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Joyful Noise Charitable Foundation

TO ENGAGE IN AND CONDUCT CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF, TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS OF, OR TO ASSIST IN CARRYING OUT THE CHARITABLE PURPOSES OF ANY PUBLIC CHARITY LOCATED IN MINNESOTA, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE DORSEY & WHITNEY FOUNDATION.

$4.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
17
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$12MEducation$5.5MYouth Development$4.0MHealth$1.8MEnvironment$1.3MRecreation & Sports$1.3MArts & Culture$910kCommunity Improvement$875kOther$0
02FY2024 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $107k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
  • $250k+6 grants · $4.0M
$27,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$213M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WE CARE SOLAR$1,000,000
V3 SPORTS$1,000,000
PROJECT SUCCESS$900,000
KINGSWOOD COLLEGE$500,000
ANGEL FOUNDATION$300,000
RHODES UNIVERSITY TRUST$250,000
RHODES UNIVERSITY TRUST$100,000
GREAT PLAINS FOUNDATION$50,000
HOPE ACADEMY$27,000
FAITH HOPE AND LOVE GLOBAL MINISTRIES$25,000
WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$25,000
VNA & HOSPICE FOUNDATION$10,000
UNITED WAY OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC$10,000
INDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST$10,000
VERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC$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 (FY19–23, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%LIVINGSTON HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION: $250k → 10%BLACK MEN TEACH: $500k → 11%BLACK MEN TEACH: $300k → 11%THINK SMALL: $500k → 14%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $250k → 11%YWCA MINNEAPOLIS: $300k → 11%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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18M · 8 repeat orgs$11M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +20% since the first grant, against +5% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
22

Total granted

$18M
$8.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+5%

Still filing today

100%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • PS
    PROJECT SUCCESS
    2× · 2019–2024 · $1.3M · revenue +45%
  • BM
    Black Men Teach
    2× · 2021–2022 · $800k · revenue +162% · 40% of their budget
  • Teach for America Inc
    2× · 2022–2023 · $600k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • AN
    ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $1.0M · revenue -88%
  • TI
    TNTP INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $900k · revenue +63%
  • MC
    MACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC
    one grant, 2020 · $650k · revenue -8%
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.

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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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2
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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3
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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4
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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5
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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6
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
7
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
8
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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9
African Development Center

Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota

Human Services
10
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
11
Youthprise

Youthprise is a nonprofit intermediary that invests in the future of Minnesota by investing in youth. Youthprise's mission is to increase equity with and for Minnesota's indigenous, low-income, and racially diverse youth.

Education
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Great Plains Conservation Foundation. 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

42 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. 42 of the 46 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
40/42
Grantees still filing
20/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE DORSEY & WHITNEY FOUNDATION: $11,100,000 · OtherTHE DORSEY & WHITNEY FOUNDATIONPLYMOUTH CHRISTIAN YOUTH CENTER: $2,000,000 · OtherPLYMOUTH CHRISTIAN YOUTH CENTERABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 · OtherABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONThe Cookie Cart: $750,000 · OtherWOMENVENTURE: $625,000 · Other+16 more: $3,170,200 · Other+16 morePROJECT SUCCESS: $1,300,000 · EducationPROJECT SUCCESSTNTP INC: $900,000 · EducationTNTP INCTeach for America Inc: $600,000 · EducationTeach for America…WALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS: $600,000 · EducationWALLIN EDUCATION …READING PARTNERS: $500,000 · EducationREADING PARTNERSPRODEO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL #4213: $500,000 · EducationPRODEO ACADEMY CH…+3 more: $152,000 · EducationBlack Men Teach: $800,000 · Human ServicesThink Small: $500,000 · Human ServicesYWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS: $300,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $250,000 · Human ServicesLivingston Healthcare Foundation: $250,000 · Human ServicesWE CARE SOLAR: $1,000,000 · HealthANGEL FOUNDATION: $300,000 · HealthMAYO CLINIC: $250,000 · HealthV3 SPORTS INC: $1,000,000 · Recreation & SportsMinneapolis Parks Foundation: $300,000 · Recreation & SportsWomen's Foundation of Minnesota: $750,000 · PhilanthropyMICROGRANTS: $450,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyMACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC: $650,000 · Arts & CultureChildren's Theatre Company and School: $250,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$18,645,200Education$4,552,000Human Services$2,100,000Health$1,550,000Recreation & Sports$1,300,000Philanthropy$1,210,000Arts & Culture$910,000

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 budgetTHE DORSEY & WHITNEY FOUNDATION: $11,100,000 over 7y, 67% of budgetPLYMOUTH CHRISTIAN YOUTH CENTER: $2,000,000 over 2y, 26% of budgetPROJECT SUCCESS: $1,300,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $1,000,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetV3 SPORTS INC: $1,000,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetWE CARE SOLAR: $1,000,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetTNTP INC: $900,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBlack Men Teach: $800,000 over 2y, 40% of budgetThe Cookie Cart: $750,000 over 3y, 9.5% of budgetWomen's Foundation of Minnesota: $750,000 over 2y, 10% of budgetMACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC: $650,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetWOMENVENTURE: $625,000 over 2y, 7.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $600,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS: $600,000 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $500,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetThink Small: $500,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetPRODEO ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL #4213: $500,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetEVERY MEAL: $500,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetMICROGRANTS: $450,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetANGEL FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetLITERACY MATTERS FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetYWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS: $300,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMinneapolis Parks Foundation: $300,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetLINK Public School: $275,000 over 1y, 70% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $250,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetURBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $250,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetGENESYS WORKS GROUP RETURN DBA GENESYS WORKS: $250,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetVOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL: $250,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetLivingston Healthcare Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetChildren's Theatre Company and School: $250,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetAT HOME GROUP: $150,000 over 1y, 19% of budgetONEVILLAGE PARTNERS: $150,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVISION COMMUNITIES INC: $100,000 over 1y, 97% of budgetGREAT PLAINS CONSERVATION FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetHOPE ACADEMY INC: $27,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAITH HOPE AND LOVE GLOBAL MINISTRIES: $25,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetINDIAN RIVER LAND TRUST INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVERO BEACH MUSEUM OF ART INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWILLIAM GUY FORBECK RESEARCH FOUNDATION: $200 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.

Wem FoundationThe Minneapolis Found…The Richard M Schulze…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Mortenson Family Foun…Otto Bremer TrustMightycause Charitabl…Xcel Energy FoundationGeorge Family Foundat…Fr Bigelow FoundationCh Robinson Worldwide…The Sauer Family Foun…
Wem FoundationMN49.5× affinity21 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Wem Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · George Family Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · The Sauer Family 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 Joyful Noise Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joyful Noise Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • United Way of Indian River County Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Indian River Land Trust Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
14report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Joyful Noise Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Joyful Noise Charitable 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 46 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home