· Private foundation
Griffiths Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k5 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $105k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY | $25,000 |
| JUDICIAL WATCH | $10,000 |
| FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN | $10,000 |
| PARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| FOOD FOR THE POOR INC | $10,000 |
| TWIN CITY PUBLIC TELEVISION | $10,000 |
| WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT | $10,000 |
| MAYO FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| SHARING AND CARING HANDS | $10,000 |
| DINOMIGHTS | $5,000 |
| ELEVATE LIFE | $5,000 |
| RISEN CHRIST CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| MINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS | $5,000 |
| STAPLES MOTLEY ISD#2170 | $5,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $120k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2022, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- PNPARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION6× · 2017–2022 · $60k · revenue +26%
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC6× · 2017–2022 · $60k · revenue +90%- SASHARING AND CARING HANDS INC6× · 2017–2022 · $60k · revenue +85%
Funded once
- SMSTAPLES MOTLEY SCHOLARSHIP (HEALTHCARE)one grant, 2017 · $5k
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.
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.
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…
Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.
The mission of the mount sinai health system is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.
To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.
The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
Enhance the patient and family experience at upper valley medical center by raising community support for programs and services which help build healthy communities.
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland, school of medicine, administrative support services are provided to the physician practices of the university of maryland, including but not limited to information technology,…
Engage actively and continuously in medical research, education and training in the practice of medicine in conjunction with the department of family medicine of the indiana university school of medicine and indiana university…
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
To improve, maintain and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.
Primary functions are the coordination and delivery of health care resources and services, health care education for the hospital service area, long range analysis of health care needs and development of programs, and arranging for…
How this is measured
11 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. 11 of the 18 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 PARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD FOR THE POOR INC ↗
- Who funds FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
- Who funds DINOMIGHTS ↗
- Who funds Elevate Life ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS ↗
- Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
- Who funds JUDICIAL WATCH 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.
Open a dossier: Harold F Griffiths Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Griffiths Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Griffiths Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
- Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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