Minnesota · Private foundation
Humboldt Family 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.
- $156k
- Granted FY2023
- 41
- Itemized grants FY2023
- 40
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 23%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2023
- $133k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2023
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $35,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 40
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 13
- Total assets, FY2023
- $2.4M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 23% of the organizations Humboldt Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 38% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 40 | $133k | 23% |
| FY2022 | 38 | $121k | 42% |
| FY2020 | 28 | $89k | 4% |
| FY2019 | 30 | $78k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 28 | $66k | 25% |
| FY2017 | 23 | $66k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dystonia Medical Research Foundation | $42,000 | 6 | 0% |
| College of Saint Benedict | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Academy of the Holy Angels | $22,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Holy Family Catholic High School | $14,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Alight | $13,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Fistula Foundation | $11,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Knights of Columbus Charities Inc | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mary's Shelter of the Treasure Coast Inc | $7,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Catholic Relief Services | $7,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Light of the World Charities Inc | $6,500 | 5 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dystonia Medical Research Foundation | $42,000 | 6 | 0% |
| College of Saint Benedict | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Academy of the Holy Angels | $22,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Holy Family Catholic High School | $14,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Alight | $13,500 | 6 | 0% |
| The Fistula Foundation | $11,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Knights of Columbus Charities Inc | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mary's Shelter of the Treasure Coast Inc | $7,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Catholic Relief Services | $7,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Light of the World Charities Inc | $6,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Hope for Uganda Inc | $5,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Risen Savior Missions | $5,400 | 4 | 1% |
| Faithful Shepherd Catholic School | $5,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Salvation Army | $4,500 | 6 | n/a |
| The Church of Saint Peter Claver of Saint Paul Minnesota | $4,500 | 6 | n/a |
| House of Charity | $4,500 | 4 | 0% |
| General Secretariat of the Franciscan Missions Inc | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Florida Oceanographic Society Inc | $4,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Cross Catholic Outreach Inc | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Kimberly Home | $2,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Red Cloud Indian School | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Agate Housing & Services Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Volunteers in Medicine Clinic Inc | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Western Communities Action Network Inc | $1,300 | 2 | 0% |
| St Josephs Indian School | $1,300 | 2 | n/a |
| Fellowship of Catholic University Students | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Habitat for Humanity International Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sudan Relief Fund Inc | $400 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 30 recipients with no EIN on record ($322k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Humboldt Family Foundation 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.
Open a dossier: Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · United Way Worldwide · American Gift Fund · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
How this is measured
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About Humboldt Family Foundation
- How much does Humboldt Family Foundation give?
- Humboldt Family Foundation reported 41 itemized grants totaling $132,800, out of $156,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 40 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Humboldt Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Education (23%), Religion (13%), Health (6%).
- Who are Humboldt Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Dystonia Medical Research Foundation ($42k), College of Saint Benedict ($35k), Academy of the Holy Angels ($22k).
- Does Humboldt Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 23% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Humboldt Family Foundation 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 Humboldt Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota, The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation.
- Where is Humboldt Family Foundation based?
- Humboldt Family Foundation is based in MN.
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