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Harvard Club of Minnesota Foundation at a glance

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Harvard Club of Minnesota 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.

$19k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$148kYouth Development$22kScience & Tech$17kArts & Culture$16kCommunity Improvement$6kHuman Services$5kHealth$4k
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$466k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MPLS AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER$5,000
WALLIN EDUCATION PARTNER$5,000
ED ALLIES$5,000
MN TEACHER OF THE YEAR$3,819
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 (FY25–25, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%MPLS AMERICAN INDIAN CENTER: $5k → 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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$144k · 11 repeat orgs$52k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
12

Total granted

$144k
$37k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+122%

Still filing today

73%
17%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 20% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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

  • TE
    THE EDINA ABC FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $20k · revenue +7%
  • HG
    HIGHER GROUND ACADEMY
    4× · 2018–2021 · $20k · revenue +90%
  • MM
    MINDS MATTER OF THE TWIN CITIES INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $15k · revenue +170%

Funded once

  • PB
    PHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE
    one grant, 2023 · $6k
  • C
    CLUES
    one grant, 2022 · $5k
  • BC
    BALLET CO-LABORATORYgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +122%
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
Achieve Twin Cities

As one of the upper midwest's leading career and college readiness organizations, achieve twin cities rallies community support and delivers best-in-class programs to inspire and equip young people in minneapolis and saint paul, minnesota…

Youth Development
2
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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3
President and Trustees of Bates College

Bates is a college of the liberal arts and sciences, and is a coeducational, nonsectarian, residential college with special commitments to academic rigor, and to assuring in all of its efforts the dignity of each individual, and access to…

Education
4
The Blake School

The blake school provides students with an excellent education in a diverse and supportive community. students participate in academic, artistic and athletic activities in preparation for college, life-long learning, community services and…

Education
5
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
6
Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth

Mity's mission is to inspire and challenge intellectually curious students to pursue their passions within a diverse, inclusive community and empower them by building skills and relationships for lifelong success.

—
7
Mounds Park Academy

To teach students to think independently, communicate effectively and act with respect and integrity in a diverse community that models intellectual ambition, global responsibility and the joy of learning.

Education
8
The Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences

Seattle academy is a dynamic community that challenges students to question, imagine, and create in order to contribute to a changing world.

Education
9
Darrow School

Darrow school is dedicated to serving students with diverse backgrounds and abilities, building on each student's talents and interests to inspire enduring confidence for success in college and life. this mission is accomplished through…

Education
10
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
11
Bestprep

To best prepare minnesota students with business, career and financial literacy skills through experiences that inspire success in work and life.

—
12
Level Up Academy

By tapping the intrinsic motivation and curiosity of every child, we deliver higher than usual growth.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Higher Ground Academy; the most unlike its peers is Juxtaposition Arts 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

14 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. 14 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE EDINA ABC FOUNDATION: $19,500 · OtherTHE EDINA ABC FOUNDATIONCRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: $19,500 · OtherCRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOLPAGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $15,000 · OtherPAGE EDUCATION FOUNDATIONMN TEACHER OF THE YEAR: $6,577 · OtherMN TEACHER OF THE YEARPHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSE: $6,000 · OtherPHILLIPS BROOKS HOUSEIndividual grant recipient: $5,131 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCLUES: $5,000 · OtherCLUESCLUES YA PROGRAM: $4,400 · OtherCARE PROVIDERS OF MN: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,931 · Other+5 more: $4,673 · OtherHIGHER GROUND ACADEMY: $19,500 · EducationHIGHER GROUND ACADEMYPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $17,015 · EducationPresident and Fellows of Harvard CollegeBreakthrough Twin Cities: $15,000 · EducationBreakthrough Twin CitiesPROJECT SUCCESS: $13,900 · EducationPROJECT SUCCESSHmong College Prep Academy: $9,400 · EducationHmong College Prep AcademyWALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS: $5,000 · EducationWALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERSEd Allies: $5,000 · EducationEd AlliesMINDS MATTER OF THE TWIN CITIES INC: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentMINDS MATTER …JUXTAPOSITION ARTS INC: $5,500 · Youth DevelopmentJUXTAPOSITION…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ROCHESTER: $3,979 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRL…Minneapolis American Indian Center: $5,000 · Human ServicesBALLET CO-LABORATORY: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$93,712Education$84,815Youth Development$24,479Human Services$5,000Arts & Culture$5,000

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 budgetTHE EDINA ABC FOUNDATION: $19,500 over 4y, 5.8% of budgetHIGHER GROUND ACADEMY: $19,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPresident and Fellows of Harvard College: $17,015 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPAGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBreakthrough Twin Cities: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMINDS MATTER OF THE TWIN CITIES INC: $15,000 over 3y, 6.8% of budgetPROJECT SUCCESS: $13,900 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHmong College Prep Academy: $9,400 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUXTAPOSITION ARTS INC: $5,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetWALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMinneapolis American Indian Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEd Allies: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ROCHESTER: $3,979 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.

  • Who funds THE EDINA ABC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HIGHER GROUND ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds President and Fellows of Harvard College ↗
  • Who funds PAGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Breakthrough Twin Cities ↗
  • Who funds MINDS MATTER OF THE TWIN CITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT SUCCESS ↗
  • Who funds Hmong College Prep Academy ↗
  • Who funds JUXTAPOSITION ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds WALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds Minneapolis American Indian Center ↗
  • Who funds BALLET CO-LABORATORY ↗
  • Who funds Ed Allies ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ROCHESTER ↗

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…Otto Bremer TrustSaint Paul & Minnesot…YouthpriseMightycause Charitabl…The McKnight Foundati…The Walser FoundationMortenson Family Foun…Ecmc FoundationThe Richard M Schulze…Xcel Energy FoundationCharities Aid Foundat…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN24.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Youthprise · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · The Walser Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation · Ecmc Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Xcel Energy 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 Harvard Club of Minnesota Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Harvard Club of Minnesota Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • President and Fellows of Harvard College: 5% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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
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 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-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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