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Minke 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.

$43k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
11
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$211kReligion$86kHuman Services$33kHealth$17kInternational$13kCrime & Legal$7kPublic Benefit$7kAnimals$3kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$500
Median grant
11
States reached
$877k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SACRED HEART SCHOOL$25,000
ST MARY OF THE LAKES CHURCH$4,800
CAPTAIN ERICK FOSTER MEMORIAL RIDE$3,500
SAMARITAN HEALTH HOSPICE$2,000
DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS$1,000
ANIMAL WELFARE ASSOCIATION$1,000
THE CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD$1,000
SMILE TRAIN$1,000
INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE$500
SALVATION ARMY CAMDEN CORP$500
WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION$500
UNMET NEEDS PROGRAMVFW F$500
INJURED MARINE SEMPER FI FUND$500
ST VINCENT DEPAUL ST MARYS$400
UNBOUND$350
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SUSQUEHANNA SERVICE DOGS: $3k → 11%WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION: $500 → 8%SUSQUEHANNA SERVICE DOGS: $700 → 11%UNBOUND: $360 → 16%UNBOUND: $360 → 16%UNBOUND: $350 → 16%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

NY
PA
NJ
CA
MO
VA
MD
KS
TN
DC
LA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$373k · 29 repeat orgs$5k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +50% since the first grant, against -2% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
1

Total granted

$373k
$3k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+50%
-2%

Still filing today

48%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthPublic BenefitHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsCivil RightsOther
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

  • SMILE TRAIN INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $12k · revenue +19%
  • MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $9k · revenue +98%
  • IF
    INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $7k · revenue +57%

Funded once

  • KH
    KEYSTONE HUMAN SERVICES
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -2%
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
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

The aspca's mission, as stated by founder henry bergh in 1866, is "to provide effective means for the prevention of cruelty to animals throughout the united states." the aspca was founded on the belief that animals are entitled to kind and…

Animals
2
American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation

The mission of the akc canine health foundation, inc. is to fund, advance, and communicate canine health research and science through knowledge and discovery.

Animals
3
Association of Clinical Research Professionals

Acrp promotes excellence in clinical research. we support clinical research professionals through training and development, the exchange of ideas and expertise, and certification. we serve as the preferred source for quality tools,…

Health
4
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

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5
University of Maryland Pediatric Associates Pa

Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…

Health
6
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations

Joint Commission evaluates and accredits health care organizations and programs across the United States to ensure compliance with rigorous standards of quality and safety, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)…

Health
7
Children's Hospital Corporation

Provider of pediatric healthcare, education, research & community service

Health
8
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
9
International Aids Vaccine Initiative Inc

A nonprofit scientific research organization that develops vaccines and antibodies for hiv, tuberculosis, and emerging infectious diseases.

International
10
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
11
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
12
Stony Brook Childrens Services University Faculty Practice Corporation

Provide clinical instruction to and supervision of medical school students, interns and residents and, incident thereto, rendering professional services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Christian Childrens Fund. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

17 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. 17 of the 33 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SACRED HEART SCHOOL: $163,000 · OtherSACRED HEART SCHOOLST MARY OF THE LAKES CHURCH: $77,740 · OtherST MARY OF THE LAKES CHURCHST JOSEPH PRO CATHEDRAL: $47,000 · OtherST JOSEPH PRO CATHEDRALSMILE TRAIN INC: $11,500 · Other+13 more: $33,945 · Other+13 moreMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $8,500 · InternationalCHRISTIAN CHILDRENS FUND: $3,072 · InternationalSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $6,500 · HealthKEYSTONE HUMAN SERVICES: $2,600 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $600 · Health+1 more: $100 · HealthINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $7,400 · Civil RightsCAPTAIN ERICK FOSTER MEMORIAL RIDE: $6,300 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $800 · Public Benefit+1 more: $200 · Public BenefitKEYSTONE SERVICE SYSTEMS INC: $3,200 · Human ServicesUnbound: $1,070 · Human ServicesWARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC: $500 · Human ServicesAnimal Welfare Association Inc: $2,900 · AnimalsPEOPLE FOR ANIMALS INC: $500 · AnimalsLOYOLA UNIVERSITY: $800 · Education
Other$333,185International$11,572Health$9,800Civil Rights$7,400Public Benefit$7,300Human Services$4,770Animals$3,400Education$800

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSMILE TRAIN INC: $11,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $8,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetINSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE: $7,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND: $6,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCAPTAIN ERICK FOSTER MEMORIAL RIDE: $6,300 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetKEYSTONE SERVICE SYSTEMS INC: $3,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN CHILDRENS FUND: $3,072 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetAnimal Welfare Association Inc: $2,900 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetKEYSTONE HUMAN SERVICES: $2,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnbound: $1,070 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetLOYOLA UNIVERSITY: $800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE FOR ANIMALS INC: $500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCATO INSTITUTE: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA: $100 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.

  • Who funds SMILE TRAIN INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds SEMPER FI & AMERICA'S FUND ↗
  • Who funds CAPTAIN ERICK FOSTER MEMORIAL RIDE ↗
  • Who funds KEYSTONE SERVICE SYSTEMS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHRISTIAN CHILDRENS FUND ↗
  • Who funds Animal Welfare Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds KEYSTONE HUMAN SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Unbound ↗
  • Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LOYOLA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds WARRIOR CANINE CONNECTION INC ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE FOR ANIMALS INC ↗
  • Who funds CATO INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA ↗

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.

Paypal Charitable Giv…The Bank of America C…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Paypal Charitable Giving FundDC9.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Minke Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Minke Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Warrior Canine Connection Inc: 5% of income from government
  • People for Animals Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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 33 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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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home