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Ritt Family Foundation at a glance

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Ritt Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$97k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$130kArts & Culture$57kHealth$30kReligion$30kCrime & Legal$17kFood & Nutrition$15kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kAnimals$13kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k10 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$377k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LIBERTY CLASSICAL ACADEMY$50,000
LAKESHORE PLAYERS THEATER$10,000
STEVE RITTJANET PETERSON TERMINAL$7,500
LAKESHORE PLAYERS THEATER$7,500
WHITE BEAR LAKE ROTARY CLUB FOUNDAT$5,000
CENTURY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$5,000
CENTURY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$5,000
COMO FRIENDS$2,000
WILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER$2,000
CHILDRENS PERFORMING ARTS$1,000
RIVERWOOD NATURE CENTER$1,000
ST PAUL INTERVENTION PROJECT$750
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 (FY21–21, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 7%SAFE HAVEN FOSTER SHOPPE: $1k → 5%FAMILY PATHWAYS: $1k → 7%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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$255k · 14 repeat orgs$88k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +14% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
18

Total granted

$255k
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+2%

Still filing today

71%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthEducationAnimalsHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementEmploymentOther
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

  • LC
    LIBERTY CLASSICAL ACADEMY
    4× · 2021–2024 · $74k · revenue +117%
  • CF
    COMO FRIENDS
    2× · 2021–2024 · $5k · revenue +34%
  • SK
    SPARE KEY
    2× · 2021–2023 · $2k · revenue +14%

Funded once

  • TF
    THE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $15k · revenue -20%
  • LS
    LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
  • KC
    KEYSTONE COMMUNITY SERVICES FOOD SH
    one grant, 2020 · $8k
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
Minnesota Hospital Foundation

The minnesota hospital foundation works on strategies that include data-led quality and safety improvement, education, research, training and leadership to improve the health of minnesotans.

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2
Conservation Minnesota

Conservation minnesota's mission is to turn our shared conservation values into state priorities and provide you with the information you need to make decisions for your family, community and future.

Environment
3
Minnesota Chiefs of Police Foundation

To advance high quality, effective policing and strengthen police-community relations in minnesota through training, outreach, grants and scholarships.

Crime & Legal
4
The Minnesota Camp Fire Foundation

Ensure camp fire minnesota's strong future. with nature as the catalyst, camp fire minnesota energizes youth to discover their spark so their futures glow brighter.

Youth Development
5
The Foundation for Health Care Continuums

The mission of the foundation for health care continuums is to strengthen each community we serve by providing a wide spectrum of housing and health care services that honor the evolving, aging population.

Health
6
Prairie Lakes Health Care System Inc

We make a positive difference in the health of the patients and communities we serve.

Health
7
Minnesota Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment
8
Mn Community Measurement

Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.

Health
9
Leadingage Minnesota Foundation

The foundation supports initiatives designed to transform and enhance the experience of aging. the focus is on: catalytic change in building the workforce for tomorrow; advancing new approaches to service delivery; and developing…

Human Services
10
Wilderness Health Inc

Our mission is to provide better healthcare for the rural communities in northeastern minnesota and northwestern wisconsin. through empowerment and collaboration with independent health providers, wilderness health is able to help meet the…

Health
11
Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis

Always with the goal of working toward a safer, more livable city, our mission is to improve working conditions for our members - police officers who work in minneapolis - and to make certain their rights are protected.

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12
Landmark Conservancy Inc

Landmark conservancy is a nationally accredited, nonprofit conservation organization serving 20 counties across northwest wisconsin. their mission is to conserve wisconsin's natural legacy for everyone...forever.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Greater White Bear Lake Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Time On the Water. 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

20 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. 20 of the 36 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
9/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAKESHORE PLAYERS THEATER: $48,100 · OtherLAKESHORE PLAYERS THEATERTHE RETREAT: $22,500 · OtherTHE RETREATMINNESOTA POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION: $16,700 · OtherMINNESOTA POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATIONMINNESOTA ONE HUNDRED CLUB: $12,000 · OtherMINNESOTA ONE HUNDRED CLUBLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR: $10,000 · OtherLITTLE SISTERS OF THE POORKEYSTONE COMMUNITY SERVICES FOOD SH: $7,500 · OtherSTEVE RITTJANET PETERSON TERMINAL: $7,500 · OtherSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND FOOD SHELF: $7,500 · OtherST ANDREWS LUTHERAN CHURCH: $7,500 · Other+16 more: $32,500 · Other+16 moreLIBERTY CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $73,500 · EducationLIBERTY CLASSICAL ACADEMYCENTURY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $48,500 · EducationCENTURY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONGillette Children's Hospital Foundation: $10,000 · HealthALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 · HealthSECOND CHANCE FOR LIFE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Health+1 more: $500 · HealthTHE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION: $15,000 · Crime & LegalWILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MINNESOTA: $8,000 · AnimalsCOMO FRIENDS: $4,500 · AnimalsRIVERWOOD NATURE CENTER INC: $3,000 · EnvironmentSPARE KEY: $2,000 · Community Improvement
Other$171,800Education$122,000Health$18,000Crime & Legal$15,000Animals$12,500Environment$3,000Community Improvement$2,000

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 budgetLIBERTY CLASSICAL ACADEMY: $73,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCENTURY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $48,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetMINNESOTA POLICE AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION: $16,700 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTHE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 1y, 9.8% of budgetGillette Children's Hospital Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MINNESOTA: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMO FRIENDS: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRIVERWOOD NATURE CENTER INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetMAHTOMEDI AREA EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $2,750 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSECOND CHANCE FOR LIFE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetSPARE KEY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCHOICE INCORPORATED: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGREATER WHITE BEAR LAKE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSAFE HAVEN FOSTER SHOPPE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCHILDREN'S PERFORMING ARTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFamily Pathways: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTIME ON THE WATER: $1,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSMILE NETWORK INTERNATIONAL: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetURBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $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.

Saint Paul & Minnesot…Xcel Energy FoundationMightycause Charitabl…The Graco FoundationOsilas FoundationNicholson Family Foun…The Minneapolis Found…Fred C and Katherine …Pohlad Family Foundat…The Jamf Nation Globa…Otto Bremer TrustThe Richard M Schulze…
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN22× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Graco Foundation · Osilas Foundation · Nicholson Family Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · The Jamf Nation Global Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Richard M Schulze Family 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 Ritt Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ritt Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%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
    0get 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
    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 36 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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