Minnesota · Public charity
Karen Organization of Minnesota
To build on the strengths of refugee and immigrant communities and remove barriers to achieving economic, social, and cultural wellbeing.
- $745k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2024
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 18%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $51,096
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $175,464
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $1.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 18% of the organizations Karen Organization of Minnesota funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 11 | $745k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 11 | $652k | 18% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $520k | 22% |
| FY2021 | 7 | $454k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $425k | 29% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $263k | 38% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $242k | 20% |
| FY2017 | 7 | $266k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghan Cultural Society of Mn | $526,819 | 3 | 36% |
| Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota | $417,758 | 4 | 40% |
| Change Inc | $359,635 | 6 | 1% |
| Oromo Community Inc Minneapolisst | $299,288 | 5 | 43% |
| Korean Service Center | $283,041 | 6 | 3% |
| Capi USA | $255,289 | 3 | 5% |
| Ukrainian American Community Center Inc | $228,686 | 2 | 13% |
| Korean Adoptees Ministry Center | $204,723 | 6 | 55% |
| Sewa-Aifw | $204,159 | 6 | 4% |
| Arrive Ministries | $202,659 | 3 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghan Cultural Society of Mn | $526,819 | 3 | 36% |
| Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota | $417,758 | 4 | 40% |
| Change Inc | $359,635 | 6 | 1% |
| Oromo Community Inc Minneapolisst | $299,288 | 5 | 43% |
| Korean Service Center | $283,041 | 6 | 3% |
| Capi USA | $255,289 | 3 | 5% |
| Ukrainian American Community Center Inc | $228,686 | 2 | 13% |
| Korean Adoptees Ministry Center | $204,723 | 6 | 55% |
| Sewa-Aifw | $204,159 | 6 | 4% |
| Arrive Ministries | $202,659 | 3 | 5% |
| Isd 623 | $186,532 | 7 | n/a |
| Bhutanese Community Organization of Minnesota-Bcom- | $106,963 | 3 | 28% |
| Restoration for All Inc | $90,400 | 2 | 6% |
| The Urban Village Inc | $81,031 | 1 | 11% |
| Vietnamese Social Services of Minnesota | $39,855 | 2 | 3% |
| Stillwater Area Public Schools | $21,635 | 2 | n/a |
| Roseville Area School District 623 Foundation | $16,460 | 1 | 23% |
| More | $15,825 | 1 | 6% |
| Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College | $13,347 | 1 | n/a |
| Avivo | $12,325 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Karen Organization of Minnesota supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 5 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 16 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging Inc · Propel Nonprofits · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Young Mens Christian Association of the North · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
How this is measured
About Karen Organization of Minnesota
- How much does Karen Organization of Minnesota give?
- Karen Organization of Minnesota reported 11 grants totaling $744,979 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Karen Organization of Minnesota fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (64%), Employment (19%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are Karen Organization of Minnesota's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Afghan Cultural Society of Mn ($527k), Confederation of Somali Community in Minnesota ($418k), Change Inc ($360k).
- Does Karen Organization of Minnesota fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 18% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Karen Organization of Minnesota?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust.
- Where is Karen Organization of Minnesota based?
- Karen Organization of Minnesota is based in MN.
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