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Michael D Arneson and Susan H Arneson

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$4.7M
Granted FY2021
10
Grants FY2021
10
Organizations funded FY2021
40%
First-time grantees FY2021
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Median grant, FY2021
$3,500
Largest grant, FY2021
$4,693,766
Organizations funded a year
10 to 49
FY2020 to FY2021
States reached, FY2021
3
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2021, 40% of the organizations Michael D Arneson and Susan H Arneson funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY202110$4.7M40%
FY202049$145kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2021.

Philanthropy$4.7MEnvironment$47kEducation$40kHealth$17kRecreation & Sports$16kFood & Nutrition$14kInternational$10kArts & Culture$8kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
MT
MN
IL
WI
NY
WY
OH
PA
CA
VA
DC
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$10,00010%
Direct Relief$10,00010%
Gallatin River Task Force$10,00021%
Minneapolis Parks Foundation$8,50010%
Friends of McGilvray Road Inc$7,5001n/a
Eagle Mount$7,01210%
Arts Council of Big Sky$5,17620%
Feeding America$5,00010%
Second Harvest Heartland$4,63810%
Big Sky Community Organization$4,50020%
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All grantees of Michael D Arneson and Susan H Arneson by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation$10,00010%
Direct Relief$10,00010%
Gallatin River Task Force$10,00021%
Minneapolis Parks Foundation$8,50010%
Friends of McGilvray Road Inc$7,5001n/a
Eagle Mount$7,01210%
Arts Council of Big Sky$5,17620%
Feeding America$5,00010%
Second Harvest Heartland$4,63810%
Big Sky Community Organization$4,50020%
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness$3,03510%
Conservation Minnesota$2,67310%
Minnesota Zoo Foundation$2,60510%
Greater Twin Cities United Way$2,60410%
The Montana Land Reliance$2,54310%
Yellowstone Forever$2,54210%
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc$2,50010%
National Parks Conservation Association$2,50010%
Three Rivers Park District Foundation Inc$2,50012%
Meals on Wheels America$2,50010%
Science Museum of Minnesota$2,50010%
Friends of the Hennepin County Library$2,09810%
Environmental Defense Fund Incorporated$2,05810%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$2,00010%
Big Sky Chapel Inc$2,00020%
Agrace HospiceCare Inc$2,00020%
American Cancer Society Inc$2,00010%
Wellness in Action$2,00011%
Mn350$1,92410%
Gleason Lake Elementary PTO Inc$1,50014%
Plymouth Crime and Fire Prevention Fund$1,0001n/a
Friends of Big Sky Education$1,00010%
Ronald McDonald House Charities - Upper Midwest$1,00010%
Adopt-A-Classroom Inc$1,00010%
Friends of the Refuge-Mississippi River Pools 7 & 8$6001n/a
Green Cities Accord$53510%
The Loppet Foundation Inc$53510%
Animal Humane Society$51310%
Big Sky Ski Education Foundation$20010%

Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($4.7M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Michael D Arneson and Susan H Arneson supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetThe Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDirect Relief: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGallatin River Task Force: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetMinneapolis Parks Foundation: $8,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEagle Mount: $7,012 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetArts Council of Big Sky: $5,176 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFeeding America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSecond Harvest Heartland: $4,638 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Sky Community Organization: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness: $3,035 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetConservation Minnesota: $2,673 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMinnesota Zoo Foundation: $2,605 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreater Twin Cities United Way: $2,604 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Montana Land Reliance: $2,543 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYellowstone Forever: $2,542 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNational Parks Conservation Association: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThree Rivers Park District Foundation Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMeals on Wheels America: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetScience Museum of Minnesota: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Hennepin County Library: $2,098 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEnvironmental Defense Fund Incorporated: $2,058 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Sky Chapel Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAgrace HospiceCare Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWellness in Action: $2,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMn350: $1,924 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGleason Lake Elementary PTO Inc: $1,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetFriends of Big Sky Education: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities - Upper Midwest: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAdopt-A-Classroom Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreen Cities Accord: $535 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Loppet Foundation Inc: $535 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Humane Society: $513 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBig Sky Ski Education Foundation: $200 over 1y, 0.0% 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 36.

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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.

The Minneapolis FoundationMN21.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Spanish Peaks Community Foundation · Moonlight Community Foundation · The Carter Family Foundation · Yellowstone Club Community Foundation · One Valley Community Foundation · Prometheus Charitable Trust · Longview Foundation · The K Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy 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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About Michael D Arneson and Susan H Arneson

How much does Michael D Arneson and Susan H Arneson give?
Michael D Arneson and Susan H Arneson reported 10 grants totaling $4,724,462 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 49 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2021.
What does Michael D Arneson and Susan H Arneson fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (97%), Environment (1%), Education (1%).
Who are Michael D Arneson and Susan H Arneson's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2021: The Conservation Fund a Nonprofit Corporation ($10k), Direct Relief ($10k), Gallatin River Task Force ($10k).
Does Michael D Arneson and Susan H Arneson fund new organizations?
In FY2021, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Michael D Arneson and Susan H Arneson accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Michael D Arneson and Susan H Arneson?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation, Spanish Peaks Community Foundation.
Where is Michael D Arneson and Susan H Arneson based?
Michael D Arneson and Susan H Arneson is based in MT.

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 53 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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