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Salem Foundation Inc at a glance

· Private foundation

Salem Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$26k
Granted FY2025still arriving
30
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$3k
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, FY2017 to 2025.

Philanthropy$288kReligion$74kHealth$68kEducation$42kArts & Culture$38kHuman Services$37kAnimals$23kFood & Nutrition$16kOther$0
02FY2025 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
8
States reached
$769k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WAYZATA COMMUNITY CHURCH$3,000
VETERTAINMENT$3,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL$2,500
MOUNDS PARK ACADEMY$1,500
CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST$1,500
THE RETREAT$1,250
ANIMAL HUMANE SOCEITY$1,000
ST PAUL ACADEMY & SUMMIT SCHOOL$1,000
SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA$1,000
MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION$1,000
AMERICARES$1,000
ANGEL FOUNDATION$750
MINNEAPOLIS SAILING CENTER$750
CENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS EN LA LUCHA$500
INTERNATIONAL OWL CENTER$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 (FY17–25, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%THE RETREAT: $1k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $3k → 14%THE RETREAT: $1k → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $3k → 14%MILWAUKEE COMMUNITY BICYCLE PROJECT INC: $250 → 17%THE RETREAT: $500 → 7%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $2k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1k → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 → 14%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $250 → 14%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $2k → 11%RESURRECTION HOUSE: $1k → 9%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $2k → 11%RESURRECTION HOUSE INC: $1k → 9%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $250 → 11%RESURRECTION HOUSE INC: $1k → 9%RESURRECTION HOUSE: $750 → 9%RESURRECTION HOUSE INC: $750 → 9%RESURRECTION HOUSE INC: $750 → 9%RESURRECTION HOUSE INC: $750 → 9%RELATE COUNSELING CENTER: $500 → 11%RELATE COUNSELING CENTER: $500 → 11%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

ME
MT
MN
WI
NY
MA
CT
VA
MD
TN
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$329k · 69 repeat orgs$32k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +31% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

69 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 46 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

69
28

Total granted

$329k
$26k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+14%

Still filing today

65%
54%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesAnimalsEnvironmentOther
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

  • WS
    WAYZATA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
    5× · 2018–2023 · $18k · revenue +38%
  • TB
    THE BAY SCHOOL
    5× · 2018–2022 · $17k · revenue +83%
  • ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $15k · revenue +145%

Funded once

  • BS
    BIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +229%
  • LO
    LifeFlight of Maine LLCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue +45%
  • CA
    CASTINE AREA RELIEF FUND
    one grant, 2021 · $2k
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 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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2
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

Purpose: we inspire, advocate and invest to advance community visions. continued on sch o

Philanthropy
3
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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4
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
5
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
6
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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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
Sarasota Memorial Healthcare Foundation Inc

Sarasota memorial healthcare foundation is the philanthropic partner that helps sarasota memorial health care system bring world-class care to our community.

Health
9
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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10
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
11
University of Minnesota Foundation

A non-profit organization with the sole purpose of supporting the university of minnesota with a mission to connect passion with possibility, inspire generosity, and support greatness at the university of minnesota.

Education
12
St Martin Hospital Inc

To improve, maintain and restore the health of the people in the communities we serve.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners; the most unlike its peers is Global Expeditions Group Foundation 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

66 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. 66 of the 105 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)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
66/66
Grantees still filing
52/66
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Maine Community Foundation Inc: $282,682 · PhilanthropyMaine Community Foundation Inc+3 more: $6,700 · PhilanthropyWAYZATA COMMUNITY CHURCH FOUNDATION: $19,240 · OtherWAYZATA COMMUNITY CHURCH FOUNDATIONTHE BAY SCHOOL: $16,500 · OtherTHE BAY SCHOOLCASTINE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INC: $15,000 · OtherCASTINE COMMUNITY PARTNERS INCTRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $11,500 · OtherTRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCHWayzata Community Church: $11,240 · OtherWayzata Community ChurchST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $9,600 · OtherMEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER: $8,000 · OtherALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $7,000 · Other+61 more: $110,900 · Other+61 moreST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $14,500 · HealthTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $10,500 · HealthLifeFlight Foundation: $6,000 · HealthWITHALL: $4,000 · HealthANGEL FOUNDATION: $3,250 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthWAYZATA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $18,000 · Arts & CultureSCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA: $9,000 · Arts & CultureEdina Chorale: $2,500 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE BANDSHELL INC: $2,500 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,000 · Arts & CultureMOUNDS PARK ACADEMY: $10,000 · EducationTRINITY COLLEGE: $6,250 · EducationTHE CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC: $4,500 · EducationHOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $3,250 · EducationST PAUL ACADEMY AND SUMMIT SCHOOL: $2,500 · EducationSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $1,750 · Education+1 more: $500 · EducationWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,750 · Human ServicesRESURRECTION HOUSE INC: $6,000 · Human ServicesOPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $3,250 · Human ServicesRetreat Inc: $2,500 · Human ServicesRelate Inc: $1,000 · Human Services+1 more: $250 · Human ServicesMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION: $9,000 · AnimalsTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $4,000 · AnimalsFREEBORN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,750 · AnimalsWILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MINNESOTA: $1,500 · AnimalsINTERNATIONAL OWL CENTER: $1,000 · AnimalsAnimal Humane Society: $1,000 · Animals
Philanthropy$289,382Other$208,980Health$41,250Arts & Culture$33,000Education$28,750Human Services$23,750Animals$18,250

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 budgetMaine Community Foundation Inc: $282,682 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWAYZATA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $18,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetTHE BAY SCHOOL: $16,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $14,500 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN: $10,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNDS PARK ACADEMY: $10,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA: $9,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY COLLEGE: $6,250 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRESURRECTION HOUSE INC: $6,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetLifeFlight Foundation: $6,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetVOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC: $4,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGuild: $4,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWITHALL: $4,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetFOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC: $4,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS SAILING CENTER: $3,750 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $3,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES: $3,250 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetANGEL FOUNDATION: $3,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICARES FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST PAUL ACADEMY AND SUMMIT SCHOOL: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEdina Chorale: $2,500 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetRetreat Inc: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE BANDSHELL INC: $2,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetBATTERED WOMEN'S LEGAL ADVOCACY PROJECT: $2,100 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOAKLAND CEMETERY ASSOCIATION: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLifeFlight of Maine LLC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $1,750 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetFREEBORN COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,750 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGREATER YELLOWSTONE COALITION: $1,600 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWILDLIFE REHABILITATION CENTER OF MINNESOTA: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRO DE TRABAJADORES UNIDOS EN LUCHA: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHOMAS IRVINE DODGE NATURE CENTER: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS: $1,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMILWAUKEE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INC: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL OWL CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDISABLED VETERANS NATIONAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCommunity of Recovering People: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINNERCITY TENNIS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHATCH COMMUNITY YOUTH FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetRelate Inc: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000 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 Maine Community Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds WAYZATA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds THE BAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds MOUNDS PARK ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds ALL FAITHS FOOD BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds TRINITY COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds RESURRECTION HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds LifeFlight Foundation ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEER FLORIDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG SKY BRAVERY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE CIRCUS ARTS CONSERVATORY INC ↗
  • Who funds Guild ↗
  • Who funds WITHALL ↗
  • Who funds FOOD ALLERGY RESEARCH & EDUCATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ↗
  • Who funds MINNEAPOLIS SAILING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES ↗
  • Who funds ANGEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CONFERENCE ↗

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…Mightycause Charitabl…The Jamf Nation Globa…The Richard M Schulze…American Gift FundOtto Bremer TrustCh Robinson Worldwide…Dellwood Foundation I…Mithun Family Foundat…Nicholson Family Foun…The Nash Foundation
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN31.1× affinity16 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 · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Jamf Nation Global Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · American Gift Fund · Otto Bremer Trust · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Dellwood Foundation Inc · Mithun Family Foundation · Nicholson Family Foundation · The Nash 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 Salem Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Salem Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
  • Volunteer Florida Foundation Inc: 2% of income from government
  • All Faiths Food Bank Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Trinity College: 0% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
17report 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.

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 105 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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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home