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G & D Peterson Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$100kReligion$10kArts & Culture$10kHealth$5kHuman Services$1kYouth Development$1kPublic Safety & Disaster$500Other$0
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k8 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $40k
$500
Median grant
1
States reached
$218k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAMLINE UNIVERSITY$40,000
FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH$8,400
GAMMELGARDEN MUSEUM$2,100
ORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$1,500
LAKES CENTER FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES$500
Individual grant recipient$500
THE FOREST LAKE POLICE RELIEF ASSOCIATION$500
THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF THE FOREST LAKE AREA$500
ST OLAF COLLEGE$250
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%GAMMELGARDEN MUSEUM: $2k → 6%FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH: $8k → 7%MAYO CLINIC: $500 → 9%ST OLAF COLLEGE: $250 → 11%ORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $2k → 14%LIHUE LUTHERAN CHURCH: $500 → 9%LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $500 → 17%THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF THE FOREST LAKE AREA: $2k → 7%MAYO CLINIC: $500 → 9%ORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $2k → 14%LIHUE LUTHERAN CHURCH: $500 → 9%LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $500 → 17%THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF THE FOREST LAKE AREA: $1k → 7%MAYO CLINIC: $500 → 9%ORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $2k → 14%LIHUE LUTHERAN CHURCH: $500 → 9%LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $1k → 17%FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH: $1k → 7%MAYO CLINIC: $500 → 9%ORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $2k → 14%LIHUE LUTHERAN CHURCH: $500 → 9%LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $500 → 17%THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF THE FOREST LAKE AREA: $750 → 7%TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION: $500 → 14%LAKES CENTER FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES: $500 → 7%TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION: $500 → 14%THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF THE FOREST LAKE AREA: $500 → 7%TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION: $500 → 14%THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF THE FOREST LAKE AREA: $500 → 7%HAMLINE UNIVERSITY: $40k → 14%THE FOREST LAKE COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $500 → 7%HAMLINE UNIVERSITY: $18k → 14%FOREST LAKE YMCA: $500 → 7%HAMLINE UNIVERSITY: $18k → 14%FOREST LAKE YMCA: $500 → 7%HAMLINE UNIVERSITY: $15k → 14%THE LAKES CENTER FOR YOUTH & FAMILY: $500 → 7%HAMLINE UNIVERSITY: $1k → 14%THE FOREST LAKE POLICE RELIEF ASSOCIATION: $500 → 7%HAMLINE UNIVERSITY: $1k → 14%THE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF THE FOREST LAKE AREA: $500 → 7%HAMLINE UNIVERSITY: $1k → 14%HAMLINE UNIVERSITY: $500 → 14%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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$121k · 8 repeat orgs$4k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
2

Total granted

$121k
$1k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+20%

Still filing today

63%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
EducationArts & CultureHealthPublic Safety & DisasterCrime & LegalOther
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

  • OC
    ORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
    4× · 2021–2024 · $6k · revenue +81%
  • LR
    LYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    4× · 2020–2023 · $3k · revenue +2%
  • TC
    TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $2k · revenue +2%

Funded once

  • CS
    COMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $500 · revenue +20%
  • TL
    THE LAKES CENTER FOR YOUTH & FAMILY
    one grant, 2023 · $500
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
Lake Forest Academy

Lake forest academy strives to embody in its practices - and to cultivate in its students -excellence of character, scholarship, citizenship, and responsibility.

Education
2
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
3
Lake Superior College Foundation Inc

Provide financial support to promote the educational, cultural, scientific, and charitable activities of lake superior college duluth, mn.

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4
Luther College

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…

Education
5
University of Minnesota Alumni Association

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…

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6
Augsburg University

Augsburg university educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its…

Education
7
Oglala Lakota College

The mission which emanates from the charter of the oglala sioux tribe is to educate students for professional and vocational employment opportunities in lakota country. the college will graduate well-rounded students grounded in…

Education
8
Augustana University Association

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.

Education
9
Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Mitchell hamline school of law is an independent law school that advances its mission through a combination of legal education, public service, and community engagement. it is dedicated to preparing students to practice law, while also…

Education
10
Minnesota Private College Fund

The minnesota private college fund serves the shared needs of its members by seeking philanthropic support from corporations, foundations, and others for the benefit of its member colleges and universities and the students they educate.

Education
11
Central Lakes College Foundation

To promote clc student success by addressing financial barriers to pursuing higher education - through scholarships, strong alumni and donor relationships, affordable student housing, and other appropriate assistance.

—
12
University of Northwestern - St Paul

See schedule o. founded in 1902, university of northwestern - st. paul is a nondenominational christian university that integrates the educational philosophy of "faith, learning and living" through two focuses: higher education and media.…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Education Foundation of the Forest Lake Area; the most unlike its peers is Community Scholarship 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

10 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. 10 of the 15 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
6/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRUSTEES OF THE HAMLINE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $93,500 · EducationTRUSTEES OF THE HAMLINE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTATHE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF THE FOREST LAKE AREA: $5,250 · Education+1 more: $250 · EducationFAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH: $9,400 · OtherFAITH LUTHERA…GAMMELGARDEN MUSEUM: $2,100 · OtherGAMMELGARDEN …LIHUE LUTHERAN CHURCH: $2,000 · OtherLIHUE LUTHERA…Individual grant recipient: $1,000 · OtherIndividual gr…+2 more: $1,000 · Other+2 moreORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $6,000 · Arts & CultureTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureLYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,500 · HealthMAYO CLINIC: $2,000 · HealthFOREST LAKE POLICE RELIEF ASSN: $500 · Public Safety & DisasterLAKES CENTER FOR YOUTH & FAMILIES: $500 · Crime & Legal
Education$99,000Other$15,500Arts & Culture$7,500Health$4,500Public Safety & Disaster$500Crime & Legal$500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTRUSTEES OF THE HAMLINE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $93,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF THE FOREST LAKE AREA: $5,250 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetLYMPHOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLAKES CENTER FOR YOUTH & FAMILIES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST OLAF COLLEGE: $250 over 1y, 0.0% 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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

Donor Advised Charita…
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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 G & D Peterson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from G & D Peterson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.

    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 15 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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