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Kg Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$105k
Granted FY2024still arriving
9
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
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.

Health$450kArts & Culture$220kEducation$95kPhilanthropy$20kHuman Services$15kInternational$5kAnimals$5kFood & Nutrition$318
02FY2024 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $100k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS$25,000
MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA$20,000
TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION$15,000
GUTHRIE THEATER$10,000
BLAKE SCHOOL$10,000
MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION$10,000
MAYO CLINIC$10,000
THE RETREAT$5,000
SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND$318
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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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 15% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MAYO CLINIC: $25k → 9%TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION: $15k → 14%JONAS PHILANTHROPIES INC: $10k → 17%PATRONATO BENEFICO ORIENTAL OF THE UNITED STATES: $15k → 15%MAYO CLINIC: $25k → 9%BLAKE SCHOOL: $10k → 11%TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION: $10k → 14%MAYO CLINIC: $25k → 9%BLAKE SCHOOL: $10k → 11%TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION: $10k → 14%MAYO CLINIC: $25k → 9%BLAKE SCHOOL: $10k → 11%TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION: $10k → 14%MAYO CLINIC: $25k → 9%BLAKE SCHOOL: $10k → 11%TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION: $10k → 14%MAYO CLINIC: $20k → 9%BLAKE SCHOOL: $10k → 11%TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION: $10k → 14%MAYO CLINIC: $20k → 9%BLAKE SCHOOL: $10k → 11%TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION: $10k → 14%MAYO CLINIC: $10k → 9%BLAKE SCHOOL: $10k → 11%TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION: $10k → 14%BLAKE SCHOOL: $10k → 11%THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS: $25k → 11%THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS: $10k → 11%THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS: $10k → 11%GUTHRIE THEATER: $10k → 11%MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $35k → 11%MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $20k → 11%MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $20k → 11%ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%FAIRVIEW FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%FAIRVIEW FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA: $20k → 11%MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA: $15k → 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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$585k · 10 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

10 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
5

Total granted

$585k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
+69%

Still filing today

70%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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
HealthArts & CultureEducationAnimalsInternationalPhilanthropyOther
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

  • MH
    MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $160k · revenue +92%
  • TC
    TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $85k · revenue +2%
  • TB
    THE BLAKE SCHOOL
    8× · 2017–2024 · $80k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • PB
    Patronato Benefico Oriental of the United Statesgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +69%
  • AH
    Animal Humane Society
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +14%
  • A
    ALIGHTgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue +33%
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
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
2
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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3
Minnesota Hospital Association

Advance the health of individuals and communities through leadership, advocacy and collaboration on behalf of minnesota hospitals and health systems. vision: minnesotans are healthy and have access to the right care at the right time in…

Community Improvement
4
United Hospital Foundation

United hospital foundation exists to enhance the health of united hospital patients and the wellness of the community we serve. the foundation, year after year, has proven that a true partnership between community and hospital guarantees…

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5
Healtheast Woodwinds Hospital

Fairview is driven to heal, discover, and educate for longer, healthier lives.

Health
6
Mayo Clinic Group Return

To inspire hope and contribute to health and well-being by providing the best care to every patient through integrated clinical practice, education, and research.

Health
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
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
9
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital

Provide quality, accessible, and valuable health care services via a hospital, home health agency, and clinic to the surrounding rural community.

Health
10
Healtheast St John's Hospital

Fairview is driven to heal, discover, and educate for longer, healthier lives.

Health
11
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
12
Fairview Health Services

Mission: Fairview is driven to heal, discover and educate for longer, healthier lives. Vision: Fairview is driving a healthier future. Values: Dignity: We value the uniqueness of each person and work to ensure everyone's right to privacy.…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Minneapolis Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Patronato Benefico Oriental of the United States. 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

16 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. 16 of the 19 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/16
Grantees still filing
10/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAYO CLINIC: $175,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICMINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $160,000 · HealthMINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATIONALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATIONFairview Foundation: $30,000 · HealthFairview FoundationTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $85,000 · Arts & CultureTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELE…MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $75,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL AS…GUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureGUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDAT…ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $55,000 · OtherABBOTT NORTHWESTER…THE MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF THE ARTS: $45,000 · OtherTHE MINNEAPOLIS IN…Patronato Benefico Oriental of the United States: $15,000 · OtherPatronato Benefico…THE RETREAT: $10,000 · OtherTHE RETREATJONAS CENTER AT ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $5,000 · OtherTHE BLAKE SCHOOL: $80,000 · EducationTHE BLAKE S…UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $5,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY …Jonas Philanthropies Inc: $15,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · PhilanthropyAnimal Humane Society: $5,000 · AnimalsALIGHT: $5,000 · InternationalSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $318 · Food & Nutrition
Health$395,000Arts & Culture$170,000Other$130,000Education$85,000Philanthropy$20,000Animals$5,000International$5,000Food & Nutrition$318

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMAYO CLINIC: $175,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION: $160,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $85,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BLAKE SCHOOL: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $75,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFairview Foundation: $30,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJonas Philanthropies Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetGUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Humane Society: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALIGHT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $318 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.

Raymond James Charita…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundFL13.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Kg Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Kg Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Kg Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Kg 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 19 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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