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Stevens Square Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$637k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
30
Grants FY2025
32
Organizations funded FY2024
16%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$25,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$30,000
Organizations funded a year
27 to 34
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
2
Total assets, FY2025
$17M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 16% of the organizations Stevens Square Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $76k 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
Human ServicesArts & CultureHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionEducationInternationalOther
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 arriving30$637k3%
FY202432$612k16%
FY202330$587k30%
FY202234$621k29%
FY202127$520k33%
FY202029$512k41%
FY201932$567kn/a
95% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$2.1MFood & Nutrition$516kHealth$322kHousing & Shelter$289kCrime & Legal$214kInternational$210kCommunity Improvement$97kArts & Culture$64kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Darts$151,50061%
Keystone Community Services$139,00051%
Familymeans$135,00051%
Community Emergency Service Inc$132,50051%
Senior Community Services$132,00051%
Minnesota Elder Justice Center$121,00062%
Capi USA$111,50041%
Touchstone Mental Health$105,00040%
LongfellowSeward Healthy Seniors Program$100,000510%
Centro Tyrone Guzman$99,00051%
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All grantees of Stevens Square Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Darts$151,50061%
Keystone Community Services$139,00051%
Familymeans$135,00051%
Community Emergency Service Inc$132,50051%
Senior Community Services$132,00051%
Minnesota Elder Justice Center$121,00062%
Capi USA$111,50041%
Touchstone Mental Health$105,00040%
LongfellowSeward Healthy Seniors Program$100,000510%
Centro Tyrone Guzman$99,00051%
People Responding in Social Ministry$97,00041%
VEAP Inc$96,50060%
Help at Your Door$95,50043%
Sabathani Community Center$90,00041%
Open Arms of Minnesota$85,00050%
Metro Meals on Wheels Inc$80,00040%
Rebuilding Together - Twin Cities$78,00042%
Lao Advancement Organization of America$78,00046%
Friends & Co$75,00035%
Pillsbury United Communities$62,00030%
Conflict Resolution Center$60,00033%
Minneapolis American Indian Center$55,00030%
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis$53,00030%
Sewa-Aifw$48,00021%
The Open Door$45,00020%
Alexandra House Inc$45,00030%
Vision Loss Resources Inc$42,00021%
Southern Anoka Community Assistance$42,00032%
East Side Neighborhood Services Inc$41,00030%
Jewish Family Service of St Paul$40,50021%
Neighborhood Network for Seniors$40,000214%
Karen Organization of Minnesota$35,00021%
Elder Voice Advocates$35,000220%
Compas Inc$31,00031%
Commonbond Communities$30,00020%
Age Well at Home$30,00016%
African Community Senior Services$30,00029%
Community Emergency Assistance Programs Inc$30,00030%
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity$28,00010%
Aeon$28,00010%
Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans$25,50020%
Vietnamese Social Services of Minnesota$25,00013%
Minnesota Jewish Community Center Foundation$25,00020%
Hearts and Hammers - Twin Cities Inc$22,50023%
Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless$20,00021%
Urban Partnership$20,0001n/a
Hallie Q Brown Community Center Inc$20,00011%
The Sanneh Foundation$18,00010%
Walker West Music Academy$16,00010%
Giving Voice Initiative$16,00015%
St Anthony Park Area Seniors$15,00017%
Rainbow Health Minnesota$15,0001n/a
Amherst H Wilder Foundation$15,00010%
Scott Carver Dakota Cap Agency Inc$15,00010%
Christian Cupboard Emergency Food Shelf Dba Open Cupboard$15,00010%
Northcountry Cooperative Foundation$15,00011%
Grantmakers in Aging Inc$10,38370%
Minnesota Jewish Community Center$10,00010%
Division of Indian Work$10,00010%
Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging$5,30020%
Minnesota Council on Foundations$3,50010%
Alive & Kickin$75010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 16 recipients with no EIN on record ($866k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Stevens Square Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDarts: $151,500 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetKeystone Community Services: $139,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetFamilymeans: $135,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetCommunity Emergency Service Inc: $132,500 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetSenior Community Services: $132,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetMinnesota Elder Justice Center: $121,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetCapi USA: $111,500 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetTouchstone Mental Health: $105,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetLongfellowSeward Healthy Seniors Program: $100,000 over 5y, 10.0% of budgetCentro Tyrone Guzman: $99,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetPeople Responding in Social Ministry: $97,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetVEAP Inc: $96,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetHelp at Your Door: $95,500 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetSabathani Community Center: $90,000 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetOpen Arms of Minnesota: $85,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMetro Meals on Wheels Inc: $80,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetRebuilding Together - Twin Cities: $78,000 over 4y, 2.0% of budgetLao Advancement Organization of America: $78,000 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetFriends & Co: $75,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetPillsbury United Communities: $62,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetConflict Resolution Center: $60,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetMinneapolis American Indian Center: $55,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetJewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis: $53,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSewa-Aifw: $48,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetThe Open Door: $45,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAlexandra House Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetVision Loss Resources Inc: $42,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSouthern Anoka Community Assistance: $42,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetEast Side Neighborhood Services Inc: $41,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetJewish Family Service of St Paul: $40,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetNeighborhood Network for Seniors: $40,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetKaren Organization of Minnesota: $35,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetElder Voice Advocates: $35,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetCompas Inc: $31,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetCommonbond Communities: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAge Well at Home: $30,000 over 1y, 5.9% of budgetAfrican Community Senior Services: $30,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetCommunity Emergency Assistance Programs Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetTwin Cities Habitat for Humanity: $28,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAeon: $28,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Assistance Council for Veterans: $25,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVietnamese Social Services of Minnesota: $25,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetMinnesota Jewish Community Center Foundation: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetHearts and Hammers - Twin Cities Inc: $22,500 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetOpen Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless: $20,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetHallie Q Brown Community Center Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetThe Sanneh Foundation: $18,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWalker West Music Academy: $16,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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 60.

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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.

Otto Bremer TrustMN74.8× affinity40 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Metropolitan Area Agency on Aging Inc · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Mardag Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Hunger Solutions Minnesota · 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 Stevens Square Foundation

How much does Stevens Square Foundation give?
Stevens Square Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $636,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 27 and 34 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Stevens Square Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (52%), Food & Nutrition (13%), Health (8%).
Who are Stevens Square Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Darts ($152k), Keystone Community Services ($139k), Familymeans ($135k).
Does Stevens Square Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 16% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Stevens Square Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Stevens Square Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Otto Bremer Trust, The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
Where is Stevens Square Foundation based?
Stevens Square Foundation 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 79 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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