· Private foundation
Sundet 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k29 grants · $107k
- $10k–50k14 grants · $270k
- $50k–250k9 grants · $916k
- $250k+2 grants · $531k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| NORWAY HOUSE | $271,259 |
| TRUE FRIENDS | $260,000 |
| U OF MN FOUNDATION | $153,500 |
| MAYO CLINIC FOUNDATION | $132,000 |
| MT CARMEL MINISTRIES | $110,000 |
| PRISON FELLOWSHIP | $105,500 |
| MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| AUGSBURG COLLEGE ROCHESTER CAMPUS | $100,000 |
| GIANTS OF THE EARTH HERITAGE CTR | $100,000 |
| NAVIGATORS | $65,000 |
| ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM | $50,000 |
| FOCUS ON THE FAMILY | $42,950 |
| MINNEHAHA ACADEMY | $37,500 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION | $24,000 |
| CAMPUS CRUSADE FOR CHRIST (CRU) | $24,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $58k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 83% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
86 repeat relationships: 46 still active in FY2025, 40 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $29k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NHNorway House6× · 2020–2025 · $1.4M · revenue +7%
- AHAnselm House6× · 2020–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +236%
- GOGIANTS OF THE EARTH HERITAGE CENTER INC6× · 2020–2025 · $740k · revenue +15% · 55% of their budget
Funded once
- UOU OF MN DENTAL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2020 · $116k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $115k · revenue +137%
- CTCRU - TODD & KRISS GROSS AND ABID & JANET RANGOONWALAone grant, 2024 · $24k
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.
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.
To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.
To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…
MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.
See schedule o. founded in 1902, university of northwestern - st. paul is a nondenominational christian university that integrates the educational philosophy of "faith, learning and living" through two focuses: higher education and media.…
We empower individuals and families to confidently navigate aging so that it is a purposeful journey filled with dignity and support.
The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
Evangel is a comprehensive christian university that is committed to excellence in educating and equipping students to become spirit empowered servants of god who will impact the church and society globally.
As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
St. olaf college challenges students to excel in the liberal arts, examine faith and values, and explore meaningful vocation in an inclusive, globally engaged community nourished by lutheran tradition.
Under the medical service plan of the university of maryland school of medicine, medical services are rendered by the members of the faculty on behalf of the school of medicine in connection with their duties to provide clinical…
How this is measured
41 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. 41 of the 125 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Norway House ↗
- Who funds Anselm House ↗
- Who funds GIANTS OF THE EARTH HERITAGE CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds TRUE FRIENDS ↗
- Who funds MINNEHAHA ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
- Who funds ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM ↗
- Who funds URBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HERITAGE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds Minnesota Ovarian Cancer Alliance 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.
Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · United Way Worldwide · The K Foundation · American Gift Fund · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Graco Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Sundet Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sundet Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- The Shriners' Hospital for Children: 6% of income from government
- Williams College: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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