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Mary Anne K and William R Anderson Jr Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Mary Anne K and William R Anderson Jr Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4k
Granted FY2023
1
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Religion$150kCrime & Legal$112kArts & Culture$81kHuman Services$66kEducation$24kYouth Development$22kPhilanthropy$12kHousing & Shelter$6kOther$0
02FY2023 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$4,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$52k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATHOLIC CHARITIES TWIN CITIES$4,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 99% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST SERVICE COMM: $5k → 8%LANESBORO AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5k → 8%NORTHSTAR COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS: $2k → 11%AFTON PRESS: $5k → 14%STARR KING SCHOOL FOR THE MINISTRY: $20k → 10%BEREA COLLEGE: $10k → 11%LANESBORO AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%NORTHSTAR COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS: $2k → 11%AFTON PRESS: $5k → 14%STARR KING SCHOOL FOR THE MINISTRY: $20k → 10%LANESBORO AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2k → 8%AMICUS: $50k → 11%RAMSEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3k → 14%STARR KING SCHOOL FOR THE MINISTRY: $10k → 10%AMICUS: $50k → 11%MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3k → 14%AMICUS: $10k → 11%MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3k → 14%VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA: $50k → 11%MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3k → 14%AMICUS WEOF FUND: $10k → 11%MINNESOTA SCIENCE MUSEUM: $3k → 14%AFTON PRESS: $5k → 11%MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3k → 14%AFTON PRESS: $5k → 11%MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $3k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES TWIN CITIES: $4k → 11%NORTHSTAR COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS: $2k → 14%MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF FINE ART: $3k → 11%NORTHSTAR COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS: $2k → 14%OPEN EYE THEATRE: $3k → 11%NORTHSTAR COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS: $2k → 14%MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF FINE ART: $3k → 11%FRIENDS OF THE ST PAUL LIBRARY: $2k → 14%MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF FINE ART: $3k → 11%RAMSEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2k → 14%RAMSEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $2k → 14%FRIENDS OF THE ST PAUL LIBRARY: $2k → 14%TRANSITIONAL CONFERENCING: $2k → 11%UNITY UNITARIAN CHURCH: $40k → 14%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $2k → 11%UNITY UNITARIAN CHURCH: $15k → 14%UNITY UNITARIAN CHURCH: $15k → 14%UNITY UNITARIAN CHURCH: $15k → 14%UNITY UNITARIAN CHURCH: $15k → 14%BEACON INTERFAITH HOUSING: $2k → 14%BEACON INTERFAITH HOUSING: $2k → 14%BELL MUSEUM: $25k → 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.
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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$377k · 20 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2023, 20 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
13

Total granted

$377k
$111k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+27%

Still filing today

35%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
Arts & CultureEducationInternationalCivil RightsCommunity ImprovementHealthOther
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
    MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    5× · 2017–2021 · $13k · revenue +12%
  • BI
    BEACON INTERFAITH HOUSING COLLABORATIVE
    3× · 2017–2019 · $6k · revenue +60%
  • SC
    ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY
    4× · 2017–2020 · $5k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • VO
    VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • BM
    BELL MUSEUM
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • BEREA COLLEGEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +27%
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 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 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
3
Minnesota Fringe Festival

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

Arts & Culture
4
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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5
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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6
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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7
African Development Center

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

Human Services
8
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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9
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

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

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10
Minnesota State Council On Economic Education

Mcee equips minnesotans with the economic and personal financial knowledge and skills to make informed decisions and thrive in our complex world. we fulfill our mission by teaching teachers through top quality professional development and…

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11
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
12
The Minneapolis Foundation

The foundation cultivates generosity by taking action on the greatest civic, social, and economic needs partnering with nonprofits, facilitating grantmaking, driving research and advocacy, and providing services to donors seeking to make a…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pacer Center Inc; the most unlike its peers is Discapacitados Abriendose Caminos. 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

11 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. 11 of the 34 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMICUS: $110,435 · OtherAMICUSUNITY UNITARIAN CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherUNITY UNITARIAN CHURCHSTARR KING SCHOOL FOR THE MINISTRY: $50,000 · OtherSTARR KING SCHOOL FOR THE MINISTRYVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA: $50,000 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICABELL MUSEUM: $25,000 · OtherBELL MUSEUMIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · Other+17 more: $83,500 · Other+17 moreMINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $12,500 · Arts & CultureRAMSEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $8,500 · Arts & CultureOpen Eye Theatre: $2,500 · Arts & CultureBEREA COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY: $5,250 · EducationBEACON INTERFAITH HOUSING COLLABORATIVE: $6,000 · Community ImprovementALIGHT: $2,500 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 · InternationalDISCAPACITADOS ABRIENDOSE CAMINOS: $2,500 · HealthMICROGRANTS: $1,000 · PhilanthropyPACER CENTER INC: $500 · Civil Rights
Other$438,935Arts & Culture$23,500Education$15,250Community Improvement$6,000International$4,500Health$2,500Philanthropy$1,000Civil Rights$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 budgetMINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $12,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBEREA COLLEGE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAMSEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $8,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBEACON INTERFAITH HOUSING COLLABORATIVE: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY: $5,250 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOpen Eye Theatre: $2,500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetALIGHT: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMICROGRANTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPACER CENTER INC: $500 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.

  • Who funds MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds BEREA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds RAMSEY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds BEACON INTERFAITH HOUSING COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Open Eye Theatre ↗
  • Who funds DISCAPACITADOS ABRIENDOSE CAMINOS ↗
  • Who funds ALIGHT ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds MICROGRANTS ↗
  • Who funds PACER CENTER 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.

Target FoundationSaint Paul & Minnesot…The Minneapolis Found…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Target FoundationMN13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Target Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · 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 Mary Anne K and William R Anderson Jr Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mary Anne K and William R Anderson Jr Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%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
    0get 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.

    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 34 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2023, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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