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Minerd Foundation Inc

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
18
Grants FY2024
5
Organizations funded FY2023
60%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,000,000
Organizations funded a year
5 to 12
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
11
Total assets, FY2024
$42M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 60% of the organizations Minerd Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 35% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $815k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’23
HealthEducationInternationalPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsArts & 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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving18$2.5M67%
FY20235$2.3M60%
FY20219$2.8M44%
FY20205$773k60%
FY20199$1.6M44%
FY201812$2.0M75%
FY201710$2.5Mn/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.

Housing & Shelter$5.1MHealth$2.6MSocial Science$2.3MCivil Rights$2.0MEducation$1.2MReligion$768kYouth Development$268kAnimals$103kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
OR
NV
PA
NJ
CT
CA
CO
VA
TN
SC
DC
OK
FL

Top grantees

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

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Union Rescue Mission$5,095,00054%
The Milken Institute$2,200,00011%
Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights$1,756,00065%
Saint John's Health Center Foundation$1,000,00022%
Thomas Jefferson University$800,00020%
The Brent Shapiro Foundation for Drug Awareness$550,000524%
Cmc International Ministries$360,0002n/a
Good Projects Inc$263,333217%
Bridge Trust-Usa Inc$258,000224%
Human Rights First$250,00012%
Show all 40 grantees
All grantees of Minerd Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Union Rescue Mission$5,095,00054%
The Milken Institute$2,200,00011%
Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights$1,756,00065%
Saint John's Health Center Foundation$1,000,00022%
Thomas Jefferson University$800,00020%
The Brent Shapiro Foundation for Drug Awareness$550,000524%
Cmc International Ministries$360,0002n/a
Good Projects Inc$263,333217%
Bridge Trust-Usa Inc$258,000224%
Human Rights First$250,00012%
Claris Health$110,00028%
Mustard Seed School$100,00011%
Chicago Hope Academy$100,00012%
The Amanda Foundation$70,00013%
Beit T'Shuvah$50,00011%
Central Fund of Israel$35,00010%
Say Yes to Education Inc$35,00020%
The Anti-Cruelty Society$30,00010%
Elton John AIDS Foundation Inc$28,00010%
The Orphan Disease Pathway Project$25,00011%
Thru The Bible Inc$25,00010%
Holt International Children's Services Inc$25,00010%
Los Angeles Food Bank$25,0001n/a
Voice of the Martyrs Inc$25,0001n/a
Fcancer$25,00011%
Tyler Robinson Foundation$25,00011%
The Evangelical Free Church of America$25,0001n/a
Food for the Poor Inc$25,00010%
The Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation$20,00020%
University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation$20,00020%
Navy Seal Foundation Inc$15,00010%
Gene Spotlight Inc$15,00012%
Glaad Inc$10,55010%
The Hudson School$10,00010%
The Navigators$10,0001n/a
1065 Institute Inc$10,0001n/a
Homeboy Industries$5,00010%
Holy Spirit High School$5,0001n/a
Big Macs K9 Rescue Corp$2,5001n/a
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center$2,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($985k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Minerd Foundation Inc supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUnion Rescue Mission: $5,095,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetThe Milken Institute: $2,200,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetRobert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights: $1,756,000 over 6y, 4.9% of budgetSaint John's Health Center Foundation: $1,000,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetThomas Jefferson University: $800,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Brent Shapiro Foundation for Drug Awareness: $550,000 over 5y, 24% of budgetGood Projects Inc: $263,333 over 2y, 17% of budgetBridge Trust-Usa Inc: $258,000 over 2y, 24% of budgetHuman Rights First: $250,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetClaris Health: $110,000 over 2y, 8.1% of budgetMustard Seed School: $100,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetChicago Hope Academy: $100,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetThe Amanda Foundation: $70,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBeit T'Shuvah: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCentral Fund of Israel: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSay Yes to Education Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Anti-Cruelty Society: $30,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetElton John AIDS Foundation Inc: $28,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetThe Orphan Disease Pathway Project: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetThru The Bible Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHolt International Children's Services Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFcancer: $25,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTyler Robinson Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetFood for the Poor Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUniversity of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNavy Seal Foundation Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGene Spotlight Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetGlaad Inc: $10,550 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Hudson School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHomeboy Industries: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCedars-Sinai Medical Center: $2,000 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 32.

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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.

California Community FoundationCA11.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: California Community Foundation · AbbVie Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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 Minerd Foundation Inc

How much does Minerd Foundation Inc give?
Minerd Foundation Inc reported 18 grants totaling $2,475,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 12 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Minerd Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (35%), Health (18%), Social Science (16%).
Who are Minerd Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Union Rescue Mission ($5.1M), The Milken Institute ($2.2M), Robert F Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights ($1.8M).
Does Minerd Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Minerd Foundation Inc 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 Minerd Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include California Community Foundation, AbbVie Foundation, Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc.
Where is Minerd Foundation Inc based?
Minerd Foundation Inc is based in IL.

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 47 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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