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Harold & Dorothy Madson Foundation at a glance

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Harold & Dorothy Madson Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$295k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% 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
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $52k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $243k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$700k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
United Way Cass Clay$25,000
Village Family Service$25,000
YWCA Cass Clay$25,000
Salvation Army Fargo$25,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
Open Door Mission$15,000
DLCCC Inc$15,000
Groves Academy$12,000
Intercongregation Communities Association Inc$11,000
Salvation Army Omaha$10,000
Redwood Empire Food Bank$10,000
Mentor Me$10,000
Petaluma People Services$10,000
NDSU Foundation$10,000
COTS$10,000
02The need
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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, $474k) 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%Intercongregation Communities Association Inc: $11k → 11%Petaluma People Services: $22k → 8%ICA Food Shelf: $1k → 11%Petaluma People Services: $20k → 8%DLCCC Inc: $15k → 10%Greater MPLS Crisis Nursery: $500 → 11%Petaluma People Services: $12k → 8%Petaluma People Services: $11k → 8%Petaluma People Services: $10k → 8%Petaluma People Services: $5k → 8%Frazer LTD: $260k → 12%Open Door Mission: $15k → 12%Open Door Mission: $10k → 12%Open Door Mission: $10k → 12%Open Door Mission: $10k → 12%Open Door Mission: $10k → 12%Frazer LTD: $18k → 12%Open Door Mission: $7k → 12%Youth Emergency Services: $2k → 12%Frazer LTD: $10k → 12%Fraser LTD: $10k → 12%Fraser LTD: $6k → 12%Family Wellness: $250 → 12%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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 34 repeat orgs$148k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

34 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

34
21

Total granted

$1.9M
$120k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+15%

Still filing today

56%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $28k 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 ServicesFood & NutritionEducationHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyRecreation & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • YC
    YWCA CASS CLAY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $132k · revenue +47%
  • ND
    North Dakota State University Foundation
    3× · 2023–2025 · $130k · revenue +48%
  • PP
    PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER
    6× · 2020–2025 · $80k · revenue +212%

Funded once

  • LS
    LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ND
    one grant, 2020 · $35k · revenue -100%
  • HO
    Hospice of Red River Valley
    one grant, 2024 · $15k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $12k
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
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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2
The Open Door

The open door is a leading hunger-relief organization serving dakota county, minnesota, where food insecurity is a growing challenge. the open door is dedicated to ending local hunger by providing access to healthy, fresh, and nutritious…

Food & Nutrition
3
Feeding South Dakota

To eliminate hunger in south dakota.

Food & Nutrition
4
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
5
Second Harvest North Central Food Bank

Engaging the community to end hunger

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6
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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7
Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless

Since 1986, open your heart to the hungry and homeless has worked to ensureevery minnesotan is free from hunger and homelessness. by partnering with organizations serving those in need, we grow donor engagement and raise awareness to…

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8
Lutheran Social Services Housing Inc

Lss housing will support the continued vitality of north dakota communities by providing housing and housing-related services.

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9
Central Minnesota Jobs and Training Services Inc

Strengthen central mn communities through leadership in workforce excellence.

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10
Catholic Charities North Dakota

Guided by our values, Catholic Charities North Dakota serves people in need and advocates for the common good of all.

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11
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.

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12
The Food Bank for Central & Northeast Missouri

The food bank for central & northeast missouri is a regional disaster and hunger relief network that acquires and distributes millions of meals each year to help neighbors get the food they need to thrive. (continued on schedule o)the…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Ywca Cass Clay; the most unlike its peers is Layla Julien Foundation. 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

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 59 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
22/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Village Family Service: $160,000 · OtherVillage Family ServiceSalvation Army Fargo: $160,000 · OtherSalvation Army FargoIndividual grant recipient: $125,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUnited Way of Cass-Clay: $95,000 · OtherUnited Way of Cass-ClayCOTS: $79,000 · OtherCOTSUnited Way Cass Clay: $75,000 · OtherUnited Way Cass ClayDetroit Lakes Community Center: $50,000 · OtherSalvation Army Omaha: $45,000 · OtherYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MINOT: $43,000 · OtherFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND: $41,500 · Other+24 more: $204,500 · Other+24 moreFRASER LTD: $303,500 · Human ServicesFRASER LTDPETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER: $80,000 · Human ServicesPETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES C…OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE: $61,500 · Human ServicesOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OP…+5 more: $29,250 · Human Services+5 moreYWCA CASS CLAY: $131,621 · Housing & ShelterYWCA CASS …JEREMIAH PROGRAM: $52,500 · Housing & ShelterJEREMIAH P…SIENA FRANCIS HOUSE: $15,000 · Housing & ShelterSIENA FRAN…North Dakota State University Foundation: $130,000 · EducationNorth Dak…GROVES ACADEMY: $27,500 · EducationGROVES AC…NoticeAbility Inc: $15,000 · EducationNoticeAbi…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationGreat Plains Food Bank: $65,000 · Food & NutritionREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $28,000 · Food & NutritionBECKER COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC: $19,000 · Food & NutritionST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $7,000 · Food & Nutrition+2 more: $6,000 · Food & NutritionBECKER COUNTY UNITED WAY: $4,000 · PhilanthropyLAYLA JULIEN FOUNDATION: $3,000 · PhilanthropyVALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY: $2,000 · PhilanthropyCASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY: $2,000 · Crime & Legal
Other$1,078,000Human Services$474,250Housing & Shelter$199,121Education$173,500Food & Nutrition$125,000Philanthropy$9,000Crime & Legal$2,000

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 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
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 FRASER LTD ↗
  • Who funds YWCA CASS CLAY ↗
  • Who funds North Dakota State University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds United Way of Cass-Clay ↗
  • Who funds PETALUMA PEOPLE SERVICES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Great Plains Food Bank ↗
  • Who funds OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds JEREMIAH PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MINOT ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF ND ↗
  • Who funds USPIREND ↗
  • Who funds REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds GROVES ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds BECKER COUNTY FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds MENTOR ME ↗
  • Who funds DLCCC INC ↗
  • Who funds SIENA FRANCIS HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds NoticeAbility Inc ↗
  • Who funds INTERCONGREGATION COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Harold & Dorothy Madson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harold & Dorothy Madson 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%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 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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