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GIVEMN works to ignite generosity and grow giving through GIVEMN.org, minnesota's giving marketplace, and raisemn, a fundraising coaching and training program.

$188k
Granted FY2022
1
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$120k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2022.

Philanthropy$892kScience & Tech$161kArts & Culture$35kHealth$30kPublic Benefit$21kEducation$21kEnvironment$15kYouth Development$15kOther$0
02FY2022 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 1 grants below total $119,963 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $188,313 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $68,350 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

$119,963
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$119,963
02The need
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Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY18–18, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ELPIS ENTERPRISES: $8k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits informs, promotes, connects and strengthens individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.

Philanthropy
2
African Development Center

Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota

Human Services
3
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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4
Minnesota Voice

Minnesota Voice is a collaboration of organizations working toward permanent change in social, racial, and economic justice by increasing civic engagement and voter participation across the state.

Public Benefit
5
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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6
MN350

Mn350 unites minnesotans with the global movement to end the pollution damaging our climate, speed the transition to clean energy, and create a just and healthy future for all.

Environment
7
MinnPost

MinnPost produces independent journalism to serve as a trusted guide for Minnesotans exploring the critical issues, challenges and opportunities facing our state.

Arts & Culture
8
Mn Community Measurement

Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.

Health
9
Violence Free Minnesota

To represent victim/survivors of relationship abuse and member programs; challenge systems and institutions; promote social change; and support, educate, and connect member programs.

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10
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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11
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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12
Reach for Resources Inc

Empowering people of all abilities to reach their full potential. we provide individualized services that maximize independence, boosts community engagement and improves physical and emotional well-being.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Minnesota Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Hope Dental Clinic. 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

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
21/23
Grantees still filing
14/23
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — $892,159 · PhilanthropyMIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONTHE K FOUNDATION — $161,000 · OtherTHE K FOUNDATIONCITIZENS LEAGUE — $10,900 · OtherDAKOTA CHILD AND FAMILY CLINIC — $10,000 · OtherPrevent Child Abuse Minnesota — $10,000 · OtherCANINE INSPIRED CHANGE — $10,000 · OtherGIRLS ON THE RUN MINNESOTA INC — $10,000 · OtherElpis Enterprises — $8,472 · Other+2 more — $10,000 · OtherCoalition of Asian American Leaders — $10,000 · Arts & CultureDULUTH CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC — $10,000 · Arts & CultureTU DANCE — $10,000 · Arts & CultureROCHESTER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & CHORALE — $10,000 · Arts & CultureGREEN CARD VOICES — $5,000 · Arts & CultureRAGAMALA DANCE — $5,000 · Arts & CultureUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION — $10,500 · EducationAFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM — $10,000 · EducationRECLAIM — $10,000 · HealthPORTICO HEALTHNET — $5,000 · HealthCLEAN RIVER PARTNERS INC — $10,000 · EnvironmentLOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT — $5,000 · EnvironmentNATIONAL LEAD FOR AMERICA INC — $10,000 · Public Benefit
Philanthropy$892,159Other$230,372Arts & Culture$50,000Education$20,500Health$15,000Environment$15,000Public Benefit$10,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMIGHTYCAUSE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION — $892,159 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetTHE K FOUNDATION — $161,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCITIZENS LEAGUE — $10,900 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION — $10,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCoalition of Asian American Leaders — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetDULUTH CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetTU DANCE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetDAKOTA CHILD AND FAMILY CLINIC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetROCHESTER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & CHORALE — $10,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetNATIONAL LEAD FOR AMERICA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCANINE INSPIRED CHANGE — $10,000 over 1y, 9.5% of budgetCLEAN RIVER PARTNERS INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetGIRLS ON THE RUN MINNESOTA INC — $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetElpis Enterprises — $8,472 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetURBAN ROOTS MN — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPORTICO HEALTHNET — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHOPE DENTAL CLINIC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetLOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGREEN CARD VOICES — $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetRAGAMALA DANCE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Fr Bigelow FoundationSaint Paul & Minnesot…The Minneapolis Found…Mightycause Charitabl…Otto Bremer TrustThe McKnight Foundati…Minnesota Humanities …Propel NonprofitsMardag FoundationMargaret a Cargill Fo…Hardenbergh FoundationMortenson Family Foun…
Fr Bigelow FoundationMN32.1× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fr Bigelow Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The McKnight Foundation · Minnesota Humanities Center · Propel Nonprofits · Mardag Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Hardenbergh Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Givemn funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 23 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $205k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2022, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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