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Marbrook Foundation at a glance

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Marbrook Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$288k
Granted FY2020
26
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$23k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2020.

Philanthropy$439kArts & Culture$350kEnvironment$337kEducation$324kHuman Services$257kCommunity Improvement$141kYouth Development$135kCivil Rights$109kOther$0
02FY2020 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF MN FOUNDATION$22,500
PROJECT SUCCESS$15,000
IMMIGRANT LAW CENTER OF MN$12,250
GREEN CARD VOICES$12,000
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MINNESOTA$12,000
PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING$12,000
WORLD SAVVY$12,000
KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA$10,000
NEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS$10,000
CENTRO TYRONE GUZMAN$10,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD MN ND SD$10,000
COMMUNIDADES LATINAS UNIDAS EN SERVICIO (CLUES)$10,000
KA JOOG NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION$10,000
WOMENS INITIATIVE FOR SELF EMPOWERMENT (WISE) INC$10,000
WILDERNESS INQUIRY INC$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–20, $259k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%INTERCAMBIO UNITING COMMUNITIES: $2k → 12%INTERCAMBIO UNITING COMMUNITIES: $2k → 12%INTERCAMBIO UNITING COMMUNITIES: $1k → 12%CENTRO TYRONE GUZMAN: $20k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $15k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $12k → 11%CENTRO TYRONE GUZMAN: $10k → 11%CENTRO TYRONE GUZMAN: $10k → 11%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MINNESOTA: $15k → 14%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MN: $15k → 14%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MINNESOTA: $15k → 14%INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MINNESOTA: $12k → 14%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MN: $10k → 14%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MN: $10k → 14%DAILY WORK: $10k → 14%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%DAILY WORK: $10k → 14%KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA: $13k → 14%KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA: $10k → 14%KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA: $10k → 14%APPETITE FOR CHANGE: $1k → 11%APPETITE FOR CHANGE: $1k → 11%NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $20k → 11%NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $15k → 11%NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10k → 11%YWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS: $10k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
MN
NY
OR
OH
CT
CA
CO
VA
HI
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 77 repeat orgs$399k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +72% since the first grant, against +30% for those funded once.

77 repeat relationships: 21 still active in FY2020, 56 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

77
54

Total granted

$1.7M
$359k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+72%
+30%

Still filing today

74%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CM
    CONSERVATION MINNESOTA
    3× · 2017–2019 · $84k · revenue +20%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $78k · revenue +105%
  • MC
    MINNESOTA CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY
    2× · 2018–2019 · $69k · revenue +126%

Funded once

  • SC
    SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $35k · revenue -70%
  • F
    FRESHWATER
    one grant, 2019 · $25k
  • 3V
    350 VERMONT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +55%
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
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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2
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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3
African Development Center

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

Human Services
4
St Paul Transportation Management Organization

Move minnesota leads the movement for an equitable and sustainable transportation system that puts people first. we are passionate about connecting communities, ending the climate crisis, expanding access to jobs and resources, and…

Environment
5
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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6
Mixed Blood Theatre Company

Mixed Blood Theatre Company uses theater to disrupt injustice. We are a social justice organization catalyzing action and change through art. Our work is guided by deep community engagement and rooted in radical hospitality.

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7
Arts Midwest Incorporated

Arts Midwest works collaboratively with private and public arts supporters to support, inform, and celebrate arts organizations and creative communities across the Midwest. Our mission is to build unprecedented opportunity across the…

Arts & Culture
8
Minnesota Fringe Festival

Minnesota fringe connects adventurous artists with adventurous audiences by creating open, supportive forums for free and diverse artistic expression.

Arts & Culture
9
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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10
Minneapolis Downtown Council

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

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11
Minnesota Women Lawyers

To advance the success of women attorneys and strive for a just society.

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12
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

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

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Sanneh Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Tigerlion Arts. 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

112 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. 112 of the 138 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
36
Early backer (in before they grew)
106/112
Grantees still filing
86/112
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES: $35,000 · OtherIMMIGRANT LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC: $32,250 · OtherCENTER FOR THE VICTIMS OF TORTURE: $30,500 · OtherKA JOOG NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION: $30,000 · OtherFRESHWATER: $25,000 · OtherEMERGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $25,000 · OtherMORE MULTICULTURAL SCHOOL FOR EMPOWERMENT: $25,000 · OtherLIFETRACK RESOURCES INC: $24,000 · OtherWOMENS INITIATIVE FOR SELF EMPOWERMENT (WISE) INC: $22,500 · Other+57 more: $421,500 · Other+57 moreCHARLOTTESVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $395,524 · PhilanthropyCHARLOTTESVILLE AREA …MICROGRANTS: $30,000 · PhilanthropyMICROGRANTSNEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $25,000 · PhilanthropyNEXUS COMMUNITY PARTN…+2 more: $12,000 · PhilanthropyMinnPost: $45,000 · Arts & CultureMinnPostGREEN CARD VOICES: $44,500 · Arts & CultureGREEN CARD VOICE…TIGERLION ARTS: $38,500 · Arts & CultureTIGERLION ARTSRAGAMALA DANCE: $31,000 · Arts & CultureRAGAMALA DANCETWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $22,500 · Arts & CultureTWIN CITIES PUBL…MINNESOTA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA MUSEUM…ANANYA DANCE THEATRE: $15,000 · Arts & CultureTHEATER LATTE DA: $12,500 · Arts & Culture+17 more: $134,500 · Arts & Culture+17 moreCONSERVATION MINNESOTA: $83,500 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION …MINNESOTA CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY: $69,000 · EnvironmentMINNESOTA CEN…FRESH ENERGY: $55,000 · EnvironmentFRESH ENERGYSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $35,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB F…WILDERNESS INQUIRY INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentWILDERNESS IN…350 VERMONT INC: $20,000 · Environment350 VERMONT I…+3 more: $7,000 · EnvironmentUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $77,500 · EducationUNIVERSITY O…PROJECT SUCCESS: $59,500 · EducationPROJECT SUCC…HIAWATHA ACADEMIES: $40,000 · EducationHIAWATHA ACA…WALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS: $30,000 · EducationWALLIN EDUCA…MACKINTOSH ACADEMY: $14,000 · EducationAUGSBURG UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationAFRICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS: $10,000 · Education+8 more: $30,500 · Education+8 moreNEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOO…INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MINNESOTA: $42,000 · Human ServicesINTERNATION…CENTRO TYRONE GUZMAN: $40,000 · Human ServicesCENTRO TYRO…LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $35,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SO…KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA: $32,500 · Human ServicesKAREN ORGAN…PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $27,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT FOR…Daily Work: $20,000 · Human ServicesDaily WorkYWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS: $10,000 · Human Services+3 more: $7,500 · Human ServicesWorld Savvy: $47,000 · InternationalCAPI USA: $45,000 · InternationalThe Advocates For Human Rights: $20,000 · InternationalIraqi and American Reconciliation Project: $17,500 · InternationalWELLSHARE INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 · International+2 more: $5,000 · International
Other$670,750Philanthropy$462,524Arts & Culture$363,500Environment$299,500Education$271,500Human Services$259,000International$144,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHARLOTTESVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $395,524 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCONSERVATION MINNESOTA: $83,500 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $77,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY: $69,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetPROJECT SUCCESS: $59,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetFRESH ENERGY: $55,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetWorld Savvy: $47,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetMinnPost: $45,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCAPI USA: $45,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetGREEN CARD VOICES: $44,500 over 3y, 11% of budgetINTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MINNESOTA: $42,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHIAWATHA ACADEMIES: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRO TYRONE GUZMAN: $40,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetTIGERLION ARTS: $38,500 over 3y, 11% of budgetPILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES: $35,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA: $32,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetIMMIGRANT LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA INC: $32,250 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetRAGAMALA DANCE: $31,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetWILDERNESS INQUIRY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetKA JOOG NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION: $30,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetMICROGRANTS: $30,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $27,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetEMERGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLIFETRACK RESOURCES INC: $24,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $22,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetThe Advocates For Human Rights: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SANNEH FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMONBOND COMMUNITIES: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDaily Work: $20,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetThe Banyan Foundation: $15,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPLAYWORKS EDUCATION ENERGIZED: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMACKINTOSH ACADEMY: $14,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHEATER LATTE DA: $12,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNaropa University: $11,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKHYENTSE FOUNDATION: $11,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ARC GREATER TWIN CITIES: $11,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCHARLOTTESVILLE TOMORROW: $10,500 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetACHIEVE TWIN CITIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLA OPORTUNIDAD INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetYWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWELLSHARE INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Marbrook FoundationThe Minneapolis Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…The McKnight Foundati…Fr Bigelow FoundationOtto Bremer TrustTarget FoundationGreater Twin Cities U…Mortenson Family Foun…Mightycause Charitabl…Margaret a Cargill Fo…Propel Nonprofits
Marbrook FoundationMN121.4× affinity56 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marbrook Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Target Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Mortenson Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Propel Nonprofits

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 46%
  • Deschutes Land Trust: 46% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
36report 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Marbrook Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Marbrook 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 138 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home