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Mankato Area Foundation

The Mankato Area Foundation is a trusted resource that connects donors with causes they care about, provides funding to enhance our region and serves as a collaborative community partner.

$4.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
100
Grants FY2025still arriving
12
States reached
$539k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Arts & Culture$3.8MEducation$3.3MReligion$1.8MPhilanthropy$1.6MYouth Development$1.4MHuman Services$999kFood & Nutrition$923kRecreation & Sports$683kOther$0
02FY2025 · 100 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 100 grants below total $3,522,851 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $4,059,579 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $536,728 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k23 grants · $167k
  • $10k–50k58 grants · $1.0M
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+2 grants · $792k
$15,000
Median grant
12
States reached
$36M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota$538,517
Greater Mankato Area United Way$253,950
ECHO Food Shelf$233,700
Region Nine Development Commission$165,500
Twin Rivers Council for the Arts$100,346
Mankato Area Hockey Association$100,000
Feeding Our Communities Partners$95,150
Mankato Youth Place (MY Place)$93,750
Minnesota State University Mankato Foundation$90,550
First Presbyterian Church$84,500
South Central College Foundation$82,600
Kiwanis Camp Patterson$79,000
Grace Lutheran Church$76,804
Iowa State University Foundation$67,500
Coastal Community Church$65,000
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Lutheran Social Service of MNLSS Meals Mankato Area: $6k → 11%SS Boutique: $7k → 15%Lifeworks Services: $10k → 6%Lifeworks Services: $5k → 6%Amherst H Wilder Foundation: $8k → 14%Amherst H Wilder Foundation: $7k → 14%Mankato Youth Place: $448k → 15%Mankato Youth Place (MY Place): $94k → 15%Mankato Youth Place: $86k → 15%Mankato Family YMCA: $73k → 15%Mankato Youth Place: $63k → 15%Mankato Youth Place: $58k → 15%VINE Faith in Action: $54k → 15%Mankato Youth Place: $53k → 15%VINE Faith in Action: $47k → 15%YWCA Mankato: $45k → 15%Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging: $42k → 15%VINE Faith in Action: $35k → 15%VINE Faith in Action: $33k → 15%VINE Faith in Action: $33k → 15%VINE Faith in Action: $33k → 15%Mankato Family YMCA: $32k → 15%VINE Faith in Action: $31k → 15%Mankato Family YMCA: $31k → 15%YWCA Mankato: $29k → 15%Mankato Family YMCA: $28k → 15%Mankato Family YMCA: $27k → 15%VINE Faith in Action: $26k → 15%YWCA Mankato: $24k → 15%VINE Faith in Action: $22k → 15%YWCA Mankato: $20k → 15%YWCA Mankato: $19k → 15%YWCA Mankato: $18k → 15%Mankato Family YMCA: $17k → 15%American Red Cross: $16k → 15%YWCA Mankato: $15k → 15%Lutheran Social Service of MN: $15k → 15%YWCA Mankato: $12k → 15%American Red Cross serving Southern Minnesota: $11k → 15%YWCA Mankato: $11k → 15%The REACH Resource Center: $10k → 15%American Red Cross: $8k → 15%Minnesota River Area Agency on Aging: $8k → 15%SMILES Center for Independent Living: $8k → 15%Mankato Family YMCA: $7k → 15%The REACH Resource Center: $7k → 15%Beyond Brink: $7k → 15%LSS Youth Resource Center - Mankato: $6k → 15%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.

Which US states your grants reach

MN
IL
WI
NY
SD
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IN
OH
CT
CO
VA
TN
DC
OK
LA
TX
FL

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.

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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$15M · 113 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +26% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

113 repeat relationships — 77 still active in FY2025, 36 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

113
72

Total granted

$15M
$1.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+22%

Still filing today

66%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $262k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther

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

  • CM
    CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
    8× · 2017–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +122%
  • GM
    GREATER MANKATO AREA UNITED WAY INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $937k · revenue +43%
  • CF
    CREATIVE FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $881k · revenue +39% · 66% of their budget

Funded once

  • BL
    BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $125k
  • MA
    Mankato Area Arts Council
    one grant, 2017 · $111k · revenue -82%
  • BV
    BUENA VISTA REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +46% · 26% of their budget

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
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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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 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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4
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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5
Minnesota State University Student Association Inc

Led by minnesota state university students, we are the inclusive voice for all future, current, and former students. we actively work to represent and support minnesota state university students and advocate at a campus, state, and federal…

Education
6
Mankato Area Foundation

The Mankato Area Foundation is a trusted resource that connects donors with causes they care about, provides funding to enhance our region and serves as a collaborative community partner.

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7
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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8
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Mcad provides a transformative education within a community of support for creative students of all backgrounds to work, collaborate, and lead with confidence in a dynamic, interconnected world.

Education
9
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
10
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

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

Philanthropy
11
Minneapolis Downtown Council

To create an extraordinary downtown minneapolis, applying the core values of leadership, collaboration, advocacy and innovation.

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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 University of Minnesota Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Abraham Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity Development & Soc…Family Philanthropic Founda…Community Arts EducationAnimal Rescue and CareCharter and Independent Sch…Christian Ministry Organiza…Environmental Conservation …Regional Business AdvocacyFaith-Based Foundations and…Veterans and Fraternal Orga…Immigrant & Refugee ServicesDisability Services & Emplo…Healthcare System Foundatio…Affordable Housing Developm…Youth Sports Programs
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 38 years old; the field is 20. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number17%3%<5yr12%10%5–10yr20%12%10–20yr17%21%20–35yr16%22%35–55yr18%32%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value17%1%<5yr12%8%5–10yr20%8%10–20yr17%27%20–35yr16%27%35–55yr18%29%55yr+

The field is 17% startups (under 5 years old) — 3% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 1.0% lost their exemption, against 10% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
1.0%2/202
the rest of the field
10%
3,828/38,787

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

139 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2017–2026, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 139 of the 208 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
31
Early backer (in before they grew)
139/139
Grantees still filing
94/139
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CREATIVE FOUNDATION — $880,941 · OtherCREATIVE FOUNDATIONEMERGENCY COMMUNITY HELP ORGANIZATION INC — $418,432 · OtherEMERGENCY COMMUNITY HELP ORGANIZATION INCSOUTH CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $396,490 · OtherCHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH — $362,613 · OtherCAMP PATTERSON INC — $295,675 · Other+124 more — $5,474,536 · Other+124 moreCHILDRENS MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA — $1,671,382 · Arts & CultureCHILDRENS MUSEUM O…MANKATO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $330,965 · Arts & CultureMANKATO SYMPHONY O…TWIN RIVERS COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS — $249,289 · Arts & CultureTWIN RIVERS COUNCI…BLUE EARTH COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $149,838 · Arts & CultureBLUE EARTH COUNTY …Midwest Art Catalyst Inc — $142,674 · Arts & Culture+10 more — $245,720 · Arts & Culture+10 moreMINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO FOUNDATION INC — $707,057 · EducationMINNESOTA STA…IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $267,500 · EducationIOWA STATE UN…GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE — $247,625 · EducationGUSTAVUS ADOL…UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - RIVER FALLS FOUNDATION INC — $142,111 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF…COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $104,000 · EducationCOLORADO STAT…BRANDON VALLEY BOOSTER CLUB INC — $65,000 · Education+19 more — $403,357 · Education+19 moreMANKATO YOUTH PLACE INC — $800,997 · Human ServicesMANKATO YOUT…VINE FAITH IN ACTION — $312,472 · Human ServicesVINE FAITH I…THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOC OF MANKATO INC — $214,982 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG ME…YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MANKATO — $191,381 · Human ServicesYOUNG WOMEN'…+10 more — $244,850 · Human Services+10 moreGREATER MANKATO AREA UNITED WAY INC — $937,073 · PhilanthropyGREATER MA…Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc — $355,084 · PhilanthropyRenaissanc…KIWANIS HOLIDAY LIGHTS INC — $111,090 · PhilanthropyKIWANIS HO…SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION — $60,000 · Philanthropy+6 more — $62,275 · PhilanthropyFeeding Our Communities Partners — $425,012 · Food & NutritionMINNESOTA AGRICULTURAL INTERPRETIVE CENTER — $31,000 · Food & NutritionST PETER AREA FOODSHELF INC — $27,000 · Food & Nutrition+1 more — $5,500 · Food & NutritionMANKATO AREA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION — $150,000 · Recreation & SportsLAKE CRYSTAL AREA RECREATION CENTER ASSOC INC — $145,050 · Recreation & SportsHOLE IN THE WALL GANG FUND INC — $25,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$7,828,687Arts & Culture$2,789,868Education$1,936,650Human Services$1,764,682Philanthropy$1,525,522Food & Nutrition$488,512Recreation & Sports$320,050

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCHILDRENS MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA — $1,671,382 over 8y, 22% of budgetGREATER MANKATO AREA UNITED WAY INC — $937,073 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetCREATIVE FOUNDATION — $880,941 over 3y, 66% of budgetMANKATO YOUTH PLACE INC — $800,997 over 6y, 17% of budgetMINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO FOUNDATION INC — $707,057 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetFeeding Our Communities Partners — $425,012 over 9y, 11% of budgetEMERGENCY COMMUNITY HELP ORGANIZATION INC — $418,432 over 9y, 4.9% of budgetSOUTH CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION — $396,490 over 9y, 7.1% of budgetRenaissance Charitable Foundation Inc — $355,084 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMANKATO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC — $330,965 over 6y, 39% of budgetVINE FAITH IN ACTION — $312,472 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetCAMP PATTERSON INC — $295,675 over 6y, 61% of budgetIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $267,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTWIN RIVERS COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS — $249,289 over 7y, 36% of budgetGUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE — $247,625 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOC OF MANKATO INC — $214,982 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetCOMMITTEE AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE INC — $200,791 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetYOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MANKATO — $191,381 over 9y, 8.6% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ROCHESTER — $180,500 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetPartners for Affordable Housing — $159,582 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetMANKATO AREA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION — $150,000 over 2y, 9.8% of budgetBLUE EARTH COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $149,838 over 8y, 22% of budgetLAKE CRYSTAL AREA RECREATION CENTER ASSOC INC — $145,050 over 8y, 4.8% of budgetMidwest Art Catalyst Inc — $142,674 over 2y, 23% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - RIVER FALLS FOUNDATION INC — $142,111 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetCONNECTIONS MINISTRY — $129,013 over 6y, 11% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH — $122,550 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetEDUCARE FOUNDATION INC — $121,500 over 9y, 18% of budgetMankato Area Arts Council — $111,446 over 1y, 24% of budgetKIWANIS HOLIDAY LIGHTS INC — $111,090 over 4y, 19% of budgetCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $104,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBUENA VISTA REGIONAL HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION — $100,000 over 1y, 26% of budgetLEISURE EDUCATION FOR EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE INC — $97,578 over 7y, 6.1% of budgetTWIN VALLEY COUNCIL INC BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA — $88,010 over 7y, 1.7% of budgetGREATER MANKATO GROWTH INC FOUNDATION — $77,609 over 5y, 46% of budgetLIFE WORK PLANNING CENTER BOARD INC — $76,441 over 8y, 4.6% of budgetNICOLLET COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $70,000 over 2y, 21% of budgetBRANDON VALLEY BOOSTER CLUB INC — $65,000 over 2y, 46% of budgetBETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE INC — $61,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGULL CHAIN OF LAKES ASSOCIATION — $60,800 over 2y, 20% of budgetSAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION — $60,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY — $59,175 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches — $55,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota River Area Agency on Aging Inc — $55,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetMINNESOTA MAKERS & ARTISTS GUILD — $55,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetMINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS — $52,900 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetWILD AND FREE WILDLIFE REHAB PROGRAM — $48,691 over 2y, 19% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA — $48,250 over 5y, 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.

  • Who funds CHILDRENS MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds GREATER MANKATO AREA UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds CREATIVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MANKATO YOUTH PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Feeding Our Communities Partners ↗
  • Who funds EMERGENCY COMMUNITY HELP ORGANIZATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH CENTRAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds MANKATO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INC ↗
  • Who funds VINE FAITH IN ACTION ↗
  • Who funds CAMP PATTERSON INC ↗
  • Who funds IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TWIN RIVERS COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOC OF MANKATO INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMITTEE AGAINST DOMESTIC ABUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF MANKATO ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds Partners for Affordable Housing ↗
  • Who funds MANKATO AREA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds BLUE EARTH COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds LAKE CRYSTAL AREA RECREATION CENTER ASSOC INC ↗
  • Who funds Midwest Art Catalyst Inc ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - RIVER FALLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CONNECTIONS MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH ↗
  • Who funds EDUCARE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Mankato Area Arts Council ↗
  • Who funds KIWANIS HOLIDAY LIGHTS INC ↗
  • Who funds COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗

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.

L & N Andreas Foundat…Glen a Taylor Foundat…Valley News FoundationGreater Mankato Area …Mayo Clinic Group Ret…Otto Bremer TrustSouthern Minnesota In…Prairie Lakes Regiona…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Jones Page Jacobson F…Minnesota Community F…Xcel Energy Foundation
L & N Andreas FoundationMN53.4× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: L & N Andreas Foundation · Glen a Taylor Foundation · Valley News Foundation · Greater Mankato Area United Way Inc · Mayo Clinic Group Return · Otto Bremer Trust · Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation · Prairie Lakes Regional Arts Council · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Jones Page Jacobson Family Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · Xcel Energy 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 Mankato Area 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 · 20%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Food for the Poor Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
38report 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

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 208 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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