Minnesota · Private foundation
John K & Margaret a Ogren 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.
- $29k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 13
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.7M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations John K & Margaret a Ogren Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 53% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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 | 13 | $29k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $28k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $25k | 70% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $41k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $47k | 43% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $229k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $823k | 56% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $47k | 25% |
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 FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $125,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Washington County Historical Society | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Unbound | $17,538 | 9 | 0% |
| Academy of the Holy Angels | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Saint Paul Police Foundation | $10,000 | 1 | 4% |
| New Life Family Services | $8,768 | 3 | 0% |
| American Cancer Society Inc | $7,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Salvation Army | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 29 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 11 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John K & Margaret a Ogren Foundation supplied at peak.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Hardenbergh Foundation · Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · American Gift Fund · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Raleigh Foundation · The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation · Hugh J Andersen Foundation · St Croix Valley Foundation · Andersen Corporate Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation
How this is measured
Compare John K & Margaret a Ogren Foundation with peer funders
About John K & Margaret a Ogren Foundation
- How much does John K & Margaret a Ogren Foundation give?
- John K & Margaret a Ogren Foundation reported 13 grants totaling $28,636 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does John K & Margaret a Ogren Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Philanthropy (54%), Religion (19%), Health (11%).
- Who are John K & Margaret a Ogren Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation ($125k), Washington County Historical Society ($25k), Unbound ($18k).
- Does John K & Margaret a Ogren Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does John K & Margaret a Ogren 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 John K & Margaret a Ogren Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Hardenbergh Foundation, Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation.
- Where is John K & Margaret a Ogren Foundation based?
- John K & Margaret a Ogren Foundation is based in MN.
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