· Private foundation
Patrick and Colleen Bollom Charitable Tr
Its FY2024 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, FY2022 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k9 grants · $24k
- $10k–50k8 grants · $173k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $300k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE | $100,000 |
| SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| CONSTELLATION FUND | $50,000 |
| SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| HILL-MURRAY FOUNDATION | $32,500 |
| CENTER FOR ACTION & CONTEMPLATION | $25,000 |
| CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA | $25,000 |
| SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| ASCENSION CATHOLIC ACADEMY | $25,000 |
| HILL-MURRAY FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| OSSEO-FAIRCHILD SCHOOL DISTRICT | $15,000 |
| ST PAUL'S MONASTERY | $10,000 |
| CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE | $8,500 |
| BETHANY CENTER FOR PRAYER | $3,600 |
| FRONTSTREAM GLOBAL FUND | $2,500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
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 +60% since the first grant, against +1% for those funded once.
7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $169k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCSCOE2× · 2022–2023 · $199k
- TCThe Constellation Fund3× · 2022–2024 · $110k · revenue +60%
- HFHILL-MURRAY FOUNDATION3× · 2022–2024 · $103k
Funded once
- NONATIVITY OF OUR LORDone grant, 2023 · $50k
HOMEBOY INDUSTRIESone grant, 2022 · $50k · revenue +1%- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2022 · $4k
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.
MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.
Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.
Enhancing and strengthening our community and our regional core.
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…
The foundation cultivates generosity by taking action on the greatest civic, social, and economic needs partnering with nonprofits, facilitating grantmaking, driving research and advocacy, and providing services to donors seeking to make a…
At Catholic Charities, we focus our efforts around three core pillars: Food Access, Mental Health and Housing. Guided by our mission - to serve and enhance human dignity for all people - we provide essential services and foster a sense of…
Minnesota fringe connects adventurous artists with adventurous audiences by creating open, supportive forums for free and diverse artistic expression.
United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.
Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota
To create an extraordinary downtown minneapolis, applying the core values of leadership, collaboration, advocacy and innovation.
Ensure camp fire minnesota's strong future. with nature as the catalyst, camp fire minnesota energizes youth to discover their spark so their futures glow brighter.
The minnesota state fair foundation's mission is to preserve and improve the historic minnesota state fairgrounds and support state fair programs and projects in agriculture, arts & culture, education, the environment, and history.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 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.
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 SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds The Constellation Fund ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (CSCOE) ↗
- Who funds HOMEBOY INDUSTRIES ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA ↗
- Who funds CENTER FOR ACTION AND CONTEMPLATION ↗
- Who funds FRONTSTREAM GLOBAL FUND ↗
- Who funds THE HISTORY THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds THE BASILICA LANDMARK ↗
- Who funds MinnPost ↗
- Who funds CIRCUS OF THE STAR ↗
- Who funds NORTH COUNTRY TRAIL ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN LIGHTS MUSIC FESTIVAL ↗
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: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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 Patrick and Colleen Bollom Charitable Tr funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Patrick and Colleen Bollom Charitable Tr. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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