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Michael and Nancy Keller Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Michael and Nancy Keller Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$350
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$24kYouth Development$6kHealth$2kHuman Services$1kArts & Culture$1kAnimals$600Housing & Shelter$600International$550Other$0
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$50
Median grant
5
States reached
$9k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY PATHWAYS OF STEELE COUNTY INC$350
MINNESOTA ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH$200
HOPE FOR THE DAY$200
MUSLIM SOCIETY OF OWATONNA$100
THE LIGHTHOUSE OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA$100
EMPLIFY HEALTH HOSPICE$75
EAGLES CANCER TELETHON$50
HUNGRY FOR MUSIC$50
SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF MINNESOTA$50
SPERO ACADEMY$50
CAMP OMEGA$50
BBBS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA$50
SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND$50
LITTLE THEATRE OF OWATONNA$50
ST JUDE'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL$50
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–24, $250) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 40% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%LET'S GO FISHING: $50 → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MN: $50 → 14%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $50 → 14%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA: $50 → 9%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA: $50 → 9%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

MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IA
CT
CA
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
TX
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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 100% of Michael and Nancy Keller Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 94% of the giving stays in MN; by stated purpose, 0%.

Michael and Nancy Keller Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$33k · 10 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
35

Total granted

$33k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+9%

Still filing today

70%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 24% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthInternationalHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsArts & CultureOther
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

  • WE
    WALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS
    4× · 2020–2024 · $23k · revenue +32%
  • JA
    JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH
    5× · 2020–2024 · $6k · revenue +91%
  • CP
    COMMUNITY PATHWAYS OF STEELE COUNTY
    3× · 2023–2025 · $900 · revenue +56%

Funded once

  • I7
    ISD 761 FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $1k
  • FM
    FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC
    one grant, 2022 · $250 · revenue +13%
  • UNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF
    one grant, 2022 · $250 · revenue -21%
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
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
2
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

—
3
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…

—
4
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
5
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
6
Society for Neuroscience

Sfn's mission is to: 1. advance the understanding of the brain and the nervous system by bringing together scientists of all segments of neuroscience, by facilitating the integration of research directed at all levels of biological…

Health
7
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
8
Kids in Need Foundation

We believe every child in america should have equal opportunity and resources to engage in a quality education. by partnering with teachers and students in under-resourced schools, we provide the support needed to create equitable learning…

Education
9
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
10
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
11
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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12
American Society for Nutrition Inc

The american society for nutrition, inc. (asn) was established to advance health around the world through evidence based nutrition. this is accomplished through innovative programs and services designed to advance knowledge, create and…

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Beds for Kids. 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

35 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. 35 of the 59 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
21/35
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS: $23,000 · EducationWALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS+2 more: $100 · EducationJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH: $6,350 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NO…FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $250 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $250 · International+3 more: $300 · InternationalMUSIC BOOSTERS OF OWATONNA: $1,050 · OtherMUSIC BOOSTERS O…ISD 761 FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherISD 761 FOUNDATI…COMMUNITY PATHWAYS OF STEELE COUNTY: $900 · OtherCOMMUNITY PATHWA…RACHELS LIGHT INC: $350 · OtherRACHELS LIGHT IN…ALZHEIMERS ASSOCIATION: $250 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $200 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $200 · Other+29 more: $1,625 · Other+29 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $300 · HealthMINNESOTA ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH: $200 · HealthHOPE FOR THE DAY: $200 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $200 · HealthNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $50 · HealthCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $50 · HealthAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $50 · HealthSTEELE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $550 · AnimalsTHE WILDCAT SANCTUARY: $50 · AnimalsBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHERN MN: $100 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $50 · Human ServicesLets Go Fishing: $50 · Human ServicesCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MINNESOTA: $50 · Human ServicesBEDS FOR KIDS: $150 · Philanthropy
Education$23,100International$7,150Other$5,575Health$1,050Animals$600Human Services$250Philanthropy$150

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS: $23,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NORTH: $6,350 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY PATHWAYS OF STEELE COUNTY: $900 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSTEELE COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $550 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetRACHELS LIGHT INC: $350 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA ASSOCIATION FOR CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIRECT RELIEF: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEDS FOR KIDS: $150 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF SOUTHERN MN: $100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREAT NORTH INNOCENCE PROJECT: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPERO ACADEMY: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WILDCAT SANCTUARY: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDONATE LIFE AMERICA: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLets Go Fishing: $50 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBLACK GIRLS CODE INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITTLE THEATRE OF OWATONNA INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF MINNESOTA: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYEMEN AID INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREADING IS FUNDAMENTAL INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD SPORTS INC: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $50 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.

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…The Minneapolis Found…Otto Bremer TrustXcel Energy FoundationPohlad Family Foundat…The Jamf Nation Globa…Mightycause Charitabl…Baird Foundation IncAbbVie FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN17.9× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Xcel Energy Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · The Jamf Nation Global Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · AbbVie Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Jpmorgan Chase 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 Michael and Nancy Keller Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael and Nancy Keller Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 59 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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