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Philanthrofund Foundation Inc

Pfund foundation builds equity with lgbtq+ communities across the upper midwest by providing grants and scholarships, developing leaders, and inspiring giving.

$2.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
55
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$295k
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, FY2024 to 2025.

Health$761kCommunity Improvement$751kHuman Services$113kCivil Rights$104kEducation$83kCrime & Legal$68kHousing & Shelter$36kArts & Culture$31kOther$0
02FY2025 · 55 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 55 grants below total $1,693,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $2,032,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $339,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k8 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k43 grants · $762k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $580k
  • $250k+1 grant · $295k
$15,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$3.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILY TREE CLINIC$295,000
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW$238,000
CHILDREN'S MINNESOTA$237,000
THE ALIVENESS PROJECT$105,000
RECLAIM$41,000
LGBTQ FAMILY CONNECTIONS CENTER INC$37,000
LAVENDER LEGAL CENTER$31,500
OUTFRONT MINNESOTA$31,000
NIPINET$30,000
CLARE HOUSING$26,000
SECURUS ACCOUNTING SERVICES$25,000
UNITING RESILIENCE$22,000
MISFIT BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU LLC$20,000
RAAN$20,000
IOWA SAFE SCHOOLS$20,000
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 (FY24–25, $175k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%LGBTQ FAMILY CONNECTIONS CENTER INC: $37k → 11%THE TRANSFORMATION PROJECT: $20k → 9%LGBTQ FAMILY CONNECTIONS CENTER INC: $18k → 11%THE TRANSFORMATION PROJECT: $16k → 9%TRANS NORTHLAND: $20k → 15%THE LINK: $10k → 11%FACT: $8k → 15%YOUTH EMPOWERMENT SUPPORT & SAFETY: $8k → 15%TRANSFORMING GENERATIONS: $6k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS: $6k → 11%CLARE HOUSING: $26k → 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.

35%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$704k · 19 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +5% since the first grant, against -13% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 35 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
4

Total granted

$704k
$32k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
-13%

Still filing today

95%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.3M went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
Human ServicesHealthCivil RightsEducationArts & CultureCrime & LegalOther
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

  • UR
    UNITING RESILIENCE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $49k · revenue +12%
  • IS
    IOWA SAFE SCHOOLS
    2× · 2024–2025 · $33k · revenue +0%
  • SB
    SITTING BULL COLLEGE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $31k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • OH
    ONE HEARTLANDgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $16k · revenue +83%
  • RW
    RAINBOW WELLNESS COLLECTIVE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $6k
  • TL
    THE LOST AND FOUND ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue -13%
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
Southwest Minnesota Pride
Civil Rights
2
Outfront Minnesota

Outfront's mission is to create a state where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (lgbtq) people are free to be who they are, love who they love, and live without fear of violence, harassment or discrimination. in our effort to…

Civil Rights
3
Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center Inc

EMPOWERING LGBT PEOPLE, BUILDING STRONG COMMUNITY. NEW YORK CITY'S LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, & TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER EMPOWERS PEOPLE TO LEAD HEALTHY, SUCCESSFUL LIVES. The Center celebrates our community and advocates for justice and…

Human Services
4
Legacy Community Health Services Inc

The mission of legacy community health services is, "driving healthy change in our communities." our vision is, "connecting our communities to health every day, in every way."

Health
5
Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada

The lgbtq+ center of las vegas ("the center") serves as a welcoming system of care and support for lgbtqia+ individuals, families, and allies, advancing its mission through three interconnected pillars: community building, advocacy, and…

Human Services
6
Speakout

The mission of Speak Out is to educate support and connect the LGBTQ community of color through social media engagement mentorship personal empowerment and health awareness.

Human Services
7
Rainbow Health Minnesota

To work for equitable health care access and outcomes for people who experience injustice at the intersection of health status and identity.

Health
8
Quad Cities Pride Alliance

The quad cities pride alliance goal is to unify and serve the lgbtq+ community, raise awareness, nurture our allys, and provide a safe place for everyone to land.

Civil Rights
9
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland Inc

To provide, promote and protect reproductive and sexual health through health services, education and advocacy.

Health
10
Central Valley Gender Health & Wellness
Civil Rights
11
New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project

The new york city gay and lesbian anti-violence project (avp) mission is to empower lgbtq and hiv-affected communities and allies to end all forms of violence through organizing and education, and support survivors through counseling and…

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12
Cascade Aids Project

We promote well-being and advance equity by providing inclusive health and wellness services for lgbtq+ people, people affected by hiv, and all those seeking compassionate care.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Gender Justice; the most unlike its peers is Uniting Resilience. 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

38 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. 38 of the 59 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/38
Grantees still filing
20/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Family Tree Inc: $295,000 · HealthFamily Tree IncFairview Health Services: $238,000 · HealthFairview Health ServicesCHILDREN'S HEALTH CARE: $237,000 · HealthCHILDREN'S HEALTH CARERECLAIM: $51,000 · HealthRECLAIM+3 more: $35,500 · HealthALIVENESS PROJECT INC: $125,000 · OtherALIVENESS PROJECT INCSITTING BULL COLLEGE: $31,000 · OtherOUTFRONT MINNESOTA COMMUNITY SERVICES: $31,000 · OtherNIPINET: $30,000 · OtherLGBT Center of SE Wisconsin: $29,000 · OtherSECURUS ACCOUNTING SERVICES: $25,000 · Other+25 more: $365,000 · Other+25 moreFamily Connections Center Inc: $55,000 · Human ServicesFamily Conn…TRANSFORMATION PROJECT INC: $35,500 · Human ServicesTRANSFORMAT…CLARE HOUSING: $26,000 · Human ServicesCLARE HOUSI…PRIDE COLLECTIVE & COMMUNITY CENTER: $24,000 · Human ServicesPRIDE COLLE…Trans Northland: $20,000 · Human ServicesTrans North…FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER: $16,000 · Human ServicesFAMILIES AN…THE LINK: $10,000 · Human Services+2 more: $12,000 · Human Services+2 moreUNITING RESILIENCE: $49,000 · EducationIOWA SAFE SCHOOLS: $32,500 · EducationGAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE FOR SAFE SCHOOLS INCORPORATED: $20,000 · EducationSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $10,000 · EducationNORTH DAKOTA HUMAN RIGHTS COALITION: $48,000 · Civil RightsQUEERSPACE COLLECTIVE: $25,000 · Civil RightsLESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $20,500 · Civil RightsGAY-LESBIAN-BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER PRIDE-T: $11,000 · Civil RightsLavender Legal Center: $67,500 · Crime & LegalGENDER JUSTICE: $5,500 · Crime & LegalPUBLIC SPACE ONE: $25,000 · Arts & CultureTELLING QUEER HISTORY: $6,000 · Arts & Culture
Health$856,500Other$636,000Human Services$198,500Education$111,500Civil Rights$104,500Crime & Legal$73,000Arts & Culture$31,000

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 budgetALIVENESS PROJECT INC: $125,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetLavender Legal Center: $67,500 over 2y, 30% of budgetFamily Connections Center Inc: $55,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetRECLAIM: $51,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetUNITING RESILIENCE: $49,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetTRANSFORMATION PROJECT INC: $35,500 over 2y, 7.8% of budgetIOWA SAFE SCHOOLS: $32,500 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSITTING BULL COLLEGE: $31,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLGBT Center of SE Wisconsin: $29,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetCLARE HOUSING: $26,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetPUBLIC SPACE ONE: $25,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetQUEERSPACE COLLECTIVE: $25,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetLESBIAN GAY BISEXUAL TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY CENTER OF THE CHIPPEWA VALLEY: $20,500 over 2y, 12% of budgetTrans Northland: $20,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetPhiladelphia Community Farm Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetGAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE FOR SAFE SCHOOLS INCORPORATED: $20,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetFAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TOGETHER: $16,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetONE HEARTLAND: $15,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetADVOCATES FOR REPRODUCTIVE EDUCATION: $14,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAVENUES FOR YOUTH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLongfellow Community Council: $9,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTELLING QUEER HISTORY: $6,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetRAINBOW WELLNESS COLLECTIVE INC: $5,500 over 1y, 9.3% of budgetTHE LOST AND FOUND ASSOCIATION: $5,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGENDER JUSTICE: $5,500 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Saint Paul & Minnesot…Women's Foundation of…The Minneapolis Found…Hugh J Andersen Found…Headwaters Foundation…Xcel Energy FoundationOtto Bremer TrustMightycause Charitabl…The K FoundationMinnesota Fighting AI…The Bush FoundationYouthprise
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN30.5× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Women's Foundation of Minnesota · The Minneapolis Foundation · Hugh J Andersen Foundation · Headwaters Foundation for Justice · Xcel Energy Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The K Foundation · Minnesota Fighting AIDS on Bikes · The Bush Foundation · Youthprise

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 Philanthrofund Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Philanthrofund Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report 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 59 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 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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