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Schenian Family Foundation Inc

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.

$26k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Education$96kYouth Development$83kPublic Safety & Disaster$75kHealth$45kCrime & Legal$35kHousing & Shelter$27kHuman Services$19kReligion$5kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$94k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOUTH ST PAUL EDUCATION FOUNDATION$7,600
KIDS 'N KINSHIP$5,500
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$5,000
PEACEMAKER MINNESOTA$5,000
NEIGHBORS INC$2,000
WORLD OF LIFE OPEN BIBLE CHURCH$1,000
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 (FY17–25, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 50% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 8%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $500 → 7%BETTER TOGETHER: $5k → 10%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%BETTER TOGETHER: $2k → 10%BETTER TOGETHER: $1k → 10%LEG UP FUND: $300 → 5%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $2k → 14%NEIGHBORS INC: $2k → 6%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%NEIGHBORS INC: $2k → 6%NEIGHBORS INC: $2k → 6%NEIGHBORS INC: $1k → 6%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $1k → 14%DARTS: $1k → 6%DARTS: $1k → 6%DARTS: $1k → 6%DARTS: $1k → 6%DARTS: $1k → 6%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

NH
MN
IL
WI
NY
SD
PA
MO
GA
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$321k · 21 repeat orgs$102k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
32

Total granted

$321k
$101k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+39%

Still filing today

67%
44%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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
Human ServicesEducationPhilanthropyFood & NutritionHealthInternationalOther
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

  • SS
    SOUTH ST PAUL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $70k · revenue +78%
  • PM
    PEACEMAKER MINNESOTA
    5× · 2020–2025 · $25k · revenue +110%
  • TC
    TWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
    5× · 2018–2023 · $14k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • LC
    LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • SS
    SOUTH ST PAUL POLICE DEPARTMENT
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
  • FM
    FORT MYERS POLICE DEPARTMENT
    one grant, 2021 · $15k
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
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
2
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
3
Minnesota Community Health Worker Alliance

The minnesota community health worker alliance builds community and systems capacity for better health through the integration of community health worker (chw) strategies. our vision is equitable and optimal outcomes for all communities.…

Health
4
Southwest Initiative Foundation

Southwest initiative foundation's (swif's) original mission was to strengthen southwest minnesota in three ways: improving the region's economic self-reliance, overcoming human distress, and promoting regional leadership coordination and…

Community Improvement
5
Achieve Twin Cities

As one of the upper midwest's leading career and college readiness organizations, achieve twin cities rallies community support and delivers best-in-class programs to inspire and equip young people in minneapolis and saint paul, minnesota…

Youth Development
6
Healtheast Woodwinds Hospital

Fairview is driven to heal, discover, and educate for longer, healthier lives.

Health
7
Faith Community Nurse Network of the Greater Twin Cities

The mission of faith community nurse network of the greater twin cities is to work in partnership with others to bring faith community nursing to every congregation in the twin cities.

Education
8
Housinglink

Connecting people to affordable rental homes, increasing choice and access for all.

Housing & Shelter
9
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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10
St Catherine University

We educate women to lead and influence. we educate at all degree levels through valuing and integrating the liberal arts and professional education within the catholic intellectual tradition, see schedule oemphasizing scholarly inquiry and…

Education
11
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
12
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Amherst H Wilder Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Leg Up Fund. 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

29 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. 29 of the 54 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
24/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

KIDS-N-KINSHIP INC: $83,150 · OtherKIDS-N-KINSHIP INCIndividual grant recipient: $35,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientLEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE: $25,000 · OtherLEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICESOUTH ST PAUL POLICE DEPARTMENT: $25,000 · OtherSOUTH ST PAUL POLICE DEPARTMENTTAPEMARK CHARITY PRO-AM: $20,000 · OtherTAPEMARK CHARITY PRO-AMFORT MYERS POLICE DEPARTMENT: $15,000 · OtherFORT MYERS POLICE DEPARTMENTTWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $14,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $10,000 · Other+30 more: $45,600 · Other+30 moreSOUTH ST PAUL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $69,800 · EducationSOUTH ST PAUL EDUCATIONAL …PEACEMAKER MINNESOTA: $25,000 · EducationPEACEMAKER MINNESOTA+2 more: $2,700 · EducationBETTER TOGETHER: $8,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORS INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesDARTS: $5,000 · Human ServicesAMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $4,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 · Human Services+2 more: $800 · Human ServicesMINNESOTA CHIEFS OF POLICE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Crime & LegalSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $8,000 · HealthA Breath of Hope Lung Foundation: $500 · HealthCHAMPIONS 4 CHILDREN INC: $5,100 · Youth DevelopmentCarmen Pampa Fund: $3,000 · International
Other$272,750Education$97,500Human Services$25,800Crime & Legal$10,000Health$8,500Youth Development$5,100International$3,000

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 budgetKIDS-N-KINSHIP INC: $83,150 over 9y, 3.9% of budgetSOUTH ST PAUL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION: $69,800 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetPEACEMAKER MINNESOTA: $25,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetTWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $14,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA CHIEFS OF POLICE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 9.1% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORS INC: $7,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCHAMPIONS 4 CHILDREN INC: $5,100 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetDARTS: $5,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCarmen Pampa Fund: $3,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWalker Methodist Foundation: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern New Hampshire University: $1,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPERMANENTLY DISABLED JOCKEYS FUND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMIDWEST FOOD CONNECTION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTRUE FRIENDS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Humane Society: $700 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Breath of Hope Lung Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEG UP FUND: $300 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetVETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION INC: $100 over 2y, 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 KIDS-N-KINSHIP INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH ST PAUL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PEACEMAKER MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds TWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA CHIEFS OF POLICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN ↗
  • Who funds BETTER TOGETHER ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORS INC ↗
  • Who funds CHAMPIONS 4 CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds DARTS ↗
  • Who funds AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Carmen Pampa Fund ↗
  • Who funds GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds Walker Methodist Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Southern New Hampshire University ↗
  • Who funds PERMANENTLY DISABLED JOCKEYS FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds MIDWEST FOOD CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds TRUE FRIENDS ↗

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 Richard M Schulze…Mightycause Charitabl…United Way WorldwideOtto Bremer TrustXcel Energy FoundationThe US Charitable Gif…Morgan Stanley Global…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN24× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Otto Bremer Trust · Xcel Energy Foundation · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment 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 Schenian Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Schenian Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Florida Sheriffs Association Inc: 4% 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
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Schenian Family Foundation Inc 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 54 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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