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Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities

MACC makes collaboration real. We leverage the collective wisdom and power of our network of human services nonprofits to develop new structures and solutions in order to solve complex problems and build a more equitable society.

$782k
Granted FY2020
23
Grants FY2020
22
Organizations funded FY2020
82%
First-time grantees FY2020
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Median grant, FY2020
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2020
$356,650
Organizations funded a year
3 to 22
FY2017 to FY2020
States reached, FY2020
1
Total assets, FY2020
$1.5M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2020, 82% of the organizations Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities funded were first-time grantees, receiving 97% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 3% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $746k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’20
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’20
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentHealthInternationalOther
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
FY202022$772k82%
FY20184$100k100%
FY20173$36kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$766kCommunity Improvement$79kHousing & Shelter$40kYouth Development$15kInternational$8k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2020, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center Inc$361,650115%
The Family Partnership$300,70413%
HOPE 4 Youth$30,00021%
FamilyWise Services$25,00011%
Learning Disabilities Association Inc$25,00014%
Neighborhood House$25,0001n/a
Keystone Community Services$20,33320%
People Responding in Social Ministry$20,33320%
Northside Economic Opportunity Network$17,00021%
Capi USA$8,33310%
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All grantees of Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Phyllis Wheatley Community Center Inc$361,650115%
The Family Partnership$300,70413%
HOPE 4 Youth$30,00021%
FamilyWise Services$25,00011%
Learning Disabilities Association Inc$25,00014%
Neighborhood House$25,0001n/a
Keystone Community Services$20,33320%
People Responding in Social Ministry$20,33320%
Northside Economic Opportunity Network$17,00021%
Capi USA$8,33310%
House of Charity$5,00010%
Center for Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment$5,00010%
Hallie Q Brown Community Center Inc$5,00010%
Plymouth Christian Youth Center$5,00010%
Northwest Indian Community Development Center Nwicdc$5,0001n/a
Change Inc$5,0001n/a
Southside Family Nurturing Center$5,00010%
Women of Nations$5,00010%
East Side Neighborhood Services Inc$5,00010%
Sewa-Aifw$5,00010%
Sabathani Community Center$5,00010%
Stepping Stone Emergency Housing$5,00010%
The Link$5,00010%
The Banyan Foundation$5,00010%
Merrick Community Services$5,00010%

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPhyllis Wheatley Community Center Inc: $361,650 over 1y, 15% of budgetThe Family Partnership: $300,704 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetHOPE 4 Youth: $30,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetFamilyWise Services: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetLearning Disabilities Association Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetKeystone Community Services: $20,333 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPeople Responding in Social Ministry: $20,333 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNorthside Economic Opportunity Network: $17,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCapi USA: $8,333 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHouse of Charity: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCenter for Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHallie Q Brown Community Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPlymouth Christian Youth Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSouthside Family Nurturing Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWomen of Nations: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetEast Side Neighborhood Services Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSewa-Aifw: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSabathani Community Center: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetStepping Stone Emergency Housing: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Link: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Banyan Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMerrick Community Services: $5,000 over 1y, 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 22.

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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 TrustGreater Twin Cities U…The Minneapolis Found…The Richard M Schulze…Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Sheltering Arms F…The Sauer Family Foun…Medica FoundationXcel Energy FoundationMightycause Charitabl…Target FoundationHunger Solutions Minn…
Otto Bremer TrustMN45.9× affinity21 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 · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Sheltering Arms Foundation · The Sauer Family Foundation · Medica Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Target Foundation · Hunger Solutions Minnesota

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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About Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities

How much does Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities give?
Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities reported 23 grants totaling $782,353 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2020.
What does Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2020, its largest causes are Human Services (84%), Community Improvement (9%), Housing & Shelter (4%).
Who are Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2020: Phyllis Wheatley Community Center Inc ($362k), The Family Partnership ($301k), HOPE 4 Youth ($30k).
Does Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities fund new organizations?
In FY2020, 82% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Otto Bremer Trust, Greater Twin Cities United Way, The Minneapolis Foundation.
Where is Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities based?
Metropolitan Alliance of Connected Communities 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 25 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 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2020, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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