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· 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 FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$175k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Human Services$2.3MEmployment$667kYouth Development$527kHealth$90kEducation$16k
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $139k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $606k
$51,096
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AFGHAN CULTURAL SOCIETY OF MN$175,464
UKRAINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER$162,529
THE URBAN VILLAGE$81,031
RESTORATION FOR ALL INC$72,945
CHANGE INC (GUADALUPE ALTERNATIVE PROG)$62,834
OROMO COMMUNITY OF MN$51,096
KOREAN SERVICE CENTER$45,442
KAM CENTER$38,862
SEWA-AIFW$22,490
ROSEVILLE AREA SCHOOLS$16,460
MORE (V)$15,825
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 (FY17–24, $2.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 6%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 6%RESOURCE INC (AVIVO): $12k → 11%THE URBAN VILLAGE: $81k → 14%SEWA-AIFW: $22k → 11%CHANGE INC: $75k → 14%CHANGE INC: $73k → 14%CHANGE INC: $69k → 14%SEWA-AIFW: $47k → 11%CHANGE INC: $65k → 14%SEWA-AIFA: $42k → 11%CHANGE INC (GUADALUPE ALTERNATIVE PROG): $63k → 14%SEWA-AIFW: $42k → 11%GUADALUPE ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS: $15k → 14%SEWA-AIFW: $38k → 11%OROMO COMMUNITY OF MN: $80k → 14%SEWA-AIFW: $13k → 11%OROMO COMMUNITY OF MINNESOTA: $65k → 14%OROMO COMMUNITY OF MINNESOTA: $56k → 14%OROMO COMMUNITY OF MN: $51k → 14%OROMO COMMUNITY OF MINNESOTA: $48k → 14%UKRAINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $163k → 11%VIETNAMESE SOCIAL SERVICES: $28k → 14%UKRAINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $66k → 11%VIETNAMESE SOCIAL SERVICES: $12k → 14%AFGHAN CULTURAL SOCIETY OF MN: $222k → 11%KOREAN SERVICE CENTER: $57k → 14%AFGHAN CULTURAL SOCIETY OF MN: $175k → 11%KOREAN SERVICE CENTER: $55k → 14%CONFEDERATION OF SOMALI COMMUNITY IN MINNESOTA: $159k → 11%KOREAN SERVICE CENTER: $55k → 14%CONFEDERATION OF SOMALI COMMUNITY IN MINNESOTA: $145k → 11%KOREAN SERVICE CENTER: $49k → 14%AFGHAN CULTURAL SOCIETY: $130k → 11%KOREAN ADOPTEES MINISTRIES CENTER: $43k → 14%CONFEDERATION OF SOMALI COMMUNITY IN MINNESOTA: $106k → 11%KOREAN ADOPTEES MINISTRIES CENTER (KAM CENTER): $42k → 14%KOREAN SERVICE CENTER: $45k → 11%KAM CENTER: $39k → 14%CONFEDERATION OF SOMALI COMMUNITY IN MN: $8k → 11%KOREAN ADOPTEES MINISTRIES CENTER (KAM CENTER): $35k → 14%KOREAN ADOPTEES MINISTRIES CENTER (KAM CENTER): $35k → 14%BHUTANESE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA: $32k → 14%KOREAN SERVICE CENTER: $22k → 14%KOREAN ADOPTEES MINISTRIES CENTER (KAM CENTER): $11k → 14%BHUTANESE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA: $39k → 14%BHUTANESE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA: $36k → 14%MORE (V): $16k → 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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.4M · 15 repeat orgs$139k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +92% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
2

Total granted

$3.4M
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+92%
+44%

Still filing today

87%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $113k 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
Human ServicesInternationalHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • AC
    AFGHAN CULTURAL SOCIETY OF MN
    3× · 2022–2024 · $527k · revenue +342% · 36% of their budget
  • CI
    CHANGE INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $360k · revenue +115%
  • KS
    Korean Service Center
    6× · 2019–2024 · $283k · revenue +75%

Funded once

  • FD
    FOND DU LAC TRIBAL & COMMUNITY COLLEGE
    one grant, 2017 · $13k
  • A
    AVIVOgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $12k · revenue +44%
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
African Community Services

To assist new americans arriving from africa become productive and well-adjusted citizens.

Education
2
Minnesota Coalition on Immigration Reform

Guided by our faith values, ICOM stands in solidarity with immigrants, refugees and their families. Our volunteer network provides a variety of compassionate support.

Human Services
3
Center for Community Services

Foster understanding and cultural exchange between american and chinese peoples and assist new immigrants in the greater minneapolis area to achieve economic self-sufficiency, social empowerment, and cultural appreciation.

Human Services
4
Minnesota Dawah Institute

To conduct religious and cultural works helping new immigrants adapt to a new enviorment bridging communities of different ethnic and racial backgrounds.

Religion
5
Sahan Journal

Sahan Journal provides immigrants and communities of color with free, fair, and responsive journalism that shows everyone the way to a more equitable Minnesota.

Education
6
International Institute of Minnesota

The international institute of minnesota helps new americans become self-sufficient and fully contributing members in our society. the institute provides quality programs and services that help new americans move lives forward. our…

Human Services
7
Chinese Community Center
Community Improvement
8
Coalition of Asian American Leaders

The Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL) is a network organization of Asian Minnesotan leaders harnessing our collective power to improve the lives of community.

Arts & Culture
9
Minnesota Voice

Minnesota Voice is a collaboration of organizations working toward permanent change in social, racial, and economic justice by increasing civic engagement and voter participation across the state.

Public Benefit
10
African Community Senior Services

African community senior services is guided by its community champions, empowers immigrants, refugees and underserved communities, in minneapolis and st paul, through its programs that promote health, transportation, education, and…

Human Services
11
Karen Organization of Minnesota

To build on the strengths of refugee and immigrant communities and remove barriers to achieving economic, social, and cultural wellbeing.

Human Services
12
Vietnamese Comm of Mn

Serve the vietnamese community within minnesota

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Restoration for All Inc; the most unlike its peers is Roseville Area School District 623 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

17 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. 17 of the 20 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.

5
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AFGHAN CULTURAL SOCIETY OF MN: $526,819 · Human ServicesAFGHAN CULTURAL SOCIETY OF MNCONFEDERATION OF SOMALI COMMUNITY IN MINNESOTA: $417,758 · Human ServicesCONFEDERATION OF SOMALI COMMUNITY IN MINNESOTACHANGE INC: $359,635 · Human ServicesCHANGE INCOROMO COMMUNITY INC MINNEAPOLISST: $299,288 · Human ServicesOROMO COMMUNITY INC MINNEAPOLISSTKorean Service Center: $283,041 · Human ServicesKorean Service CenterUKRAINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $228,686 · Human ServicesUKRAINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER INCKorean Adoptees Ministry Center: $204,723 · Human ServicesKorean Adoptees Ministry CenterSEWA-AIFW: $204,159 · Human ServicesSEWA-AIFWBHUTANESE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA-BCOM-: $106,963 · Human Services+4 more: $149,036 · Human Services+4 moreARRIVE MINISTRIES: $202,659 · OtherARRIVE MINIST…ISD 623: $186,532 · OtherISD 623STILLWATER AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $21,635 · Other+1 more: $13,347 · OtherCAPI USA: $255,289 · InternationalRESTORATION FOR ALL INC: $90,400 · HealthROSEVILLE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT 623 FOUNDATION: $16,460 · Community Improvement
Human Services$2,780,108Other$424,173International$255,289Health$90,400Community Improvement$16,460

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAFGHAN CULTURAL SOCIETY OF MN: $526,819 over 3y, 36% of budgetCONFEDERATION OF SOMALI COMMUNITY IN MINNESOTA: $417,758 over 4y, 40% of budgetCHANGE INC: $359,635 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetOROMO COMMUNITY INC MINNEAPOLISST: $299,288 over 5y, 43% of budgetKorean Service Center: $283,041 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetCAPI USA: $255,289 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetUKRAINIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $228,686 over 2y, 13% of budgetKorean Adoptees Ministry Center: $204,723 over 6y, 55% of budgetSEWA-AIFW: $204,159 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetARRIVE MINISTRIES: $202,659 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetBHUTANESE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA-BCOM-: $106,963 over 3y, 28% of budgetRESTORATION FOR ALL INC: $90,400 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetTHE URBAN VILLAGE INC: $81,031 over 1y, 11% of budgetVIETNAMESE SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTA: $39,855 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetROSEVILLE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT 623 FOUNDATION: $16,460 over 1y, 23% of budgetMORE: $15,825 over 1y, 6.5% 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…The Minneapolis Found…Otto Bremer TrustMetropolitan Area Age…Propel NonprofitsFr Bigelow FoundationYoung Mens Christian …Greater Twin Cities U…Mightycause Charitabl…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Natl Christian Charit…
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN31.6× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Karen Organization of Minnesota funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Karen Organization of Minnesota. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 20 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 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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