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Onan Family 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.

$298k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$27k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$527kHuman Services$351kYouth Development$181kRecreation & Sports$126kArts & Culture$112kHealth$91kAnimals$60kReligion$57kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $58k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $240k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Pine Technical Community College$27,000
Northwood Technical College$20,000
Christ Community Lutheran School$20,000
Dunwoody College$20,000
Cactus Foothills Little League$15,000
Can Do Canines$15,000
People Responding Social Ministry$15,000
Hennepin County Technical College$13,500
Hope Kids$12,000
Urban Boatbuilders$12,000
Stone Soup Cafe$10,000
Wayzata Sailing Foundation$10,000
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery$10,000
Faiths Lodge$10,000
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Northland$10,000
02The need
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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 (FY20–25, $296k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Duluth Area Family YMCA: $10k → 15%FISH of SanCap: $5k → 11%Minnesota Recovery Connection: $10k → 14%Friends and Co: $10k → 14%Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery: $10k → 11%Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery: $10k → 11%Friends and Co: $10k → 14%Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery: $10k → 11%Friends and Co: $10k → 14%Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery: $8k → 11%Friends and Co: $10k → 14%Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery: $7k → 11%Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery: $6k → 11%YMCA of the North: $10k → 11%YMCA of the North: $5k → 11%Faiths Lodge: $10k → 11%Faith's Lodge: $10k → 11%Faiths Lodge: $10k → 11%Faiths Lodge: $10k → 11%Faith's Lodge: $8k → 11%Faith's Lodge: $8k → 11%People Responding Social Ministry: $15k → 11%People Responding in Social Ministy: $15k → 11%People Responding Social Ministry: $15k → 11%People Responding Social Ministry: $15k → 11%People Responding Social Ministry: $15k → 11%People Responding Social Ministry: $15k → 11%Little Brothers Friends of Elderly: $10k → 11%Little Brothers Friends of the Elde: $10k → 11%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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 36 repeat orgs$184k to everyone else

36 repeat relationships: 28 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
14

Total granted

$1.4M
$149k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+42%

Still filing today

58%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CulturePhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentReligionHealthOther
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

  • PR
    PEOPLE RESPONDING IN SOCIAL MINISTRY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $90k · revenue +3%
  • HI
    HOPEKIDS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $70k · revenue +138%
  • UB
    URBAN BOATBUILDERS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $66k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • DC
    DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGYgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $26k · revenue +42%
  • PT
    Pine Technical and Community Colle
    one grant, 2020 · $26k
  • DF
    Desert Foothills Lutheran Preschool
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
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 Council on Foundations

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

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2
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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3
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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4
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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5
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

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

Philanthropy
6
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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7
Mn Community Measurement

Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.

Health
8
Minnesota Jewish Community Center

The minnesota jcc is dedicated to strengthening our community by providing inclusive programs that inspire personal growth, foster connection, and promote well-being through arts, culture, education, fitness, early childhood, day camp and…

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9
Minneapolis Downtown Council

To create an extraordinary downtown minneapolis, applying the core values of leadership, collaboration, advocacy and innovation.

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10
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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11
Duluth Cross Country Ski Club

Promote health through skiing

Recreation & Sports
12
St Paul Transportation Management Organization

Move minnesota leads the movement for an equitable and sustainable transportation system that puts people first. we are passionate about connecting communities, ending the climate crisis, expanding access to jobs and resources, and…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Charities Review Council; the most unlike its peers is Cactus Foothills Little League. 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

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 53 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
23/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Pine Technical Community College: $113,000 · OtherPine Technical Community CollegeDunwoody College: $106,000 · OtherDunwoody CollegeNorthwood Technical College: $80,000 · OtherNorthwood Technical CollegeCAN DO CANINES: $55,000 · OtherCAN DO CANINESBoys and Girls Club of the Twin Cit: $54,500 · OtherBoys and Girls Club of the Twin CitNORTHWOOD TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $52,000 · OtherNORTHWOOD TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INCHennepin County Technical College: $51,500 · OtherHennepin County Technical CollegeSALVATION ARMY: $40,000 · OtherStages Theatre Co: $32,000 · OtherPark Avenue Foundation: $30,000 · Other+24 more: $283,000 · Other+24 morePEOPLE RESPONDING IN SOCIAL MINISTRY: $90,000 · Human ServicesPEOPLE RESPONDING IN …Friends & Co: $60,000 · Human ServicesFriends & CoCHILD LOSS FOUNDATION: $55,000 · Human ServicesCHILD LOSS FOUNDATIONGREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $51,000 · Human ServicesGREATER MINNEAPOLIS C…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH: $15,000 · Human ServicesMinnesota Recovery Connection: $10,000 · Human ServicesDULUTH AREA FAMILY YMCA: $10,000 · Human Services+1 more: $5,000 · Human ServicesVASALOPPET INC: $52,000 · PhilanthropyWAYZATA SAILING FOUNDATION: $50,000 · PhilanthropyCHARITIES REVIEW COUNCIL: $6,000 · PhilanthropyURBAN BOATBUILDERS INC: $66,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $27,000 · Arts & CultureThe Minnesota Opera: $21,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $17,500 · Arts & CultureWALKER ART CENTER: $14,000 · Arts & CultureHOPEKIDS INC: $70,000 · HealthYOUTH MINISTRY CONSULTANTS: $32,500 · Religion
Other$897,000Human Services$296,000Philanthropy$108,000Youth Development$96,000Arts & Culture$79,500Health$70,000Religion$32,500

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 budgetPEOPLE RESPONDING IN SOCIAL MINISTRY: $90,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetHOPEKIDS INC: $70,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetURBAN BOATBUILDERS INC: $66,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetFriends & Co: $60,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetCAN DO CANINES: $55,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCHILD LOSS FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetVASALOPPET INC: $52,000 over 6y, 9.3% of budgetNORTHWOOD TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $52,000 over 2y, 7.7% of budgetGREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $51,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWAYZATA SAILING FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 6y, 1.7% of budgetYOUTH MINISTRY CONSULTANTS: $32,500 over 5y, 5.1% of budgetBOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH: $30,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $27,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY: $26,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Minnesota Opera: $21,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCACTUS FOOTHILLS LITTLE LEAGUE: $15,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetWALKER ART CENTER: $14,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLAKES AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $14,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Alano Society of Minneapolis Inc: $11,000 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetINTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Recovery Connection: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDULUTH AREA FAMILY YMCA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS SAILING CENTER: $9,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetCHARITIES REVIEW COUNCIL: $6,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetDOGS FOR THE DEAF INC DBA DOGS FOR BETTER LIVES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFISH OF SANIBEL-CAPTIVA INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE EDINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% 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 PEOPLE RESPONDING IN SOCIAL MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds HOPEKIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN BOATBUILDERS INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends & Co ↗
  • Who funds CAN DO CANINES ↗
  • Who funds CHILD LOSS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VASALOPPET INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWOOD TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY ↗
  • Who funds WAYZATA SAILING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH MINISTRY CONSULTANTS ↗
  • Who funds BOYS' CLUB OF DULUTH ↗
  • Who funds MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS ↗
  • Who funds DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds The Minnesota Opera ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH ↗
  • Who funds CACTUS FOOTHILLS LITTLE LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds WALKER ART CENTER ↗
  • Who funds LAKES AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds The Alano Society of Minneapolis Inc ↗
  • Who funds INTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds Minnesota Recovery Connection ↗

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…Mightycause Charitabl…Otto Bremer TrustThe Richard M Schulze…Fred C and Katherine …Mardag FoundationXcel Energy FoundationThe Minneapolis Found…CommunitygivingHardenbergh FoundationTarget FoundationThe K Foundation
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN23.3× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · Mardag Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Communitygiving · Hardenbergh Foundation · Target Foundation · The K 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 Onan Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Onan Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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

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    How do I get to Onan Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Onan Family 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 53 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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