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Medica Foundation

The foundation generally seeks to improve the health of those in need by investing in community-led initiatives that advance health equity.

$2.9M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
79
Grants FY2024
77
Organizations funded FY2023
42%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
29 to 106
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
1
Total assets, FY2024
$76M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 42% of the organizations Medica Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 34% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $712k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
Human ServicesHealthEducationCrime & LegalHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving76$2.7M41%
FY202377$2.1M42%
FY202265$1.5M51%
FY202166$2.2M39%
FY2020106$3.8M63%
FY201939$1.4M74%
FY201830$1.0M63%
FY201729$938kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Health$8.0MHuman Services$2.8MHousing & Shelter$1.2MEducation$820kYouth Development$735kPhilanthropy$524kCrime & Legal$370kCommunity Improvement$273kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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WI
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NE
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DC
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Medica Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Minnesota Foundation$565,00070%
Greater Twin Cities United Way$356,50070%
Hennepin Health Foundation$300,00021%
Youthlink$295,00044%
Children's Dental Services Inc$290,00043%
HealthFinders Collaborative Inc$290,000311%
Chc Creating Healthier Communities$288,50080%
Emma Norton Services$275,00045%
Mewinzha Ondaadiziike Wiigaming$240,000211%
Raices Sagradas Community Mental Health$240,000332%
St David's Center$240,00051%
Washburn Center for Children$215,00051%
March of Dimes Inc$210,00070%
Churches United in Ministry$201,00061%
Volunteers of America Volunteers of America - Minnesota$200,00010%
Housinglink$200,000118%
Wayside House Inc$190,00041%
Women's Advocates Inc$190,00022%
Reclaim$180,000212%
Ellison Center$160,000315%
Fraser$150,00030%
Baby's Space a Place to Grow$150,00052%
Way to Grow$150,00061%
Communidades Latinas Unidas En Servico Inc$145,00040%
Veteran Resilience Project Inc$140,000130%
Annex Teen Clinic Inc$140,00023%
South Sudanese Foundation$140,0001n/a
Oneworld Community Health Centers Inc$140,00030%
Open Path Resources$140,000122%
Connections to Independence$140,00016%
Face to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc$140,00012%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$130,00070%
Young Mens Christian Association of the North$125,00010%
Cornerhouse$125,00033%
Community Dental Care$120,00050%
The Link$120,00021%
Division of Indian Work$110,00041%
Native American Community Clinic$110,00031%
Mental Health Resources Inc$100,00010%
Canvas Health Inc$100,00020%
Project Harmony$100,00030%
Hopespoke$100,00030%
Movefwd Inc$100,00029%
Karen Organization of Minnesota$100,00022%
Mississippi Headwaters Area Dental Dba Northern Dental Access Center$95,00051%
Charles Drew Health Center Inc$90,00020%
Life House Inc$90,00022%
American Indian Family Center$90,00023%
Propel Nonprofits$88,00080%
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota$85,00060%
Cedar Riverside People's Center$85,00031%
The Center for Victims of Torture$80,00020%
Anna Marie's Alliance$80,00022%
Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota$76,09520%
The Family Partnership$75,00030%
Solid Ground$75,00022%
Minnesota Recovery Connection$75,000210%
Southside Family Nurturing Center$75,00024%
Children's Hospital & Medical Center Foundation$75,00020%
Avivo$75,00020%
Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative$75,00020%
The Bridge for Youth$75,00021%
Marnitas Table Inc$75,00024%
Wright County Public Health$70,0001n/a
Nebraska Methodist Hospital Foundation$70,00020%
Rainbow Health Minnesota$70,00031%
Rs Eden$70,00020%
Heartland Family Service$70,00020%
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic Inc$70,00040%
Missions Inc Programs$70,00011%
Open Doors For Youth$70,000320%
Banister's Leadership Academy$70,00027%
Terebinth Refuge$70,00034%
Bellis$60,000236%
Open Arms of Minnesota$60,00050%
Young Women's Christian Association of Duluth$55,00023%
C A R E Clinic$55,00043%
Niibi Center$50,000117%
Minnesota Academy of Pediatrics Foundati$50,000253%
El Centro de Las Americas$50,00016%
First Witness Child Advocacy Center$50,00013%
Region 3 Behavioral Health Services$50,0001n/a
The Visiting Nurse Association of the Midlands$50,00010%
Mental Health Collective$50,00013%
Ready Set Smile Pa$50,00015%
FamilyWise Services$50,00021%
Clare Housing$50,00011%
Minneapolis American Indian Center$50,0001n/a
Community Alliance Rehabilitation Services$50,00010%
East Side Neighborhood Services Inc$50,00011%
Share House Foundation$50,000122%
St Monica's Home$50,00011%
Minnesota Community Healthcare Network$50,0001n/a
Santa Monica Inc$50,00012%
Tasks Unlimited Inc$50,00012%
St Marys Health Clinics$50,0001n/a
Kente Circle Training Institute$50,000113%
Merrick Community Services$50,00011%
YWCA of Minneapolis$50,00010%
Touchstone Mental Health$50,00010%
Northlands Rescue Mission Inc$50,00013%
Catholic Social Services$50,0001n/a
Rise Incorporated$50,00010%
Our Saviour's Community Services$50,00012%
Sicangu Community Development Corporation$50,00022%
Cultural Wellness Center$50,00051%
Hamm Memorial Psychiatric Clinic$50,00011%
Wellshare International$50,00021%
Centerpointe Inc$50,00010%
People Incorporated$50,00010%
Sabathani Community Center$50,00011%
People Serving People Charities Inc$50,00011%
Hennepin County Library$50,0001n/a
Spectra Health$50,00011%
Open Cities Health Center Inc$50,00010%
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board$47,0001n/a
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis$47,00010%
Joyce Preschool$45,00022%
A Chance to Grow$45,00020%
American Heart Association Inc$42,50050%
Healtheast Foundation$40,00011%
Ujamaa Place$40,00012%
Food Group Minnesota Inc The$40,00040%
Nami Minnesota$40,00041%
Hope Dental Clinic$40,00017%
Minnesota Association of Community Health Centers$40,00011%
Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation$35,00021%
Nebraska Children's Home Society Inc$35,00020%
North Shore Health Care Foundation$35,000210%
Family Inc$35,00021%
Southern Mn Crisis Nursery Dba Ivy House$35,000211%
Two Rivers Public Health Department$30,5002n/a
United Way of the Midlands$30,00010%
We Health Clinic P A$30,00031%
Creighton University$30,00020%
Capi USA$30,00020%
Helpcare Clinic$30,00018%
Lets Smile$30,00035%
Miller-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries$30,00011%
Everyday Miracles Incorporated$30,00012%
Open Door Health Center$30,00030%
Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault$30,00031%
Lakes Area Interfaith Caregivers$30,00037%
Footnotes Trauma Foundation Inc$28,000311%
Attach$25,00015%
Lifetrack Resources Inc$25,00010%
Project for Pride in Living Inc$25,00010%
Urban League Twin Cities$25,00011%
Relate Inc$25,00010%
Uspirend$25,000111%
Carver County Public Health$25,0001n/a
Ostara Initiative$25,00017%
Youth & Family Services Inc$25,00010%
Lincoln Park Children and Families Collaborative$25,00013%
Prevent Child Abuse Minnesota$25,0001n/a
Southwest Metro Educational Cooperative$25,0001n/a
Central Nebraska Community Action Partnership Inc$25,00010%
Centro Tyrone Guzman$25,00011%
College Possible Inc$25,00010%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$25,00020%
Apple Tree Dental$25,00010%
Lutheran Family Services of Ne Inc$25,00010%
Rural America Initiatives$25,00010%
The Network for Better Futures Dba Better Futures Minnesota$25,00011%
Neighborhood Healthsource$25,00010%
Hallie Q Brown Community Center Inc$25,00011%
Bridges of Hope$25,00012%
Southern Mn Regional Legal Services Inc$25,00010%
Perspectives Inc$25,0001n/a
The Cookie Cart$25,00011%
South East Education Cooperative$25,0001n/a
Page Education Foundation$25,0001n/a
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center Inc$25,00011%
Second Harvest Heartland$25,00010%
American Indian Community Development Corporation$25,00010%
Emerge Community Development$25,00010%
Main Street Family Services$25,00013%
Northeast Ne Community Action Partnershi Partnership$25,00010%
Genesys Works$25,0001n/a
Youthprise$25,00010%
Northside Achievement Zone$25,00010%
Summit Academy Oic$25,00010%
Jeremiah Program$25,00010%
Northside Economic Opportunity Network$25,00011%
Reach-Up Inc$20,29510%
Lee Carlson Center for Mental Health & Well-Being$20,00010%
Care Partners of Cook County$20,00024%
Bi-County Community Action Programs Inc$20,00010%
Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners$20,00010%
Arrowhead Health Alliance$20,0002n/a
Pearl Battered Women's Resource Center$20,00022%
Isanti County$20,0002n/a
Akeley Regional Community Center$20,00022%
Northwoods Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Program$20,00021%
Ely Community Health Center$20,00024%
Aliveness Project Inc$20,00010%
Tri-Valley Opportunity Council Inc$20,00020%
Damiano of Duluth Inc$20,00021%
Arrows Family Services$20,00022%
Nebraska Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture Inc$20,00020%
Family Resource Center Inc$20,000111%
La Crescent Area Hcp Healthy Community Partnership$20,00022%
Project Care Free Clinic$20,00025%
Minnesota Perinatal Organization$20,00013%
Just Kids Dental Inc$20,00023%
Northwoods Partners$20,00024%
Cattlemen's Ball of Nebraska Inc$20,00013%
Granite Falls Living at Home Block Nurse Program$20,00026%
Health Center Association of Nebraska$20,00021%
Owatonna Healthy Seniors Program$20,000210%
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$20,00010%
Men as Peacemakers$20,00021%
Two Harbors Area Food Shelf$17,50024%
Vine Faith in Action$17,50020%
Elder Network$16,00021%
Angels$15,40028%
Community Action Partnership of Western Nebraska$15,00010%
River Valley Community Partnership$12,50018%
Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment Through Research$12,50011%
Zumbro Valley Medical Society Foundation$10,00016%
Advocates for Reproductive Education$10,00012%
Three Rivers Community Action Inc$10,00010%
Community Emergency Service Inc$10,00010%
Food Bank for the Heartland$10,00010%
Exchange Club Center for Family Unity$10,00014%
Community Action Partnership of Mid-Nebr$10,00010%
The Arc Minnesota Inc$10,00010%
Hispanic Outreach of Goodhue County$10,00012%
Evergreen Youth & Family Services Inc$10,00010%
Guild$10,00010%
Hands of Hope Resource Center Inc$10,00012%
Buffalo County Community Health Partners Inc$10,00011%
Ruth's House of Hope$10,00012%
Pillsbury United Communities$10,00010%
Feeding Our Communities Partners$10,00011%
Big Lake Community Food Shelf Inc$10,00012%
Rachels Light Inc$10,00013%
Empowering Kids Perham$10,00012%
Le Sueur County Family Services Collaborative$10,0001n/a
Churches United$10,00010%
Bluff Country Family Resources$10,00013%
Rural Enrichment and Counseling$10,00012%
American Indian Community Housing Organization$10,00010%
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe$10,0001n/a
2b Continued$10,00012%
Interfaith Action of Greater Saint Paul$10,0001n/a
Family Pathways$10,00010%
CaringBridge$10,00010%
Micah House Corporation$10,00010%
Southwest Crisis Center$10,00011%
Ccm Health$10,0001n/a
Mid-Minnesota Women's Center Inc$10,00011%
Community Action Center Inc$10,00010%
Hope Coalition$10,00011%
Heartland Health Center$10,00010%
Rivers of Hope$10,00011%
Faith in Action for Cass County$10,00013%
Committee Against Domestic Abuse Inc$10,00010%
LifeCare Medical Center$10,00010%
Childrens Dental Health Services$10,00011%
City of Barnesville$8,3001n/a
Le Sueur County$8,0001n/a
Charities Review Council$7,50012%
Senior Community Services$7,50010%
Creative Healing Space Inc$6,5001n/a
Can Do Canines$6,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Medica Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $565,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetGreater Twin Cities United Way: $356,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetHennepin Health Foundation: $300,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetYouthlink: $295,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetChildren's Dental Services Inc: $290,000 over 4y, 3.4% of budgetHealthFinders Collaborative Inc: $290,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetChc Creating Healthier Communities: $288,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetEmma Norton Services: $275,000 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetMewinzha Ondaadiziike Wiigaming: $240,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetRaices Sagradas Community Mental Health: $240,000 over 3y, 32% of budgetSt David's Center: $240,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetWashburn Center for Children: $215,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMarch of Dimes Inc: $210,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetChurches United in Ministry: $201,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetVolunteers of America Volunteers of America - Minnesota: $200,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetHousinglink: $200,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetWayside House Inc: $190,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetWomen's Advocates Inc: $190,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetReclaim: $180,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetEllison Center: $160,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetFraser: $150,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetBaby's Space a Place to Grow: $150,000 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetWay to Grow: $150,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCommunidades Latinas Unidas En Servico Inc: $145,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetVeteran Resilience Project Inc: $140,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetAnnex Teen Clinic Inc: $140,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetOneworld Community Health Centers Inc: $140,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOpen Path Resources: $140,000 over 1y, 22% of budgetConnections to Independence: $140,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetFace to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc: $140,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $130,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of the North: $125,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCornerhouse: $125,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetCommunity Dental Care: $120,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Link: $120,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDivision of Indian Work: $110,000 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetNative American Community Clinic: $110,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMental Health Resources Inc: $100,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCanvas Health Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetProject Harmony: $100,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHopespoke: $100,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMovefwd Inc: $100,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetKaren Organization of Minnesota: $100,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetMississippi Headwaters Area Dental Dba Northern Dental Access Center: $95,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCharles Drew Health Center Inc: $90,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLife House Inc: $90,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetAmerican Indian Family Center: $90,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetPropel Nonprofits: $88,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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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.

Otto Bremer TrustMN171.5× affinity151 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Mardag Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Sauer Family Foundation · Allina Health System · Ucare Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Women's Foundation of Minnesota · Pohlad Family Foundation · Target 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.

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How do I get to Medica Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Medica 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.

About Medica Foundation

How much does Medica Foundation give?
Medica Foundation reported 79 grants totaling $2,850,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 106 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Medica Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (51%), Human Services (18%), Housing & Shelter (7%).
Who are Medica Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: University of Minnesota Foundation ($565k), Greater Twin Cities United Way ($357k), Hennepin Health Foundation ($300k).
Does Medica Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 42% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Medica Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Otto Bremer Trust, Greater Twin Cities United Way, Mardag Foundation.
Where is Medica Foundation based?
Medica Foundation is based in MN.

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 270 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 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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