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Olga B Hart Education Foundation at a glance

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Olga B Hart Education 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.

$220k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.3MReligion$472kRecreation & Sports$155kHealth$54kHuman Services$36kYouth Development$27kPublic Benefit$21kEmployment$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $169k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCSU Foundation$25,000
U of M Foundation Baseball$25,000
Luther Seminary$25,000
LCMS MN So Dist$25,000
So St Paul Ed Fd$18,000
Dollars For Scholars$15,000
St Paul Public Schools$14,000
Ebenezer Foundation$12,000
Peace In Christ Lutheran Church$10,000
Ascension Catholic Academy$9,000
U of M Torske Klubben$9,000
Camp Omega$6,500
Trinity Lone Oak School$6,500
MN Adult Teen Challenge$6,000
Duluth Choice Unlimited$6,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 76% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%So St Paul Ed Fd: $18k → 6%Dollars For Scholars: $15k → 10%University of Minnesota Found: $32k → 11%SCSU Foundation: $32k → 11%So St Paul Ed Fd: $18k → 6%Dollars for Scholars: $15k → 10%University of Minnesota Found: $32k → 11%SCSU Foundation: $32k → 11%So St Paul Ed Fd: $18k → 6%Dollars for Scholars: $15k → 10%University of Minnesota Found: $32k → 11%SCSU Foundation: $32k → 11%So St Paul Education Found: $15k → 6%Dollars for Scholars: $15k → 10%University of Minnesota: $25k → 11%SCSU Foundation: $25k → 11%So St Paul Ed Fd: $15k → 6%Dollars For Scholars: $15k → 10%U of M Foundation Baseball: $25k → 11%SCSU Foundation: $25k → 11%So St Paul Education Found: $15k → 6%Dollars For Scholars: $15k → 10%U of M Foundation Baseball: $25k → 11%SCSU Foundation: $25k → 11%U of M Foundation Baseball: $25k → 11%SCSU Foundation: $25k → 11%U of M Foundation Baseball: $25k → 11%SCSU Foundation: $25k → 11%U of M Foundation Baseball: $25k → 11%SCSU Foundation: $25k → 11%Luther Seminary: $32k → 14%Luther Seminary: $32k → 14%Luther Seminary: $32k → 14%Luther Seminary: $25k → 14%LCMS Minnesota South District: $32k → 6%Luther Seminary: $25k → 14%LCMS Minnesota South District: $32k → 6%Luther Seminary: $25k → 14%LCMS Minnesota South District: $32k → 6%Luther Seminary: $25k → 14%LCMS MN So Dist: $25k → 6%Luther Seminary: $25k → 14%LCMS MN So Dist: $25k → 6%Luther Seminary: $25k → 14%LCMS MN So Dist: $25k → 6%LCMS MN So Dist: $25k → 6%LCMS Minnesota South District: $25k → 6%LCMS MN So Dist: $25k → 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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 35 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +56% since the first grant, against +50% for those funded once.

35 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2025, 18 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

35
4

Total granted

$2.0M
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+56%
+50%

Still filing today

23%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHealthEmploymentHousing & ShelterReligionOther
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

  • SS
    SOUTH ST PAUL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    4× · 2017–2020 · $60k · revenue +57%
  • SO
    ST OLAF COLLEGE
    7× · 2017–2023 · $33k · revenue +56%
  • SH
    SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2018–2020 · $30k · revenue +3%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of St Thomasgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $12k · revenue +49%
  • ES
    Edison Schol Mem Fd
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
  • MA
    MINNEHAHA ACADEMYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +50%
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
Minnesota State College Southeast Foundation

Minnesota state college southeast foundation assists the college in achieving excellence in technical education for employment by developing financial and community resources for students, employers, and communities within our service area.

Education
2
Augsburg University

Augsburg university educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its…

Education
3
Union College

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.

Education
4
Minnesota State University Student Association Inc

Led by minnesota state university students, we are the inclusive voice for all future, current, and former students. we actively work to represent and support minnesota state university students and advocate at a campus, state, and federal…

Education
5
Southwestern Christian University

Scu is a christ-centered liberal arts institution equipping students for a life of learning, leadership, and service; integrating faith, learning, and living; and empowering graduates to excel and to positively impact their world for jesus…

Education
6
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
7
Ecumen

We empower individuals and families to confidently navigate aging so that it is a purposeful journey filled with dignity and support.

—
8
Southwest Minnesota Christian Schools

Rooted in christ, southwest minnesota christian schools cultivates the faith and knowledge of students, so they will grow in wisdom through the spirit and bear fruit in the world to the glory of god. (psalm 1:1-3)

—
9
North Central University

North central university is a christian university with a commitment to academic excellence.

Education
10
Minnesota Council on Foundations

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

—
11
St Lukes Lutheran Care Center

St. luke's lutheran care center provides elderly and handicapped people with housing facilities and services and is specially designed to meet the physical, social, and psychological needs of the residents and to contribute to their…

Human Services
12
Augustana University Association

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.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Minnehaha Academy; the most unlike its peers is Southwest High School Foundation. 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

11 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. 11 of the 39 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
8/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LUTHER SEMINARY: $246,000 · OtherLUTHER SEMINARYSCSU Foundation: $246,000 · OtherSCSU FoundationDollars for Scholars: $129,000 · OtherDollars for ScholarsU of M Foundation Baseball: $125,000 · OtherU of M Foundation BaseballLCMS MN So Dist: $125,000 · OtherLCMS MN So DistLCMS Minnesota South District: $121,000 · OtherLCMS Minnesota South DistrictSAINT PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $104,000 · OtherSAINT PAUL PUBLIC SCHOOLSUniversity of Minnesota Found: $103,000 · OtherUniversity of Minnesota FoundEbenezer Foundation: $81,000 · OtherSo St Paul Ed Fd: $81,000 · Other+20 more: $510,750 · Other+20 moreSOUTH ST PAUL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $60,000 · EducationST OLAF COLLEGE: $32,500 · EducationUniversity of St Thomas: $12,000 · Education+1 more: $2,750 · EducationEbenezer Society Foundation: $36,000 · HealthMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $13,500 · HealthCHOICE UNLIMITED: $19,500 · EmploymentMSL NORTHLAND OF DULUTH MINNESOTA: $6,000 · ReligionNORMANDALE HOUSING CORPORATION: $2,500 · Housing & Shelter
Other$1,871,750Education$107,250Health$49,500Employment$19,500Religion$6,000Housing & Shelter$2,500

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 budgetSOUTH ST PAUL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetUDAC INC: $40,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetEbenezer Society Foundation: $36,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetST OLAF COLLEGE: $32,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetCHOICE UNLIMITED: $19,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $13,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMSL NORTHLAND OF DULUTH MINNESOTA: $6,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetMINNEHAHA ACADEMY: $2,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORMANDALE HOUSING CORPORATION: $2,500 over 1y, 1.3% 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 SOUTH ST PAUL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UDAC INC ↗
  • Who funds Ebenezer Society Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ST OLAF COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHOICE UNLIMITED ↗
  • Who funds Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc ↗
  • Who funds University of St Thomas ↗
  • Who funds MSL NORTHLAND OF DULUTH MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds MINNEHAHA ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds NORMANDALE HOUSING CORPORATION ↗

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.

Saint Paul & Minnesot…Otto Bremer TrustThe Minneapolis Found…Thrivent Charitable I…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN20.5× affinity8 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Olga B Hart Education Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Olga B Hart Education Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%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 · 0–10%
    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.

    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 39 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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