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Sriver Foundation at a glance

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Sriver Foundation

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.

$61k
Granted FY2025still arriving
5
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2025.

Education$273kHuman Services$176kReligion$75kAnimals$32kPublic Benefit$25kInternational$15kEnvironment$10kArts & Culture$7k
02FY2025 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $56k
$15,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY$16,140
CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$15,000
GROVES ACADEMY$15,000
ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY$10,000
FREE BIKES 4 KIDZ$5,000
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, $176k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $40k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $27k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $26k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $20k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $20k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $16k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $10k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $5k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $3k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $3k → 11%FREE BIKES 4 KIDZ: $5k → 11%FREE BIKES 4 KIDZ: $2k → 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.
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$585k · 9 repeat orgs$27k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
4

Total granted

$585k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
-5%

Still filing today

78%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesInternationalAnimalsEnvironmentOther
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

  • GA
    GROVES ACADEMY
    9× · 2017–2025 · $183k · revenue +58%
  • GM
    GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $169k · revenue +48%
  • SC
    ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2018–2025 · $80k · revenue +9%

Funded once

  • TS
    TETIAROA SOCIETY
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue -91%
  • TO
    TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • T
    TRUTHOUT
    one grant, 2024 · $5k · 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
Fisk University

Fisk university produces graduates from diverse backgrounds with the integrity and intellect required for substantive contributions to society. our curriculum is grounded in the liberal arts. our faculty and administrators emphasize the…

Education
2
The Minnesota Daily

1. provide independent student journalism and comprehensive coverage of news, media and events that serve the public interest and inform the university of minnesota community.2. offer a forum for the free exchange of ideas and civil debate…

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3
The Conversationalist
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4
Global Minnesota

Global minnesotas mission is to advance international understanding and engagement. we are committed to serving minnesota from a foundation built on the values of respect, collaboration, nonpartisanship, global competency, inclusion and…

International
5
Minnesota State University Student Association Inc

Led by minnesota state university students, we are the inclusive voice for all future, current, and former students. we actively work to represent and support minnesota state university students and advocate at a campus, state, and federal…

Education
6
The Dome School

Teaching whole child using thematic curriculum, conflict resolution,self esteem, non-violent solutions to problems. bringing community sogether socially, serving nutritious meals.

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7
Mark Day School

Innovative and full of heart, mark day school nurtures each child to pursue their curiosity, think critically, embrace challenge with courage and joy, and work in partnership with others to build more caring and inclusive communities.

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8
University Cooperative School

We take a joyful, community-oriented approach to raising engaged citizens, deep learners, and brave adventurers with the skills, creativity, and heart needed to better the world.

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9
Free Press

Free press was created to give people a voice in the crucial decisions that shape our media. we believe that positive social change, racial justice and meaningful engagement in public life require equitable access to technology, diverse…

Arts & Culture
10
Global Investigative Journalism Network Inc

To support the training and sharing of information among journalists worldwide in investigative and computer-assisted reporting.

Arts & Culture
11
Darrow School

Darrow school is dedicated to serving students with diverse backgrounds and abilities, building on each student's talents and interests to inspire enduring confidence for success in college and life. this mission is accomplished through…

Education
12
Tujenge Africa Foundation

The Tujenge Africa Foundation is a U.S.-based non-profit organization with operations in Africas Great Lakes region. Tujenge comes from the Swahili verb meaning to build or construct. Our goal is to build African capacity through quality…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Groves Academy; the most unlike its peers is Change It Forward Foundation-Tanzania. 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

10 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. 10 of the 13 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
10/10
Grantees still filing
6/10
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GROVES ACADEMY: $183,000 · EducationGROVES ACADEMYST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY: $80,000 · EducationST CATHERINE UNIVERSITYGREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $168,775 · Human ServicesGREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSE…FREE BIKES 4 KIDZ MN: $7,000 · Human ServicesCHRIST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $55,000 · OtherCHRIST PRESBYTE…CHRIST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF EDINA: $20,000 · OtherCHRIST PRESBYTE…TRUSTEES OF PURDUE UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF PUR…FARMASTE ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $32,000 · AnimalsTHE YES LAB INC: $24,500 · Arts & CultureTRUTHOUT: $5,000 · Arts & CultureDEMOCRACY NOW PRODUCTIONS INC: $2,000 · Arts & CultureChange It Forward Foundation-Tanzania: $15,000 · InternationalTETIAROA SOCIETY: $10,000 · Environment
Education$263,000Human Services$175,775Other$85,000Animals$32,000Arts & Culture$31,500International$15,000Environment$10,000

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 budgetGROVES ACADEMY: $183,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetGREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $168,775 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFARMASTE ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC: $32,000 over 3y, 10% of budgetTHE YES LAB INC: $24,500 over 4y, 17% of budgetChange It Forward Foundation-Tanzania: $15,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetTETIAROA SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFREE BIKES 4 KIDZ MN: $7,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTRUTHOUT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDEMOCRACY NOW PRODUCTIONS INC: $2,000 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 GROVES ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY ↗
  • Who funds ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds FARMASTE ANIMAL SANCTUARY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE YES LAB INC ↗
  • Who funds Change It Forward Foundation-Tanzania ↗
  • Who funds TETIAROA SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds FREE BIKES 4 KIDZ MN ↗
  • Who funds TRUTHOUT ↗
  • Who funds DEMOCRACY NOW PRODUCTIONS INC ↗

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.

The Minneapolis Found…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Minneapolis FoundationMN12.9× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Sriver Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sriver Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 13 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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