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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 FY2024still arriving
125
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$1.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2024 · 125 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 125 grants below total $4,827,215, the rows itemized in this filing. The $6,343,078 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,515,863 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k28 grants · $199k
  • $10k–50k85 grants · $1.6M
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $827k
  • $250k+2 grants · $2.2M
$12,680
Median grant
17
States reached
$68M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OLMSTED COUNTY HRA$1,540,000
FIRST HOMES PROPERTIES$700,075
MAYO CLINIC DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT$150,060
THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION$142,188
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ROCHESTER$97,640
MAYO FOUNDATION$91,019
CHANNEL ONE REGIONAL FOOD BANK$63,230
UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA$61,700
PLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES$60,350
SALVATION ARMY$56,370
OLMSTED COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$54,680
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$47,250
ABILITY BUILDING COMMUNITY$46,780
CAMP VICTORY$46,500
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 (FY17–24, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 9% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%WISHES & MORE: $20k → 7%NURSES FOR NEWBORNS: $10k → 11%FAMILY MEANS: $9k → 6%WISHES & MORE: $10k → 7%COVENANT HOUSE: $15k → 17%ACCESSIBLE SPACE: $20k → 14%ACCESSIBLE SPACE: $14k → 14%KM CARE & SHARE CHARITY FUND: $10k → 6%KM CARE & SHARE CHARITY FUND: $10k → 6%SEMCAC: $15k → 8%KM CARE & SHARE CHARITY FUND: $10k → 6%KM CARE & SHARE CHARITY FUND: $10k → 6%NEXUS FOUNDATION FOR FAMILY HEALING: $10k → 11%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $22k → 14%KM CARE & SHARE CHARITY FUND: $10k → 6%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $11k → 14%FAMILY PROMISE ROCHESTER: $117k → 9%125 LIVE: $105k → 9%FAMILY SERVICE ROCHESTER: $92k → 9%FAMILY SERVICE ROCHESTER: $57k → 9%SENIOR CITIZENS SERVICES INC DBA 125 LIVE: $40k → 9%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S CENTER: $30k → 9%PROJECT LEGACY: $26k → 9%FAMILY PROMISE ROCHESTER: $26k → 9%125 LIVE: $25k → 9%FAMILY PROMISE ROCHESTER: $19k → 9%FAMILY SERVICE ROCHESTER: $11k → 9%INTERCULTURAL MUTUAL ASSISTANCE ASSOCIATION INC: $10k → 9%125 LIVE: $9k → 9%FAMILY SERVICE ROCHESTER: $9k → 9%WOMEN'S SHELTER & SUPPORT CENTER: $42k → 9%WOMEN'S SHELTER & SUPPORT CENTER: $13k → 9%WOMEN'S SHELTER AND SUPPORT CENTER: $10k → 9%WOMEN'S SHELTER & SUPPORT CENTER: $10k → 9%THRIVE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $50k → 9%THRIVE CHILD CARE & FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $40k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $37k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS SE MN: $14k → 9%COMMUNITY FOOD RESPONSE: $14k → 9%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL-ROCHESTER COUNCIL: $12k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS SE MN: $11k → 9%COMMUNITY FOOD RESPONSE: $11k → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS SE MN: $9k → 9%ST VINCENT DEPAUL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF ROCHESTER MN: $18k → 9%FAMILY PROMISE ROCHESTER: $15k → 9%CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF WINONA-ROCHESTER DBA CATHOLIC CHARITI: $15k → 9%SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DISTRICT COUNCIL ROCHESTER MN: $14k → 9%COMMUNITY FOOD RESPONSE: $12k → 9%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

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OH
PA
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CA
CO
NE
MO
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MD
AZ
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DC
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GA
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$23M · 190 repeat orgs$4.1M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

190 repeat relationships: 103 still active in FY2024, 87 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

190
142

Total granted

$23M
$2.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+29%

Still filing today

72%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.8M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesArts & CultureInternationalYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • FH
    FIRST HOMES PROPERTIES
    6× · 2018–2024 · $2.9M · revenue +400% · 91% of their budget
  • RC
    ROCHESTER COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEG
    8× · 2017–2024 · $1.6M · revenue +15% · 71% of their budget
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES MIDWEST MN WI IA
    8× · 2017–2024 · $590k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • CC
    CENTER CITY HOUSING CORPgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $210k · revenue +64%
  • BC
    BEAR CREEK CHRISTIAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2020 · $161k
  • MA
    MINNESOTA ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $125k
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 Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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2
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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3
Mn Community Measurement

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

Health
4
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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5
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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6
Minnesota State University Student Association Inc

Led by minnesota state university students, we are the inclusive voice for all future, current, and former students. we actively work to represent and support minnesota state university students and advocate at a campus, state, and federal…

Education
7
The Minneapolis Foundation

The foundation cultivates generosity by taking action on the greatest civic, social, and economic needs partnering with nonprofits, facilitating grantmaking, driving research and advocacy, and providing services to donors seeking to make a…

Philanthropy
8
Minnesota Chamber Foundation

The organization's mission is to bring stakeholders together to promote prosperity and long-term growth of minnesota's economy.

Public Benefit
9
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
10
Community Shares of Minnesota

The mission of community shares of minnesota is to create a fair, just and equitable minnesota. community shares of minnesota accomplishes its mission by: supporting collective action to eliminate root causes of inequality and injustice;…

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11
St Paul Transportation Management Organization

Move minnesota leads the movement for an equitable and sustainable transportation system that puts people first. we are passionate about connecting communities, ending the climate crisis, expanding access to jobs and resources, and…

Environment
12
African Development Center

Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Children's Health Care Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Cut Circle. 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

268 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. 268 of the 366 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.

20
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
67
Early backer (in before they grew)
262/268
Grantees still filing
190/268
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OLMSTED COUNTY HRA: $1,540,000 · OtherOLMSTED COUNTY HRAROCHESTER CATHOLIC SCHOOLS: $975,171 · OtherROCHESTER CATHOLIC SCHOOLSRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES MIDWEST MN WI IA: $590,365 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ROCHESTER: $465,180 · OtherCHANNEL ONE INC: $519,830 · Other+116 more: $9,837,508 · Other+116 moreFIRST HOMES PROPERTIES: $2,885,477 · Housing & ShelterFIRST HOMES PRO…JEREMIAH PROGRAM: $572,316 · Housing & ShelterJEREMIAH PROGRA…+1 more: $82,208 · Housing & ShelterROCHESTER COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEG: $1,576,941 · EducationROCHESTER CO…DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MN INC: $308,677 · EducationDYSLEXIA INS…UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $288,725 · EducationUNIVERSITY O…SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $171,757 · EducationSOUTH DAKOTA…DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY: $100,000 · Education+11 more: $460,978 · Education+11 moreMAYO CLINIC: $340,707 · HealthMAYO CLIN…GIFT OF LIFE INC: $182,075 · HealthGIFT OF L…PLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA: $137,550 · HealthPLANNED P…PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA: $136,668 · HealthPARALYZED…OLMSTED MEDICAL CENTER: $131,471 · HealthOLMSTED M…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA: $127,800 · HealthMAKE-A-WI…Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $116,900 · HealthMinnesota…SEASONS HOSPICE: $115,877 · HealthSEASONS H…EXERCISABILITIES INC DBA EA THERAPEUTIC HEALTH: $110,750 · HealthCOMMUNITY DENTAL CARE: $103,565 · HealthELDER NETWORK: $85,119 · HealthNAMI SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA: $80,378 · HealthBRAINS TOGETHER FOR A CURE: $77,744 · Health+10 more: $425,857 · Health+10 moreUNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA: $464,753 · PhilanthropyAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $391,617 · PhilanthropyCHOSEN VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $142,772 · PhilanthropySTEWARTVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $63,500 · PhilanthropyROCHESTER PUBLIC LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $63,350 · PhilanthropyWAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $103,429 · PhilanthropySOLDIERS FIELD VETERAN'S MEMORIAL INC: $429,873 · Arts & CultureROCHESTER - OLMSTED COUNTY LAW ENFORCEME: $182,000 · Arts & CultureTHE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ROCHESTER INC: $177,974 · Arts & CultureROCHESTER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & CHORALE: $97,091 · Arts & CultureROCHESTER ART CENTER: $79,517 · Arts & CultureVeterans and Emergency Services Museum: $58,333 · Arts & CultureROCHESTER MUSIC GUILD: $51,400 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $44,778 · Arts & Culture+5 more: $144,943 · Arts & CultureFAMILY PROMISE ROCHESTER: $181,415 · Human ServicesSENIOR CITIZENS SERVICES INC: $179,050 · Human ServicesFAMILY SERVICE ROCHESTER INC: $174,850 · Human ServicesTHRIVE FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $90,200 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S SHELTER INC: $90,008 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $81,750 · Human ServicesSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DISTRICT COUNCIL OF ROCHESTER MN: $54,767 · Human ServicesKasson Mantorville Area Care and Share: $50,000 · Human Services+7 more: $226,814 · Human Services
Other$13,928,054Housing & Shelter$3,540,001Education$2,907,078Health$2,172,461Philanthropy$1,279,421Arts & Culture$1,265,909Human Services$1,128,854

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 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 budgetAMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $391,617 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $340,707 over 4y, 0.0% 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 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 FIRST HOMES PROPERTIES ↗
  • Who funds ROCHESTER COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEG ↗
  • Who funds RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES MIDWEST MN WI IA ↗
  • Who funds JEREMIAH PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds CHANNEL ONE INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds SOLDIERS FIELD VETERAN'S MEMORIAL INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds Bear Creek Development Center Inc ↗
  • Who funds ABILITY BUILDING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds DYSLEXIA INSTITUTE OF MN INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OLMSTED COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds IRONWOOD SPRINGS CHRISTIAN RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTER CITY HOUSING CORP ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF QUARRY HILL NATURE CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds GIFT OF LIFE INC ↗
  • Who funds ROCHESTER - OLMSTED COUNTY LAW ENFORCEME ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY PROMISE ROCHESTER ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR CITIZENS SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF ROCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY SERVICE ROCHESTER INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JUSTFAITH MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds LEGAL ASSISTANCE OF OLMSTED COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC ↗
  • Who funds DOROTHY DAY HOSPITALITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds DIVERSITY COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds CHOSEN VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗

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 ClinicUnited Way of Southea…Otto Bremer TrustSouthern Minnesota In…Southeastern Minnesot…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Mardag FoundationMayo Clinic Group Ret…The K FoundationHormel Foods Corporat…The Minneapolis Found…The American Center f…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Rochester Area Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rochester Area Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
47report 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 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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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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