· Private foundation
Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Foundation Attn Terry L Slye
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k5 grants · $92k
- $50k–250k11 grants · $1.2M
- $250k+1 grant · $300k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MAGNUSON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL | $300,000 |
| MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE | $243,000 |
| ST ANDREWS LUTHERAN CHURCH | $150,000 |
| LUTHER SEMINARY | $125,000 |
| FIRST COVENANT CHURCH | $100,000 |
| AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| BETHEL UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY | $100,000 |
| ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| WESTMONT COLLEGE | $100,000 |
| NORWAY HOUSE | $75,000 |
| MINNEHAHA ACADEMY | $50,000 |
| CRU CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST | $32,000 |
| FRIENDS OF MADAGASCAR MISSION | $30,000 |
| UNION GOSPEL MISSION | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $450k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NMNI MAGNUSON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL7× · 2017–2025 · $1.9M · revenue +87% · 32% of their budget
- AUAUGSBURG UNIVERSITY6× · 2020–2025 · $600k · revenue +17%
- WCWESTMONT COLLEGE3× · 2023–2025 · $250k · revenue +6%
Funded once
- MMOSAICone grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +7%
- CCCAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRISTone grant, 2021 · $10k
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.
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.
Union college is a seventh-day adventist community of higher education, inspired by jesus christ, and dedicated to empowering students to learn, serve, and lead.
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
Arizona christian university provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the lord jesus christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.
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.…
Pacific school of religion prepares a diverse cadre of spiritually rooted leaders with the vision, resilience, and skill to create a world where all can thrive. grounded in the rigorous study and faithful practice of progressive christian…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
We empower individuals and families to confidently navigate aging so that it is a purposeful journey filled with dignity and support.
As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…
John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…
Founded by the norwegian evangelical lutheran church in 1861, luther college is a four-year, residential liberal arts institution. luther welcomes students of all backgrounds to engage in a way of learning that moves beyond immediate…
How this is measured
12 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. 12 of the 21 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 NI MAGNUSON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds WESTMONT COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds BETHEL UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds MINNEHAHA ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF MADAGASCAR MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Norway House ↗
- Who funds ECHO Inc ↗
- Who funds UNION GOSPEL MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds MOSAIC ↗
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.
Open a dossier: Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Foundation Attn Terry L Slye funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Norman and Evangeline Hagfors Foundation Attn Terry L Slye. Bigger dots raise more.
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