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Ocora 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.

$540k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Animals$1.2MRecreation & Sports$400kHousing & Shelter$130kEducation$100kHuman Services$50kYouth Development$44kCrime & Legal$40kArts & Culture$15k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $30k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $510k
$80,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$3.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INNERCITY TENNIS FOUNDATION$100,000
MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION$100,000
RESCUE NETWORK INC$100,000
WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MN$80,000
THE BITTY KITTY BRIGADE$80,000
THIS OLD HORSE$50,000
MY VERY OWN BED$17,500
CORNER OF KINDNESS$12,000
02The need
03

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 (FY25–25, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%THIS OLD HORSE: $50k → 6%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.
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 8 repeat orgs$509k to everyone else

8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
8

Total granted

$1.4M
$359k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+4%
+12%

Still filing today

75%
38%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
AnimalsRecreation & SportsCrime & LegalHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesEducationOther
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

  • IT
    INNERCITY TENNIS FOUNDATION
    4× · 2022–2025 · $400k · revenue +4%
  • RN
    RESCUE NETWORK INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $370k · revenue +440%
  • BK
    BITTY KITTY BRIGADE
    3× · 2023–2025 · $202k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $100k · revenue +12%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF ROSEVILLE HARRIET ALEXANDER NATURE CENTER INC
    one grant, 2022 · $50k
  • TR
    THE RAPTOR CENTER
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
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.

1
Animal Humane Society

Animal Humane Society (AHS) established in 1878 and incorporated as a nonprofit charitable organization in 1891 works to engage the hearts, hands, and minds of the community to help animals. AHS's vision is to compassionately and…

Animals
2
Rescue Crew Inc

We save the lives of companion animals in need -- including those who are homeless abandoned neglected or at risk. Through compassion kindness and care we help them heal and thrive ultimately becoming cherished family members in loving…

Animals
3
Ruff Start Rescue Inc

Ruff start rescue is dedicated to saving the lives of animals in need. we improve animal welfare in communities through adoption, education, and providing resources for people and pets.

Animals
4
Lacrescent Animal Rescue Inc

Established in 2005, La Crescent Animal Rescue (LAR) is an all-volunteer, non-profit 501(c) 3 organization dedicated to the protection and welfare of animals in La Crescent, Minnesota. Our rescue shelter depends solely on the support and…

Animals
5
Pet Haven Inc of Minnesota

Pet haven rescues and re-homes cats and dogs, spays and neuters to reduce over population, promotes companion animal welfare, and advocates on behalf of companion animals.

Animals
6
Tri-County Humane Society

We believe in the human-animal bond and exist to support the animals and people of central minnesota by practicing and promoting quality animal care, offering compassionate customer service, and providing humane education.

Animals
7
Friends of Animal Adoptions Inc

Friends of animal adoptions, inc. (the organization), is a minnesota non- profit organization whose mission is to prevent cruelty to animals; provide shelter, emergency and other medical care; and to find good adoptive homes for cats,…

Animals
8
Great River Rescue

Operation of an animal shelter for unwanted and abandoned animals, community education to encourage humane treatment and responsible ownership.

Animals
9
Retrieve a Golden of Minnesota (Ragom) Inc

Retrieve a golden of the midwest (ragom) rescues, fosters, and rehomes golden retrievers and golden mixes that can no longer remain in their current environments. the organization ensures each dog receives necessary veterinary care and…

Animals
10
Animal Humane Society Veterinary Centers Pc

Provide wellness and spay/neuter services at reduced cost for people in need.

Community Improvement
11
Minn-Kota Paaws People Advocating Animal Welfare Services

To offer financial assistance to individuals to aid them in spaying/neuter companion animals and to decrease the number of animals euthanized at local pounds.

Animals
12
Raskels Rescue
Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Red Lake Rosie's Rescue Inc; the most unlike its peers is Simpson Housing Services Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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 18 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
8/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

RESCUE NETWORK INC: $370,000 · AnimalsRESCUE NETWORK INCBITTY KITTY BRIGADE: $202,000 · AnimalsBITTY KITTY BRIGADEMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION: $100,000 · AnimalsMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATIONCORNER OF KINDNESS INC: $62,000 · AnimalsCORNER OF KINDNESS INCRED LAKE ROSIE'S RESCUE INC: $50,000 · AnimalsRED LAKE ROSIE'S RESCUE INCCOCO'S HEART DOG RESCUE: $50,000 · AnimalsCOCO'S HEART DOG RESCUEWILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MN: $230,000 · OtherWILDLIFE REHABILITATION CE…SIMPSON HOUSING SERVICES INC: $65,000 · OtherSIMPSON HOUSING SERVICES I…FRIENDS OF ROSEVILLE HARRIET ALEXANDER NATURE CENTER INC: $50,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF ROSEVILLE HARRI…THE RAPTOR CENTER: $50,000 · OtherTHE RAPTOR CENTERTHE CREW: $40,000 · OtherTHE CREW+2 more: $19,000 · OtherINNERCITY TENNIS FOUNDATION: $400,000 · Recreation & SportsINNERCITY TENNIS FOUNDA…UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $100,000 · EducationMy Very Own Bed: $64,500 · Housing & ShelterTHIS OLD HORSE INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE: $40,000 · Crime & Legal
Animals$834,000Other$454,000Recreation & Sports$400,000Education$100,000Housing & Shelter$64,500Human Services$50,000Crime & Legal$40,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetINNERCITY TENNIS FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetRESCUE NETWORK INC: $370,000 over 5y, 15% of budgetBITTY KITTY BRIGADE: $202,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIMPSON HOUSING SERVICES INC: $65,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMy Very Own Bed: $64,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTHIS OLD HORSE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetRED LAKE ROSIE'S RESCUE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetCOCO'S HEART DOG RESCUE: $50,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE: $40,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Mightycause Charitabl…Ch Robinson Worldwide…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Land O'Lakes Foundati…The Minneapolis Found…The Blackbaud Giving …American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Mightycause Charitable FoundationFL17.7× affinity7 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Land O'Lakes Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Ocora Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ocora Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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 Ocora Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Ocora 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 18 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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