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Graybrier Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$22k
Granted FY2025still arriving
11
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$26kHealth$15kFood & Nutrition$15kPhilanthropy$15kHousing & Shelter$11kReligion$6kYouth Development$3kEducation$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$311k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES$5,000
SALVATION ARMY$4,000
LOAVES AND FISHES$2,000
LUTHER COLLEGE$2,000
WOMEN'S FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA$2,000
PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING$2,000
ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION$1,000
FBI RELIEF FUND$1,000
GIRL SCOUTS RIVER VALLEY$1,000
ST FRANCIS MISSION$1,000
EPISCOPAL RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT$1,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ICA FOODSHELF: $4k → 11%EPISCOPAL RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT: $1k → 17%ICA FOODSHELF: $2k → 11%EPISCOPAL RELIEF & DEVELOPMENT: $1k → 17%ICA FOODSHELF: $1k → 11%SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5k → 11%SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES: $5k → 11%SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2k → 11%SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 11%SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES: $1k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $2k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $2k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $2k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $2k → 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.
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$113k · 25 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +4% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.

25 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
5

Total granted

$113k
$6k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+1%

Still filing today

56%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CulturePhilanthropyReligionInternationalOther
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

  • SC
    SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES
    5× · 2020–2025 · $14k · revenue +2%
  • PF
    PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $8k · revenue +19%
  • IC
    INTERCONGREGATION COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION INC
    3× · 2020–2022 · $7k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +10%
  • SC
    SO-HI COMMUNITY PARK
    one grant, 2024 · $2k
  • SS
    SHOREWOOD SOUTHSHORE SENIOR CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $1k
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
Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership

The mission of the greater msp partnership is to accelerate regional competitiveness and inclusive economic growth through job creation, capital investment and execution of strategic initiatives. the partnership works to strengthen our…

Community Improvement
2
Minnesota Environmental Partnership

The minnesota environmental partnership is a coalition that strengthens member effectiveness and builds collective power to secure a healthy environment for all minnesotans.

Environment
3
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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4
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
5
Alliance for Metropolitan Stability

The alliance is a coalition of community-based organizations and advocacy groups with a mission to build power across the intersections of geography, race, culture, and issues in the twin cities region to eliminate systems of oppression…

Community Improvement
6
St Catherine University

We educate women to lead and influence. we educate at all degree levels through valuing and integrating the liberal arts and professional education within the catholic intellectual tradition, see schedule oemphasizing scholarly inquiry and…

Education
7
Environmental Initiative

Catalyze collaboration across perspectives, power, and systems for social equity and environmental health.

Environment
8
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
9
Science Museum of Minnesota

The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."

Arts & Culture
10
Parks & Trails Council of Minnesota

The parks & trails council of minnesota exists to acquire, protect and enhance critical lands for the public's use and benefit.

Recreation & Sports
11
Presbyterian Retirement Communities Northwest

A faith-based non-profit organization that support communities and services committed to improving the lives of older adults by integrating housing, community services, technology, philanthropy, and partnerships.

Human Services
12
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota

Lutheran social service of minnesota expresses the love of christ for all people through service that inspires hope, changes lives and builds community. lutheran social service of minnesota and affiliates is one of minnesota's largest and…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Saint Therese; the most unlike its peers is Girl Scouts of Mn and Wi River Valleys Inc. 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

19 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. 19 of the 33 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)
19/19
Grantees still filing
12/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALVATION ARMY: $14,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYLOAVES AND FISHES: $10,500 · OtherLOAVES AND FISHESIndividual grant recipient: $10,250 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $5,500 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $5,000 · OtherALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATIONNPH: $3,570 · OtherMINNESOTANS' MILITARY APPRECIATION FUND: $3,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA: $2,500 · Other+11 more: $13,350 · Other+11 moreSENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES: $14,000 · Human ServicesSENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICESPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $7,575 · Human ServicesPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVI…INTERCONGREGATION COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION INC: $6,500 · Human ServicesINTERCONGREGATION COMMUNI…EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: $2,000 · Human ServicesEPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVE…Women's Foundation of Minnesota: $10,000 · PhilanthropyWomen's Found…GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $5,000 · PhilanthropyGREATER TWIN …SAINT THERESE: $1,000 · PhilanthropySAINT THERESELUTHER COLLEGE: $5,000 · EducationResourcewest: $2,500 · EducationSt Francis Mission: $5,500 · ReligionMAYO CLINIC: $5,000 · HealthREEL RECOVERY INC: $250 · HealthMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $1,950 · Arts & CultureTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$67,670Human Services$30,075Philanthropy$16,000Education$7,500Religion$5,500Health$5,250Arts & Culture$2,950

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES: $14,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWomen's Foundation of Minnesota: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $7,575 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetINTERCONGREGATION COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION INC: $6,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSt Francis Mission: $5,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHER COLLEGE: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTANS' MILITARY APPRECIATION FUND: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetResourcewest: $2,500 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF MN AND WI RIVER VALLEYS INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $1,950 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT THERESE: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLake Minnetonka Association: $550 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetREEL RECOVERY INC: $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.

  • Who funds SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Women's Foundation of Minnesota ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds INTERCONGREGATION COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds St Francis Mission ↗
  • Who funds GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds LUTHER COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTANS' MILITARY APPRECIATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA ↗
  • Who funds Resourcewest ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF MN AND WI RIVER VALLEYS INC ↗
  • Who funds SO-HI COMMUNITY PARK ↗
  • Who funds EPISCOPAL RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAINT THERESE ↗
  • Who funds Lake Minnetonka Association ↗
  • Who funds REEL RECOVERY 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.

The Minneapolis Found…Mightycause Charitabl…Otto Bremer TrustThe Richard M Schulze…Margaret a Cargill Fo…The McKnight Foundati…Xcel Energy FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …National Philanthropi…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…Charities Aid Foundat…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN18.6× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%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
    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 · 0–25%
    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 33 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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