· Private foundation
George 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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k45 grants · $185k
- $10k–50k103 grants · $2.2M
- $50k–250k16 grants · $1.3M
- $250k+2 grants · $1.3M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| YMCA OF THE NORTH | $1,038,245 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | $300,000 |
| 1440 MULTIVERSITY | $200,000 |
| PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HAVARD COLLEGE | $163,846 |
| NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION | $110,000 |
| GUTHRIE THEATER | $100,000 |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES | $75,000 |
| INTERFAITH AMERICA | $75,000 |
| WALKING MOUNTAINS SCIENCE CENTER | $70,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS | $56,441 |
| FAMILY TREE CLINIC | $53,250 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| FAITH IN PUBLIC LIFE | $50,000 |
| LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW | $50,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $4.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 97% 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
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 47% of George Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 57% of the giving stays in MN; by stated purpose, 26%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.
151 repeat relationships: 118 still active in FY2024, 33 since wound down; 34 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, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $462k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YMYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH5× · 2020–2024 · $3.8M · revenue +31%
DUKE UNIVERSITY4× · 2020–2024 · $974k · revenue +49%
GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC5× · 2020–2024 · $552k · revenue +214%
Funded once
- MCMAYO CLINICone grant, 2020 · $525k
- T1THE 1440 FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $400k · revenue +135%
- PPPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF NORTH CENTRAL STATESone grant, 2022 · $79k
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.
To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.
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…
The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…
Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.
United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.
Led by minnesota state university students, we are the inclusive voice for all future, current, and former students. we actively work to represent and support minnesota state university students and advocate at a campus, state, and federal…
We believe that great schools are the cornerstone of a just and thriving community. ensuring that every child is able to attend a school that works is our moral and social imperative - our children deserve no less.
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…
Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.
We provide exemplary interdisciplinary programs for a community of scholar-practitioners within a distributed learning model grounded in student-driven inquiry and leading to enhanced knowledge.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
How this is measured
199 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. 199 of the 256 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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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 YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH ↗
- Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
- Who funds DUKE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
- Who funds GEORGIA TECH FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds GUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds University of St Thomas ↗
- Who funds THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE 1440 FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Sojourners Inc ↗
- Who funds ON BEING PROJECT ↗
- Who funds AUBURN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ↗
- Who funds Marnitas Table Inc ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES ↗
- Who funds INTERFAITH AMERICA ↗
- Who funds WALKING MOUNTAINS ↗
- Who funds Sigma Chi Foundation ↗
- Who funds ACADEMY OF INTEGRATIVE HEALTH & MEDICINE ↗
- Who funds FAITH IN PUBLIC LIFE INC ↗
- Who funds Family Tree Inc ↗
- Who funds THE CARTER CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
- Who funds CULTURAL WELLNESS CENTER ↗
- Who funds TERGAR INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds YWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS ↗
- Who funds SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Beta Psi Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds YOUTHPOWER365 ↗
- Who funds Mindful Life Project ↗
- Who funds SOMALI SUCCESS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds PROJECT SUCCESS ↗
- Who funds COMPASSION & CHOICES ↗
- Who funds PAGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MIND & LIFE INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds ACADEMIC CONSORTIUM FOR INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE AND HEALTH INC ↗
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: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Youthprise · Otto Bremer Trust · Target Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Women's Foundation of Minnesota
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization George Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from George Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- East Boston Social Centers Inc: 50% of income from government
- President and Fellows of Harvard College: 7% of income from government
- Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health Inc: 2% of income from government
- Amherst College Trustees: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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