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Hennepin County Bar Foundation

The HENNEPIN COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION is a 501(c)(3) charitable corporation that serves as the charitable arm of the hennepin county bar association.

$120k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$120k
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.

Crime & Legal$1.2MHealth$25kCommunity Improvement$15kHuman Services$13kCivil Rights$12k
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$120,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$375k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VOLUNTEER LAWYERS NETWORK$120,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $18k) 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%SOJOURNER PROJECT: $8k → 11%Sojourner Project: $5k → 11%Asian Women United of MN: $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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 13 repeat orgs$64k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
9

Total granted

$1.2M
$64k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+45%

Still filing today

92%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Crime & LegalHealthCivil RightsHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementReligionOther
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

  • VL
    VOLUNTEER LAWYERS NETWORK LTD
    9× · 2017–2025 · $936k · revenue +101%
  • L
    LEGALCORPS
    5× · 2017–2022 · $30k · revenue +436%
  • LR
    LEGAL RIGHTS CENTER
    5× · 2017–2022 · $29k · revenue +169%

Funded once

  • CS
    CIVIL SOCIETY
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -24%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2018 · $10k
  • HC
    HENNEPIN COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2017 · $8k · revenue -17%
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.

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Violence Free Minnesota

To represent victim/survivors of relationship abuse and member programs; challenge systems and institutions; promote social change; and support, educate, and connect member programs.

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2
Cornerstone Advocacy Service

Cornerstone disrupts violence through advocacy, support, and prevention. We partner with individuals, families, and organizations to build communities free of harm.

Human Services
3
Minnesota Women Lawyers

To advance the success of women attorneys and strive for a just society.

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4
Advocates for Family Peace

To improve lives by ending domestic violence.

Human Services
5
Minnesota Voice

Minnesota Voice is a collaboration of organizations working toward permanent change in social, racial, and economic justice by increasing civic engagement and voter participation across the state.

Public Benefit
6
Our Justice

To ensure that all people and communities have the power and resources to make sexual and reproductive health decisions with self-determination.

Health
7
Minnesota Chapter of the National Childrens Alliance

The Minnesota Children's Alliance leads the development and growth of locally based children's advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure equitable access to services for healing and growth.

Crime & Legal
8
Central Minnesota Legal Services

The mission of central minnesota legal services is to advocate for access to the civil justice system for low income people by providing high quality legal services and to improve the lives of people living in poverty by empowering…

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9
Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault

The Minnesota Coalition Against Sexual Assault is a statewide coalition driving transformative culture change to address sexual violence through advocacy, prevention, racial justice, and systems change. We envision a world free of sexual…

Crime & Legal
10
Childs Place

The mission of Childs Place is to listen to children in a safe developmentally sensitive and legally sound manner; to unite professionals in a coordinated response to child abuse; to guide children and families toward healing through…

Human Services
11
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St Cloud

At Catholic Charities, we focus our efforts around three core pillars: Food Access, Mental Health and Housing. Guided by our mission - to serve and enhance human dignity for all people - we provide essential services and foster a sense of…

Human Services
12
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits informs, promotes, connects and strengthens individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Legal Rights Center; the most unlike its peers is Discapacitados Abriendose Caminos. 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

22 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.

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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/22
Grantees still filing
18/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

VOLUNTEER LAWYERS NETWORK LTD: $936,250 · OtherVOLUNTEER LAWYERS NETWORK LTD+4 more: $43,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA: $31,500 · Crime & LegalCHILDREN'S L…LEGALCORPS: $30,000 · Crime & LegalLEGALCORPSLEGAL RIGHTS CENTER: $29,000 · Crime & LegalLEGAL RIGHTS…BATTERED WOMEN'S LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $21,500 · Crime & LegalBATTERED WOM…Conflict Resolution Center: $10,500 · Crime & LegalConflict Res…CORNERHOUSE: $7,000 · Crime & LegalDomestic Abuse Project Inc: $5,700 · Crime & LegalCOMMUNITY MEDIATION & RESTORATIVE SERVIC ES INC: $5,500 · Crime & LegalDISCAPACITADOS ABRIENDOSE CAMINOS: $25,000 · HealthRAINBOW HEALTH MINNESOTA: $20,700 · HealthTUBMAN: $7,500 · HealthINDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT LAW CENTER: $12,500 · Civil RightsCOUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS MINNESOTA: $12,000 · Civil RightsSojourner Project Inc: $12,500 · Human ServicesAsian Women United of Minnesota: $5,000 · Human ServicesSeward Neighborhood Group: $13,400 · Community ImprovementGREATER MINNEAPOLIS COUNCIL OF CHURCHES: $5,000 · Religion
Other$979,250Crime & Legal$140,700Health$53,200Civil Rights$24,500Human Services$17,500Community Improvement$13,400Religion$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$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVOLUNTEER LAWYERS NETWORK LTD: $936,250 over 9y, 9.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA: $31,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetLEGALCORPS: $30,000 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetLEGAL RIGHTS CENTER: $29,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetDISCAPACITADOS ABRIENDOSE CAMINOS: $25,000 over 4y, 8.8% of budgetBATTERED WOMEN'S LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $21,500 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetRAINBOW HEALTH MINNESOTA: $20,700 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetIMMIGRANT LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSeward Neighborhood Group: $13,400 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetINDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT LAW CENTER: $12,500 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSojourner Project Inc: $12,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetCOUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS MINNESOTA: $12,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetConflict Resolution Center: $10,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCIVIL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetHENNEPIN COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION: $8,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTUBMAN: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCORNERHOUSE: $7,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetDomestic Abuse Project Inc: $5,700 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY MEDIATION & RESTORATIVE SERVIC ES INC: $5,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAsian Women United of Minnesota: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% 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 TrustThe Minneapolis Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Women's Foundation of…Minnesota State Bar F…The Richard M Schulze…Fr Bigelow FoundationMightycause Charitabl…Greater Twin Cities U…Minnesota Justice Fou…Elmer L & Eleanor J A…Propel Nonprofits
Otto Bremer TrustMN34.5× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Women's Foundation of Minnesota · Minnesota State Bar Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Minnesota Justice Foundation · Elmer L & Eleanor J Andersen Foundation · Propel Nonprofits

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 Hennepin County Bar Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hennepin County Bar Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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 22 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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