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Prime Together Foundation

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.

$126k
Granted FY2024still arriving
22
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$13k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.

Human Services$181kHealth$159kYouth Development$106kFood & Nutrition$40kHousing & Shelter$25kCivil Rights$22kCrime & Legal$16kAnimals$5kOther$0
02FY2024 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k21 grants · $113k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $13k
$5,250
Median grant
8
States reached
$136k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FREE2LUV$12,600
MATTER$8,400
THE LINK$7,870
LIVING WELL DISABILITY SERVICES$7,870
WORTHDAYS$7,870
ACHIEVE TWIN CITIES$7,870
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$6,560
VIVENT HEALTH INC$6,560
HENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION$6,560
CAN DO CANINES$5,250
FOR THE GIRLS$5,250
OUT YOUTH AUSTIN$5,250
TWLOHA INC$5,250
NORTH POINT HEALTH & WELLNESS CENTER INC$5,250
VEAP INC$5,250
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $162k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FACE TO FACE HEALTH & COUNSELING SERVICE: $13k → 14%CAITLIN'S SMILES INC: $3k → 12%NISHNA PRODUCTIONS: $4k → 13%FREE2LUV: $13k → 9%WORTHDAYS: $8k → 7%FOR THE GIRLS: $5k → 8%GX3 FOUNDATION: $1k → 5%THE LINK: $15k → 11%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $10k → 11%THE LINK: $8k → 11%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $5k → 11%AVIVO: $10k → 11%APPETITE FOR CHANGE: $8k → 11%SEWA - AIFW INC: $54k → 11%HAMMER RESIDENCIES INC: $5k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
WI
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CA
VA
MD
NM
TX
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.

47%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$262k · 9 repeat orgs$300k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
19

Total granted

$262k
$217k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+24%

Still filing today

100%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 33% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $84k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsEducationCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • JP
    JEREMIAH PROGRAM
    2× · 2021–2023 · $65k · revenue +107%
  • HH
    HENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +30%
  • LW
    Living Well Disability Services
    2× · 2023–2024 · $23k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • S
    SEWA-AIFWgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $54k · revenue +92%
  • CE
    CASA ESPERANZA INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -29%
  • CA
    CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF COLLIN COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue +22%
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
Touchstone Mental Health

Touchstone mental health provides innovative, person-centered services that foster hope, health and well-being. we envision a world where all people whose lives are affected by mental illness will flourish with effective treatment, quality…

Human Services
2
Central Minnesota Jobs and Training Services Inc

Strengthen central mn communities through leadership in workforce excellence.

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3
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
4
Cornerhouse

The mission of cornerhouse is to partner with families, communities, and systems - entrusted with the safety of children, youth and vulnerable adults - to reduce trauma and end abuse.

Crime & Legal
5
Nexus-Path Family Healing

Strengthening lives, families, and communities through our cornerstone values.

Human Services
6
Canvas Health Inc

To be a recognized leader in community mental health, respected for our clinical quality, innovation, and adaptation to a rapidly changing health care and social services environment.

Human Services
7
Women's Foundation of Minnesota

Women's Foundation of Minnesota is a statewide community foundation investing in ending systemic inequities and driving innovation for gender and racial justice. WFM applies an Intersectional Equity Framework inclusive of gender, race,…

Philanthropy
8
Connectability of Mn Inc

Connectability of mn, inc. works to advance the independence, productivity, and full citizenship of people experiencing physical or invisible barriers.

—
9
Evolve Adoption & Family Services

To achieve a world where everyone has nurturing, permanent, and supportive familial relationships by providing a full breadth of inclusive, ethical programming in: adoption, foster care, pregnancy support, youth services, cultural support…

Human Services
10
Childs Place

The mission of Childs Place is to listen to children in a safe developmentally sensitive and legally sound manner; to unite professionals in a coordinated response to child abuse; to guide children and families toward healing through…

Human Services
11
Open Cities Health Center Inc

Open Cities Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) whose mission is to provide culturally competent primary and preventive healthcare services to a largely underserved population in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Health
12
Youthprise

Youthprise is a nonprofit intermediary that invests in the future of Minnesota by investing in youth. Youthprise's mission is to increase equity with and for Minnesota's indigenous, low-income, and racially diverse youth.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Connections to Independence; the most unlike its peers is Bear Hug Cattle Co. 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

40 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. 40 of the 43 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
39/40
Grantees still filing
25/40
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SEWA-AIFW: $54,100 · Human ServicesSEWA-AIFWTHE LINK: $22,870 · Human ServicesTHE LINKTHE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $15,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRIDGE FOR YOUTHFace to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc: $12,600 · Human ServicesFace to Face Health and Counseli…FREE2LUV INC: $12,600 · Human ServicesFREE2LUV INCAVIVO: $10,000 · Human ServicesAVIVOAPPETITE FOR CHANGE INC: $8,400 · Human ServicesWORTHDAYS: $7,870 · Human Services+5 more: $18,630 · Human Services+5 moreDAKOTA CHILD AND FAMILY CLINIC: $60,000 · OtherDAKOTA CHILD AND FAMILY CLINICLiving Well Disability Services: $22,870 · OtherLiving Well Disability ServicesCASA ESPERANZA INC: $15,000 · OtherCASA ESPERANZA INCIndividual grant recipient: $8,400 · OtherNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $19,160 · OtherNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSEMATTER: $12,330 · OtherMATTERTC FOOD JUSTICE: $8,400 · Other+7 more: $29,940 · Other+7 moreHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $29,960 · HealthHENNEPIN HEALT…VAIL PLACE: $12,600 · HealthVAIL PLACETUBMAN: $10,000 · HealthTUBMANVIVENT HEALTH INC: $6,560 · HealthVIVENT HEALTH …TWLOHA INC: $5,250 · HealthTWLOHA INCNorthPoint Health and Wellness Center Inc: $5,250 · HealthNorthPoint Hea…JEREMIAH PROGRAM: $65,000 · Housing & ShelterJEREMIAH PROG…ACHIEVE TWIN CITIES: $17,870 · Youth DevelopmentCONNECTIONS TO INDEPENDENCE: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentOut Youth Inc: $9,450 · Youth DevelopmentCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF COLLIN COUNTY INC: $15,000 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INC: $8,400 · Civil RightsEQTX Equality Texas Foundation: $3,930 · Civil RightsMIGIZI Communications Inc: $12,600 · EducationCincinnati Youth Collaborative: $8,400 · EducationBEAR HUG CATTLE CO: $4,200 · Education
Human Services$162,070Other$176,100Health$69,620Housing & Shelter$65,000Youth Development$37,320Civil Rights$27,330Education$25,200

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 budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $65,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetDAKOTA CHILD AND FAMILY CLINIC: $60,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSEWA-AIFW: $54,100 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $29,960 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLiving Well Disability Services: $22,870 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LINK: $22,870 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $19,160 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetACHIEVE TWIN CITIES: $17,870 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCASA ESPERANZA INC: $15,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTHE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $15,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER OF COLLIN COUNTY INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMIGIZI Communications Inc: $12,600 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFace to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc: $12,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetVAIL PLACE: $12,600 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFREE2LUV INC: $12,600 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetMATTER: $12,330 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTIONS TO INDEPENDENCE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTUBMAN: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAVIVO: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOut Youth Inc: $9,450 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTC FOOD JUSTICE: $8,400 over 1y, 5.7% of budgetAPPETITE FOR CHANGE INC: $8,400 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCincinnati Youth Collaborative: $8,400 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $8,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORTHDAYS: $7,870 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetVIVENT HEALTH INC: $6,560 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFor the Girls Inc: $5,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTWLOHA INC: $5,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNorthPoint Health and Wellness Center Inc: $5,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHammer Residences Inc: $5,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCAN DO CANINES: $5,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetVEAP Inc: $5,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Anoka Community Assistance: $4,200 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNISHNA PRODUCTIONS INC: $4,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALIGHT: $3,930 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQTX Equality Texas Foundation: $3,930 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCAITLIN'S SMILES INC: $2,620 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetGX3 FOUNDATION: $1,310 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetCENTER FOR CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT: $1,310 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Otto Bremer TrustThe Minneapolis Found…The Richard M Schulze…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Mightycause Charitabl…Xcel Energy FoundationThe Jamf Nation Globa…The Walser FoundationGreater Twin Cities U…Ch Robinson Worldwide…Andersen Corporate Fo…Fr Bigelow Foundation
Otto Bremer TrustMN31.4× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Jamf Nation Global Foundation · The Walser Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Andersen Corporate Foundation · Fr Bigelow 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 Prime Together Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Prime Together 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%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    13report 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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Prime Together Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Prime Together 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 43 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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