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Minneapolis Rotary Foundation

The MINNEAPOLIS ROTARY FOUNDATION (the foundation) represents the members of the rotary club of minneapolis in their support of international and local community service projects.

$168k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$36k
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.

Human Services$198kRecreation & Sports$140kYouth Development$113kEducation$79kInternational$44kCommunity Improvement$10k
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $60,806, the rows itemized in this filing. The $167,632 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $106,826 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.
$35,806
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YMCA OF THE NORTH$35,806
WAY TO GROW$25,000
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 (FY18–24, $338k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%LINDQUIST VENUM WINTER CLOSET FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%WAY TO GROW: $25k → 11%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $48k → 11%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $32k → 11%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $8k → 11%YMCA OF THE NORTH: $57k → 11%YMCA OF THE NORTH: $47k → 11%YMCA OF THE NORTH: $36k → 11%EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES: $50k → 11%EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES: $25k → 11%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.
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$500k · 7 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
2

Total granted

$500k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+45%

Still filing today

86%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 59% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
Human ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • YM
    YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH
    4× · 2022–2025 · $140k · revenue +14%
  • TF
    The Family Partnership
    3× · 2018–2020 · $88k · revenue +27%
  • ES
    EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INC
    2× · 2022–2023 · $75k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • TL
    THE LINDQUIST & VENNUM WINTER CLOSET FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · 32% of their budget
  • PS
    PROJECT SUCCESSgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +45%
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
Achieve Twin Cities

As one of the upper midwest's leading career and college readiness organizations, achieve twin cities rallies community support and delivers best-in-class programs to inspire and equip young people in minneapolis and saint paul, minnesota…

Youth Development
2
Mothers Tutoring Academy

Mothers Tutoring Academy (MTA) is a non-profit and an after-school tutoring institution founded on the tenets of the bylaws of the State of Minnesota. It's co-educational where both genders sit and study together and an inclusive school…

Education
3
Future Problem Solving Program International Inc

Future problem solving proudly celebrates more than 50 years of placing close to a million young people at the core of a dynamic, purposeful learning experience. each year k-12 students from around the world participate in a variety of…

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4
Ywca of Minneapolis

Ywca minneapolis is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and girls, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.

Human Services
5
Minnesota Education Equity Partnership

To transform systems, structures and public narratives to advance race equity and excellence in education.

Housing & Shelter
6
Park Square Theatre

To enrich the community by producing and presenting exceptional live theatre that touches the heart, engages the mind and delights the spirit.

—
7
Montessori Training Center of Minnesota Inc

To transform the lives and society by broadening access to the power of dr. maria montessori's proven method of education

Education
8
Ingenuity Prep

Ingenuity prep public charter school was formed to prepare students to succeed in college and beyond as impactful civiic leaders.

Education
9
Wellshare International

The mission of wellshare international is to advance sustainable community health around the world. wellshare international focuses its resources where it can have the greatest impact on the health of underserved and vulnerable…

International
10
Serveminnesota

To strengthen minnesota through high-impact service.

Community Improvement
11
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
12
Neighborhood House

Since 1897, when the women of mount zion temple created a safe haven for jewish refugees fleeing persecution in russia, neighborhood house has been a stronghold in the st. paul community, helping all people in need. a welcoming presence…

Community Improvement
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Family Partnership; the most unlike its peers is The Lindquist & Vennum Winter Closet Foundation. 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

10 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. 10 of the 11 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
9/10
Grantees still filing
6/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH: $139,956 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTHThe Family Partnership: $88,440 · Human ServicesThe Family PartnershipEAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesEAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INCWAY TO GROW: $25,000 · Human ServicesWAY TO GROW+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesYMCA - Y'START: $102,400 · OtherYMCA - Y'STARTHIAWATHA ACADEMIES: $72,011 · EducationHIAWATHA ACADEMIE…THE DICTIONARY PROJECT: $12,037 · EducationTHE DICTIONARY PR…PROJECT SUCCESS: $5,000 · EducationPROJECT SUCCESSTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $44,200 · InternationalMINNEAPOLIS UNIVERSITY ROTARY SERVICE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Community Improvement
Human Services$338,396Other$102,400Education$89,048International$44,200Community Improvement$10,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH: $139,956 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe Family Partnership: $88,440 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetEAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES INC: $75,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHIAWATHA ACADEMIES: $72,011 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $44,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWAY TO GROW: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE DICTIONARY PROJECT: $12,037 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LINDQUIST & VENNUM WINTER CLOSET FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 32% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS UNIVERSITY ROTARY SERVICE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetPROJECT SUCCESS: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Minneapolis Found…Greater Twin Cities U…The Richard M Schulze…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Mightycause Charitabl…Walter C Rasmussen - …The Sauer Family Foun…Mortenson Family Foun…Minnesota Community F…Otto Bremer TrustCharities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN17× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Walter C Rasmussen - Northeast Bank Foundation · The Sauer Family Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Minneapolis Rotary Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Minneapolis Rotary Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 11 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $195k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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