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Glaser 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.

$979k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$683k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$975kArts & Culture$244kAnimals$179kHealth$164kHuman Services$68kPhilanthropy$45kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kYouth Development$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k7 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $279k
  • $250k+1 grant · $683k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$94k
Total assets

Anchored by a single position: about 100% of reported assets are held in Berkshire Hathoway.

Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$682,800
JANE N MOOTY FOUNDATION$44,220
CHICA'S RESCUE CO ANNE JACKSON$35,000
TGEN$25,100
YMCA OF THE NORTH$25,000
Individual grant recipient$25,000
HONOR HEALTH FOUNDATION$20,000
SCOTTSDALE POLICE FOUNDATION$20,000
GUTHRIE THEATER$20,000
ASU FOUNDATION GAMMAGE AUDITORIUM ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$15,000
IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY$10,000
AZ ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE$10,000
SOUTHWEST KIDS CANCER FOUNDATION$10,000
CORNERSTONE$10,000
FRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $68k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%YMCA OF THE NORTH: $25k → 11%FRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $26k → 11%FRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%FRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $8k → 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

MN
WI
NY
IA
NE
MO
AZ
FL
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.
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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 Glaser Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 24% of the giving stays in AZ; by stated purpose, 20%.

Glaser Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 8.4% 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.
$1.6M · 17 repeat orgs$128k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against -16% for those funded once.

17 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
8

Total granted

$1.6M
$9k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
-16%

Still filing today

53%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $120k 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
HealthArts & CultureEducationAnimalsHuman ServicesCrime & 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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $930k · revenue +137%
  • PA
    PHOENIX ART MUSEUM
    4× · 2020–2023 · $71k · revenue +50%
  • FS
    FRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $43k · revenue +15%

Funded once

  • TP
    TWO PUPS WELLNESS FUND
    one grant, 2022 · $3k · revenue -39%
  • PB
    PI BETA PHI FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +9%
  • BC
    BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC
    one grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue -16%
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
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
2
Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation

Phoenix children's hospital foundation supports phoenix children's hospital through fundraising ensuring that the hospital continues to stay on the leading edge of pediatric medicine and is equipped to fulfill its mission to advance hope,…

Health
3
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
4
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
5
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
6
The Johns Hopkins Hospital

For more than 125 years, the mission of the johns hopkins hospital has been to lead the world in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and to train tomorrow's great physicians, nurses and scientists. above all, we aim to provide the…

Health
7
Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Sanford burnham prebys medical discovery institute's mission is to advance the biomedical sciences by cultivating the next generation of scientific leaders, providing meaningful opportunities for researchers of all backgrounds to learn,…

Health
8
The Translational Genomics Research Institute

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Health
9
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
10
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

Purpose: we inspire, advocate and invest to advance community visions. continued on sch o

Philanthropy
11
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Fdn Group

Susan g. komen 's mission is to save lives by meeting the most critical needs in our communities & investing in breakthrough research to prevent & cure breast cancer.

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12
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Minneapolis Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Jane N Mooty Foundation. 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

22 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. 22 of the 34 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
11/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $929,960 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION+1 more: $1,500 · EducationCHICA'S RESCUE CO ANNE JACKSON: $143,000 · OtherCHICA'S RESCUE CO ANNE JACKSONTGEN: $79,600 · OtherTGENASU FOUNDATION GAMMAGE AUDITORIUM ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $73,000 · OtherASU FOUNDATION GAMMAGE AUDITOR…Individual grant recipient: $50,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientJANE N MOOTY FOUNDATION: $44,220 · OtherJANE N MOOTY FOUNDATIONIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY: $40,500 · OtherIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY+12 more: $32,573 · Other+12 morePHOENIX ART MUSEUM: $70,900 · Arts & CultureGUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATION: $41,100 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $5,500 · Arts & CultureHONORHEALTH FOUNDATION: $61,500 · HealthSOUTHWEST KIDS CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Health+3 more: $3,000 · HealthFRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $43,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE: $33,000 · AnimalsTWO PUPS WELLNESS FUND: $2,500 · AnimalsSCOTTSDALE POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 · Crime & Legal
Education$931,460Other$462,893Arts & Culture$117,500Health$74,500Human Services$68,000Animals$35,500Crime & Legal$20,000

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 MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $929,960 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPHOENIX ART MUSEUM: $70,900 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetHONORHEALTH FOUNDATION: $61,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJANE N MOOTY FOUNDATION: $44,220 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFRESH START WOMEN'S FOUNDATION: $43,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATION: $41,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARIZONA ANIMAL WELFARE LEAGUE: $33,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCOTTSDALE POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $20,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetCORNERSTONE: $10,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetSOUTHWEST KIDS CANCER FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetNational Kidney Foundation of Arizona: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLAYLA JULIEN FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTWO PUPS WELLNESS FUND: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMUSICAL INSTRUMENT MUSEUM: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPI BETA PHI FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARIZONA TUITION CONNECTION INC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPhoenix Children's Hospital: $1,000 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Arizona Community Fou…The Bank of America C…Amazonsmile Foundation
Arizona Community FoundationAZ13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Arizona Community Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile 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 Glaser Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Glaser Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report 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
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Glaser Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Glaser Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 34 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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