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Pfeiffer Family Foundation at a glance

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Pfeiffer 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.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
18
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$500k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Education$570kHuman Services$340kHealth$281kRecreation & Sports$109kPublic Benefit$25kFood & Nutrition$24kArts & Culture$12kHousing & Shelter$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 18 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k6 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $107k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $600k
  • $250k+1 grant · $500k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Northern State University Foundation$500,000
Inadcure Foundation Inc$200,000
Aberdeen Area Veterans inc$200,000
Raise The Barr$100,000
Media Ladies Conquering Cancer$50,000
Aberdeen Hockey Association$50,000
Aberdeen Catholic School System$36,605
Raise The Barr$25,000
Old Cronies$15,000
Make-A-Wish South Dakota & Montana$10,800
Academic Athletic Oportunities$10,000
The Michelle Young Foundation$10,000
Gopher Wrestling Club$5,000
Individual grant recipient$4,000
Northern State University Foundation$3,400
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 (FY24–25, $140k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Raise The Barr: $100k → 14%Raise The Barr: $25k → 14%Raise The Barr: $15k → 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.
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.

14%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$192k · 4 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +41% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

4 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
12

Total granted

$192k
$125k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+7%

Still filing today

50%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 13% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.1M went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
Public BenefitHealthHuman ServicesEmploymentRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • RT
    RAISE THE BARR
    2× · 2024–2025 · $140k · revenue +41%
  • OC
    OLD CRONIES INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $25k
  • MF
    MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA & MONTANA
    2× · 2024–2025 · $21k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • AP
    Aberdeen Public School District
    one grant, 2024 · $24k
  • FT
    First Tee Program
    one grant, 2024 · $20k
  • S
    SDSU
    one grant, 2024 · $18k
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
Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce

To champion the economic health and vitality of our community and the greater Aberdeen area while serving as the premier advocate for our members.

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2
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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3
Bismarck State College Foundation

Engage in those activities which support and assist in the development and advancement of Bismarck State College.

Education
4
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
5
Dubuque Area Convention and Visitors Bureau

The Dubuque Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) will lead tourism destination promotion and development to enhance and expand the Dubuque Area experience.

Community Improvement
6
Mankato Area Foundation

The Mankato Area Foundation is a trusted resource that connects donors with causes they care about, provides funding to enhance our region and serves as a collaborative community partner.

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7
Keystone Community Services

To strengthen the capacity of individuals and families to improve their quality of life.

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8
North Dakota State University Foundation

Building enduring relationships that maximize advocacy and philanthropy to support North Dakota State University.

Education
9
Aberdeen Downtown Association

Creating vitality in the heart of the city.

Community Improvement
10
Aberdeen Development Corporation

Recruit, retain, expand, and provide entrepreneurial support to enhance economic opportunity in Aberdeen and our surrounding region.

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11
Alamance Community College Foundation

The Alamance Community College Foundation exists to aid students with a demonstrated financial need in reaching their educational goals, while supporting the mission of ACC.

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12
Catholic Charities North Dakota

Guided by our values, Catholic Charities North Dakota serves people in need and advocates for the common good of all.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Make-a-Wish Foundation of South Dakota & Montana; the most unlike its peers is Gopher Wrestling Club. 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

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 29 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)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
5/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Northern State University Foundation: $503,400 · OtherNorthern State University FoundationAberdeen Hockey Association: $50,000 · OtherAberdeen Hockey AssociationABERDEEN CATHOLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS: $36,605 · Other+19 more: $186,900 · Other+19 moreINADCURE FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 · HealthINADCURE FOUNDATION …MEDIA LADIES CONQUERING CANCER INC: $50,000 · HealthMEDIA LADIES CONQUER…Aberdeen Area Veterans Inc: $200,000 · Public BenefitAberdeen Area Ve…+1 more: $5,000 · Public BenefitRAISE THE BARR: $140,000 · Human ServicesRAISE THE B…Aspire Inc: $10,000 · EmploymentBROWN COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$776,905Health$250,000Public Benefit$205,000Human Services$140,000Employment$10,000Recreation & Sports$8,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNorthern State University Foundation: $503,400 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetINADCURE FOUNDATION INC: $200,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetRAISE THE BARR: $140,000 over 2y, 6.4% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF SOUTH DAKOTA & MONTANA: $21,300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetAspire Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBROWN COUNTY FAIR FOUNDATION INC: $8,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetVETERANS COMMUNITY PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAberdeen Area Community Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetGopher Wrestling Club: $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ABERDEEN AREA INC: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSafe Harbor: $600 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMOCCASIN CREEK COUNTRY CLUB: $500 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.

South Dakota Communit…First Interstate Banc…Midcontinent Foundati…Avera HealthSanford Group ReturnThe Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
South Dakota Community FoundationSD17.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: South Dakota Community Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Midcontinent Foundation · Avera Health · Sanford Group Return · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · 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 Pfeiffer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Pfeiffer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 29 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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