Skip to content
Plinth
Foundation DossiersMostly funded, not a grantmaker — see who funds it →
Plinth

· Public charity

Nexus Community Partners

Nexus' mission is to build more engaged and powerful communities by supporting community building initiatives that expand community wealth and foster social and human capital.

$5.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2024.

Philanthropy$3.3MCommunity Improvement$687kHousing & Shelter$314kArts & Culture$186kFood & Nutrition$142kEnvironment$115kEducation$105kCivil Rights$100kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 2 grants below total $151,729 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $5,377,948 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $5,226,219 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $27k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $125k
$125,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$47M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TruArtSpeaks$125,000
In Sisterhood We Brunch$26,729
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–23, $130k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Neighborhood Development Center: $20k → 14%Appetite for Change: $25k → 11%Merrick Community Services: $10k → 14%Appetite for Change: $25k → 11%Appetite for Change: $25k → 11%Appetite for Change: $25k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

25%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.3M · 16 repeat orgs$3.9M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +23% since the first grant, against -5% for the ones you funded once.

16 repeat relationships — 0 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
24

Total granted

$1.3M
$3.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
-5%

Still filing today

88%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $152k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
Community ImprovementEducationHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • AE
    AFRICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS
    3× · 2020–2023 · $130k · revenue +1%
  • LP
    LOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT
    4× · 2020–2023 · $115k · revenue ×14
  • CO
    CITY OF LAKES COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
    3× · 2020–2023 · $102k · revenue +23%

Funded once

  • MB
    Minnesota Black Collective Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $3.3M · revenue -60% · 56% of their budget
  • AC
    African Career Education and Resource Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $55k
  • JA
    JUXTAPOSITION ARTS INC
    one grant, 2021 · $50k · revenue -71%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
African Development Center

Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota

Human Services
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 on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

—
4
Nexus Community Partners

Nexus' mission is to build more engaged and powerful communities by supporting community building initiatives that expand community wealth and foster social and human capital.

Philanthropy
5
Minneapolis Climate Action

Minneapolis Climate Action is a 501c(3) nonprofit founded in 2007 by a group of dedicated individuals committed to addressing climate change in their community. After almost 10 years of working at the neighborhood level and piloting the…

Environment
6
Growth & Justice

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

—
7
Mixed Blood Theatre Company

Mixed Blood Theatre Company uses theater to disrupt injustice. We are a social justice organization catalyzing action and change through art. Our work is guided by deep community engagement and rooted in radical hospitality.

—
8
Coalition of Asian American Leaders

The Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL) is a network organization of Asian Minnesotan leaders harnessing our collective power to improve the lives of community.

Arts & Culture
9
Minneapolis Parks Foundation

The Minneapolis Parks Foundation transforms human lives through parks and public spaces by aligning philanthropic investment and community vision.

Recreation & Sports
10
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

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

Philanthropy
11
Center for Economic Inclusion

The Center for Economic Inclusion is an organization committed to strengthening the Minneapolis - Saint Paul region's civic infrastructure and collective capacity to disrupt systems and influence market forces to catalyze shared prosperity…

Community Improvement
12
Violence Free Minnesota

To represent victim/survivors of relationship abuse and member programs; challenge systems and institutions; promote social change; and support, educate, and connect member programs.

—

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Springboard for the Arts and the most unlike its peers is Frogtown Garden. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyEast African Immigrant Serv…Legal Aid & Justice ServicesProfessional Trade Associat…Community Arts OrganizationsDisability Services Organiz…Community & Family ServicesChristian Ministry SupportAdvocacy & Systems Change
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 17 years old; the field is 18. You back the younger end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number19%9%<5yr14%9%5–10yr20%38%10–20yr19%24%20–35yr15%15%35–55yr13%6%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value19%68%<5yr14%2%5–10yr20%16%10–20yr19%7%20–35yr15%5%35–55yr13%2%55yr+

The field is 19% startups (under 5 years old) — 9% of your grantees by number, and just 68% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 2% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
2%1/42
the rest of the field
14%
1,903/13,223

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 46 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
35/35
Grantees still filing
18/35
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Minnesota Black Collective Foundation — $3,276,535 · PhilanthropyMinnesota Black Collective Foundation+3 more — $80,000 · PhilanthropyPILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES — $105,000 · OtherPILLSBURY UNITED C…African Career Education and Resource Inc — $55,000 · OtherAfrican Career Edu…Ks Revolutionary Catering and More — $30,000 · OtherLao Assistance Center of Minnesota — $30,000 · OtherAPPETITE FOR CHANGE INC — $100,000 · OtherAPPETITE FOR CHANG…HMONG AMERICAN FARMERS ASSOCIATION — $90,000 · OtherHMONG AMERICAN FAR…The Fields Retreat and Learning Center — $90,000 · OtherThe Fields Retreat…JUXTAPOSITION ARTS INC — $50,000 · OtherJUXTAPOSITION ARTS…+17 more — $291,229 · Other+17 moreCITY OF LAKES COMMUNITY LAND TRUST — $101,500 · Housing & ShelterINQUILINXS UNIDXS POR JUSTICIA- UNITED RENTERS FOR JUSTICE — $100,000 · Housing & ShelterHOPE COMMUNITY INC — $80,000 · Housing & ShelterFrogtown Neighborhood Association — $100,000 · Community ImprovementMNI SOTA FUND — $60,000 · Community ImprovementMETROPOLITAN CONSORTIUM OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS — $50,000 · Community ImprovementWEST BROADWAY BUSINESS AND AREA COALITION — $25,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY PARTNERS — $25,000 · Community ImprovementAFRICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS — $130,000 · EducationAFRICAN CAREER EDUCATION & RESOURCES IN — $75,000 · EducationAFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM — $30,000 · EducationNew American Development Cente — $15,000 · EducationTRUARTSPEAKS — $125,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PRISON WRITING WORKSHOP — $25,000 · Arts & CultureSPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS — $6,000 · Arts & CultureLOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT — $115,000 · EnvironmentFROGTOWN GARDEN — $15,000 · Environment
Philanthropy$3,356,535Other$841,229Housing & Shelter$281,500Community Improvement$260,000Education$250,000Arts & Culture$156,000Environment$130,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMinnesota Black Collective Foundation — $3,276,535 over 1y, 56% of budgetAFRICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS — $130,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTRUARTSPEAKS — $125,000 over 1y, 39% of budgetLOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT — $115,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetPILLSBURY UNITED COMMUNITIES — $105,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCITY OF LAKES COMMUNITY LAND TRUST — $101,500 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetINQUILINXS UNIDXS POR JUSTICIA- UNITED RENTERS FOR JUSTICE — $100,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetFrogtown Neighborhood Association — $100,000 over 4y, 7.6% of budgetAPPETITE FOR CHANGE INC — $100,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetHMONG AMERICAN FARMERS ASSOCIATION — $90,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetThe Fields Retreat and Learning Center — $90,000 over 3y, 7.0% of budgetHOPE COMMUNITY INC — $80,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetAFRICAN CAREER EDUCATION & RESOURCES IN — $75,000 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetMNI SOTA FUND — $60,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetMETROPOLITAN CONSORTIUM OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS — $50,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetJUXTAPOSITION ARTS INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetLao Assistance Center of Minnesota — $30,000 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetSAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION — $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM — $30,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMINNESOTA PRISON WRITING WORKSHOP — $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetCENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS EN LUCHA — $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetWEST BROADWAY BUSINESS AND AREA COALITION — $25,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetLIVE FREE CHICAGO — $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPeace Development Fund — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetTIDES FOUNDATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLAYERS PHILANTHROPY FUND INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlliance for Global Justice Corp — $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC — $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLove First — $20,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetNew American Development Cente — $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetFROGTOWN GARDEN — $15,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetMERRICK COMMUNITY SERVICES — $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMINNESOTA FREEDOM FUND — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS — $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Minneapolis Found…The McKnight Foundati…Headwaters Foundation…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Otto Bremer TrustTarget FoundationGreater Twin Cities U…Pohlad Family Foundat…The Bush FoundationFr Bigelow FoundationNorthwest Area Founda…Mortenson Family Foun…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN46× affinity24 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Headwaters Foundation for Justice · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Target Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Pohlad Family Foundation · The Bush Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Northwest Area Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Nexus Community Partners funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%4%15%34%60%your share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25

    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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 46 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

    Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Source object · view filing

    More from the funding graph

    The unnamed billions
    grants reported with no recipient in the public record
    The regranting layer
    51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
    The DAF merry-go-round
    $9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
    The camps
    funders cluster by geography, not ideology
    By state
    where grant money is based, and what stays home
    State money flows
    the interactive map of money crossing state lines