Minnesota · Private foundation
Howard Family Fund
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.
- $9k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 20
- Grants FY2024
- 20
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $400
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $1,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 14 to 20
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $140k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Howard Family Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 20 | $9k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $11k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $14k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 17 | $10k | 35% |
| FY2020 | 17 | $8k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| We Care Solar | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Annunciation House Inc | $2,000 | 5 | n/a |
| People Serving People Inc | $1,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota | $1,700 | 5 | 0% |
| Alight | $1,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Family Pathways | $1,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Fred Wells Tennis and Education Center Inc | $1,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Carleton College | $1,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Northside Residents Redevelopment Council Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alliance Francaise de Mpls-St Paul | $800 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 23 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| We Care Solar | $6,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Annunciation House Inc | $2,000 | 5 | n/a |
| People Serving People Inc | $1,900 | 3 | 0% |
| Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota | $1,700 | 5 | 0% |
| Alight | $1,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Family Pathways | $1,600 | 4 | 0% |
| Fred Wells Tennis and Education Center Inc | $1,600 | 3 | 0% |
| Carleton College | $1,100 | 5 | 0% |
| Northside Residents Redevelopment Council Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Alliance Francaise de Mpls-St Paul | $800 | 1 | 0% |
| Our Justice | $800 | 2 | 0% |
| Family Tree Inc | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| Artreach St Croix | $700 | 3 | 0% |
| Native American Community Clinic | $600 | 2 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Monarch Joint Venture | $500 | 1 | 0% |
| Century College Foundation | $400 | 1 | 0% |
| Scandia Baptist Cemetery Association | $300 | 1 | n/a |
| Hole in the Wall Gang Fund Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Twin Cities Public Television Inc | $200 | 1 | 0% |
| Artreach | $200 | 1 | n/a |
| Can Do Canines | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| University of St Thomas | $100 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($27k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Howard Family Fund supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
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About Howard Family Fund
- How much does Howard Family Fund give?
- Howard Family Fund reported 20 grants totaling $9,050 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 14 and 20 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Howard Family Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (29%), Environment (13%), International (10%).
- Who are Howard Family Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: We Care Solar ($7k), Annunciation House Inc ($2k), People Serving People Inc ($2k).
- Does Howard Family Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Howard Family Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Howard Family Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Howard Family Fund based?
- Howard Family Fund is based in MN.
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