Minnesota · Private foundation
Mortensen Family Foundation
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.
- $7k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Grants FY2024
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $6,519
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $6,519
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 40% of the organizations Mortensen Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $7k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $169k | 40% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $301k | 33% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $180k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $180k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $103k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treehouse Inc | $556,519 | 6 | 6% |
| Light the Way Church | $114,000 | 4 | n/a |
| America's Charities | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| New Life Academy Educational Foundation Inc | $56,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Special Olympics Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Hudson Hockey Association Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Sanneh Foundation | $3,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Free Bikes 4 Kidz Mn | $2,475 | 1 | n/a |
| Association of the United States Army | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($76k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Mortensen Family Foundation
- How much does Mortensen Family Foundation give?
- Mortensen Family Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $6,519 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Mortensen Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Health (59%), Religion (13%), Public Safety & Disaster (11%).
- Who are Mortensen Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Treehouse Inc ($557k), Light the Way Church ($114k), America's Charities ($100k).
- Does Mortensen Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Mortensen Family Foundation 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 Mortensen Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Mortensen Family Foundation based?
- Mortensen Family Foundation is based in MN.
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