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Steve & Jackie Bruggeman Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Steve & Jackie Bruggeman Charitable 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.

$214k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$25k
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, FY2021 to 2025.

Health$428kPhilanthropy$123kEducation$65kHuman Services$52kArts & Culture$50kFood & Nutrition$35kReligion$24kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k11 grants · $54k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $160k
$7,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$10M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST JUDE HOSPITAL$25,000
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$25,000
EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY$20,000
MAYO CLINIC$20,000
ALZHEIMERS DISEASE RESEARCH$20,000
BIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES$18,000
BIGHORN BAM$12,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$10,000
PALESTINE CHILDRENS RELIEF$10,000
INCARNATION CHURCH$7,000
WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT$6,000
BLUE ANGLES FOUNDATION$5,000
TURTLE MOUNTAIN ANIMAL RESCUE$5,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$5,000
TEACH FOR AMERICA$5,000
02The need
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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 (FY24–24, $25k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%SHARING AND CARING HANDS: $25k → 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

ND
MN
IL
NY
MA
CA
MD
KS
TN
DC
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.

80%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$639k · 13 repeat orgs$156k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against +3% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
10

Total granted

$639k
$85k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+8%
+3%

Still filing today

54%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $71k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPhilanthropyInternationalHuman ServicesFood & NutritionEducationOther
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

  • BG
    BIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES INC
    4× · 2022–2025 · $123k · revenue +46%
  • CC
    CONCORDIA COLLEGE CORPORATION
    3× · 2021–2023 · $50k · revenue +8%
  • Teach for America Inc
    2× · 2024–2025 · $15k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • AC
    AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue -81%
  • SA
    SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +22%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF TWIN CITIES
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
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
American Gas Association

American gas association's (the association) mission is to develop and advocate for informed, innovative, and durable policy that fulfills our nation's energy needs, environmental aspirations and economic potential. we are committed to…

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2
America's Health Insurance Plans Inc

Ahip is the national trade association representing the health insurance industry. ahip's members provide health care coverage, services and solutions to more than 200 million americans. we are committed to market-based solutions and…

Membership Benefit
3
Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States Inc

The fsmb serves as the voice for state medical boards, supporting them through education, assessment, research and advocacy while providing services and initiatives that promote patient safety, quality health care and regulatory best…

Health
4
United States Telecom Association

See schedule oustelecom exists to ensure members can compete, grow and thrive to build a world where families, enterprises and communities are connected through the power of broadband.our member companies have committed a considerable…

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5
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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6
Minnesota Hospital Association

Advance the health of individuals and communities through leadership, advocacy and collaboration on behalf of minnesota hospitals and health systems. vision: minnesotans are healthy and have access to the right care at the right time in…

Community Improvement
7
Minnesota Grocers Association

The minnesota grocers association advances the common interest of those engaged in all aspects of the food industry of mn as a leadership resource. the mga encourages and sponsors educational seminars, conventions and fosters the exchange…

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8
Asco Association

Asco association promotes the common business interests of its members by: (1) advocating for policies that improve the quality of cancer care; (2) maintaining the highest standards of oncology medical care through programs supporting…

Community Improvement
9
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
10
Western Electricity Coordinating Council

To effectively and efficiently mitigate risks to the reliability and security of the western interconnection's bulk power system.

Public Benefit
11
Cook Children's Health Plan

Knowing that every child's life is sacred, our promise is to improve the health of every child in our region through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease, and injury.

Health
12
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

See schedule ouniversity corporation for atmospheric research (ucar), on behalf of, and in cooperation with its member university members, is engaged in the management of long-term atmospheric and related research and educational…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. 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

20 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. 20 of the 32 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
11/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

EISENHOWER MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $216,000 · OtherEISENHOWER MEDICAL FOUNDATIONCONCORDIA COLLEGE CORPORATION: $50,000 · OtherCONCORDIA COLLEGE CORPORATIONMCCALLUM THEATRE: $50,000 · OtherMCCALLUM THEATREAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: $50,000 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYST JUDE HOSPITAL: $35,000 · OtherST JUDE HOSPITALPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $30,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOODINCARNATION CHURCH: $24,000 · OtherEMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY INC: $20,000 · OtherALZHEIMERS DISEASE RESEARCH: $20,000 · Other+7 more: $36,000 · Other+7 moreBIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES INC: $122,700 · PhilanthropyBIGHORN GOLF CLUB…BLUE ANGELS FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyMAYO CLINIC: $26,000 · HealthMAYO CLINI…AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $25,000 · HealthAMERICAN C…ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 · HealthST JUDE CH…MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA: $10,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WIS…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'…+2 more: $1,500 · HealthSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $11,000 · Human ServicesWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,000 · InternationalUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $3,000 · InternationalTeach for America Inc: $15,000 · EducationSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $10,000 · Food & NutritionFeeding America: $5,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$531,000Philanthropy$127,700Health$77,500Human Services$36,000International$18,000Education$15,000Food & Nutrition$15,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES INC: $122,700 over 4y, 2.7% of budgetCONCORDIA COLLEGE CORPORATION: $50,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $26,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTeach for America Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFeeding America: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTURTLE MOUNTAIN ANIMAL RESCUE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED STATES FUND FOR UNICEF: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMILE NETWORK INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDucks Unlimited Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

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.

Ch Robinson Worldwide…Raymond James Charita…The Pfizer Foundation…Charities Aid Foundat…The Bank of America C…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Ch Robinson Worldwide FoundationSD13.3× affinity4 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Steve & Jackie Bruggeman Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Steve & Jackie Bruggeman Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get 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 · 0–10%
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.
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How do I get to Steve & Jackie Bruggeman Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Steve & Jackie Bruggeman Charitable Foundation 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 32 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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