Minnesota · Private foundation
James & Karen Frisell 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.
- $10k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $362k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations James & Karen Frisell Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 43% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $10k | 20% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $10k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $10k | 60% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $9k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $9k | 25% |
| FY2020 | 4 | $6k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $6k | 43% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $5k | 43% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joyce Uptown Foodshelf | $23,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Superior Hiking Trail Association | $5,100 | 4 | 0% |
| St Paul Academy and Summit School | $4,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Miller-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Neighborhood House | $3,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Bentleyville Tour of Lights Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Great River Greening | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $1,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Collier County Audubon Society Inc Audubon Western Everglades | $1,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Mississippi Park Connection | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joyce Uptown Foodshelf | $23,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Superior Hiking Trail Association | $5,100 | 4 | 0% |
| St Paul Academy and Summit School | $4,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Miller-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries | $4,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Neighborhood House | $3,800 | 3 | 0% |
| Bentleyville Tour of Lights Inc | $2,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Great River Greening | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trustees of Tufts College | $1,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Collier County Audubon Society Inc Audubon Western Everglades | $1,400 | 2 | 0% |
| Mississippi Park Connection | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Coffee House Press Inc | $750 | 3 | 0% |
| Marco Island Historical Society Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($17k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget James & Karen Frisell 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.
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How this is measured
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About James & Karen Frisell Family Foundation
- How much does James & Karen Frisell Family Foundation give?
- James & Karen Frisell Family Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $10,280 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does James & Karen Frisell Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Food & Nutrition (41%), Education (17%), Recreation & Sports (11%).
- Who are James & Karen Frisell Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Joyce Uptown Foodshelf ($23k), Superior Hiking Trail Association ($5k), St Paul Academy and Summit School ($4k).
- Does James & Karen Frisell Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does James & Karen Frisell 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 James & Karen Frisell Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is James & Karen Frisell Family Foundation based?
- James & Karen Frisell Family Foundation is based in MN.
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