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GHR 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.

$36M
Granted FY2024still arriving
155
Grants FY2024still arriving
21
States reached
$2.0M
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$89MHealth$36MInternational$31MPhilanthropy$20MHuman Services$12MReligion$12MPublic Safety & Disaster$9.5MCommunity Improvement$7.3MOther$0
02FY2024 · 155 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $60k
  • $10k–50k43 grants · $775k
  • $50k–250k55 grants · $6.3M
  • $250k+45 grants · $29M
$100,000
Median grant
21
States reached
$1.1B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Alzheimer's Association$2,050,000
St Catherine University$2,000,000
The Minneapolis Foundation$1,500,000
Mayo Clinic$1,500,000
Georgetown University$1,000,000
St Catherine University$1,000,000
University of St Thomas$1,000,000
Alzheimer's Association$1,000,000
Marquette University$1,000,000
Brigham and Women's Hospital$1,000,000
Mayo Clinic$1,000,000
Lund University$800,000
The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital$800,000
Jesuit Refugee Service International$800,000
Secretariat for the Economy$750,000
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.

US giving: 82% of grant dollars ($189M). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 18% that went abroad ($43M) is mapped below.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $10.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 86% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Tides Center: $650k → 10%HOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $243k → 15%CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS: $265k → 6%TIDES CENTER: $500k → 10%HOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $200k → 15%CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS: $265k → 6%TIDES CENTER: $500k → 10%Holt International Children's Services: $125k → 15%CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS: $265k → 6%TIDES CENTER: $500k → 10%HOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $125k → 15%CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS: $250k → 6%Tides Center: $500k → 10%HOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $100k → 15%Christian Alliance for Orphans: $150k → 6%TIDES CENTER: $500k → 10%Holt International Children's Services: $100k → 15%CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS: $150k → 6%TIDES CENTER: $195k → 10%SPOON: $157k → 12%Christian Alliance for Orphans: $100k → 6%TIDES CENTER: $175k → 10%SPOON: $75k → 12%TIDES CENTER: $150k → 10%TIDES CENTER: $100k → 10%SPOON: $204k → 12%TIDES CENTER: $100k → 10%SPOON: $199k → 12%TIDES CENTER: $100k → 10%SPOON: $163k → 12%TIDES CENTER: $100k → 10%SPOON: $150k → 12%TIDES CENTER: $100k → 10%SPOON: $136k → 12%TIDES CENTER: $76k → 10%SPOON: $112k → 12%TIDES CENTER: $75k → 10%SPOON: $110k → 12%Tides Center: $50k → 10%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SAINT PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS: $100k → 11%Amherst H Wilder Foundation: $500k → 14%Neighborhood Development Center: $375k → 14%Neighborhood Development Center: $375k → 14%TWIN CITIES SOCIAL COHESION INITIATIVE: $100k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $100k → 11%TWIN CITIES SOCIAL COHESION INITIATIVE: $150k → 11%TWIN CITIES SOCIAL COHESION INITIATIVE: $110k → 11%TWIN CITIES SOCIAL COHESION INITIATIVE: $100k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
AZ
KS
TN
NC
DC
LA
AL
GA
TX
FL

Beyond the US: 18% of all-years giving ($43M)

21 countries, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Italy$15M · 62 grants
Cambodia$4.1M · 37 grants
Zambia$3.6M · 17 grants
Switzerland$3.5M · 16 grants
Kenya$3.4M · 18 grants
United Kingdom$2.9M · 12 grants
Uganda$2.5M · 9 grants
OC$1.7M · 5 grants
Ireland$1.5M · 8 grants
Nigeria$1.1M · 8 grants
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. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 11% of GHR Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

GHR Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 20% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$193M · 174 repeat orgs$16M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

174 repeat relationships: 84 still active in FY2024, 90 since wound down; 33 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

174
108

Total granted

$193M
$12M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+7%

Still filing today

51%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.9M went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationInternationalHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyOther
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

  • UO
    University of St Thomas
    6× · 2019–2024 · $39M · revenue +38%
  • SC
    ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2019–2024 · $18M · revenue +3%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $12M · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $2.5M
  • CF
    CENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M · revenue 0%
  • GP
    GATES PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS
    one grant, 2020 · $1.0M · revenue -88%
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
Minnesota Business Partnership

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…

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2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
University of New Haven

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…

Education
4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.

Education
5
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
6
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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7
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
8
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
9
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
10
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
11
Columbia College Chicago

The organization's mission is to educate students for creative occupations in diverse fields of arts and media.

Education
12
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Minneapolis Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

164 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 164 of the 325 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.

11
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
27
Early backer (in before they grew)
163/164
Grantees still filing
100/164
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: $8,375,563 · OtherCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICESJesuit Refugee Service International: $4,646,842 · OtherASCENSION CATHOLIC GRADE SCHOOL: $3,410,924 · OtherLA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY: $3,133,904 · Other+133 more: $72,493,701 · Other+133 moreUniversity of St Thomas: $38,962,015 · EducationUniversity of St ThomasST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY: $17,646,030 · EducationST CATHERINE UNIVERSITYMarquette University: $6,330,000 · EducationMarquette UniversityGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $3,241,216 · Education+17 more: $11,344,334 · Education+17 moreALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $12,450,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S D…MAYO CLINIC: $10,235,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICTHE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL: $2,400,000 · HealthTHE FOUNDATIO…+5 more: $1,517,000 · Health+5 moreTIDES CENTER: $4,415,607 · Human ServicesChristian Alliance for Orphans: $1,493,000 · Human ServicesSPOON FOUNDATION: $1,376,780 · Human ServicesHOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $942,912 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $750,000 · Human ServicesAMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $500,000 · Human ServicesTWIN CITIES SOCIAL COHESION INITIATIVE DBA Richfield Leadership Network: $460,000 · Human Services+4 more: $571,000 · Human ServicesTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $5,531,000 · PhilanthropyFoundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc: $2,517,700 · PhilanthropyGATES PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS: $1,000,000 · PhilanthropyNEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $700,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $380,000 · PhilanthropyCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC: $1,734,330 · InternationalAlliance for Children Everywhere: $1,637,605 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,250,000 · InternationalGlobal Solidarity Fund: $1,000,000 · InternationalALLIANCE FOR PEACEBUILDING: $895,000 · InternationalFamily Health International Inc: $729,770 · InternationalSEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND: $644,000 · InternationalNonviolent Peaceforce: $625,000 · InternationalWORLD WITHOUT ORPHANS GLOBAL: $350,000 · International+7 more: $1,044,763 · InternationalNEO Philanthropy Inc: $2,347,510 · Public Benefit
Other$92,060,934Education$77,523,595Health$26,602,000Human Services$10,509,299Philanthropy$10,128,700International$9,910,468Public Benefit$2,347,510

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $38,962,015 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY: $17,646,030 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $12,450,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $10,235,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMarquette University: $6,330,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $5,531,000 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetTIDES CENTER: $4,415,607 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $3,241,216 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY: $3,133,904 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetFoundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc: $2,517,700 over 6y, 28% of budgetTHE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL: $2,400,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetNEO Philanthropy Inc: $2,347,510 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetALL SQUARE: $1,840,000 over 4y, 34% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $1,739,380 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC: $1,734,330 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES: $1,655,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE: $1,645,824 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetAlliance for Children Everywhere: $1,637,605 over 6y, 23% of budgetChristian Alliance for Orphans: $1,493,000 over 6y, 21% of budgetSPOON FOUNDATION: $1,376,780 over 6y, 58% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $1,250,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Notre Dame du Lac: $1,215,080 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ACHIEVEMENT NETWORK LTD: $1,175,817 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetSahan Journal: $1,160,000 over 3y, 22% of budgetCENTER FOR ECONOMIC INCLUSION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetGATES PHILANTHROPY PARTNERS: $1,000,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetGlobal Solidarity Fund: $1,000,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetHOLT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S SERVICES INC: $942,912 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetALLIANCE FOR PEACEBUILDING: $895,000 over 4y, 16% of budgetAFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM: $810,000 over 4y, 30% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $750,000 over 2y, 3.7% of budgetFamily Health International Inc: $729,770 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $700,000 over 3y, 12% of budgetJOINT LEARNING INITIATIVE ON FAITH AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES: $650,000 over 4y, 38% of budgetOPPORTUNITY FOR ALL KIDS FOUNDATION: $650,000 over 4y, 95% of budgetMexican American Catholic College Inc: $645,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetSEARCH FOR COMMON GROUND: $644,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetNonviolent Peaceforce: $625,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetFoundation for Neurologic Diseases Inc: $500,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetAMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION: $500,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHEALEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $475,654 over 3y, 11% of budgetJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $462,024 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEd Allies: $460,055 over 5y, 11% of budgetTWIN CITIES SOCIAL COHESION INITIATIVE DBA Richfield Leadership Network: $460,000 over 4y, 80% of budgetA NUNS LIFE MINISTRY: $430,400 over 4y, 65% of budgetTHE MIRACLE FOUNDATION INC: $430,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetDISABILITY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC: $400,000 over 1y, 23% 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.

  • Who funds University of St Thomas ↗
  • Who funds ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds Marquette University ↗
  • Who funds THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TIDES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE FOUNDATION FOR BARNES-JEWISH HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds NEO Philanthropy Inc ↗
  • Who funds ALL SQUARE ↗
  • Who funds WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION BOARD INC ↗
  • Who funds PILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Alliance for Children Everywhere ↗
  • Who funds Christian Alliance for Orphans ↗

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.

Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN55.7× affinity43 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Target Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation

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 GHR Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from GHR Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston College: 3% of income from government
  • University of Portland: 1% of income from government
  • Pear: 1% of income from government
  • The Achievement Network Ltd: 1% of income from government
  • The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
36report 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
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 325 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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