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Mains'L 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.

$499k
Granted FY2024still arriving
51
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$179k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0193% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2022–2024.

Food & Nutrition$207kEnvironment$92kEducation$64kInternational$57kCivil Rights$52kArts & Culture$41kHuman Services$35kReligion$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 51 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k37 grants · $108k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $213k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $179k
$3,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MATTER$178,500
DIOCESE OF HWANGE CHARITY PROJECT$25,406
THE ARC MINNESOTA$25,000
MOTHER AFRICA TRUST$24,880
SAI INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN FOUNDATION$24,505
THE DWELLING PLACE$15,000
CENTURY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$15,000
KTIS$15,000
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP NETWORK$13,500
COMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS$12,500
H2O FOR LIFE$12,500
ANOKA RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$10,000
METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$10,000
NORTH HENNEPIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$10,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$7,500
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

Your US giving — 83% of grant dollars ($527k). The need read here covers only this US portion; the 17% that went abroad ($110k) is mapped below.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY23–24, $54k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 58% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MONTICELLO HELP CENTER: $3k → 5%HELPING PAWS: $3k → 11%ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $3k → 7%CATALYST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SERVICES: $3k → 18%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $3k → 7%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS: $13k → 11%THE DWELLING PLACE: $15k → 7%FACE TO FACE: $2k → 14%ADVOCATING CHANGE TOGETHER: $5k → 14%UJAMAA PLACE: $2k → 14%IMPACTLIVES INC: $3k → 14%IMPACT LIVES: $3k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Beyond the US — 17% of all-years giving ($110k)

1 country, by the recipient’s country on the filing.

grant dollars sentlessmore
Zimbabwe$110k · 3 grants

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving. International giving is mapped by the recipient’s country from the same 990 filings; comparable need data isn’t available at that grain.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

64%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$401k · 7 repeat orgs$229k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships — 7 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 43 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
1

Total granted

$401k
$8k

Still filing today

71%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 55% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $221k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’22’23’24
Human ServicesEducationInternationalPhilanthropyFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • M
    MATTER
    2× · 2023–2024 · $204k · revenue +57%
  • TA
    THE ARC MINNESOTA INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $50k · revenue +1%
  • HF
    H2O FOR LIFE
    3× · 2022–2024 · $26k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • 5S
    5 STONE MEDIA GROUP
    one grant, 2023 · $8k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
African Development Center

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

Human Services
2
Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota Inc

Habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, community, and hope. through advocacy, collaboration, and leadership, hfh-mn advances the work of minnesota's habitat for humanity affiliates to create and preserve affordable…

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3
Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc

Develop resources and opportunities which empower people and communities.

Community Improvement
4
Impact Community Action Partnership Inc

Reducing the barriers and burdens that families in poverty experience by increasing access to essential needs.

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5
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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6
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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7
Advocates for Family Peace

To improve lives by ending domestic violence.

Human Services
8
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St Cloud

At Catholic Charities, we focus our efforts around three core pillars: Food Access, Mental Health and Housing. Guided by our mission - to serve and enhance human dignity for all people - we provide essential services and foster a sense of…

Human Services
9
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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10
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits informs, promotes, connects and strengthens individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.

Philanthropy
11
Phumulani

Preventing domestic violence and sexual abuse in communities of color throughout minnesota and the nation. by providing culturally-specific resources to women and girls of african descent, we hope to change the cycle of gender-based abuse…

Social Science
12
Mn Community Measurement

Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.

Health

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners and the most unlike its peers is Faribault Art Center Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 37 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr14%6%5–10yr20%12%10–20yr19%30%20–35yr14%39%35–55yr14%12%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%6%5–10yr20%8%10–20yr19%55%20–35yr14%17%35–55yr14%14%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/36
the rest of the field
14%
2,323/16,589

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

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

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 52 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
20/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MOTHER AFRICA TRUST — $84,880 · OtherMOTHER AFRICA TRUSTTHE ARC MINNESOTA INC — $50,000 · OtherTHE ARC MINNESOTA INCDIOCESE OF HWANGE CHARITY PROJECT — $25,406 · OtherDIOCESE OF HWANGE CHARITY PROJECTKTIS — $15,000 · OtherGLOBAL LEADERSHIP NETWORK — $13,500 · OtherNORTH HENNEPIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $10,000 · Other+26 more — $86,000 · Other+26 moreMATTER — $203,500 · Food & NutritionMATTERThe Dwelling Place — $15,000 · Human ServicesThe Dwell…COMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS INC — $12,500 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY…IMPACTLIVES INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesIMPACTLIV…ADVOCATING CHANGE TOGETHER — $5,000 · Human ServicesADVOCATIN…ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC — $5,000 · Human ServicesALEXANDRA…MONTICELLO CHRISTIAN SOCIAL SERVICES INC — $2,500 · Human ServicesCatalyst Domestic Violence Services — $2,500 · Human ServicesHELPING PAWS INC — $2,500 · Human ServicesUJAMAA PLACE — $2,000 · Human ServicesFace to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc — $2,000 · Human ServicesCENTURY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $15,000 · EducationMETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $10,000 · EducationANOKA-RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $10,000 · EducationSahan Journal — $2,000 · EducationH2O FOR LIFE — $25,500 · InternationalFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC — $1,500 · International+1 more — $500 · InternationalSAI INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN FOUNDATION — $27,005 · Recreation & SportsWorld Help — $3,500 · Religion
Other$284,786Food & Nutrition$203,500Human Services$54,000Education$37,000International$27,500Recreation & Sports$27,005Religion$3,500

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMATTER — $203,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ARC MINNESOTA INC — $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetH2O FOR LIFE — $25,500 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetCENTURY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetThe Dwelling Place — $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCOMMUNITY EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetANOKA-RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetNORTH HENNEPIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACTLIVES INC — $5,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetADVOCATING CHANGE TOGETHER — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetALEXANDRA HOUSE INC — $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Help — $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHICO ART CENTER — $3,500 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetCommunity Action Agency of Butte County Inc — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUTTE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCAN DO CANINES — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWHITE BEAR LAKE ROTARY FOUNDATION — $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetINTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMONTICELLO CHRISTIAN SOCIAL SERVICES INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCatalyst Domestic Violence Services — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFARIBAULT ART CENTER INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHELPING PAWS INC — $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUJAMAA PLACE — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSahan Journal — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFace to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPHILANTHROFUND FOUNDATION INC — $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUTTE HUMANE SOCIETY — $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHATS & MITTENS ASSOCIATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBest Buddies International Inc — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Minneapolis Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Xcel Energy FoundationOtto Bremer TrustThe Richard M Schulze…Fr Bigelow FoundationMightycause Charitabl…Allina Health SystemGreater Twin Cities U…Land O'Lakes Foundati…North Valley Communit…Pohlad Family Foundat…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN28.9× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Allina Health System · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Land O'Lakes Foundation · North Valley Community Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Mains'L Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Best Buddies International Inc — 4% of 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
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 52 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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