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Rochester Area Foundation

Building and enhancing the quality of life in the greater rochester area through philanthropic leadership and community partnerships.

$6.3M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
125
Itemized grants FY2024
113
Organizations funded FY2023
19%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$4.8M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$12,680
Largest grant, FY2024
$1,540,000
Organizations funded a year
48 to 183
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
17
Total assets, FY2024
$68M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 19% of the organizations Rochester Area Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $407k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthReligionInternationalOther
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
FY2024still arriving121$4.6M15%
FY2023113$3.6M19%
FY2022105$2.9M19%
FY2021132$3.5M27%
FY2020183$4.6M52%
FY2019101$2.4M46%
FY201848$2.6M42%
FY201793$2.5Mn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Housing & Shelter$5.9MEducation$4.9MHealth$3.7MHuman Services$3.2MReligion$2.8MArts & Culture$1.7MPhilanthropy$1.6MYouth Development$909kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
First Homes Properties$2,885,477691%
Rochester Community and Technical Colleg$1,576,941871%
Olmsted County Hra$1,540,0001n/a
Rochester Catholic Schools$975,1717n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities Midwest Mn Wi Ia$590,36585%
Jeremiah Program$572,31671%
Channel One Inc$519,83070%
Boys and Girls Club of Rochester$465,18084%
United Way of Southeast Minnesota$464,75383%
Soldiers Field Veteran's Memorial Inc$429,873575%
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All grantees of Rochester Area Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
First Homes Properties$2,885,477691%
Rochester Community and Technical Colleg$1,576,941871%
Olmsted County Hra$1,540,0001n/a
Rochester Catholic Schools$975,1717n/a
Ronald McDonald House Charities Midwest Mn Wi Ia$590,36585%
Jeremiah Program$572,31671%
Channel One Inc$519,83070%
Boys and Girls Club of Rochester$465,18084%
United Way of Southeast Minnesota$464,75383%
Soldiers Field Veteran's Memorial Inc$429,873575%
Christ United Methodist Church$406,6468n/a
Austin Catholic Schools Inc$370,0006n/a
Mayo Clinic$366,8952n/a
Bear Creek Development Center Inc$330,80445%
Ability Building Center Inc$319,95681%
Dyslexia Institute of Mn Inc$308,67783%
Gloria Dei Lutheran Church$300,0006n/a
Mayo Clinic$293,8325n/a
University of Minnesota Foundation$288,72560%
Salvation Army$282,3237n/a
Olmsted County Historical Society$228,82365%
Ironwood Springs Christian Ranch Inc$227,96088%
Center City Housing Corp$210,00012%
Friends of Quarry Hill Nature Center Inc$204,564616%
Gift of Life Inc$182,07583%
Rochester - Olmsted County Law Enforceme$182,000211%
Family Promise Rochester$181,415534%
Senior Citizens Services Inc$179,050427%
The Children's Museum of Rochester Inc$177,97462%
Family Service Rochester Inc$174,85051%
South Dakota State University Foundation$171,75750%
Justfaith Ministries Inc$170,300313%
Bear Creek Christian Church$160,8491n/a
Legal Assistance of Olmsted County$158,95568%
Three Rivers Community Action Inc$152,18821%
Dorothy Day Hospitality House$150,230824%
Diversity Council$145,272411%
Chosen Valley Community Foundation$142,7725100%
Planned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota$137,55050%
Damascus Way Re-Entry Center Inc$136,70026%
Paralyzed Veterans of America$136,66860%
Olmsted Medical Center$131,47140%
Holy Spirit Catholic Church$131,0006n/a
Stewartville Area Historical Society$130,7608n/a
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Minnesota$127,80061%
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Foundation$125,5006n/a
Minnesota Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church$125,0001n/a
Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc$116,90070%
Seasons Hospice$115,87780%
United Way of Dodge County$115,000732%
Exercisabilities Inc Dba Ea Therapeutic Health$110,75063%
St Lukes Episcopal Church$109,6708n/a
Phoenix Christian Assembly$106,9004n/a
Salvation Army & Its Components$104,1161n/a
Community Dental Care$103,56530%
Dunwoody College of Technology$100,00010%
Kasson Alliance for Restoration Inc$100,0002n/a
Friends of Oxbow$99,850385%
The Rotary Club of Rochester Community Foundation$99,686649%
Congregational Church United Church of Christ$98,6008n/a
The Church of St Francis of Assisi of Rochester Minnesota$97,6066n/a
Rochester Symphony Orchestra & Chorale$97,09167%
Co Cathedral of St John the Evangelist$96,7577n/a
Community Health Service Inc$94,00021%
Thrive Family Resource Center$90,20025%
Women's Shelter Inc$90,00862%
Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary$89,8303n/a
YMCA of Rochester Inc$89,61934%
Catholic Relief Services$89,5006n/a
Possabilities of Southern Minnesota$88,67161%
Elder Network$85,11956%
Holy Family Academy Inc$83,50039%
Zumbro Ridge Estates Inc$82,20846%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$81,75040%
Nami Southeast Minnesota$80,378413%
Rochester Art Center$79,51736%
Brains Together for a Cure$77,744238%
First Presbyterian Church$77,5256n/a
The Landing Mn$74,75052%
Apple Tree Dental$71,52540%
Sports Mentorship Academy$70,909326%
Opportunity Services Inc$70,0002n/a
City of Rochester$68,7417n/a
Gamehaven Council Inc Boy Scouts of America$67,52652%
Food for the Poor Inc$66,65550%
Big Sky Community Organization$66,00021%
Next Chapter Ministries$65,90036%
Minnesota Trucking Association Foundation$65,000339%
Stewartville Area Community Foundation Inc$63,500257%
Rochester Public Library Foundation$63,35057%
Kasson Mantorville Community Education$63,0003n/a
Childrens Dental Health Services$62,84334%
New Life Family Services$60,40021%
Young Men's Christian Association - Camp Olson$60,00071%
Veterans and Emergency Services Museum$58,3332n/a
Chatfield Public School - Early Childhood$56,9706n/a
Austin Community Growth Ventures$55,00038%
Alliance Defending Freedom$55,00010%
Society of St Vincent de Paul District Council of Rochester Mn$54,767416%
Dodge Center Foundation$54,411442%
Children's Health Care Foundation$53,55020%
Camp Victory Ministries Inc$52,00023%
Rochester Public School Foundation$51,585734%
Rochester Music Guild$51,400458%
St Ambrose University$50,58140%
Kasson Mantorville Area Care and Share$50,0005n/a
South Dakota Conference of the United Church of Christ$50,0001n/a
Baltimore School for the Arts Foundation Inc$50,00050%
Omc Regional Foundation$49,93044%
Synergy & Leadership Exchange Inc$49,1806n/a
Honors Choirs of Southeast Minnesota$48,679218%
Hiawatha Homes Foundation$48,59451%
Friends of Mayowood Residence and Historic Sites$48,0011n/a
Globe for Christ International Inc$48,0002n/a
Madonna Towers of Rochester Inc$47,47070%
St Mary of the Lake Catholic Church$47,3506n/a
People of Hope Lutheran Church$46,5002n/a
Zumbro Valley Health Center Inc$46,37040%
Highlands Community Church of Scottsdale$46,0003n/a
Rochester Area Autism Association$45,220348%
Give Kids the World Inc$45,00040%
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$44,77840%
Olmsted County Agricultural Association$43,922270%
Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center Inc$42,55041%
Brad White Ministries$42,000320%
Bear Creek Services Inc$41,89340%
Cut Circle$40,000245%
Young America's Foundation$40,00010%
Owatonna Independent School District No 761 Foundation$40,00043%
Angle Anchor of Honor$40,0001n/a
Bemidji State University Alumni and Foundation$40,00021%
American Cancer Society Inc$39,40050%
Eyota Kids Korner Inc$39,26126%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$38,47920%
Independent School District 531$38,0333n/a
Community Food Response$37,100321%
Independent School District 535$36,0002n/a
Listos Preschool & Childcare$35,5564n/a
Save The Children Federation Inc$35,00020%
Project Legacy$34,01426%
Accessible Space Inc$33,70020%
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota$33,00020%
Arc Minnesota$32,8503n/a
Rochester Civic Theatre$32,11328%
St Edwards Catholic Church$32,0001n/a
St Lucy Catholic Church$32,0003n/a
Chad Greenway Foundation$32,00033%
Youth Outreach United$32,0002n/a
Eaglewatch Inc$31,00021%
Wishes & More$30,00021%
Celebration of a City Inc$30,000160%
Bnai Israel Synagogue$29,5103n/a
Family and Children's Center Inc$29,50010%
Semcac$29,50030%
Pax Christi Church$29,1004n/a
Arc Se Minnesota$29,0753n/a
Childhood Cancer Community$28,70039%
Society of Saint Plus X Phoenix Arizona Inc$28,5002n/a
The Childrens Place$28,231222%
Salem Road Covenant Church$28,0002n/a
Winona State University Foundation$26,75030%
Serveminnesota$26,40010%
Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester$26,35027%
Recovery Is Happening$26,25021%
American Red Cross - Southern Minnesota Chapter$25,6503n/a
180 Degrees Inc$25,50020%
The College of Wooster$25,00020%
Minnesota Rush$25,00013%
Threshold Arts$25,0001n/a
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit$25,00010%
World Sleep Society Inc$25,000114%
Paralyzed Veterans of America Spinal Cord Research Foundation$25,00011%
Early Care and Education Innovations LLC$25,00015%
Mta Foundation$25,0002n/a
Minnesota Iowa Baptist Conference$25,0001n/a
Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Foundation$25,00041%
Bolder Options$24,64021%
Sisters of St Francis Third Order Reg Cong of Our Lady of Lourdes$24,5003n/a
Coldwater Foundation for Leadership and Community Development$24,00027%
Society of St Vincent de Paul Pax Christi Conference$22,561218%
University of Minnesota$22,3502n/a
Civic League Day Nursery$22,28021%
Somali American Social Service Association$21,90035%
Southeast Minnesota Private Industry Council Inc$21,50010%
Ksmq Public Service Media Inc$21,48030%
World Central Kitchen Inc$20,50020%
Saint John's University$20,50010%
Project Get Outdoors$20,2002n/a
Minnesota State Public School Orphanage Museum$20,0001n/a
Young Men's Christian Association of Austin Minnesota$20,00021%
Immigrant Justice Corps Inc$20,00010%
Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans$20,00010%
Michigan State University$20,0001n/a
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc$20,00020%
Rochester Dance Company$20,000116%
Southern Mn Regional Legal Services Inc$20,00010%
Docs Recovery House$20,00022%
St Pius X Church$19,5003n/a
Lotus Health Foundation$19,2871n/a
Missouri State University Foundation$19,00020%
Two Rivers Habitat for Humanity$18,80021%
St Johns Luth Church Foundation$18,7202n/a
Chabad Jewish Center of North S Jose & Morgan Hill$18,0001n/a
Candid$18,00020%
American Friends of Magen David Adom$17,50010%
Paws and Claws Inc Dba Paws and Claws Humane Society$17,09121%
Rochester Public Library$16,60010%
Hispanic Advocacy and Community Empowerment Through Research$16,00012%
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$15,80020%
Covenant House$15,45710%
Fond Du Lac Tribal & Community College$15,3002n/a
Rochester Repertory Theatre$15,21917%
Adapta$15,21020%
Olmsted County 4-H Leaders Council MN$15,128115%
Team Rubicon Inc$15,00010%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$15,00010%
Globalgiving Foundation Inc$15,00010%
Direct Relief$15,0001n/a
Lourdes Foundation Inc$15,00011%
United Way of Northern California$15,00010%
Second Harvest of Silicon Valley$15,00020%
Rochester Central Lutheran School Association Inc$15,0001n/a
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester$14,70010%
Tabithas Heart$14,40022%
Campus Crusade for Christ Inc$14,4002n/a
Greater Europe Mission$14,40020%
Lift for Life Academy Inc$14,00020%
Eagles Healing Nest$13,90011%
Revolutionary Earth$13,7002n/a
Code Savvy$13,50015%
Rochester Juvenile Hockey Association$13,1002n/a
Barbershop & Social Services$13,00027%
Central Reform Congregation$13,0002n/a
Disabled American Veterans of Minnesota Foundation Inc$12,40021%
Friends of the Rochester Public Library Inc$12,351115%
Pheasants Forever Inc$12,00020%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$12,00010%
Growing Home$11,8001n/a
United States Fund for Unicef$11,60010%
First Unitarian Universalist Church$11,5001n/a
Zumbro Valley Medical Society Foundation$11,4901n/a
Midwest Melanoma Partnership$11,1702n/a
Seeds of Wisdom in South Sudan$11,0002n/a
Valley of Rochester Scottish Rite$11,00017%
Chatfield Center for the Arts Inc$10,50012%
Kingsland Public Schools$10,5001n/a
Samaritan's Purse$10,30010%
Chabad-Lubavitch of Rochester Jewish Educ & Hospitality Center$10,2001n/a
Sing Out Loud$10,082110%
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities$10,00010%
Swan Valley Connections$10,00011%
Minds Matter of the Twin Cities Inc$10,000118%
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center Inc$10,00010%
Nexus Foundation for Family Healing$10,00011%
Two Rivers Community School$10,00011%
Intercultural Mutual Assistance Association of Southeastern Minnesota$10,00010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$10,0001n/a
Miracle Field of Rochester$10,0001n/a
St Augustine Catholic Church$10,0001n/a
Second Harvest Heartland$10,00010%
Minorities in Agriculture Natural Resources and Related Science$10,00011%
North Shore Health Care Foundation$10,00014%
Hosanna Lutheran Church$10,0001n/a
Holy Anargyroi$10,0001n/a
For Love of Water$10,00011%
Greater Rochester Advocates for Universities & Colleges$10,000120%
Nurses for Newborns$10,00010%
Michigan Enviromental Council$10,00010%
International Medical Corps$10,00010%
Girls on the Run Minnesota Inc$10,00011%
Saint Paul VI Institute for the Study of Human Reproduction Inc$10,00010%
Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota$10,00011%
The Village Agricultural Cooperative$10,00013%
Friends of Big Sky Education$10,00021%
Equal Justice Initiative$10,00010%
St Coletta of Wisconsin Inc$10,00010%
Mount Olive Lutheran Church$10,0001n/a
Community Pathways to Family Health and Recovery$9,5001n/a
Hope Fuse$9,0001n/a
Familymeans$9,00010%
Salt & Light Partners$9,00014%
Bethel Lutheran Church$8,6001n/a
Community Care Connection Inc$8,5001n/a
University of Wisconsin - River Falls Foundation Inc$8,50010%
Good Earth Village$8,45011%
South Central Service Cooperative$8,4001n/a
Society of St Vincent de Paul Georgia Inc$8,00010%
National Multiple Sclerosis Society$8,0001n/a
Neuro Hospitality House$8,00017%
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association Inc$7,92010%
Board of Trustees of Mount Zion Cemetery$7,9201n/a
Aldrich Memorial Nursery School Inc$7,90011%
Hope Ranch Foundation$7,5501n/a
Friends of Mantorville Inc$7,5001n/a
Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church$7,5001n/a
Commonweal Theatre Company$7,50011%
Olmsted Outreach$7,44215%
Zumbro Watershed Partnership$7,2001n/a
Heart of Dance$7,20012%
Coe College$7,05010%
University of Minnesota - Duluth$7,0001n/a
The Grace Foundation$7,00016%
Families First Inc$7,00010%
Resounding Voices$6,8771n/a
Earthfest$6,7621n/a
Feed My People Inc$6,60010%
Minnesota Zoo Foundation$6,50010%
Greater Rochester Arts and Cultural Trust$6,5001n/a
Wellconnect$6,2381n/a
Rochester Area Youth Tech Foundation$6,0001n/a
Parents of Incarcerated Sons and Daughters - Poisd$6,0001n/a
Mission 21$6,0001n/a
University of St Thomas$6,00010%
Triton Foundation$6,0001n/a
St Cloud Standdown Inc$6,00014%
Rochester Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc$6,00016%
Mantorville Restoration Assoc$6,00015%
University of Wisconsin - la Crosse Alumni & Friends Foundation Inc$6,00010%
Commonbond Communities$6,00010%
Layyasaaram Institute Ofindian Arts$5,73418%
Safe Haven Foster Shoppe$5,60012%
Hands for Humanity$5,3001n/a
Black Data Processing Associates Southern Minnesota Chapter$5,231117%
Trustees of the Hamline University of Minnesota$5,20010%
Feeding America$5,00010%
Community of Recovery Aiding Families in Transition$5,0001n/a
Superior Hiking Trail Association$5,00011%
Lifegate Services$5,00015%
PTA Colorado Congress$5,0001n/a
Council on American-Islamic Relations Minnesota$5,00010%
Good News Childrens Center Inc$5,00010%
St Mary Magdalen Catholic Church Brentwood$5,0001n/a
Newman Center at Washington University$5,0001n/a
Blood Cancer United Inc$5,00010%
Expressions of Hope Foundation$5,00013%
Washington University$5,00010%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$5,00010%
Bolder Options$5,0001n/a
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of St Louis$5,00010%
Partnership for Youth$5,0001n/a
Bridge Bread Bakery$5,00011%
Cambodian Childrens Fund$5,00010%
Junior Achievement North$5,00010%
Prescher-Kumm Post 8980 VFW$5,0001n/a
High Tech Kids$5,0001n/a
Rochester Downtown Alliance Foundation$5,0001n/a
Adore Ministries Inc$5,00010%
Isd 197$5,0001n/a
Gustavus Adolphus College$5,00010%

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Rochester Area Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 20 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFirst Homes Properties: $2,885,477 over 6y, 91% of budgetRochester Community and Technical Colleg: $1,576,941 over 8y, 71% of budgetRonald McDonald House Charities Midwest Mn Wi Ia: $590,365 over 8y, 5.0% of budgetJeremiah Program: $572,316 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetChannel One Inc: $519,830 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetBoys and Girls Club of Rochester: $465,180 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetUnited Way of Southeast Minnesota: $464,753 over 8y, 2.5% of budgetSoldiers Field Veteran's Memorial Inc: $429,873 over 5y, 75% of budgetBear Creek Development Center Inc: $330,804 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetAbility Building Center Inc: $319,956 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetDyslexia Institute of Mn Inc: $308,677 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $288,725 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOlmsted County Historical Society: $228,823 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetIronwood Springs Christian Ranch Inc: $227,960 over 8y, 7.8% of budgetCenter City Housing Corp: $210,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFriends of Quarry Hill Nature Center Inc: $204,564 over 6y, 16% of budgetGift of Life Inc: $182,075 over 8y, 3.1% of budgetRochester - Olmsted County Law Enforceme: $182,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetFamily Promise Rochester: $181,415 over 5y, 34% of budgetSenior Citizens Services Inc: $179,050 over 4y, 27% of budgetThe Children's Museum of Rochester Inc: $177,974 over 6y, 2.3% of budgetFamily Service Rochester Inc: $174,850 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetSouth Dakota State University Foundation: $171,757 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJustfaith Ministries Inc: $170,300 over 3y, 13% of budgetLegal Assistance of Olmsted County: $158,955 over 6y, 7.9% of budgetThree Rivers Community Action Inc: $152,188 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetDorothy Day Hospitality House: $150,230 over 8y, 24% of budgetDiversity Council: $145,272 over 4y, 11% of budgetChosen Valley Community Foundation: $142,772 over 5y, 100% of budgetPlanned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota: $137,550 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDamascus Way Re-Entry Center Inc: $136,700 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetParalyzed Veterans of America: $136,668 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetOlmsted Medical Center: $131,471 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Minnesota: $127,800 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $116,900 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSeasons Hospice: $115,877 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Dodge County: $115,000 over 7y, 32% of budgetExercisabilities Inc Dba Ea Therapeutic Health: $110,750 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetCommunity Dental Care: $103,565 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetDunwoody College of Technology: $100,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of Oxbow: $99,850 over 3y, 85% of budgetThe Rotary Club of Rochester Community Foundation: $99,686 over 6y, 49% of budgetRochester Symphony Orchestra & Chorale: $97,091 over 6y, 7.5% of budgetCommunity Health Service Inc: $94,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetThrive Family Resource Center: $90,200 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetWomen's Shelter Inc: $90,008 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetYMCA of Rochester Inc: $89,619 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetPossabilities of Southern Minnesota: $88,671 over 6y, 0.7% 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 200.

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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.

Mayo ClinicMN128× affinity74 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mayo Clinic · United Way of Southeast Minnesota · Otto Bremer Trust · Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation · Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council Inc · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mardag Foundation · Mayo Clinic Group Return · The K Foundation · Hormel Foods Corporation Charitable Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · The American Center for Philanthropy 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.

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About Rochester Area Foundation

How much does Rochester Area Foundation give?
Rochester Area Foundation reported 125 itemized grants totaling $4,827,215, out of $6,343,078 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 48 and 183 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Rochester Area Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Housing & Shelter (21%), Education (18%), Health (13%).
Who are Rochester Area Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: First Homes Properties ($2.9M), Rochester Community and Technical Colleg ($1.6M), Olmsted County Hra ($1.5M).
Does Rochester Area Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 19% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Rochester Area Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mayo Clinic, United Way of Southeast Minnesota, Otto Bremer Trust.
Where is Rochester Area Foundation based?
Rochester Area Foundation 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 366 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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