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Norling Brothers Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$321k
Granted FY2024still arriving
34
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$48k
Largest
01What it funds
0176% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Religion$73kEducation$29kPhilanthropy$26kHuman Services$14kHealth$13kYouth Development$11kFood & Nutrition$11kCommunity Improvement$7kOther$0
02FY2024 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 34 grants below total $246,120, the rows itemized in this filing. The $321,075 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $74,955 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 · FY2024

  • Under $10k26 grants · $84k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $163k
$5,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$1.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CRU$48,400
Family Promise of Kandiyohi Cty$25,455
Excel College$20,000
Bethesda Foundation$20,000
Tentmakers$16,000
Salvation Army$12,000
West Central Youth for Christ$10,700
Refuge Church$10,000
Hope Pregnancy Center$7,155
Atlas of West Central MN$7,000
Willmar Food Shelf$6,000
United Way of Kandiyohi Cty$6,000
World Journalism Institute$6,000
Jesus Film Project$5,555
IFOSUD$5,000
02Its 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
Minnesota Family Council

Minnesota family council (mfc) is a non-profit christian organization that is dedicated to strengthening minnesota families by advancing biblical principles in the public arena, for the glory of the lord jesus christ and the good of…

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2
South Central Minnesota Youth for Christ Inc

Reaching out to young people everywhere to raise up life-long followers of Jesus who lead by their godliness in lifestyle, devotion to the Word of God and prayer, passion for sharing the love of Christ, and commitment to social involvement.

Youth Development
3
Wisconsin Christian Campus Ministries Inc

Our mission is to advance the gospel of jesus christ through the next generation by engaging the lost and discipling believers on college campuses.

Religion
4
Midwest Challenge Inc

Sharing the gospel while providing hope and transformation.

Health
5
Midwest University

Christian institution of higher learning dedicated to the exploration, discernment, sustentation, and dissemination of god's truth. midwest is committed to excellence in education encouraging students to comprehensively consider god's word…

Education
6
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
7
Central Minnesota Christian School

Central mn christian school exists to provide a christ-centered quality education to equip students for a life of service. it accomplishes this mission by integrating a biblical worldview which emphasizes god as creator, redeemer and king…

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8
University of Northwestern - St Paul

See schedule o. founded in 1902, university of northwestern - st. paul is a nondenominational christian university that integrates the educational philosophy of "faith, learning and living" through two focuses: higher education and media.…

Education
9
Minnehaha Academy

Minnehaha academy's primary purpose is to provide a high quality education to students in pre-school to grade 12 integrating christian faith and learning.

Education
10
Rockbridge Seminary

Rockbridge seminary is an accredited degree-granting institution of higher learning that exists to develop servant leaders for christian ministry through quality distance educational experiences that allow them to study and practice…

Education
11
Cambridge Community College Foundation

The mission of the cambridge campus foundation fulfills the potential of the students in east central minnesota, by expanding their opportunities and broadening their horizons with an affordable education and promise of a strong future.

Philanthropy
12
Minnesota Christian Broadcasters

To spread ministry through radio transmission of christian broadcasting.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Phoenix Gospel Mission; the most unlike its peers is Girl Scouts of Mn and Wi River Valleys Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the 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 35 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/10
Grantees still filing
4/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DETAIL ATTACHED: $324,200 · OtherDETAIL ATTACHEDCRU: $48,400 · OtherCRUFamily Promise of Kandiyohi Cty: $25,455 · OtherExcel College: $20,000 · Other+22 more: $95,060 · Other+22 moreTENTMAKERS: $16,000 · ReligionPHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION: $5,000 · Religion+1 more: $600 · ReligionBETHESDA FOUNDATION OF WILLMAR: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterHOPE PREGNANCY CENTER: $7,155 · HealthMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $3,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF WILLMAR: $4,200 · EducationRIDGEWATER COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · EducationGIRL SCOUTS OF MN AND WI RIVER VALLEYS INC: $250 · Youth Development
Other$513,115Religion$21,600Housing & Shelter$20,000Health$10,155Education$5,200Youth Development$250

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBETHESDA FOUNDATION OF WILLMAR: $20,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetHOPE PREGNANCY CENTER: $7,155 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetPHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF WILLMAR: $4,200 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA FAMILY INSTITUTE: $1,600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRIDGEWATER COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF MN AND WI RIVER VALLEYS INC: $250 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.

  • Who funds BETHESDA FOUNDATION OF WILLMAR ↗
  • Who funds TENTMAKERS ↗
  • Who funds HOPE PREGNANCY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PHOENIX GOSPEL MISSION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL OF WILLMAR ↗
  • Who funds Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA FAMILY INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds RIDGEWATER COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MIO Frontiers ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF MN AND WI RIVER VALLEYS INC ↗

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.

CommunitygivingMN15.6× affinity5 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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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.
03Through Plinth

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How do I get to Norling Brothers Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Norling Brothers 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 35 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $258k of grant expense with no grantee named in the published copy. A private foundation itemizes every grant it makes, so a return carrying none has filed its list as an attachment that the public copy does not include. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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