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Greater Minneapolis Community Connection

Gmcc is an interfaith, multicultural nonprofit organization with a mission "uniting people of faith, serving people in need." we have a 117 year old history collaborating with communites to addressinequities and disparities throughout minnesota through a variety of initiatives and services.

$133k
Granted FY2023
3
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$14k
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, FY2019 to 2023.

Food & Nutrition$442kEducation$35kHousing & Shelter$19kYouth Development$10k
02FY2023 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $31,459, the rows itemized in this filing. The $133,194 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $101,735 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k2 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
$8,972
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE SANNEH FOUNDATION CONWAY PARK$14,487
CHRISTIAN CUPBOARD EMERGENCY FOOD SHELF$8,972
RURAL RENEWABLE ENERGY ALLIANCE$8,000
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 (FY20–22, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 79% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%FAMILY PATHWAYS: $8k → 5%ICA FOOD SHELF: $7k → 11%MELROSE AREA FOOD SHELF: $19k → 11%HALLIE Q BROWN COMMUNITY CENTER: $7k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES EMERGENCY SERVICES: $6k → 11%HALLIE Q BROWN COMMUNITY CENTER: $7k → 14%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: $6k → 11%NEIGHBORS INC: $6k → 6%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.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$228k · 6 repeat orgs$278k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +127% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2023, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
19

Total granted

$228k
$255k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+127%
+10%

Still filing today

83%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 29% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesFood & NutritionReligionYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterEducationOther
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

  • EM
    EVERY MEAL
    4× · 2019–2022 · $53k · revenue +364%
  • TO
    THE OPEN DOOR
    3× · 2020–2022 · $29k · revenue +69%
  • CC
    CHRISTIAN CUPBOARD EMERGENCY FOOD SHELF DBA OPEN CUPBOARD
    3× · 2021–2023 · $22k · revenue +149%

Funded once

  • LT
    LEAD THE WAY MN
    one grant, 2021 · $35k
  • SM
    SPROUT MNgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +43%
  • SC
    SANCTUARY COVENANT CHURCH MINNEAPOLIS MN
    one grant, 2020 · $23k
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
Lonsdale Area Food Shelf Inc

Provide emergency food relief for the families in the Lonsdale MN region .

Food & Nutrition
2
Foundation for Essential Needs

To reshape the minnesota hunger relief system so that all food shelf shoppers (clients) are provided with predictable, healthy food options in a dignified and welcoming environment.

Human Services
3
Food Group Minnesota Inc the

Fighting hunger. nourishing our community.

Food & Nutrition
4
Kandiyohi County Food Shelf

By utilizing and bringing together community resources the willmar area food shelf will provide food assistance to individuals and families. our goal is to insure no one goes hungry.

Food & Nutrition
5
Coralville Community Food Pantry

We believe that food is a human right and that food has the power to bring people together. Our vision is to build a stronger, healthier, and hunger-free Coralville community. Powered by community support, the Coralville Community Food…

Food & Nutrition
6
Mcleod County Emergency Food Shelf

Committed to eliminating hunger and food-insecurity; as well as improving the health and well-being of the community through equitable access to healthy and nutritious foods, community education and advocacy.

—
7
Heavens Table Food Shelf

Provide food for hungry individuals in martin county, mn

Food & Nutrition
8
Second Harvest Northland

End hunger together in NE Minnesota and NW Wisconsin.

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9
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
10
Community Pathways of Steele County

To assist individuals and families meet their basic needs by providing resources in a healthy and caring environment. through these actions we build hope and support self-sufficiency.

—
11
Meals From the Heart

Meals from the Heart is a nonprofit organization that brings people together to serve their neighbors through easy to execute, energized and fun meal packing events building relationships and strengthening communities while providing…

—
12
North Suburban Emergency Assistance Response Inc

Emergency food assistance to families in the Minneapolis surrounding areas.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Channel One Inc; the most unlike its peers is Lead the Way Mn. 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, 2017–2025.

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. 23 of the 27 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
14/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SPROUT MN: $25,000 · OtherSPROUT MNSANCTUARY COVENANT CHURCH MINNEAPOLIS MN: $22,500 · OtherSANCTUARY COVENANT CHURCH MINNEAP…CHRISTIAN CUPBOARD EMERGENCY FOOD SHELF DBA OPEN CUPBOARD: $22,460 · OtherCHRISTIAN CUPBOARD EMERGENCY FOOD…THE THREE FIRES OJIBWE CULTURE AND EDUCATION SOCIETY: $20,000 · OtherTHE THREE FIRES OJIBWE CULTURE AN…LIBERTY CHURCH: $15,000 · OtherLIBERTY CHURCHINTERFAITH ACTION OF GREATER SAINT PAUL: $15,000 · OtherINTERFAITH ACTION OF GREATER SAIN…Keystone Community Services: $11,461 · OtherKeystone Community ServicesVEAP Inc: $11,015 · OtherVEAP IncEMERGENCY COMMUNITY HELP ORGANIZATION INC: $7,100 · OtherDARUL HADIITH LLC: $98,500 · ReligionDARUL HADIITH LLCCROSS (CHRISTIANS REACHING OUT IN SOCIAL SERVICES): $6,340 · ReligionCROSS (CHRISTIANS REACH…EVERY MEAL: $53,365 · Food & NutritionEVERY MEALTHE OPEN DOOR: $28,562 · Food & NutritionTHE OPEN DOORCHANNEL ONE INC: $9,518 · Food & NutritionCHANNEL ONE INCCASS LAKE AREA FOOD SHELF: $8,649 · Food & NutritionCASS LAKE AREA FOOD SH…MELROSE AREA FOOD SHELF: $18,970 · Human ServicesMELROSE AREA F…HALLIE Q BROWN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $13,510 · Human ServicesHALLIE Q BROWN…Family Pathways: $7,884 · Human ServicesFamily Pathway…INTERCONGREGATION COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION INC: $6,549 · Human ServicesINTERCONGREGAT…COMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS INC: $6,421 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY EMER…COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE INC: $6,239 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY EMER…NEIGHBORS INC: $5,591 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORS INCLEAD THE WAY MN: $35,000 · EducationTHE SANNEH FOUNDATION: $14,487 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LEECH LAKE AREA INC: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentLatino Economic Development Center: $18,500 · Housing & ShelterRURAL RENEWABLE ENERGY ALLIANCE: $8,000 · Environment
Other$149,536Religion$104,840Food & Nutrition$100,094Human Services$65,164Education$35,000Youth Development$24,487Housing & Shelter$18,500Environment$8,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEVERY MEAL: $53,365 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE OPEN DOOR: $28,562 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSPROUT MN: $25,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetCHRISTIAN CUPBOARD EMERGENCY FOOD SHELF DBA OPEN CUPBOARD: $22,460 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMELROSE AREA FOOD SHELF: $18,970 over 1y, 24% of budgetLatino Economic Development Center: $18,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE SANNEH FOUNDATION: $14,487 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHALLIE Q BROWN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $13,510 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKeystone Community Services: $11,461 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVEAP Inc: $11,015 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE LEECH LAKE AREA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetCHANNEL ONE INC: $9,518 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRURAL RENEWABLE ENERGY ALLIANCE: $8,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetFamily Pathways: $7,884 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEMERGENCY COMMUNITY HELP ORGANIZATION INC: $7,100 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetINTERCONGREGATION COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION INC: $6,549 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS INC: $6,421 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCROSS (CHRISTIANS REACHING OUT IN SOCIAL SERVICES): $6,340 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE INC: $6,239 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEIGHBORS INC: $5,591 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Otto Bremer TrustHunger Solutions Minn…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Xcel Energy FoundationThe Minneapolis Found…Greater Twin Cities U…Pohlad Family Foundat…Open Your Heart to th…Land O'Lakes Foundati…The Richard M Schulze…Mightycause Charitabl…Allina Health System
Otto Bremer TrustMN35.9× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · Hunger Solutions Minnesota · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Pohlad Family Foundation · Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless · Land O'Lakes Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Allina Health System

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 Greater Minneapolis Community Connection funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Greater Minneapolis Community Connection. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report 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.
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    How do I get to Greater Minneapolis Community Connection?

    Find your warmest path to Greater Minneapolis Community Connection 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 27 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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