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Minnesota Wild Foundation

The MINNESOTA WILD FOUNDATION exists to support the game of hockey and improve the lives of families in the state of hockey through special events, auctions, and the sales of player autographed items.

$485k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Health$1.4MRecreation & Sports$1.3MYouth Development$503kPhilanthropy$100kHuman Services$96kReligion$15kFood & Nutrition$15kEducation$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $388,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $484,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $96,500 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.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $293k
$20,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDREN'S MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$125,000
MINNESOTA HOCKEY INC$101,500
DINOMIGHTS$66,500
SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$25,000
DOWN SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF MN$20,000
MN STATE HS COACHES ASSOCIATION$15,000
MSHSL GIRLS COACHES ASSOCIATION$15,000
SHAKOPEE YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION$10,000
DES MOINES HOCKEY ASSOCIATION$10,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $146k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%Lustagarten Foundation: $10k → 6%Minnesota Special Hockey Association: $30k → 7%PINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%PINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION: $10k → 11%CRESCENT COVE: $27k → 14%Crescent Cove: $25k → 14%CRESCENT COVE: $14k → 14%Faith Lodge: $15k → 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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.0M · 18 repeat orgs$328k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +26% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
23

Total granted

$3.0M
$298k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+20%

Still filing today

100%
91%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Recreation & SportsHealthHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyEducationOther
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

  • CH
    CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION
    9× · 2017–2025 · $1.2M · revenue +2%
  • MH
    MINNESOTA HOCKEY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $686k · revenue +59%
  • D
    DINOMIGHTS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $440k · revenue +93%

Funded once

  • SP
    ST PAUL YOUTH SERVICES
    one grant, 2020 · $38k · revenue -55%
  • MS
    MINNESOTA SPECIAL HOCKEY ASSOCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +224% · 44% of their budget
  • TH
    The Herb Brooks Foundation
    one grant, 2017 · $18k · revenue -67%
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
Stma Youth Hockey Association Inc

The stma youth hockey association provides all youth of their communities the opportunity to develop as hockey players within a team concept to the extent allowed by their physical abilities and interest. this is accomplished through skill…

Recreation & Sports
2
The Hyland Hills Junior Hockey Association

Become ambassadors of youth hockey while developing players to reach their maximum potential. have respect and love for the game while acting with integrity, fairness, and honesty.

—
3
Nighthawks Youth Hockey Club

Youth hockey development

Recreation & Sports
4
Northern Berkshire Youth Hockey League Inc
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5
Northeast Wisconsin Hockey Assn Inc

Develop hockey skills in youth hockey players and provide a competitive team to compete with other teams in the midwest.

—
6
Interscholastic Hockey Association

Providing youth sports activites

Recreation & Sports
7
Millbrook Youth Hockey Association

Youth community ice hockey for boys and girls

Recreation & Sports
8
Kansas City Youth Hockey Associatio

The kcyha provides a fun developmental and competitive athletic experience to its players and their families.

Recreation & Sports
9
Camillus Youth Hockey Association

A youth hockey organization providing the community with organized youth hockey teams

Recreation & Sports
10
Moorhead Youth Hockey Association

Promote educational and athletic aspects of skating, hockey and other winter sports for youth of moorhead and the surrounding area.

Recreation & Sports
11
Benson Hockey Association

To provide and promote a youth hockey program in the benson mn area for youth under the age of 18 by providing ice time, coaches, tournaments, a summer hockey camp, equipment schedules and transportation to games.

—
12
Medway Amateur Hockey Association
Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Health Care Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Camp Cambria 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

42 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. 42 of the 44 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
28/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $1,208,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION+6 more: $85,500 · Health+6 moreMINNESOTA HOCKEY INC: $685,877 · OtherMINNESOTA HOCKEY INCJOHNSON COMO NORTH ST PAUL HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $128,636 · OtherJOHNSON COMO NORTH ST PAUL HOCKEY…ST PAUL YOUTH SERVICES: $37,500 · Other+15 more: $160,000 · Other+15 moreDINOMIGHTS: $440,000 · Community ImprovementDINOMIGHTS+1 more: $15,000 · Community ImprovementMINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSN: $102,500 · Recreation & SportsMINNESOTA S…DES MOINES YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC: $75,500 · Recreation & SportsDES MOINES …UNITED HEROES LEAGUE: $70,970 · Recreation & SportsUNITED HERO…ST PAUL CAPITALS HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $50,906 · Recreation & SportsST PAUL CAP…MINNESOTA GIRLS HOCKEY COACHES ASSOCIATION: $27,500 · Recreation & SportsMINNESOTA G…FAIRMONT YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · Recreation & Sports+2 more: $21,780 · Recreation & Sports+2 moreSAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $100,000 · PhilanthropyCAMP CAMBRIA FOUNDATION: $40,000 · PhilanthropyCHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $40,000 · PhilanthropyCRESCENT COVE: $65,500 · Human ServicesMINNESOTA SPECIAL HOCKEY ASSOC: $30,000 · Human ServicesPINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Human ServicesCHILD LOSS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesMinnesota NHL Alumni Association: $7,760 · Education
Health$1,293,500Other$1,012,013Community Improvement$455,000Recreation & Sports$364,156Philanthropy$180,000Human Services$145,500Education$7,760

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 budgetCHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE FOUNDATION: $1,208,000 over 9y, 0.9% of budgetMINNESOTA HOCKEY INC: $685,877 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetDINOMIGHTS: $440,000 over 9y, 16% of budgetJOHNSON COMO NORTH ST PAUL HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $128,636 over 5y, 6.6% of budgetMINNESOTA STATE HIGH SCHOOL COACHES ASSN: $102,500 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetSAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDES MOINES YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC: $75,500 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED HEROES LEAGUE: $70,970 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetCRESCENT COVE: $65,500 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetST PAUL CAPITALS HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $50,906 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetCAMP CAMBRIA FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetCHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH FUND: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetST PAUL YOUTH SERVICES: $37,500 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetMINNESOTA SPECIAL HOCKEY ASSOC: $30,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetMINNESOTA GIRLS HOCKEY COACHES ASSOCIATION: $27,500 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetPINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe Herb Brooks Foundation: $18,000 over 1y, 7.5% of budgetWHITE BEAR LAKE AREA HOCKEY ASSOC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCHILD LOSS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAMERICAN INDIAN FAMILY CENTER: $15,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMERCY FOUNDATION OF DES MOINES IOWA: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDream of Wild Health: $15,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFAIRMONT YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities - Upper Midwest: $13,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGillette Children's Hospital Foundation: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIOWA SPORTS FOUNDATION: $12,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSTILLWATER AREA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetST CLOUD YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetWARROAD MEMORIAL ARENA ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetMARC LUSTGARTEN PANCREATIC CANCER FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEMIDJI YOUTH HOCKEY ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetHOPEKIDS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetGAY-LESBIAN-BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER PRIDE-T: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBURNSVILLE HOCKEY CLUB: $7,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TWIN CITIES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHILDREN'S MIRACLE NETWORK: $5,000 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.

The Minneapolis Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Otto Bremer TrustXcel Energy FoundationTradition Family Foun…Pohlad Family Foundat…The Richard M Schulze…Fastbreak FoundationFr Bigelow FoundationThe Jamf Nation Globa…Catholic Community Fo…Mightycause Charitabl…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN23.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Xcel Energy Foundation · Tradition Family Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Fastbreak Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · The Jamf Nation Global Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Mightycause Charitable 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 Minnesota Wild Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Minnesota Wild Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Minnesota Wild Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Minnesota Wild Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 44 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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