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Mortenson Family Foundation at a glance

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Mortenson Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6.2M
Granted FY2024still arriving
262
Grants FY2024still arriving
18
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.

Education$15MInternational$3.7MHuman Services$3.7MEnvironment$3.6MCommunity Improvement$2.9MCivil Rights$2.1MFood & Nutrition$1.5MYouth Development$1.5MOther$0
02FY2024 · 262 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k103 grants · $442k
  • $10k–50k122 grants · $3.1M
  • $50k–250k36 grants · $2.4M
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$15,000
Median grant
18
States reached
$142M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST (DBA HAWAII LAND TRUST)$250,000
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO$200,000
SCHWARZ AFRICA FUND$100,000
THE MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN ART$100,000
NORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE$100,000
ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION$100,000
WORLD SAVVY$100,000
EASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE (AKA ASILI)$90,000
MONTESSORI AMERICAN INDIAN CHILDCARE CENTER INCORPORATED$75,000
THOUSAND CURRENTS$75,000
PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE$75,000
WAY TO GROW$75,000
MINNESOTA EDUCATION EQUITY PARTNERSHIP$65,000
AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION$60,000
THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION$60,000
02The need
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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 (FY19–24, $4.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 97% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MI CASA MN: $50k → 5%MI CASA MN: $40k → 5%TIDES CENTER: $45k → 10%KAREN ORGANIZATION OF MINNESOTA: $40k → 14%EASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE: $75k → 11%EASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE: $50k → 11%HALLIE Q BROWN COMMUNITY CENTER: $35k → 14%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $40k → 11%EAST PHILLIPS NEIGHBORHOOD INSTITUTE: $70k → 11%EAST PHILLIPS NEIGHBORHOOD INSTITUTE: $55k → 11%TIWAHE FOUNDATION: $100k → 14%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $60k → 14%TIWAHE FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%TIWAHE FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $45k → 14%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $40k → 14%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $40k → 14%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $40k → 14%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $40k → 14%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $40k → 14%YMCA OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES: $45k → 11%YMCA OF THE NORTH: $35k → 11%YMCA OF THE NORTH: $35k → 11%WAY TO GROW: $75k → 11%WAY TO GROW: $75k → 11%WAY TO GROW: $70k → 11%WAY TO GROW: $60k → 11%WAY TO GROW: $55k → 11%WAY TO GROW: $50k → 11%IRREDUCIBLE GRACE FOUNDATION: $35k → 14%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $130k → 11%CENTRO TYRONE GUZMAN: $50k → 11%CENTRO TYRONE GUZMAN: $50k → 11%BABY'S SPACE A PLACE TO GROW: $40k → 11%CENTRO TYRONE GUZMAN: $40k → 11%BABY'S SPACE A PLACE TO GROW: $35k → 11%APPETITE FOR CHANGE: $60k → 11%PHYLLIS WHEATLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $50k → 11%APPETITE FOR CHANGE: $50k → 11%PHYLLIS WHEATLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $50k → 11%PHYLLIS WHEATLEY COMMUNITY CENTER: $40k → 11%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $50k → 11%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $50k → 11%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $50k → 11%PREVENTION HEALTH CARE AGENCY DBA ISUROON: $50k → 11%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $45k → 11%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $45k → 11%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $40k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
PA
CT
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
NC
DC
HI
LA
AL
TX
FL
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 7% of Mortenson Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 84% of the giving stays in MN; by stated purpose, 79%.

Mortenson Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 3.2% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$36M · 231 repeat orgs$2.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

231 repeat relationships: 153 still active in FY2024, 78 since wound down; 40 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

231
94

Total granted

$36M
$1.6M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+21%
+10%

Still filing today

81%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $822k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesInternationalEnvironmentArts & CultureCommunity 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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2024 · $7.6M · revenue +111%
  • WS
    World Savvy
    6× · 2019–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +135% · 29% of their budget
  • NA
    NORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE
    6× · 2019–2024 · $816k · revenue +88%

Funded once

  • TU
    TASKS UNLIMITED
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • NH
    NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTHSOURCE
    one grant, 2023 · $80k · revenue +6%
  • HONOR THE EARTH
    one grant, 2022 · $73k · revenue -17%
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.

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Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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2
Minnesota Voice

Minnesota Voice is a collaboration of organizations working toward permanent change in social, racial, and economic justice by increasing civic engagement and voter participation across the state.

Public Benefit
3
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits informs, promotes, connects and strengthens individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.

Philanthropy
4
St Paul Transportation Management Organization

Move minnesota leads the movement for an equitable and sustainable transportation system that puts people first. we are passionate about connecting communities, ending the climate crisis, expanding access to jobs and resources, and…

Environment
5
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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6
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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7
Mn Community Measurement

Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.

Health
8
Growth & Justice

To develop and advocate for public policy that makes Minnesota's economy more prosperous and fair for all Minnesotans.

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9
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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10
Minnesota State Council On Economic Education

Mcee equips minnesotans with the economic and personal financial knowledge and skills to make informed decisions and thrive in our complex world. we fulfill our mission by teaching teachers through top quality professional development and…

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11
MinnPost

MinnPost produces independent journalism to serve as a trusted guide for Minnesotans exploring the critical issues, challenges and opportunities facing our state.

Arts & Culture
12
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hmong American Partnership; the most unlike its peers is Northside Boxing Club Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

281 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. 281 of the 373 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)
71
Early backer (in before they grew)
274/281
Grantees still filing
174/281
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $7,596,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATIONMACALESTER COLLEGE: $700,000 · EducationMACALESTER COLLEGEDUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY: $550,000 · EducationAFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM: $459,750 · Education+24 more: $2,499,250 · Education+24 moreREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO: $1,200,000 · OtherREGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADOTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $513,700 · OtherHAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST (DBA HAWAII LAND TRUST): $500,000 · OtherNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE: $815,500 · OtherNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE+92 more: $9,693,880 · Other+92 moreWorld Savvy: $1,072,500 · InternationalWorld SavvyTHOUSAND CURRENTS: $433,700 · InternationalTHOUSAND CUR…ONEVILLAGE PARTNERS: $371,200 · InternationalONEVILLAGE P…FABRETTO CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $278,200 · InternationalFABRETTO CHI…ROOT CAPITAL INC: $231,900 · InternationalROOT CAPITAL…Guatemalan Tomorrow Fund Inc: $226,900 · InternationalGuatemalan T…COMMON HOPE: $212,420 · InternationalWELLSHARE INTERNATIONAL: $194,100 · InternationalGroundswell International Inc: $189,500 · International+10 more: $951,800 · International+10 moreWAY TO GROW: $385,000 · Human ServicesWAY TO GROWAMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $305,000 · Human ServicesAMHERST H WI…The Family Partnership: $290,000 · Human ServicesThe Family P…THE TIWAHE FOUNDATION: $236,750 · Human ServicesTHE TIWAHE F…PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $235,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT FOR …Phyllis Wheatley Community Center Inc: $232,000 · Human ServicesPhyllis Whea…CENTRO TYRONE GUZMAN: $222,500 · Human ServicesCENTRO TYRON…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH: $210,000 · Human ServicesGREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $181,500 · Human ServicesBABY'S SPACE A PLACE TO GROW: $180,000 · Human ServicesEASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE: $175,000 · Human ServicesHALLIE Q BROWN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $169,000 · Human ServicesMAMA HOPE INC: $159,700 · Human Services+13 more: $1,102,750 · Human Services+13 moreNEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $1,060,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $211,750 · PhilanthropyFriends Of Raising The Village Incorporated: $178,700 · PhilanthropyGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $117,000 · PhilanthropyNORTHSIDE BOXING CLUB INC: $95,000 · PhilanthropyPROPEL NONPROFITS: $85,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $40,000 · PhilanthropyMISSISSIPPI PARK CONNECTION: $255,500 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER: $164,500 · EnvironmentLAND STEWARDSHIP PROJECT: $160,000 · EnvironmentMINNESOTA LAND TRUST: $142,000 · EnvironmentMINNESOTA CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY: $104,000 · EnvironmentMN350: $103,500 · EnvironmentMETRO BLOOMS: $97,000 · EnvironmentKINNICKINNIC RIVER LAND TRUST INC: $92,000 · EnvironmentHONOR THE EARTH: $73,000 · EnvironmentPhiladelphia Community Farm Inc: $70,000 · EnvironmentCLEAN RIVER PARTNERS INC: $68,000 · EnvironmentWILD RIVERS CONSERVANCY OF THE ST CROIX & NAMEKAGON: $66,000 · Environment+4 more: $148,000 · EnvironmentCoalition of Asian American Leaders: $751,750 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $146,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUSICATION: $115,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN ART: $100,000 · Arts & CultureCANTUS: $50,500 · Arts & CultureTEATRO DEL PUEBLO INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureHISPANIC ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT THROUGH RESEARCH: $49,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $38,500 · Arts & Culture
Education$11,805,000Other$12,723,080International$4,162,220Human Services$4,084,200Philanthropy$1,787,450Environment$1,543,500Arts & Culture$1,300,750

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $7,596,000 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetWorld Savvy: $1,072,500 over 6y, 29% of budgetNEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $1,060,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE: $815,500 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetCoalition of Asian American Leaders: $751,750 over 5y, 34% of budgetMACALESTER COLLEGE: $700,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetDUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY: $550,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetAFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM: $459,750 over 5y, 40% of budgetTHOUSAND CURRENTS: $433,700 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetWAY TO GROW: $385,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetONEVILLAGE PARTNERS: $371,200 over 6y, 12% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION: $370,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Banyan Foundation: $320,000 over 4y, 4.8% of budgetAMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $305,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $300,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Family Partnership: $290,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetFABRETTO CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $278,200 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetMISSISSIPPI PARK CONNECTION: $255,500 over 6y, 5.3% of budgetTHE TIWAHE FOUNDATION: $236,750 over 5y, 22% of budgetDream of Wild Health: $235,500 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $235,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetPhyllis Wheatley Community Center Inc: $232,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetROOT CAPITAL INC: $231,900 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetGuatemalan Tomorrow Fund Inc: $226,900 over 6y, 8.8% of budgetCENTRO TYRONE GUZMAN: $222,500 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetCOMMON HOPE: $212,420 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $211,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH: $210,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN ROOTS MN: $205,000 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetCULTURAL WELLNESS CENTER: $203,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetMINNESOTA EDUCATION EQUITY PARTNERSHIP: $200,000 over 5y, 12% of budgetALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWELLSHARE INTERNATIONAL: $194,100 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetSOUTHSIDE FAMILY NURTURING CENTER: $190,000 over 6y, 3.9% of budgetGroundswell International Inc: $189,500 over 5y, 2.4% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $185,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHSIDE RESIDENTS REDEVELOPMENT COUNCIL INC: $183,700 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetGREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $181,500 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetWashburn Center for Children: $180,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetBABY'S SPACE A PLACE TO GROW: $180,000 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetFriends Of Raising The Village Incorporated: $178,700 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetEASTERN CONGO INITIATIVE: $175,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetCLIMATE GENERATION: $172,000 over 6y, 5.6% of budgetHALLIE Q BROWN COMMUNITY CENTER INC: $169,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetKeystone Community Services: $165,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER: $164,500 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetEd Allies: $160,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetTHE GOOD ACRE: $160,000 over 3y, 4.2% 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 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds World Savvy ↗
  • Who funds NEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds NORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE ↗
  • Who funds Coalition of Asian American Leaders ↗
  • Who funds MACALESTER COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM ↗
  • Who funds THOUSAND CURRENTS ↗
  • Who funds WAY TO GROW ↗
  • Who funds ONEVILLAGE PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The Banyan Foundation ↗
  • Who funds AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds The Family Partnership ↗
  • Who funds FABRETTO CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI PARK CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds THE TIWAHE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Dream of Wild Health ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds Phyllis Wheatley Community Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds ROOT CAPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Guatemalan Tomorrow Fund Inc ↗
  • Who funds CENTRO TYRONE GUZMAN ↗
  • Who funds COMMON HOPE ↗
  • Who funds THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH ↗
  • Who funds URBAN ROOTS MN ↗
  • Who funds CULTURAL WELLNESS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA EDUCATION EQUITY PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WELLSHARE INTERNATIONAL ↗

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.

Fr Bigelow FoundationThe McKnight Foundati…Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Minneapolis Found…YouthpriseGreater Twin Cities U…Otto Bremer TrustTarget FoundationPohlad Family Foundat…Propel NonprofitsThe Bush FoundationMarbrook Foundation
Fr Bigelow FoundationMN146.5× affinity81 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fr Bigelow Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Youthprise · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Otto Bremer Trust · Target Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Propel Nonprofits · The Bush Foundation · Marbrook 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 Mortenson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mortenson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Root Capital Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
84report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 Mortenson Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Mortenson Family 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 373 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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