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Harold & Dorothy Madson Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$295k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2025
29
Organizations funded FY2024
34%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
24 to 29
FY2020 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
6
Total assets, FY2025
$700k
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 34% of the organizations Harold & Dorothy Madson Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $91k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesFood & NutritionPhilanthropyEducationHousing & ShelterRecreation & SportsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving30$295k13%
FY202429$405k34%
FY202324$495k29%
FY202224$301k21%
FY202124$246k25%
FY202027$319kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Human Services$1.1MPhilanthropy$188kEducation$183kFood & Nutrition$174kHousing & Shelter$97kScience & Tech$79kYouth Development$24kHealth$18kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fraser Ltd$303,50052%
YWCA Cass Clay$131,62160%
North Dakota State University Foundation$130,00030%
United Way of Cass-Clay$95,00031%
Petaluma People Services Center$80,00060%
Great Plains Food Bank$65,00050%
Open Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House$61,50060%
Jeremiah Program$52,50060%
Young Men's Christian Association of Minot$43,00021%
Food Bank for the Heartland$41,50060%
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All grantees of Harold & Dorothy Madson Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fraser Ltd$303,50052%
YWCA Cass Clay$131,62160%
North Dakota State University Foundation$130,00030%
United Way of Cass-Clay$95,00031%
Petaluma People Services Center$80,00060%
Great Plains Food Bank$65,00050%
Open Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House$61,50060%
Jeremiah Program$52,50060%
Young Men's Christian Association of Minot$43,00021%
Food Bank for the Heartland$41,50060%
Lutheran Social Services of Nd$35,0001n/a
Uspirend$30,00034%
Redwood Empire Food Bank$28,00040%
Groves Academy$27,50040%
Becker County Food Pantry Inc$19,00052%
Mentor Me$19,00031%
Dlccc Inc$15,00010%
Siena Francis House$15,00030%
NoticeAbility Inc$15,00041%
Intercongregation Communities Association Inc$12,00020%
Holy Family Catholic High School$7,5002n/a
St Mary's Food Bank Alliance$7,00010%
Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners$6,00010%
The Yes Network$4,00010%
Becker County United Way$4,00012%
Layla Julien Foundation$3,00024%
Every Meal$2,00010%
Casa for Douglas County$2,00020%
Valley of the Sun United Way$2,00010%
Youth Emergency Services Inc$1,50010%
Carole's House of Hope$1,50010%
Project Success$1,00010%
The Hendrickson Foundation Inc$1,00010%
Skippers Booster Club Inc$1,00011%
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery$50010%
Family Wellness LLC$25010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 23 recipients with no EIN on record ($798k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Harold & Dorothy Madson Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFraser Ltd: $303,500 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetYWCA Cass Clay: $131,621 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetNorth Dakota State University Foundation: $130,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUnited Way of Cass-Clay: $95,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetPetaluma People Services Center: $80,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetGreat Plains Food Bank: $65,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOpen Door Mission D/B/A Open Door Mission & Lydia House: $61,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetJeremiah Program: $52,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of Minot: $43,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetFood Bank for the Heartland: $41,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUspirend: $30,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetRedwood Empire Food Bank: $28,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGroves Academy: $27,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBecker County Food Pantry Inc: $19,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetMentor Me: $19,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetDlccc Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSiena Francis House: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNoticeAbility Inc: $15,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetIntercongregation Communities Association Inc: $12,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSt Mary's Food Bank Alliance: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInterfaith Outreach and Community Partners: $6,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Yes Network: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBecker County United Way: $4,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLayla Julien Foundation: $3,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetEvery Meal: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCasa for Douglas County: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetValley of the Sun United Way: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYouth Emergency Services Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCarole's House of Hope: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProject Success: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Hendrickson Foundation Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSkippers Booster Club Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetGreater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Wellness LLC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 34.

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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 TrustThe Barry FoundationBlue Cross Blue Shiel…Midcontinent Foundati…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Xcel Energy FoundationFargo-Moorhead Area F…Sanford Group ReturnThe Minneapolis Found…Brandt Family Foundat…Dakota Medical Charit…United Way of Cass-Cl…
Otto Bremer TrustMN22.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · The Barry Foundation · Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation · Sanford Group Return · The Minneapolis Foundation · Brandt Family Foundation · Dakota Medical Charities · United Way of Cass-Clay

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.

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About Harold & Dorothy Madson Foundation

How much does Harold & Dorothy Madson Foundation give?
Harold & Dorothy Madson Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $295,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 24 and 29 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
What does Harold & Dorothy Madson Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (55%), Philanthropy (9%), Education (9%).
Who are Harold & Dorothy Madson Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Fraser Ltd ($304k), YWCA Cass Clay ($132k), North Dakota State University Foundation ($130k).
Does Harold & Dorothy Madson Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 34% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Harold & Dorothy Madson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Harold & Dorothy Madson Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Otto Bremer Trust, The Barry Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation.
Where is Harold & Dorothy Madson Foundation based?
Harold & Dorothy Madson Foundation is based in NE.

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 59 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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The camps
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