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Mersky Family 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.

$136k
Granted FY2025still arriving
34
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$33k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0198% 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$426kHousing & Shelter$158kHuman Services$106kYouth Development$94kEducation$82kHealth$81kInternational$77kPhilanthropy$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k33 grants · $103k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $33k
$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$3.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CARBONDALE CLAY CENTER$32,500
AEON$7,500
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL$7,000
PROJECT SUCCESS$6,000
COMMONBOND COMMUNITIES$6,000
TWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$5,500
PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING$5,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE TWIN CITIES$5,000
BRIDGE FOR YOUTH$5,000
WASHBURN CENTER FOR CHILDREN$5,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA$5,000
WALKER ART CENTER$4,000
AGATE HOUSING & SERVICE$4,000
SUMMIT ACADEMY OIC$4,000
GUILD INC$3,500
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.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–25, $145k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%CAMP COURAGEOUS - IOWA: $150 → 11%CAMP COURAGEOUS - IOWA: $150 → 11%CREATIVE CAPITAL FOUNDATION: $250 → 17%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL: $7k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL: $7k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL: $7k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ST PAUL: $7k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE ST PAUL: $6k → 14%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $5k → 11%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $5k → 11%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $4k → 11%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $4k → 11%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $4k → 11%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $4k → 11%BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $3k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $6k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $6k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $5k → 11%RESOURCE: $100 → 11%RESOURCE: $100 → 11%JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS (JFCS): $7k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $7k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICE: $7k → 11%SHOLOM FOUNDATION: $6k → 11%SHOLOM FOUNDATION: $6k → 11%SHOLOM FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%SHOLOM FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%SHOLOM FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%SHOLOM FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%SHOLOM FOUNDATION: $5k → 11%YOUTHLINK: $10k → 11%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

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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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.0M · 73 repeat orgs$74k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +34% since the first grant, against -6% for the ones you funded once.

73 repeat relationships — 30 still active in FY2025, 43 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

73
21

Total granted

$1.0M
$66k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
-6%

Still filing today

74%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationHealthInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther

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

  • MS
    MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS
    5× · 2017–2022 · $73k · revenue +65%
  • CC
    CARBONDALE CLAY CENTER
    4× · 2022–2025 · $68k · revenue +160%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    7× · 2017–2024 · $38k · revenue +76%

Funded once

  • MT
    MEDICAL TEAM INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2020 · $11k
  • Y
    YOUTHLINK
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue -13%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF TWIN CITIES
    one grant, 2022 · $5k

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 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
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
3
Minneapolis Downtown Council

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

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4
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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5
Minnesota Fringe Festival

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

Arts & Culture
6
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
7
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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8
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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9
Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth

Mity's mission is to inspire and challenge intellectually curious students to pursue their passions within a diverse, inclusive community and empower them by building skills and relationships for lifelong success.

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10
Twin Cities Diversity in Practice

To attract, recruit, advance, and retain attorneys of color in the twin cities through education and collaboration with member organizations.

Community Improvement
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
Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership

The mission of the greater msp partnership is to accelerate regional competitiveness and inclusive economic growth through job creation, capital investment and execution of strategic initiatives. the partnership works to strengthen our…

Community Improvement

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the most unlike its peers is Bill and Bonnie Daniels Firefighter. 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 backsteadyFaith-Based International D…Family Philanthropic Founda…Veterans Fraternal Organiza…Regional Economic & Social …Disability Services & Emplo…Charter Schools and Early E…Basic Needs & Emergency Ass…Industry Trade AssociationsAffordable Housing Developm…
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 40 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%2%<5yr14%3%5–10yr20%5%10–20yr19%33%20–35yr15%25%35–55yr13%33%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%4%5–10yr20%4%10–20yr19%26%20–35yr15%28%35–55yr13%38%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%2/69
the rest of the field
14%
1,903/13,196

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

66 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. 66 of the 99 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
65/66
Grantees still filing
47/66
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS — $72,822 · Arts & CultureMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE A…NORTH DAKOTA MUSEUM OF ART — $35,840 · Arts & CultureNORTH DAKOTA MUSEUM OF ARTWALKER ART CENTER — $30,000 · Arts & CultureWALKER ART CENTERHighpoint Center for Printmaking — $29,000 · Arts & CultureHighpoint Center for Printmak…MINNESOTA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $22,722 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN …GUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATION — $20,500 · Arts & CultureGUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATIONMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION — $20,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIAT…MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA — $17,500 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERIC…HENNEPIN THEATRE TRUST — $15,000 · Arts & Culture+11 more — $29,200 · Arts & Culture+11 moreWEISMAN ART MUSEUM — $31,000 · OtherWEISMAN ART MUSEUMTWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $29,500 · OtherTWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITYCOMMONBOND COMMUNITIES — $29,400 · OtherCOMMONBOND COMMUNITIESGuild — $19,000 · OtherGuildIndividual grant recipient — $17,800 · OtherSAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA — $15,500 · OtherJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL (JCRC) — $13,800 · OtherBIG BROTHER BIG SISTERS TWIN CITIES — $12,800 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TWIN CITIES — $15,300 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES — $12,300 · OtherSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND — $13,500 · Other+41 more — $131,250 · Other+41 moreCARBONDALE CLAY CENTER — $67,500 · EducationCARBONDALE CLAY …PROJECT SUCCESS — $34,100 · EducationPROJECT SUCCESSTeach for America Inc — $16,800 · EducationTeach for Americ…KIDS IN NEED FOUNDATION — $15,450 · EducationKIDS IN NEED FOU…SUMMIT ACADEMY OIC — $14,000 · EducationSUMMIT ACADEMY O…ST PAUL ACADEMY AND SUMMIT SCHOOL — $8,500 · EducationSAINT PAUL CENTRAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND — $5,500 · EducationSHOLOM FOUNDATION — $36,300 · Human ServicesSHOLOM FOUNDAT…JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL — $32,500 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY …THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH — $28,100 · Human ServicesTHE BRIDGE FOR…JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS — $21,000 · Human ServicesJEWISH FAMILY …PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC — $16,800 · Human ServicesPROJECT FOR PR…YOUTHLINK — $10,000 · Human ServicesYOUTHLINK+3 more — $750 · Human ServicesWEST SIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES INC — $20,700 · HealthHOMES FIT FOR HEROES INC — $17,000 · HealthWashburn Center for Children — $14,700 · HealthHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION — $12,000 · Health+1 more — $1,000 · HealthUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $37,500 · InternationalGATHER1 — $19,500 · InternationalJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC — $2,200 · International+1 more — $2,000 · InternationalAEON — $32,500 · Housing & ShelterJEREMIAH PROGRAM — $6,500 · Housing & Shelter
Arts & Culture$292,584Other$341,150Education$161,850Human Services$145,450Health$65,400International$61,200Housing & Shelter$39,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS — $72,822 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCARBONDALE CLAY CENTER — $67,500 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF — $37,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSHOLOM FOUNDATION — $36,300 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH DAKOTA MUSEUM OF ART — $35,840 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetPROJECT SUCCESS — $34,100 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetAEON — $32,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL — $32,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetWALKER ART CENTER — $30,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $29,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMONBOND COMMUNITIES — $29,400 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHighpoint Center for Printmaking — $29,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetTHE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH — $28,100 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMINNESOTA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART — $22,722 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS — $21,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWEST SIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES INC — $20,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetGUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATION — $20,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION — $20,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetGATHER1 — $19,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetGuild — $19,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA — $17,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHOMES FIT FOR HEROES INC — $17,000 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetTeach for America Inc — $16,800 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC — $16,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS IN NEED FOUNDATION — $15,450 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TWIN CITIES — $15,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHENNEPIN THEATRE TRUST — $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWashburn Center for Children — $14,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSUMMIT ACADEMY OIC — $14,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND — $13,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES — $12,300 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION — $12,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA AND THE DAKOTAS — $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTHLINK — $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST PAUL ACADEMY AND SUMMIT SCHOOL — $8,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC — $7,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSix Points Theater — $6,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM — $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE — $6,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSAINT PAUL CENTRAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND — $5,500 over 2y, 4.4% of budgetAGATE HOUSING & SERVICES INC — $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENUMBRA THEATRE COMPANY INC — $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHERN CLAY CENTER — $3,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACHIEVE TWIN CITIES — $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLATTEFORUM — $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetJEWISH NATIONAL FUND (KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL) INC — $2,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTUDENTS TODAY LEADERS FOREVER — $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% 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 MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS ↗
  • Who funds CARBONDALE CLAY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF ↗
  • Who funds SHOLOM FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTH DAKOTA MUSEUM OF ART ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT SUCCESS ↗
  • Who funds AEON ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE OF ST PAUL ↗
  • Who funds WALKER ART CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds COMMONBOND COMMUNITIES ↗
  • Who funds Highpoint Center for Printmaking ↗
  • Who funds THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS ↗
  • Who funds WEST SIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds GUTHRIE THEATER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds GATHER1 ↗
  • Who funds Guild ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds HOMES FIT FOR HEROES INC ↗
  • Who funds Teach for America Inc ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS IN NEED FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TWIN CITIES ↗
  • Who funds HENNEPIN THEATRE TRUST ↗
  • Who funds Washburn Center for Children ↗
  • Who funds SUMMIT ACADEMY OIC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES ↗
  • Who funds HENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HUMOR TO FIGHT THE TUMOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF MINNESOTA AND THE DAKOTAS ↗

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.

The Minneapolis Found…Otto Bremer TrustSaint Paul & Minnesot…The McKnight Foundati…Mightycause Charitabl…Target FoundationThe Richard M Schulze…Fr Bigelow FoundationXcel Energy FoundationGreater Twin Cities U…The K FoundationPatrick and Aimee But…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN42.4× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Target Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · The K Foundation · Patrick and Aimee Butler Family

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 Mersky Family 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.

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    18report 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

    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 99 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-PF 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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