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Margaret a Cargill Foundation at a glance

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Margaret a Cargill 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.

$147M
Granted FY2024still arriving
312
Grants FY2024still arriving
36
States reached
$3.7M
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.

International$187MEnvironment$141MPhilanthropy$140MEducation$122MAnimals$102MArts & Culture$97MPublic Safety & Disaster$68MHuman Services$53MOther$0
02FY2024 · 312 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k57 grants · $114k
  • $10k–50k38 grants · $650k
  • $50k–250k47 grants · $6.9M
  • $250k+170 grants · $139M
$250,000
Median grant
36
States reached
$3.3B
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION$3,662,000
SAINT PAUL AND MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$3,550,000
HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES$3,405,000
FIRST PEOPLES FUND$2,575,000
MID ATLANTIC ARTS$2,400,000
OXFAM-AMERICA INC$2,382,000
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$2,065,000
NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$2,000,000
MALIASILI INITIATIVES INC$2,000,000
MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH INC$2,000,000
LUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED$2,000,000
WOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY$1,991,500
CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION$1,927,000
LEADINGAGE MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$1,800,000
COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC - CARE$1,750,000
02The need
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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, $36.5M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICANS: $400k → 14%CHILD CARE AWARE OF AMERICA: $850k → 7%WUQU' KAWOQ MAYA HEALTH ALLIANCE: $500k → 9%PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICANS: $300k → 14%CHILD CARE AWARE OF AMERICA: $850k → 7%Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging Inc: $750k → 14%PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICANS: $300k → 14%CHILD CARE AWARE OF AMERICA: $534k → 7%PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICANS: $300k → 14%CHILD CARE AWARE OF AMERICA: $500k → 7%PARTNERSHIP WITH NATIVE AMERICANS: $300k → 14%Child Care Aware of America: $452k → 7%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER INC: $600k → 13%CHILD CARE AWARE OF AMERICA: $400k → 7%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER INC: $600k → 13%CHILD CARE AWARE OF AMERICA: $400k → 7%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER INC: $500k → 13%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER INC: $500k → 13%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER INC: $500k → 13%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER INC: $500k → 13%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER INC: $400k → 13%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $1.0M → 14%INDIAN LAND TENURE FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 14%LEADINGAGE MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $1.3M → 14%LeadingAge Minnesota Foundation: $1.0M → 14%LEADINGAGE MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $795k → 14%LEADINGAGE MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $750k → 14%LEADINGAGE MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $750k → 14%LEADINGAGE MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $740k → 14%LEADINGAGE MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $740k → 14%LEADINGAGE MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $510k → 14%LeadingAge Minnesota Foundation: $415k → 14%LEADINGAGE MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $1.8M → 11%LEADINGAGE MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $1.8M → 11%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $1.5M → 14%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $1.3M → 14%ALIA: $1.0M → 14%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 14%ALIA: $1.0M → 14%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 14%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $1.0M → 14%ALIA: $700k → 14%ALIA: $650k → 14%ALIA: $600k → 14%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $500k → 14%ALIA: $400k → 14%American National Red Cross: $481k → 14%American National Red Cross: $375k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

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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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 14% of Margaret a Cargill Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Margaret a Cargill Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 19% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$923M · 528 repeat orgs$46M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

528 repeat relationships: 177 still active in FY2024, 351 since wound down; 70 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

528
430

Total granted

$923M
$30M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+28%

Still filing today

77%
72%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16M 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

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EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalHealthEnvironmentOther
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

  • WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $43M · revenue +62%
  • CF
    CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $32M · revenue +250%
  • OXFAM-AMERICA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $24M · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • UU
    Upstream USA Inc
    one grant, 2018 · $2.5M · revenue -5%
  • IT
    INTERACTION THE AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY INT'L ACTION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $2.0M · revenue +55% · 32% of their budget
  • CK
    C K BLANDIN FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $1.5M · revenue +6%
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.

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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 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 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
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Mn Community Measurement

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

Health
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Great Mn Schools

We believe that great schools are the cornerstone of a just and thriving community. ensuring that every child is able to attend a school that works is our moral and social imperative - our children deserve no less.

Education
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Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

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

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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
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
10
African Development Center

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

Human Services
11
Midwest Dairy Association

Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.

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12
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Evidence Action; the most unlike its peers is Empire Health Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

821 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. 821 of the 1,062 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.

38
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
197
Early backer (in before they grew)
800/821
Grantees still filing
594/821
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES: $36,867,015 · OtherCATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICESBOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SYSTEM: $17,624,205 · OtherFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $15,915,763 · OtherCLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION: $31,642,000 · OtherCLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATIONLUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED: $17,315,150 · Other+107 more: $351,732,121 · Other+107 moreOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $24,370,000 · InternationalOXFAM-AMERICA INCUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $17,786,592 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUN…COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $15,515,000 · InternationalCOOPERATIVE FOR A…Mercy Corps: $14,457,940 · InternationalMercy CorpsMANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH INC: $12,513,384 · InternationalMANAGEMENT SCIENC…Save The Children Federation Inc: $11,861,545 · InternationalSave The Children…LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC: $9,256,671 · InternationalLUTHERAN WORLD RE…The End Fund Inc: $8,786,402 · InternationalThe End Fund IncPLAN INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $6,300,100 · InternationalCONCERN WORLDWIDE (US) INC: $6,000,000 · International+16 more: $37,483,834 · International+16 moreTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $42,392,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MINNEAPO…SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $40,713,809 · PhilanthropySAINT PAUL &…ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $9,331,400 · PhilanthropyROCKEFELLER …NORTHLAND FOUNDATION: $7,383,330 · PhilanthropyNORTHLAND FO…+8 more: $14,725,345 · Philanthropy+8 moreWildlife Conservation Society: $18,571,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $16,381,123 · AnimalsWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $15,877,500 · AnimalsHumane World for Animals Inc: $15,353,925 · AnimalsNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $10,375,000 · Animals+3 more: $5,499,390 · AnimalsWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $43,105,678 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $16,290,000 · EnvironmentTHE FUNDERS NETWORK INC: $6,384,275 · Environment+8 more: $13,710,000 · EnvironmentAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $22,383,000 · EducationACHIEVING THE DREAM INC: $7,508,338 · EducationINSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS & ALASKA NATIVE: $5,883,750 · EducationBANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $5,670,000 · EducationNORTH HOUSE FOLK SCHOOL: $5,518,875 · EducationTHE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5,024,500 · EducationNATIONAL CENTER FOR TEACHER RESIDENCIES: $3,875,000 · EducationJOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY: $3,400,000 · EducationAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $3,000,000 · EducationYouthprise: $3,000,000 · Education+1 more: $1,025,000 · EducationLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $10,510,000 · Arts & CultureFIRST PEOPLES FUND: $6,190,000 · Arts & CultureMID ATLANTIC ARTS INC: $5,900,000 · Arts & CultureVESTERHEIM NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM: $4,655,000 · Arts & CultureCHORUS AMERICA: $4,000,000 · Arts & CultureArtspace Projects Inc: $3,660,000 · Arts & CultureJohn C Campbell Folk School Inc: $2,853,000 · Arts & CultureTHE HEARD MUSEUM: $2,750,000 · Arts & CultureMACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC: $2,700,750 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION INC: $2,500,000 · Arts & CulturePARTNERS FOR SACRED PLACES INC: $2,040,123 · Arts & Culture+9 more: $10,900,338 · Arts & Culture
Other$471,096,254International$164,331,468Philanthropy$114,545,884Animals$82,057,938Environment$79,489,953Education$66,288,463Arts & Culture$58,659,211

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $43,105,678 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $42,392,000 over 8y, 6.2% of budgetSAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $40,713,809 over 6y, 8.1% of budgetCLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION: $31,642,000 over 8y, 7.2% of budgetOXFAM-AMERICA INC: $24,370,000 over 8y, 7.0% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND: $22,383,000 over 8y, 12% of budgetWildlife Conservation Society: $18,571,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $17,786,592 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetLUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED: $17,315,150 over 8y, 72% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $16,381,123 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetCONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $16,290,000 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetFIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE: $15,915,763 over 8y, 22% of budgetWOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY: $15,877,500 over 8y, 7.3% of budgetCOOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC: $15,515,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetHumane World for Animals Inc: $15,353,925 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetMercy Corps: $14,457,940 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetMINNESOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $13,103,465 over 2y, 20% of budgetMANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH INC: $12,513,384 over 6y, 2.1% of budgetCENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC: $11,885,000 over 8y, 19% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $11,861,545 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetEMPIRE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $11,000,000 over 8y, 46% of budgetLEADINGAGE MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $10,650,000 over 8y, 97% of budgetLOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION: $10,510,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetNATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $10,375,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetPARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION: $9,716,506 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC: $9,331,400 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetLUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC: $9,256,671 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetThe End Fund Inc: $8,786,402 over 4y, 11% of budgetACHIEVING THE DREAM INC: $7,508,338 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetNORTHLAND FOUNDATION: $7,383,330 over 8y, 34% of budgetFeeding America: $6,604,117 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FUNDERS NETWORK INC: $6,384,275 over 8y, 21% of budgetAMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $6,306,050 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetPLAN INTERNATIONAL USA INC: $6,300,100 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetFIRST PEOPLES FUND: $6,190,000 over 8y, 32% of budgetJHPIEGO CORPORATION: $6,000,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCONCERN WORLDWIDE (US) INC: $6,000,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP: $6,000,000 over 6y, 20% of budgetMID ATLANTIC ARTS INC: $5,900,000 over 5y, 38% of budgetINSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN ARTS & ALASKA NATIVE: $5,883,750 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetBANK STREET COLLEGE OF EDUCATION: $5,670,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetNORTH HOUSE FOLK SCHOOL: $5,518,875 over 8y, 46% of budgetPOPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL: $5,500,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ARTS & CRAFTS: $5,155,000 over 7y, 19% of budgetTHE EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5,024,500 over 8y, 34% of budgetTHE CARTER CENTER INC: $5,000,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetNational 4-H Council: $4,750,000 over 7y, 5.7% of budgetVESTERHEIM NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM: $4,655,000 over 7y, 40% 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.

  • Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CLIMATEWORKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OXFAM-AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND ↗
  • Who funds Wildlife Conservation Society ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SERVICES IN AMERICA INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FIRST NATIONS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds WOODLAND PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds COOPERATIVE FOR ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF EVERYWHERE INC ↗
  • Who funds Humane World for Animals Inc ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Corps ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MANAGEMENT SCIENCES FOR HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY INC ↗
  • Who funds Save The Children Federation Inc ↗
  • Who funds EMPIRE HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LEADINGAGE MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL FISH AND WILDLIFE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN HEALTH A NONPROFIT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF INC ↗
  • Who funds The End Fund Inc ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEVING THE DREAM INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHLAND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Feeding America ↗
  • Who funds THE FUNDERS NETWORK INC ↗

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…Fr Bigelow FoundationPohlad Family Foundat…The K FoundationThe McKnight Foundati…The Minneapolis Found…Target FoundationThe Jamf Nation Globa…Minnesota Community F…Greater Twin Cities U…Mortenson Family Foun…Otto Bremer Trust
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN99.7× affinity214 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · The K Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Target Foundation · The Jamf Nation Global Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Mortenson Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust

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

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no gov · 50%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Management Sciences for Health Inc: 67% of income from government
  • Mid Atlantic Arts Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Jhpiego Corporation: 65% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Lutheran World Relief Inc: 47% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Johns Hopkins University: 12% of income from government
  • Upstream Usa Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Achieving the Dream Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation: 0% of income from government
  • Anthropocene Alliance: 0% of income from government
  • Oxfam-America Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
52report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
3rely 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.
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How do I get to Margaret a Cargill Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Margaret a Cargill 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 1062 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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$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