Minnesota · Private foundation
Spicola Family Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $21k
- Granted FY2021
- 19
- Grants FY2021
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 28%
- First-time grantees FY2021
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Spicola Family Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to Communitygiving, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2021, the last year Spicola Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 16 organizations, $21k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2021
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $2,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 16 to 18
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 28% of the organizations Spicola Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 18 | $21k | 28% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $21k | 44% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $20k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $19k | 17% |
| FY2017 | 17 | $18k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakes Area Food Shelf | $9,000 | 5 | 1% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $6,350 | 3 | 0% |
| Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity | $6,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Gull Chain of Lakes Association | $6,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Court Appointed Special Advocate of Orange County | $5,225 | 3 | 0% |
| North Country Food Alliance | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| The Surfrider Foundation | $4,170 | 5 | 0% |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Northwest San Diego County Inc | $4,169 | 5 | 0% |
| Open Arms of Minnesota | $4,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Nevada County Habitat For Humanity | $3,679 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 30 grantees
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($6k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Spicola Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Communitygiving · The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · Initiative Foundation · Land O'Lakes Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
About Spicola Family Foundation
- How much does Spicola Family Foundation give?
- Spicola Family Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $21,000 in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 16 and 18 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Spicola Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Philanthropy (81%), Food & Nutrition (5%), Animals (2%).
- Who are Spicola Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Lakes Area Food Shelf ($9k), University of Minnesota Foundation ($6k), Lakes Area Habitat for Humanity ($6k).
- Does Spicola Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 28% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Spicola Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Spicola Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust, Communitygiving.
- Where is Spicola Family Foundation based?
- Spicola Family Foundation is based in MN.
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