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Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund

The mission of the organization is to support the cancer community in minnesota by funding research, prevention, treatment and community outreach programs relating to cancer.

$1.4M
Granted FY2026(still arriving)
8
Grants FY2026
9
Organizations funded FY2025
11%
First-time grantees FY2025
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Median grant, FY2026
$15,000
Largest grant, FY2026
$1,272,356
Organizations funded a year
7 to 10
FY2019 to FY2025
States reached, FY2026
1
Total assets, FY2026
$254k

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2025, 11% of the organizations Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k 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
HealthEducationPhilanthropyHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2026still arriving8$1.4M13%
FY20259$1.2M11%
FY20249$1.1M0%
FY20238$997k25%
FY20227$708k14%
FY20218$449k13%
FY202010$968k30%
FY20199$827k33%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$7.8MFood & Nutrition$174kPublic Safety & Disaster$83kPhilanthropy$70kHuman Services$45kRecreation & Sports$33k

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Minnesota Foundation$7,117,1639n/a
University of Minnesota Foundation$830,52010%
Minnesota Firefighters Foundation$199,0004n/a
Ja Wedum Foundation$121,18870%
Indy Foundation$119,971713%
Fairview Foundation$88,30041%
Camp Kesem National$80,80280%
Camp Breakaway$78,350486%
Priceless 4 Purpose$70,0005n/a
Crescent Cove$63,80642%
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All grantees of Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Minnesota Foundation$7,117,1639n/a
University of Minnesota Foundation$830,52010%
Minnesota Firefighters Foundation$199,0004n/a
Ja Wedum Foundation$121,18870%
Indy Foundation$119,971713%
Fairview Foundation$88,30041%
Camp Kesem National$80,80280%
Camp Breakaway$78,350486%
Priceless 4 Purpose$70,0005n/a
Crescent Cove$63,80642%
Centracare Health System$57,37930%
Healthpartners Institute$55,71720%
Children's Health Care Foundation$53,25720%
Breast Cancer Education Association$51,625713%
Open Arms of Minnesota$50,00021%
Innovative Blood Resources$38,50020%
Camp Quality USA Inc$33,0001n/a
Healthpartners Inc$30,50020%
Angel Foundation$29,50040%
Quiet Oaks$28,00021%
Allina Health Foundation$26,85520%
Sanford Group Return$25,00010%
Avera Marshall$25,00010%
Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute$24,08310%
True Friends$15,00010%
VraniCURE$11,3751n/a
Firefly Sisterhood$9,72523%
Kick Cancer to the Curb Mille Lacs Count$5,00016%

Where it is load-bearing

Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 23 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $830,520 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetJa Wedum Foundation: $121,188 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetIndy Foundation: $119,971 over 7y, 13% of budgetFairview Foundation: $88,300 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetCamp Kesem National: $80,802 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Breakaway: $78,350 over 4y, 86% of budgetCrescent Cove: $63,806 over 4y, 1.7% of budgetCentracare Health System: $57,379 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHealthpartners Institute: $55,717 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Health Care Foundation: $53,257 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBreast Cancer Education Association: $51,625 over 7y, 13% of budgetOpen Arms of Minnesota: $50,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetInnovative Blood Resources: $38,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHealthpartners Inc: $30,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAngel Foundation: $29,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetQuiet Oaks: $28,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAllina Health Foundation: $26,855 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSanford Group Return: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAvera Marshall: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHennepin Healthcare Research Institute: $24,083 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTrue Friends: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFirefly Sisterhood: $9,725 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetKick Cancer to the Curb Mille Lacs Count: $5,000 over 1y, 6.5% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 23.

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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.

Mightycause Charitabl…Xcel Energy FoundationThe Graco FoundationCh Robinson Worldwide…Otto Bremer TrustThe Richard M Schulze…Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Mightycause Charitable FoundationFL16.9× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Graco Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · 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.

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About Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund

How much does Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund give?
Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund reported 8 grants totaling $1,406,487 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
What does Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Health (95%), Food & Nutrition (2%), Public Safety & Disaster (1%).
Who are Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: University of Minnesota Foundation ($7.1M), University of Minnesota Foundation ($831k), Minnesota Firefighters Foundation ($199k).
Does Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund fund new organizations?
In FY2025, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mightycause Charitable Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation, The Graco Foundation.
Where is Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund based?
Randy Shaver Cancer Research and Community Fund is based in MN.

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 e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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