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Rooted Philanthropic

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.

$2.5M
Granted FY2025still arriving
42
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$530k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.

Philanthropy$1.9MCommunity Improvement$1.9MArts & Culture$661kEducation$505kYouth Development$291kFood & Nutrition$247kHousing & Shelter$240kHuman Services$187kOther$0
02FY2025 · 42 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $406k
  • $50k–250k15 grants · $1.5M
  • $250k+1 grant · $530k
$35,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$8.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HILL-MURRAY FOUNDATION$530,000
LATINO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER$219,000
INDIGENOUS ROOTS$172,500
CENTER FOR BROADCAST JOURNALISM$160,000
Individual grant recipient$130,000
ESABA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$129,600
LOCAL INITIATIVE SUPPORT CORPORATION$119,600
HMONG AMERICAN FARMERS ASSOCIATION$110,000
URBAN ROOTS$75,325
THE SANNEH FOUNDATION$65,000
THERESA LIVING CENTER$60,000
LAND BANK TWIN CITIES INC$60,000
EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY$50,000
FAMILY VALUES FOR LIFE$50,000
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - M HEALTH FARVIEW$50,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $216k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%COMMUNITY BLESSING OUTREACH: $1k → 6%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $50k → 11%FAMILY VALUES FOR LIFE: $50k → 14%FAMILY VALUES FOR LIFE: $30k → 14%FAMILY VALUES FOR LIFE: $30k → 14%NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $35k → 14%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%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.

70%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.8M · 29 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +2% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 27 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 15 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
23

Total granted

$4.8M
$1.5M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
0%

Still filing today

76%
48%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $517k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementHousing & ShelterEmploymentYouth 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

  • IR
    Indigenous Roots
    3× · 2023–2025 · $319k · revenue +52%
  • W
    WOMENVENTURE
    2× · 2024–2025 · $135k · revenue +2%
  • TS
    THE SANNEH FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $118k · revenue +19%

Funded once

  • HM
    HILL MURRAY SCHOOL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $480k
  • LOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION
    one grant, 2024 · $248k · revenue 0%
  • FC
    FORTIS CAPITAL
    one grant, 2024 · $120k · revenue 0%
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
African Development Center

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

Human Services
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
Minnesota Voice

Minnesota Voice is a collaboration of organizations working toward permanent change in social, racial, and economic justice by increasing civic engagement and voter participation across the state.

Public Benefit
4
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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5
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

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

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6
Nexus Community Partners

Nexus' mission is to build more engaged and powerful communities by supporting community building initiatives that expand community wealth and foster social and human capital.

Philanthropy
7
Women's Foundation of Minnesota

Women's Foundation of Minnesota is a statewide community foundation investing in ending systemic inequities and driving innovation for gender and racial justice. WFM applies an Intersectional Equity Framework inclusive of gender, race,…

Philanthropy
8
Growth & Justice

To develop and advocate for public policy that makes Minnesota's economy more prosperous and fair for all Minnesotans.

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9
Lake Street Council

Lake Street Council engages, serves, and advocates for the Lake Street business community in Minneapolis to ensure the vitality and prosperity of the commercial corridor. The Lake Street Council fosters economic vitality and amplifies Lake…

Community Improvement
10
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
11
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits informs, promotes, connects and strengthens individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.

Philanthropy
12
African American Leadership Forum

The Organization's mission is to create a radical future for Black Minnesotans by advancing Black-Centered policies and solutions that actualize true liberation.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hmong American Partnership; the most unlike its peers is Community Blessing Outreach Inc. 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

42 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 42 of the 67 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
42/42
Grantees still filing
18/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HILL-MURRAY FOUNDATION: $1,135,000 · OtherHILL-MURRAY FOUNDATIONHILL MURRAY SCHOOL FOUNDATION: $480,000 · OtherHILL MURRAY SCHOOL FOUNDATIONTHE ESABA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $364,300 · OtherTHE ESABA CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONEAST SIDE FUNDERS GROUP: $327,000 · OtherEAST SIDE FUNDERS GROUPIndividual grant recipient: $250,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHERESA LIVING CENTER: $180,000 · Other+38 more: $1,484,900 · Other+38 moreEAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY INC: $388,450 · Housing & ShelterEAST SIDE NEI…Latino Economic Development Center: $370,200 · Housing & ShelterLatino Econom…LAND BANK TWIN CITIES INC: $60,000 · Housing & ShelterLAND BANK TWI…Indigenous Roots: $318,500 · Arts & CultureIndigenous…CENTER FOR BROADCAST JOURNALISM: $240,200 · Arts & CultureCENTER FOR…EAST SIDE FREEDOM LIBRARY: $62,500 · Arts & CultureEAST SIDE …TriLingua Cinema: $30,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $9,500 · Arts & CultureLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $248,400 · Community ImprovementLOCAL INI…WOMENVENTURE: $135,000 · Community ImprovementWOMENVENT…FORTIS CAPITAL: $120,000 · Community ImprovementFORTIS CA…PAYNE-PHALEN COMMUNITY COUNCIL: $85,000 · Community ImprovementPAYNE-PHA…+1 more: $2,500 · Community ImprovementFAMILY VALUES FOR LIFE: $110,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $50,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesAMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesASIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: $100,950 · EmploymentHMONG AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP: $91,000 · EmploymentTHE SANNEH FOUNDATION: $118,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $1,275 · Youth Development
Other$4,221,200Housing & Shelter$818,650Arts & Culture$660,700Community Improvement$590,900Human Services$216,000Employment$191,950Youth Development$119,275

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 budgetEAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY INC: $388,450 over 3y, 20% of budgetLatino Economic Development Center: $370,200 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetTHE ESABA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $364,300 over 3y, 81% of budgetIndigenous Roots: $318,500 over 3y, 10.0% of budgetLOCAL INITIATIVES SUPPORT CORPORATION: $248,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCENTER FOR BROADCAST JOURNALISM: $240,200 over 3y, 12% of budgetTHERESA LIVING CENTER: $180,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetURBAN ROOTS MN: $140,325 over 2y, 3.9% of budgetWOMENVENTURE: $135,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetFORTIS CAPITAL: $120,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetTHE SANNEH FOUNDATION: $118,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFAMILY VALUES FOR LIFE: $110,000 over 3y, 4.8% of budgetASIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION: $100,950 over 1y, 9.4% of budgetAFRICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS: $95,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetHMONG AMERICAN PARTNERSHIP: $91,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetPAYNE-PHALEN COMMUNITY COUNCIL: $85,000 over 2y, 17% of budgetCAMP ODAYIN: $80,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetTHE NEW IMPACT FUND: $75,000 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetMinnesota Council on Foundations: $65,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetEAST SIDE FREEDOM LIBRARY: $62,500 over 2y, 6.5% of budget180 DEGREES INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSAINT PAUL AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: $52,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFairview Health Services: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLOWER PHALEN CREEK PROJECT: $40,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSPRINGBOARD FOR THE ARTS: $9,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARKET ENTRY FUND THE: $5,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetCARLETON COLLEGE: $4,875 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHSIDE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY NETWORK: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALIVENESS PROJECT INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTURNSIGNL FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetOUTFRONT MINNESOTA: $1,500 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetACHIEVE TWIN CITIES: $1,275 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity Blessing Outreach Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetTHE LOFT 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.

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…Fr Bigelow FoundationOtto Bremer TrustThe Minneapolis Found…Hardenbergh FoundationThe McKnight Foundati…Target FoundationPropel NonprofitsGreater Twin Cities U…Xcel Energy FoundationMortenson Family Foun…Northwest Area Founda…
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN52.8× affinity28 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · Hardenbergh Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Target Foundation · Propel Nonprofits · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation · Northwest Area 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 Rooted Philanthropic funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rooted Philanthropic. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Rooted Philanthropic?

    Find your warmest path to Rooted Philanthropic through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 67 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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