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Richard Bury Foundation Inc at a glance

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Richard Bury Foundation Inc

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.

$109k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$41k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$151kHuman Services$135kCrime & Legal$117kAnimals$44kHealth$18kPhilanthropy$7kEducation$6kEnvironment$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $95k
$7,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$519k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH$41,000
HIM4HER MINISTRIES$30,000
LAKE AREA DISCOVERY CENTER$13,000
COMMUNITY GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH$11,000
Individual grant recipient$7,500
HOPE CHEST FOR BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION$2,000
ONE COMMUNITY TABLE FLORIDA$2,000
TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$1,000
EDINA REALTY FOUNDATION$1,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–23, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%THIS OLD HORSE: $500 → 6%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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$453k · 12 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +5% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
14

Total granted

$453k
$33k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+5%
0%

Still filing today

42%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthAnimalsPhilanthropyEducationReligionFood & 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

  • LA
    Lake Area Discovery Center
    5× · 2021–2025 · $91k · revenue +57%
  • TB
    THE BOND BETWEEN
    5× · 2020–2024 · $43k · revenue +113%
  • ER
    EDINA REALTY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2025 · $7k · revenue +5%

Funded once

  • CW
    CHASES WARRIOR FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0% · 27% of their budget
  • CO
    Community of Recovering Peoplegraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue +32%
  • RC
    RED CEDAR LAKES ASSOCIATION INC
    one grant, 2021 · $5k · revenue -55%
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
Mercy House Minneapolis
Human Services
2
Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors Foundation Inc
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3
Lacrescent Animal Rescue Inc

Established in 2005, La Crescent Animal Rescue (LAR) is an all-volunteer, non-profit 501(c) 3 organization dedicated to the protection and welfare of animals in La Crescent, Minnesota. Our rescue shelter depends solely on the support and…

Animals
4
Minnesota Bridge to Freedom
Health
5
Healing Hearts Rescue

Healing Hearts Rescue is a volunteer-based non-profit dog rescue located in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. We are dedicated to changing the lives of animals through healing and finding them safe homes. We are 100% funded through…

Animals
6
Rescue Crew Inc

We save the lives of companion animals in need -- including those who are homeless abandoned neglected or at risk. Through compassion kindness and care we help them heal and thrive ultimately becoming cherished family members in loving…

Animals
7
Rabbit Rescue of Mn

Rescue and place domestic rabbits.

Animals
8
Headwaters Animal Shelter

Our Mission: To improve the quality of life for companion animals. We are dedicated to accomplishing our mission by: Aiding in the return of lost or stolen companion animals to their rightful owners, and securing suitable homes for…

Animals
9
Adopt a Husky Minnesota

To rescue, rehabilitate & re-home dogs, with an emphasis on siberian huskies.

Animals
10
Tri-County Humane Society

We believe in the human-animal bond and exist to support the animals and people of central minnesota by practicing and promoting quality animal care, offering compassionate customer service, and providing humane education.

Animals
11
Minnesota Pit Bull Rescue

Rehome dogs from animal control

Animals
12
All Dog Rescue

All Dog Rescue is dedicated to finding life-long homes for rescued dogs. We accept dogs from shelters and relinquishing owners, thoroughly evaluate them in volunteer foster homes, and then help families select the right dog for their home.…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is This Old Horse Inc; the most unlike its peers is Edina Realty 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

15 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. 15 of the 27 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
7/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH: $115,500 · OtherOUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCHIndividual grant recipient: $29,300 · OtherIndividual grant recipientCOMMUNITY GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH: $25,500 · OtherCOMMUNITY GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCHWESTWOOD COMMUNITY CHURCH: $9,500 · Other+12 more: $22,100 · Other+12 moreHIM4Her Ministries: $117,000 · ReligionHIM4Her MinistriesLake Area Discovery Center: $91,000 · EducationLake Area Discovery Ce…STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,000 · EducationTHE BOND BETWEEN: $43,000 · AnimalsTHE BOND B…+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsCHASES WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthCommunity of Recovering People: $5,000 · HealthNEVER SURRENDER INC: $1,000 · HealthEDINA REALTY FOUNDATION: $7,000 · PhilanthropyTHE HOPE CHEST FOR BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION: $2,000 · PhilanthropyRED CEDAR LAKES ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · Environment
Other$201,900Religion$117,000Education$95,000Animals$44,000Health$16,000Philanthropy$9,000Environment$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHIM4Her Ministries: $117,000 over 7y, 37% of budgetLake Area Discovery Center: $91,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetTHE BOND BETWEEN: $43,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetCHASES WARRIOR FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetEDINA REALTY FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCommunity of Recovering People: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRED CEDAR LAKES ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEVER SURRENDER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Humane Society: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHIS OLD HORSE INC: $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.

  • Who funds HIM4Her Ministries ↗
  • Who funds Lake Area Discovery Center ↗
  • Who funds THE BOND BETWEEN ↗
  • Who funds CHASES WARRIOR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EDINA REALTY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Community of Recovering People ↗
  • Who funds RED CEDAR LAKES ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE HOPE CHEST FOR BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BIRCHWOOD AREA FOOD PANTRY INC ↗
  • Who funds NEVER SURRENDER INC ↗
  • Who funds JEREMIAH PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds Animal Humane Society ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds THIS OLD HORSE INC ↗

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…The Minneapolis Found…Thrivent Charitable I…Charities Aid Foundat…Ch Robinson Worldwide…The Richard M Schulze…American Gift FundThe US Charitable Gif…Mightycause Charitabl…The Blackbaud Giving …American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN18.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Charities Aid Foundation America · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · American Gift Fund · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 27 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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