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Scott Richards North Star Charitable Foundation Dba Scott Richards North Star

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$270k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
85
Grants FY2025
78
Organizations funded FY2024
37%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$500
Largest grant, FY2025
$119,755
Organizations funded a year
46 to 83
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
17
Total assets, FY2025
$2.2M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 37% of the organizations Scott Richards North Star Charitable Foundation Dba Scott Richards North Star funded were first-time grantees, receiving 63% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 37% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $592k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyInternationalArts & CultureOther
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
FY2025still arriving84$270k35%
FY202478$935k37%
FY202383$286k42%
FY202260$275k45%
FY202147$313k36%
FY202046$261k41%
FY201957$967kn/a
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Health$2.2MEducation$897kRecreation & Sports$50kHuman Services$34kReligion$33kYouth Development$22kFood & Nutrition$19kPhilanthropy$16kOther$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, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

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All grantees of Scott Richards North Star Charitable Foundation Dba Scott Richards North Star by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Stop Alzheimers Now$197,697779%
Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation Inc$191,590212%
Bestprep$177,00072%
University of Minnesota Foundation$170,00060%
Breast Cancer Education Association$100,000722%
United Heroes League$35,72551%
Twin Cities Lyme Foundation$35,000219%
Blood Cancer United Inc$25,50020%
Kids Fighting Hunger$17,00077%
CSJ Ministries Foundation$16,16060%
Safe Summer Nights Inc$12,000625%
Tuff Fund$10,00018%
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Dane County Inc$9,00070%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$6,10070%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$5,08460%
The Gilmore Family Foundation$4,25042%
Alex Hauntys Theater and Arts Fund Inc$3,500614%
Chloes Courage Fund$3,50061%
Diaper Bank of Minnesota$3,00050%
Accola$3,00010%
Jeremiah Program$3,00010%
Gigis Playhouse Inc$2,5001n/a
Central Midwest Ballet Inc$2,50050%
Walker Methodist Foundation$2,50050%
Church of the Nativity$2,5001n/a
Canopy Center Inc$2,50050%
Children's Health Care Foundation$2,30520%
Louis August Jonas Foundation Inc$2,25060%
We Can Ride Inc$2,10040%
National Ataxia Foundation Incorporated$2,06050%
Rotary Club of Minnetonka Foundation$2,00041%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$2,00010%
Free Clinic of Pierce and St Croix Counties Inc$2,00040%
Oak Hill Elementary Parent Teacher Group$2,0004n/a
Sartell-St Stephen Education Foundation$2,00041%
Youth Frontiers Inc$2,00020%
Faith Community Church$2,0004n/a
Rhinos Foundation Inc$2,00040%
Safe Hands Animal Rescue$2,00040%
Public Safety Foundation$2,00040%
Catholic Schools Center of Excellence (Cscoe)$1,62530%
The Reel Hope Project$1,50030%
Ascension Catholic Grade School$1,5003n/a
State University of Iowa Foundation$1,50050%
School District 11$1,5003n/a
Mental Health Resources Inc$1,50030%
Blackhawks of St Paul Soccer Club$1,50030%
Christian Motorcyclists Association Inc$1,50030%
People Responding in Social Ministry$1,50020%
Havlife--Johnson County$1,50031%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$1,38020%
Union Gospel Mission Inc$1,30030%
Wake Forest University$1,21550%
St Croix Preparatory Academy$1,20040%
Lymphoma Research Foundation$1,14530%
The Open Door$1,05040%
Groves Academy$1,03530%
Fight With Austin Flash Schroeder Founda Tion$1,02220%
Appalachian State University Foundation Inc$1,00040%
Arizona School for the Arts$1,00020%
Faithful Shepherd Catholic School$1,0002n/a
Bethlehem Baptist Church$1,0002n/a
Somerset Memorial Scholarship Fund Inc$1,00020%
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center$1,00020%
The Center for Humane Living$1,00021%
Evergrow Academy Inc$1,0002n/a
Vulcan Community Charities Inc$1,00032%
Argyle Booster Club$1,0002n/a
Pioneers$1,0002n/a
Animal Humane Society$1,00020%
Save The Children Federation Inc$1,00010%
Bethlehem Inn of Waseca$1,00020%
The J Foundation$1,00028%
Georgia Southern University Foundation Inc$1,00020%
Living Beyond Breast Cancer$1,00020%
Innovative Blood Resources$1,0001n/a
Hydrocephalus Association$9901n/a
Helping Paws Inc$77530%
Best Buddies International Inc$75020%
Impact Nations$75010%
Hope Dental Clinic$75010%
Kuemper Catholic School Foundation Inc$72530%
Everybody Matters Inc$72020%
Pratt Parent-Teacher Organization$7182n/a
Amna Sanctuary$70025%
Kuemper Catholic School System$6253n/a
Nativity of Mary Catholic School$6252n/a
Academy of the Holy Angels$6254n/a
Special Olympics Minnesota Inc$60020%
North Superior Ski and Running Club$50011%
Christs Church of the Valley Inc$5001n/a
Flash Baseball$5001n/a
Living Stream Vietnamese Christian Church Inc$5001n/a
Daily Work$50010%
St Johns Lutheran School$5001n/a
Excell Academy for Higher Learning Inc$50010%
Oak Hill Youth Sports Association$5001n/a
First Baptist Church of Colleyville$5001n/a
The Phoenix Residence Inc$50010%
Our Ladys Inn$50010%
Wounded Warrior Project Inc$50010%
Indy Foundation$50010%
Doors of Change$5001n/a
Bpsos-Atlanta$5001n/a
Heritage Christian School$50010%
Buena Tierra Mke Inc$50012%
South Metro Networking$5001n/a
Hopewell Music Cooperative-North$5001n/a
The American College$50010%
Pregnancy Choices Lifecare Center I$50010%
Parnassus Preparatory School$50010%
Mission Animal Hospital$50010%
Kids in Need of Dentistry$50010%
Valley Crossing Elementary School PTA$50031%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Mn$50010%
Generation Serve$50010%
International School of Denver$50010%
100 Men of Dane County Inc$50010%
Central Lutheran Church$5001n/a
Coalition for Children Youth & Families Inc$50010%
Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc$50010%
Friends of Israel Scouts Inc$50010%
Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc$50010%
University of North Georgia Foundation Inc$50010%
Inspiring Hope Ministries Inc$50010%
Regina Foundation$50010%
Second Harvest Heartland$50010%
Honorhealth Foundation$50010%
Reliant Mission Inc$5001n/a
University of Dallas$50010%
Clear Creek Amana Community School Foundation$50010%
St Mary & St Louis Abbey$5001n/a
St Anthony Village Sports Boosters Inc$50010%
Journey 2819 Inc$49510%
Compassion International Incorporated$4761n/a
Era Booster Club$4651n/a
Anoka County Brotherhood Council Inc$46010%
Edina Robotics Foundation$42510%
Rotary Club of Lakeville Foundation$35010%
Abide Womens Health Services$3501n/a
Westonka Community Food Shelf$3501n/a
Sand Creek Elementary Parent Teacher Organization$30030%
Keystone Community Services$30020%
Happily Ever After League Inc$25010%
University of St Thomas$25020%
Green Acres Animal Rescue$25010%
Friends of San Lucas$25010%
American Legion Post 323$25010%
East Lake Elementary PTO Inc$20010%
Mobile Loaves Twin Cities$2001n/a
Augsburg University$15010%
Sharing and Caring Hands Inc$15010%
Alzheimer's San Diego$13510%
Chi Psi Educational Trust Inc$12510%
Sholom Foundation$12510%
Just in Time for Foster Youth$10010%
Rock Harbor Church$1001n/a
Richardson Independent School District$1001n/a
Minneapolis American Indian Center$10010%
Every Meal$10010%
Eagan Women of Note$1001n/a
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$6010%
Twin Cities Public Television Inc$6010%
Save the Manatee Club Inc$501n/a
American Heart Association Inc$3510%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 48 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.2M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Scott Richards North Star Charitable Foundation Dba Scott Richards North Star supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 126 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetStop Alzheimers Now: $197,697 over 7y, 79% of budgetChildren's Cardiomyopathy Foundation Inc: $191,590 over 2y, 12% of budgetBestprep: $177,000 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $170,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetBreast Cancer Education Association: $100,000 over 7y, 22% of budgetUnited Heroes League: $35,725 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTwin Cities Lyme Foundation: $35,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetBlood Cancer United Inc: $25,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetKids Fighting Hunger: $17,000 over 7y, 7.2% of budgetCSJ Ministries Foundation: $16,160 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetSafe Summer Nights Inc: $12,000 over 6y, 25% of budgetTuff Fund: $10,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetBig Brothers and Big Sisters of Dane County Inc: $9,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $6,100 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Foundation: $5,084 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetThe Gilmore Family Foundation: $4,250 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetAlex Hauntys Theater and Arts Fund Inc: $3,500 over 6y, 14% of budgetChloes Courage Fund: $3,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetDiaper Bank of Minnesota: $3,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetAccola: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJeremiah Program: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCentral Midwest Ballet Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWalker Methodist Foundation: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCanopy Center Inc: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Health Care Foundation: $2,305 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLouis August Jonas Foundation Inc: $2,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWe Can Ride Inc: $2,100 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetNational Ataxia Foundation Incorporated: $2,060 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRotary Club of Minnetonka Foundation: $2,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetUniversity of Wisconsin Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFree Clinic of Pierce and St Croix Counties Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetSartell-St Stephen Education Foundation: $2,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetYouth Frontiers Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRhinos Foundation Inc: $2,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSafe Hands Animal Rescue: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPublic Safety Foundation: $2,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCatholic Schools Center of Excellence (Cscoe): $1,625 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Reel Hope Project: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetState University of Iowa Foundation: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMental Health Resources Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBlackhawks of St Paul Soccer Club: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChristian Motorcyclists Association Inc: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPeople Responding in Social Ministry: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHavlife--Johnson County: $1,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $1,380 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUnion Gospel Mission Inc: $1,300 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWake Forest University: $1,215 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSt Croix Preparatory Academy: $1,200 over 4y, 0.0% 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 126.

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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.

Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN35.6× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Kopp Family Foundation · Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · Pohlad Family 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.

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About Scott Richards North Star Charitable Foundation Dba Scott Richards North Star

How much does Scott Richards North Star Charitable Foundation Dba Scott Richards North Star give?
Scott Richards North Star Charitable Foundation Dba Scott Richards North Star reported 85 grants totaling $270,176 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 46 and 83 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Scott Richards North Star Charitable Foundation Dba Scott Richards North Star fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (66%), Education (27%), Recreation & Sports (2%).
Who are Scott Richards North Star Charitable Foundation Dba Scott Richards North Star's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Stop Alzheimers Now ($198k), Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation Inc ($192k), Bestprep ($177k).
Does Scott Richards North Star Charitable Foundation Dba Scott Richards North Star fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Scott Richards North Star Charitable Foundation Dba Scott Richards North Star accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Scott Richards North Star Charitable Foundation Dba Scott Richards North Star?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation, The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation.
Where is Scott Richards North Star Charitable Foundation Dba Scott Richards North Star based?
Scott Richards North Star Charitable Foundation Dba Scott Richards North Star 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 216 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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