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Paul and Suzanne Hanifl Foundation at a glance

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Paul and Suzanne Hanifl 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.

$290k
Granted FY2025still arriving
23
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$60k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Animals$1.7MEducation$777kArts & Culture$729kReligion$344kPhilanthropy$331kHealth$312kInternational$234kMembership Benefit$152kOther$0
02FY2025 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k14 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $110k
$5,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MINNESOTA NEWS MEDIA INSTITUTE$60,000
MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION$50,000
HENNEPIN THEATRE TRUST$30,000
CHILDREN'S PERFORMING ARTS$25,075
NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC$25,000
GREATER WHITE BEAR LAKE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$20,000
ORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS$15,000
CHILDREN'S THEATER COMPANY$10,000
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF GREATER NAPLES$10,000
DRAGON THEATRICS$7,000
FISHING FOR LIFE$6,000
SOLID GROUND$5,500
DODGE NATURE CENTER$5,000
NAPLES BOTANICAL GARDENS$5,000
PILGRIM HOUSE$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $11k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%PIONEER HOUSE ASSISTED LIVING: $5k → 11%SOLID GROUND: $6k → 14%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
CA
UT
NE
VA
MD
DC
FL
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 30 repeat orgs$849k to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
36

Total granted

$3.5M
$836k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
+41%

Still filing today

77%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentEducationArts & CultureHealthInternationalFood & NutritionOther
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

  • MZ
    MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION
    6× · 2019–2025 · $1.7M · revenue +32%
  • NH
    NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC
    5× · 2021–2025 · $268k · revenue +103%
  • LI
    LAKES INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY
    2× · 2022–2023 · $200k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • LI
    Lakes International Language Academy PTO
    one grant, 2020 · $500k · revenue +19%
  • RW
    ROTARY WORKS FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $152k · revenue +178%
  • MV
    MINNESOTA VALLEY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP
    one grant, 2019 · $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
Conservation International Foundation

Ci works to spotlight and secure the critical benefits that nature provides to humanity.

Environment
2
Minnesota Environmental Partnership

The minnesota environmental partnership is a coalition that strengthens member effectiveness and builds collective power to secure a healthy environment for all minnesotans.

Environment
3
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition
4
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
5
Huron Pines Resource Conservation & Development Council Inc

It is our mission at huron pines to conserve and enhance northern michigan's natural resources to ensure healthy water, protected places and vibrant communities. for alomst 50 years, our work across the forests, lakes and streams of…

Environment
6
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation

This member-supported organization protects and restores iowa's land, water and wildlife for future generations. priorities include permanent land protection, promotion of improved land management and bringing new conservation…

Environment
7
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
8
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc

We safeguard the earth: its people, its plants and animals, and (see schedule o) the natural systems on which all life depends. we work to restore the integrity of the elements that sustain life - air, land, and water - to defend…

Environment
9
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation

To support charitable, plant-based scientific, and educational activities exclusively for the benefit of the minnesota landscape arboretum of the university of minnesota

Environment
10
Natural Resources Foundation of

To protect wisconsin's lands, waters, and wildlife by providing funding, leading partnerships, and connecting all people with nature.

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11
Wild Landscapes Inc

Wild landscapes, inc. (wli) is dedicated to conserving large and connected landscapes globally significant to wildlife and crucial to local communities. our environmental conservation strategy is to empower communities, conservationists,…

Animals
12
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

To sustain, restore, and enhance the nation's fish, wildlife, plants, and habitats.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Naples Botanical Garden Inc; the most unlike its peers is Mgh 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

55 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. 55 of the 72 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/55
Grantees still filing
37/55
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION: $1,662,500 · AnimalsMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATIONLakes International Language Academy PTO: $500,000 · OtherLakes International Language…UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION OF GREATER NAPLES: $191,585 · OtherUNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGR…ROTARY WORKS FOUNDATION INC: $152,455 · OtherROTARY WORKS FOUNDATION INCUNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF LACROSSE WI: $60,000 · OtherMINNESOTA VALLEY UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP: $50,000 · OtherUNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH OF ELGIN: $42,000 · Other+35 more: $170,754 · Other+35 moreCHILDREN'S PERFORMING ARTS: $231,438 · Arts & CultureCHILDREN'S PE…HENNEPIN THEATRE TRUST: $150,000 · Arts & CultureHENNEPIN THEA…ORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $90,000 · Arts & CultureORDWAY CENTER…LAKESHORE PLAYERS INC: $65,000 · Arts & CultureLAKESHORE PLA…+4 more: $32,450 · Arts & Culture+4 moreLAKES INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY: $200,000 · EducationLAKES INTE…MINNESOTA NEWS MEDIA INSTITUTE INC: $90,000 · EducationMINNESOTA …FRIENDS OF WOODSTOCK SCHOOL INC: $68,275 · EducationFRIENDS OF…LILA FOUNDATION: $56,000 · EducationLILA FOUND…+5 more: $29,200 · Education+5 moreGREATER WHITE BEAR LAKE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $331,200 · PhilanthropyFishing For Life: $18,000 · PhilanthropyNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC: $268,000 · HealthADVOCATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Health+5 more: $18,500 · HealthH2O FOR LIFE: $143,500 · InternationalEQUAL AS ONE INC: $20,000 · International+2 more: $1,200 · International
Animals$1,662,500Other$1,166,794Arts & Culture$568,888Education$443,475Philanthropy$349,200Health$306,500International$164,700

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 budgetMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION: $1,662,500 over 6y, 8.0% of budgetGREATER WHITE BEAR LAKE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $331,200 over 6y, 27% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CLINIC INC: $268,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S PERFORMING ARTS: $231,438 over 6y, 11% of budgetLAKES INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY: $200,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetHENNEPIN THEATRE TRUST: $150,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetH2O FOR LIFE: $143,500 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS: $90,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMINNESOTA NEWS MEDIA INSTITUTE INC: $90,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetFRIENDS OF WOODSTOCK SCHOOL INC: $68,275 over 3y, 11% of budgetLAKESHORE PLAYERS INC: $65,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetADVOCATE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAL AS ONE INC: $20,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetFishing For Life: $18,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetNAPLES BOTANICAL GARDEN INC: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWHITE BEAR CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $15,200 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHugo Good Neighbors Food Shelf: $15,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetARTIS-NAPLES INC: $11,750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS IRVINE DODGE NATURE CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBreck School: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWARROAD MEMORIAL ARENA ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetHorses for Mental Health: $10,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetEmerson Academy Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetFLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $7,200 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPIONEER HOUSE ASSISTED LIVING INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetOPERA NAPLES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetREGIONS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Health Partnership Clinic: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE EARTH: $1,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMGH FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetTIMBERLINE FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetWOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE NORTH FORK OF THE SHENANDOAH RIVER INC: $1,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAPLES ST PATRICK FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetC&O CANAL TRUST INC: $779 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNaples Therapeutic Riding Center Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HIGH LINE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHWATCH INSTITUTE INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIONAL ARBOR DAY FOUNDATION: $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN RIVERS INC: $230 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB: $180 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAILS TO TRAILS CONSERVANCY: $150 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

Xcel Energy FoundationOsilas FoundationSaint Paul & Minnesot…Mightycause Charitabl…Greater White Bear La…Hugh J Andersen Found…The Graco FoundationThe Hawkins Family Fo…Nicholson Family Foun…Slaggie Family Founda…Hardenbergh FoundationFred C and Katherine …
Xcel Energy FoundationMN24.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Xcel Energy Foundation · Osilas Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Greater White Bear Lake Community Foundation · Hugh J Andersen Foundation · The Graco Foundation · The Hawkins Family Foundation · Nicholson Family Foundation · Slaggie Family Foundation · Hardenbergh Foundation · Fred C and Katherine B Andersen 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 Paul and Suzanne Hanifl Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Paul and Suzanne Hanifl Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • Naples Botanical Garden Inc: 3% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
15report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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 72 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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