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Hognander Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$154k
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$24k
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, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$993kEducation$168kInternational$25kReligion$20kHealth$17kEnvironment$8kHousing & Shelter$8kPhilanthropy$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $100k
$3,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$1.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO$23,939
MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA ASSOCIATION$17,000
MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS$15,000
MINNEHAHA ACADEMY$12,412
TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION$12,000
FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE$10,000
MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY$10,000
ST PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA$6,000
AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY$5,000
AMERICAN SWEDISH INSTITUTE$5,000
SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA$5,000
MAGNUM CHORUM$3,000
WAY TO GROW$3,000
VOCAL ESSENCE$3,000
GLOBAL MINNESOTA$3,000
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 (FY24–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%WAY TO GROW: $3k → 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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 29 repeat orgs$7k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
3

Total granted

$1.2M
$7k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
0%

Still filing today

83%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalHousing & ShelterAnimalsHuman 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

  • MP
    MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA
    5× · 2020–2024 · $125k · revenue +11%
  • TC
    TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $96k · revenue +37%
  • MO
    MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION
    5× · 2020–2024 · $84k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • MC
    MAGNUM CHORUMgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue +145%
  • WT
    WAY TO GROW
    one grant, 2024 · $3k · revenue -34%
  • AH
    ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $1k · revenue 0%
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
Park Square Theatre

To enrich the community by producing and presenting exceptional live theatre that touches the heart, engages the mind and delights the spirit.

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2
The Great Northern Winter Festival

The great northern celebrates our cold, creative winters through ten days of diverse programming that invigorate mind and body. in an era of changing climate that threatens our signature season, we seek to create community, inspire action,…

Arts & Culture
3
Schubert Club the

Schubert club creates inspiring musical experiences that contribute to the cultural vibrancy of the twin cities community through concert presentations, music education and student scholarship programs, and musuem exhibits.

Arts & Culture
4
Theater Mu Incorporated

Theater mu produces great performances born of arts, equity, and justice from the heart of the asian american experience.

Arts & Culture
5
Minnesota Museum of American Art

The m inspires understandings of identities, experiences, and complex truths through american art.

Arts & Culture
6
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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7
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.

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8
San Francisco Opera Association

We believe opera is a uniquely compelling, entertaining and emotionally thrilling art form. our mission is to bring together growing audiences to experience opera's transformative power.

Arts & Culture
9
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation

To support charitable, plant-based scientific, and educational activities exclusively for the benefit of the minnesota landscape arboretum of the university of minnesota

Environment
10
University of Minnesota Alumni Association

The university of minnesota alumni association (umaa) fosters a lifelong spirit of belonging and pride by connecting alumni, students, and friends to the university of minnesota and each other. the alumni association advocates for the…

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11
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
12
The Trustees of Grinnell College

To educate students in the liberal arts through free inquiry and the open exchange of ideas.when grinnell college framed its charter in the iowa territory of the united states in 1846, it set forth a mission to educate its students "for…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts; the most unlike its peers is Monterey Bay Aquarium 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

29 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. 29 of the 33 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
23/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE AMERICAN SWEDISH INSTITUTE: $441,100 · Arts & CultureTHE AMERICAN SWEDISH INSTITUTEMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $124,860 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIATWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $95,627 · Arts & CultureTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INCMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $83,500 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATIONMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $70,200 · Arts & CultureMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTSMINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $51,000 · Arts & Culture+7 more: $113,500 · Arts & Culture+7 moreMINNEHAHA ACADEMY: $46,412 · EducationMINNEHAHA ACA…FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE: $45,800 · EducationFRANKLIN & MA…ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SCHOOL: $21,750 · EducationROBERT LOUIS …AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY: $21,000 · EducationAUGSBURG UNIV…ROCKFORD UNIVERSITY: $14,200 · EducationROCKFORD UNIV…+1 more: $4,750 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY: $19,000 · OtherABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $16,250 · OtherMINNESOTA MILITARY AND VETERANS MUSEUM: $13,000 · OtherTHE EDINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7,200 · OtherEBENEZER FOUNDATION: $6,400 · OtherWESTMINISTER CHURCH: $5,500 · OtherCHURCH IN THE FOREST: $4,750 · OtherLUTHER SEMINARY: $3,800 · OtherGLOBAL MINNESOTA: $16,600 · InternationalThe American-Scandinavian Foundation: $8,600 · InternationalPEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE INC: $8,300 · Housing & ShelterMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $8,300 · AnimalsWAY TO GROW: $3,000 · Human ServicesALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Health
Arts & Culture$979,787Education$153,912Other$75,900International$25,200Housing & Shelter$8,300Animals$8,300Human Services$3,000Health$1,000

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 AMERICAN SWEDISH INSTITUTE: $441,100 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $124,860 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $95,627 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $83,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $70,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $51,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMINNEHAHA ACADEMY: $46,412 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE: $45,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA: $30,800 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society: $25,250 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVOCALESSENCE: $23,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SCHOOL: $21,750 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAUGSBURG UNIVERSITY: $21,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY: $19,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetGUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL MINNESOTA: $16,600 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $16,250 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetROCKFORD UNIVERSITY: $14,200 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA MILITARY AND VETERANS MUSEUM: $13,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWALKER ART CENTER: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe American-Scandinavian Foundation: $8,600 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetPEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE INC: $8,300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM FOUNDATION: $8,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EDINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $7,200 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetBolder Options: $4,750 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMAGNUM CHORUM: $3,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetWAY TO GROW: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Theatre Company and School: $950 over 2y, 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.

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…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Sit Investment Associ…Xcel Energy FoundationRodney and Barbara Bu…Mightycause Charitabl…Margaret a Cargill Fo…Thrivent Charitable I…The Richard M Schulze…The Blackbaud Giving …The US Charitable Gif…Ibm International Fou…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN23.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Sit Investment Associates Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Rodney and Barbara Burwell Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Ibm International Foundation

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 33 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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