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Hugh J Andersen Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$10M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
266
Grants FY2025
209
Organizations funded FY2024
8%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
198 to 211
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
13
Total assets, FY2025
$251M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 8% of the organizations Hugh J Andersen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $405k 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
HealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionInternationalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving215$9.9M9%
FY2024209$8.3M8%
FY2023206$6.4M7%
FY2022205$7.2M11%
FY2021198$5.0M19%
FY2020211$4.9M12%
FY2019204$4.2Mn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Human Services$9.1MHousing & Shelter$7.5MArts & Culture$7.2MHealth$6.2MFood & Nutrition$4.7MYouth Development$2.8MPhilanthropy$2.5MEducation$1.9MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Hugh J Andersen Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity$1,366,00071%
Science Museum of Minnesota$1,273,00063%
Solid Ground$1,175,00078%
Tubman$969,00073%
Amherst H Wilder Foundation$760,00070%
Center for Disaster Philanthropy Inc$675,00041%
St Croix Valley Habitat for Humanity Inc$673,000723%
Girl Scouts of Mn and Wi River Valleys Inc$618,00071%
Ann Bancroft Foundation$609,000736%
Commonbond Communities$602,00071%
Familymeans$596,00072%
Community Thread$588,000711%
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota$543,00070%
Neighborhood House$522,00074%
Lakeview Health Foundation$515,00021%
Minnesota Children's Museum$497,00072%
Valley Outreach$438,40072%
Womenventure$430,00074%
Youth Service Bureau Inc$417,00075%
Second Harvest Heartland$410,00070%
Food Group Minnesota Inc The$404,00071%
Open Arms of Minnesota$401,00072%
Family Services of Westchester Inc$392,40070%
St Croix Valley Foodbank Inc$375,00053%
Young Mens Christian Association of the North$371,00070%
True Friends$355,50072%
Compas Inc$337,00075%
Artreach St Croix$334,000728%
River Falls Community Food Pantry$330,000719%
FamilyWise Services$326,70073%
Clare Housing$325,00071%
Phipps Center for the Arts Inc$323,00078%
Dream of Wild Health$322,00074%
Two Rivers Community Land Trust$313,00076%
Operation Help Inc$311,00075%
Duluth Children's Museum Inc$309,000732%
The Arts Partnership$308,00072%
Franconia Sculpture Park Legeros$306,500710%
Canvas Health Inc$297,00070%
Loaves and Fishes Too$294,50071%
Children's Theatre Company and School$293,00071%
Somerset Community Food Pantry Inc$290,500735%
Park Square Theatre$271,00074%
Avenues for Youth$265,00072%
Aeon$265,00040%
Project for Pride in Living Inc$264,00070%
Allina Health Foundation$261,00040%
180 Degrees Inc$260,00072%
The Center for Victims of Torture$259,00070%
Belwin Conservancy$257,00073%
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts$252,00070%
Esperanza United$248,00071%
Stillwater Public Library Foundation$239,900625%
Emma Norton Services$235,00072%
Our Neighbors Place Inc$230,000710%
Bridging Inc$222,00071%
United Way St Croix and Red Cedar Valleys Inc$217,50078%
Merrick Community Services$217,00071%
Camphill Village Minnesota Inc$214,50072%
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota Inc$212,00071%
The Rondo Community Land Trust$201,00076%
Young Women's Christian Association of St Paul$200,00071%
Wilderness Inquiry Inc$199,00071%
Youthlink$198,00071%
Ain Dah Yung (Our Home) Center$191,00061%
Face to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc$187,00071%
Theresa Living Center$184,00076%
Women's Advocates Inc$183,00071%
Family Tree Inc$180,00072%
Springboard for the Arts$180,00061%
Neighborhood Development Alliance Inc$175,00073%
Propel Nonprofits$173,00070%
Mixed Blood Theatre Company$167,00077%
People Incorporated$166,00070%
Merrill Arts Center$162,500523%
Illusion Theater and School Inc$160,00075%
Aliveness Project Inc$158,00061%
Housinglink$156,00074%
Children's Health Care Foundation$155,00030%
Home Line$154,00073%
Community Referral Agency Inc$153,00073%
Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota$151,00063%
United States Fund for Unicef$150,00010%
Friends in Need Food Shelf$148,00073%
CLIMB Theatre Inc$146,00073%
Hudson Area Backpack and Food Program Inc$146,00069%
Literacy Minnesota$144,00070%
Amery Regional Medical Center Inc$142,00030%
Guthrie Theater Foundation$135,00060%
Mental Health Task Force of Polk County$133,000431%
Abc for Rural Health Inc$133,000616%
Learning Disabilities Association Inc$131,00064%
Penumbra Theatre Company Inc$128,00061%
American Indian Family Center$125,00041%
Portico Healthnet$124,00071%
Courage Kenny Foundation$123,50031%
Special Olympics Minnesota Inc$120,00070%
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc$117,00071%
Pacer Center Inc$117,00071%
The Salvation Army$115,0006n/a
Greyston Foundation Inc$114,82562%
Hugo Good Neighbors Food Shelf$113,500717%
Philadelphia Community Farm Inc$113,000513%
St Croix Valley Restorative Services Inc$112,00076%
St Croix Valley Sart Inc$108,00075%
Kinship of Polk County$105,00077%
Clear Lake Area Community Center Inc$105,000125%
West Side Community Health Services Inc$102,00030%
Northwoods Homeless Shelters Inc$101,000519%
Vivent Health Inc$100,50060%
Thomas Irvine Dodge Nature Center$100,50071%
Silver Sobriety Inc$99,000522%
Family Pathways$95,00070%
Storyark$94,50067%
Southern Mn Regional Legal Services Inc$93,00040%
The Link$85,00070%
Marine Mills Folk School$82,50068%
Five Loaves Food & Clothing Center$82,00075%
Casa Guadalupana$82,000627%
Open Access Connections$80,00077%
New Richmond Area Centre Ltd$78,00061%
Cancer Support Community Greater Ny & Ct Inc$77,00071%
Boys & Girls Club of Central Wyoming$76,25030%
Lifting Up Westchester Inc$76,12570%
Hunger Prevention Council of Pierce County$76,00079%
Foundation for Essential Needs$75,00045%
Washington County Historical Society$75,00029%
United Hospital Foundation$75,00021%
The Sharing Shelf Inc$74,00051%
Assistance & Resource Center Inc$71,500627%
The Zephyr Theatre$71,00046%
Como Friends$70,50050%
Children's Defense Fund$69,00050%
Hope House of St Croix Valley$69,00045%
Interfaith Caregiver of Polk County Inc$69,00073%
Essentia Health Foundation$62,00030%
Boys and Girls Club of Dubois$60,0003n/a
Basic Needs Inc of South Washington County$60,00035%
Birch Grove Community School$58,00062%
Polk County Historical Society$57,750317%
Prescott Area Food Pantry Inc$57,500714%
Sub-Saharan African Youth and Famil$55,00072%
Womn Act$55,00047%
Urban League of Westchester Inc$55,00040%
Baldwin Area Medical Center Inc$55,00020%
Collegespring Inc$54,50051%
International Institute of Minnesota$54,00040%
Reach Out and Read Minnesota$53,00053%
Los Angeles Lgbt Center$51,00070%
Spring Valley Seniors Staying Put Inc$50,900615%
Help at Your Door$50,00023%
World Central Kitchen Inc$50,00010%
Reach Out and Read Inc$49,00040%
Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf Dba Open Cupboard$49,00022%
United Negro College Fund Inc$48,00030%
Battered Women's Justice Project$48,00020%
Feeding Westchester Inc$47,25050%
Cimarron Community Farm$45,000218%
The Bridge for Youth$45,00021%
Rainbow Health Minnesota$44,00020%
Autism Society of Mn$43,00060%
Open Cities Health Center Inc$42,00020%
Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans$40,00020%
Community Homestead Inc$40,00013%
Darts$40,00021%
Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota Inc$40,00060%
Amery Area Food Pantry Inc$38,00077%
Junior League of Central Westchester Inc$37,700610%
Reclaim$37,00022%
Vital Aging Network$37,000336%
International Rescue Committee INC$36,25070%
Moms and Dads Against Meth Inc$36,000714%
One Heartland$35,50061%
Greater Minnesota Housing Fund$35,0001n/a
Duck Soup Players Inc$34,000369%
Charities Review Council$33,50024%
Andersen Parent Group$33,000231%
Bridge to Books$33,0003n/a
Lifeline Food Pantry$32,50079%
The Innocence Project Inc$32,25050%
Outfront Minnesota Community Services$32,00021%
Pollinator Friendly Alliance Inc$32,000212%
Candid$32,00070%
American Diabetes Association$31,00050%
White Bear Area Food Shelf$30,00070%
St Jude of the Lake$29,0007n/a
Christian Food Cupboard of Hudson$29,00077%
Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota$27,50021%
Palestine Children's Relief Fund$26,50020%
Violence Prevention Center$26,50072%
A Jewish Voice for Peace$26,50020%
Philanthrofund Foundation Inc$25,00011%
Center for Independent Living for Western Wisconsin Inc$25,00011%
The History Theatre Inc$24,00050%
Elmwood Food Pantry$23,500712%
The Fistula Foundation$22,25070%
Maternal Help Hope Fund$20,00072%
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation$20,00010%
The St Paul and Ramsey County Domestic Abuse Intervention Project$20,00021%
Core Community Resources Inc$20,00012%
Batc Foundation$20,0001n/a
Metropolitan Interfaith Council on Affordable Housing$19,00027%
Our Community Kitchen$19,000312%
John Henry Foundation$18,50030%
Minnesota Transportation Museum Inc$16,25030%
Elim Lutheran Church$15,5007n/a
Local Initiatives Support Corporation$15,00010%
College Summit Inc$15,00020%
Casa of St Croix County Inc$15,00023%
Rs Eden$15,0001n/a
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency Incorporated$14,00020%
Luck Lutheran Church$13,5004n/a
Sharing Tree Incorporated$13,0004n/a
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$12,50070%
Stepping Stones of Dunn County Inc$12,00050%
W E Connect Inc$12,0002n/a
International Wolf Center$12,00020%
Minnesota Streetcar Museum$11,25033%
Sod House Theater$10,00015%
Save Our Setters Inc$10,0001n/a
Gender Justice$10,00020%
Firefly Sisterhood$10,00023%
Hudson Community Pickleball Association Inc$10,0001n/a
The Family Place$10,0001n/a
Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity Inc$10,00012%
Mnprov$7,50017%
Project 375 Inc$7,5001n/a
Minnesota Historical Society$7,50010%
Friends of Freedom Park Inc$7,50014%
Vocalessence$5,00010%
Neighbors Link Corp$5,00010%
Turtle Lake Area Food Pantry Inc$5,0001n/a
North Woods and Waters of the St Croix Heritage Area$5,0001n/a
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Inc$5,00010%
Minnesota Fringe Festival$5,00011%
Luck Area Historical Society Inc$4,00013%
One Colorado Education Fund$3,7501n/a
Boulder Pride$3,75010%
Newgate Education and Research Center Inc$3,75010%
Cheyenne River Youth Project Inc$3,75010%
End In Mind Project$3,50014%
New Life Church of Woodbury$3,0004n/a
Polar Bears International$2,00010%
St Croix Food Shelf$2,00019%
Lake Superior Railroad Museum Fd$2,00011%
Marine Library Association$2,0002n/a
Fresh Express Community Outreach I$2,00013%
Friends of the Osceola Library$2,0001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 90 recipients with no EIN on record ($8.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Hugh J Andersen Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 11 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTwin Cities Habitat for Humanity: $1,366,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetScience Museum of Minnesota: $1,273,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetSolid Ground: $1,175,000 over 7y, 8.1% of budgetTubman: $969,000 over 7y, 3.3% of budgetAmherst H Wilder Foundation: $760,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCenter for Disaster Philanthropy Inc: $675,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetSt Croix Valley Habitat for Humanity Inc: $673,000 over 7y, 23% of budgetGirl Scouts of Mn and Wi River Valleys Inc: $618,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetAnn Bancroft Foundation: $609,000 over 7y, 36% of budgetCommonbond Communities: $602,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetFamilymeans: $596,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetCommunity Thread: $588,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetLutheran Social Service of Minnesota: $543,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNeighborhood House: $522,000 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetLakeview Health Foundation: $515,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMinnesota Children's Museum: $497,000 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetValley Outreach: $438,400 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetWomenventure: $430,000 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetYouth Service Bureau Inc: $417,000 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetSecond Harvest Heartland: $410,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetFood Group Minnesota Inc The: $404,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetOpen Arms of Minnesota: $401,000 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetFamily Services of Westchester Inc: $392,400 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetSt Croix Valley Foodbank Inc: $375,000 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of the North: $371,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTrue Friends: $355,500 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetCompas Inc: $337,000 over 7y, 5.3% of budgetArtreach St Croix: $334,000 over 7y, 28% of budgetRiver Falls Community Food Pantry: $330,000 over 7y, 19% of budgetFamilyWise Services: $326,700 over 7y, 2.9% of budgetClare Housing: $325,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetPhipps Center for the Arts Inc: $323,000 over 7y, 7.8% of budgetDream of Wild Health: $322,000 over 7y, 4.4% of budgetTwo Rivers Community Land Trust: $313,000 over 7y, 5.9% of budgetOperation Help Inc: $311,000 over 7y, 4.7% of budgetDuluth Children's Museum Inc: $309,000 over 7y, 32% of budgetThe Arts Partnership: $308,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetFranconia Sculpture Park Legeros: $306,500 over 7y, 10% of budgetCanvas Health Inc: $297,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetLoaves and Fishes Too: $294,500 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetChildren's Theatre Company and School: $293,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetSomerset Community Food Pantry Inc: $290,500 over 7y, 35% of budgetPark Square Theatre: $271,000 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetAvenues for Youth: $265,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetAeon: $265,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetProject for Pride in Living Inc: $264,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetAllina Health Foundation: $261,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budget180 Degrees Inc: $260,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Fred C and Katherine B Andersen FoundationMN191× affinity99 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · St Croix Valley Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Hardenbergh Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Andersen Corporate Foundation · Mardag Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · The Minneapolis Foundation · Target 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.

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About Hugh J Andersen Foundation

How much does Hugh J Andersen Foundation give?
Hugh J Andersen Foundation reported 266 grants totaling $10,264,300 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 198 and 211 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Hugh J Andersen Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (19%), Housing & Shelter (16%), Arts & Culture (15%).
Who are Hugh J Andersen Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity ($1.4M), Science Museum of Minnesota ($1.3M), Solid Ground ($1.2M).
Does Hugh J Andersen Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Hugh J Andersen Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Hugh J Andersen Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust, St Croix Valley Foundation.
Where is Hugh J Andersen Foundation based?
Hugh J Andersen Foundation is based in MN.

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 350 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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