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Joseph C and Lillian a Duke Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Joseph C and Lillian a Duke Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$145k
Granted FY2024still arriving
18
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$112kHuman Services$98kEducation$90kYouth Development$64kAnimals$40kReligion$38kHealth$21kHousing & Shelter$17kOther$0
02FY2024 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k9 grants · $50k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $95k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE TWIN CITIE$15,000
MINNESOTA COMPUTERS FOR SCHOOLS$10,000
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE$10,000
OUR LADY OF PEACE HOME$10,000
TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION (TPT)$10,000
MODEL CITIES OF ST PAUL INC$10,000
180 DEGREES INC$10,000
UNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION --$10,000
CAN DO CANINES$10,000
THE ST PAUL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC$7,500
COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH YOUTH$7,500
CHILDREN'S THEATER COMPANY & SCHOOL$5,000
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE$5,000
CHANGE INC$5,000
URBAN ROOTS MN$5,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $83k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%THE LINK: $5k → 11%ST PAUL & RAMSEY COUNTY DOMESTIC ABUSE I: $5k → 14%CHANGE INC: $5k → 14%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE: $10k → 14%CHANGE INC: $5k → 14%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE: $5k → 14%CHANGE INC: $5k → 14%CHANGE INC: $5k → 14%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE: $5k → 14%MODEL CITIES OF ST PAUL INC: $10k → 14%OUR LADY OF PEACE: $10k → 14%UNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOC OF ST PAUL: $13k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$411k · 19 repeat orgs$97k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
10

Total granted

$411k
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+23%

Still filing today

74%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsHousing & ShelterOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • CI
    COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE TWIN CITIES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $46k · revenue +120%
  • CD
    CAN DO CANINES
    5× · 2020–2024 · $40k · revenue +35%
  • TC
    TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $38k · revenue +37%

Funded once

  • UG
    UNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF ST PAUL INC
    one grant, 2023 · $13k · revenue +7%
  • OL
    OUR LADY OF PEACEgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +39%
  • SP
    SAINT PAUL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
    one grant, 2023 · $8k
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Central Minnesota Jobs and Training Services Inc

Strengthen central mn communities through leadership in workforce excellence.

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2
Breakthrough Twin Cities

Breakthrough Twin Cities supports students on their journey to college by fostering a community of mutual learning with the next generation of educators so they both can collaborate, grow, and thrive.

Education
3
Achieve Twin Cities

As one of the upper midwest's leading career and college readiness organizations, achieve twin cities rallies community support and delivers best-in-class programs to inspire and equip young people in minneapolis and saint paul, minnesota…

Youth Development
4
Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth

Mity's mission is to inspire and challenge intellectually curious students to pursue their passions within a diverse, inclusive community and empower them by building skills and relationships for lifelong success.

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5
St Paul Transportation Management Organization

Move minnesota leads the movement for an equitable and sustainable transportation system that puts people first. we are passionate about connecting communities, ending the climate crisis, expanding access to jobs and resources, and…

Environment
6
Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota

Mentoring partnership of minnesota (mpm) builds and elevates the capacity of programs, systems and policies to strengthen youth mentoring relationships. strategic priorities include: 1. support a statewide mentoring partner network2.…

Employment
7
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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8
Touchstone Mental Health

Touchstone mental health provides innovative, person-centered services that foster hope, health and well-being. we envision a world where all people whose lives are affected by mental illness will flourish with effective treatment, quality…

Human Services
9
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities

To enable young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. for more information visit www.boysandgirls.org.

Youth Development
10
Great Mn Schools

We believe that great schools are the cornerstone of a just and thriving community. ensuring that every child is able to attend a school that works is our moral and social imperative - our children deserve no less.

Education
11
Minnesota State University Student Association Inc

Led by minnesota state university students, we are the inclusive voice for all future, current, and former students. we actively work to represent and support minnesota state university students and advocate at a campus, state, and federal…

Education
12
Alliance for Metropolitan Stability

The alliance is a coalition of community-based organizations and advocacy groups with a mission to build power across the intersections of geography, race, culture, and issues in the twin cities region to eliminate systems of oppression…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Change Inc; the most unlike its peers is Children's Theatre Company and School. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

27 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 34 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CAN DO CANINES: $40,000 · OtherCAN DO CANINESUNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION --: $37,500 · OtherUNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION --OUR LADY OF PEACE HOME: $28,500 · OtherOUR LADY OF PEACE HOMEGREATER TWIN CITIES YOUTH SYMPHONIES: $22,000 · OtherGREATER TWIN CITIES YOUTH SYMPHONIESMINNESOTA YOUTH SYMPHONIES: $22,000 · OtherMINNESOTA YOUTH SYMPHONIESJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE: $17,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF THE180 DEGREES INC: $10,000 · OtherST PAUL & RAMSEY COUNTY DOMESTIC: $10,000 · OtherLIFETRACK RESOURCES INC: $9,000 · OtherGuild: $8,000 · Other+6 more: $30,500 · Other+6 moreCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE TWIN CITIES: $45,500 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOO…MINNESOTA COMPUTERS FOR SCHOOLS: $20,000 · EducationMINNESOTA COMPUTERS …PEACEMAKER MINNESOTA: $14,000 · EducationPEACEMAKER MINNESOTACOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $10,000 · EducationCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INCLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $20,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SOCIAL SE…CHANGE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCHANGE INCUNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF ST PAUL INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesUNION GOSPEL MISSI…OUR LADY OF PEACE: $10,000 · Human ServicesOUR LADY OF PEACEMODEL CITIES OF ST PAUL INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesMODEL CITIES OF ST…THE LINK: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE LINKTHE ST PAUL AND RAMSEY COUNTY DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION PROJECT: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE ST PAUL AND RA…TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $38,000 · Arts & CultureTWIN CITIES P…THE ST PAUL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $17,500 · Arts & CultureTHE ST PAUL C…Children's Theatre Company and School: $5,000 · Arts & CultureChildren's Th…Community Partners with Youth: $27,500 · Youth DevelopmentTREEHOUSE INC: $5,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $3,000 · HealthJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH: $4,500 · International
Other$234,500Education$89,500Human Services$82,500Arts & Culture$60,500Youth Development$27,500Health$8,000International$4,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF THE TWIN CITIES: $45,500 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetCAN DO CANINES: $40,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $38,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Partners with Youth: $27,500 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetGREATER TWIN CITIES YOUTH SYMPHONIES: $22,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetMINNESOTA YOUTH SYMPHONIES: $22,000 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $20,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA COMPUTERS FOR SCHOOLS: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCHANGE INC: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ST PAUL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetPEACEMAKER MINNESOTA: $14,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF ST PAUL INC: $12,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOUR LADY OF PEACE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMODEL CITIES OF ST PAUL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget180 DEGREES INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIFETRACK RESOURCES INC: $9,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGuild: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN ROOTS MN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTREEHOUSE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Theatre Company and School: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LINK: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ST PAUL AND RAMSEY COUNTY DOMESTIC ABUSE INTERVENTION PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH: $4,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRUE FRIENDS: $4,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOPPORTUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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.

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.

Saint Paul & Minnesot…Fr Bigelow FoundationHardenbergh FoundationThe Minneapolis Found…Otto Bremer TrustMightycause Charitabl…Warren FoundationFred C and Katherine …Mardag FoundationThe Richard M Schulze…The Hubbard Broadcast…The Walser Foundation
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN31.9× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Hardenbergh Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Warren Foundation · Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · Mardag Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation · The Walser 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Joseph C and Lillian a Duke Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph C and Lillian a Duke Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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    Find your warmest path to Joseph C and Lillian a Duke Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 34 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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