Foundation based?
- G & D Peterson Foundation is based in MN.
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