· Private foundation
John J and Nora a Foster 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NEW BEGINNINGS | $6,500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $3,500 |
| NEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES | $3,000 |
| GRANITE HOUSE | $2,500 |
| BIRTH RIGHT OF HUTCHINSON | $2,500 |
| MINNESOTA FAMILY INSTITUTE | $2,000 |
| LAKEVIEW HEALTH FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| THE SPECIALTY CROP COLLABORATIVE | $2,000 |
| ENKRATEIA HOUSE OF HOPE | $2,000 |
| TRINITY FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH | $2,000 |
| CAMP VICTORY | $2,000 |
| CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST | $2,000 |
| TOGETHER FOR GOOD | $1,500 |
| HOUSEHOLD OF FAITH CHURCHROSELLA'S | $1,500 |
| MINNESOTA SOUTH DISTRICT LCMS | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NLNEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES3× · 2023–2025 · $12k · revenue +50%
- OCONE COLLECTIVE4× · 2017–2022 · $8k · revenue +29%
- GHGRANITE HOUSE INC3× · 2023–2025 · $7k · revenue +36%
Funded once
- SSSOUTH SHORE TRINITY LUTHERANone grant, 2021 · $3k
- BGBETHANY GLOBAL UNIVERSITYone grant, 2022 · $2k
- CCCAMPUS CRUSADE - MADISON WIone grant, 2022 · $2k
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.
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.
Minnesota family council (mfc) is a non-profit christian organization that is dedicated to strengthening minnesota families by advancing biblical principles in the public arena, for the glory of the lord jesus christ and the good of…
Encouraging people of all ages and stages of family development to lead Christ-centered homes.
To increase the quality of life for individuals and families that live in a single parent homes. 50
Counseling and benevolent assistance to new parents and their children.
Ministry of Graceway Ministries Providing low cost child care and extended family services with spiritual guidance for families
Motivated by christ's love, we engage people as they experience and embrace their god-given potential.
Church or religious organization.
Uniting christian faith leaders to serve with humility and love for the flourishing of all in our community.
Exploring god in creation; growing faith in community; engaging the world as followers of jesus
Arrive ministries is dedicated to living out god's command to welcome refugees and immigrants in minnesota. our purpose is to see life transformation for refugees, immigrants, and the church.
For god's love to be expressed for and by individuals with developmental disabilities through faith based programs and services.
Collins family ministries, inc. exists to embody the love of christ by providing compassion to families, children, and at-risk youth who are experiencing hardship. we provide shelter for children, strength to families, and stability to our…
How this is measured
11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 11 of the 51 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds LAKEVIEW HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES ↗
- Who funds ONE COLLECTIVE ↗
- Who funds GRANITE HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA FAMILY INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds GLEAN MINISTRIES ↗
- Who funds TOGETHER FOR GOOD ↗
- Who funds ENKRATEIA HOUSE OF HOPE ↗
- Who funds BEYOND LIMITS INC ↗
- Who funds FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC ↗
- Who funds VICTORY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
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: Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · The Signatry Charitable Trust · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Jennings Family Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Christian Community Foundation Inc · Servant Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John J and Nora a Foster Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John J and Nora a Foster Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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