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Tareen Foundation at a glance

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Tareen Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$248k
Granted FY2024still arriving
30
Grants FY2024still arriving
8
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2024 · 30 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k26 grants · $62k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $36k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$2,000
Median grant
8
States reached
$824
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMONBOND COMMUNITIES$100,000
SALAAM COMMUNITY WELLNESS CENTER$50,000
OMEED$26,000
VENN FOUNDATION$10,000
Individual grant recipient$9,200
ZAKAH AID AND CHARITY ASSISTING HUMANITY$9,063
COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS MINNESOTA$5,000
SALVATION ARMY NORTHERN DIVISION$5,000
THE OPEN DOOR$5,000
FARIBAULT FOUNDATION INC$5,000
Individual grant recipient$3,750
ABDUL SATTAR EDHI INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION$3,000
GO FUND ME$2,500
HEALTHFINDERS COLLABORATIVE$2,250
GIVING HEARTS FOUNDATION$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $500) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%AMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $500 → 7%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

MN
IL
WI
NY
SD
CA
VA
MD
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 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
Fajr Scientific

To provide multi-specialty surgical care, humanitarian aid and educational support to people in low- and middle-income countries.

Science & Tech
2
African Development Center

Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota

Human Services
3
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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4
Mn Community Measurement

Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.

Health
5
Patient Access Network Foundation

As a leading charitable foundation and healthcare advocacy organization, the pan foundation is dedicated to accelerating access to treatment for those who need it most and empowering patients on their healthcare journeys. we provide…

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6
American Muslim Community Foundation

The American Muslim Community Foundation cultivates donor giving and diversified funding to advance charitable causes and programs.

Philanthropy
7
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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8
American Academy of Dermatology Association Inc

To represent the interests of dermatologists and their patients. to influence and be a credible resource for public and private entities related to all policies and regulations that have the potential to affect the delivery of dermatologic…

Health
9
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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10
The Foundation for Health Care Continuums

The mission of the foundation for health care continuums is to strengthen each community we serve by providing a wide spectrum of housing and health care services that honor the evolving, aging population.

Health
11
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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12
Arbor Research Collaborative for Health

Arbor research collaborative for health is committed to improving patient care through research that shapes medical policies and practice. in particular, arbor research conducts health outcomes research on chronic disease and end-stage…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Amherst H Wilder Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Head and Neck Cancer Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the 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 30 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)
19/20
Grantees still filing
8/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMONBOND COMMUNITIES: $100,000 · OtherCOMMONBOND COMMUNITIESIndividual grant recipient: $9,200 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSALVATION ARMY: $5,000 · Other+11 more: $13,151 · Other+11 moreSALAAM COMMUNITY WELLNESS CENTER: $50,000 · HealthSALAAM COMMUNITY WELLNES…HealthFinders Collaborative Inc: $2,250 · Health+4 more: $1,650 · HealthOMEED: $26,000 · InternationalOMEEDABDUL SATTAR EDHI INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 · InternationalABDUL SATTAR …VENN FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyFARIBAULT FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 · PhilanthropyGOFUNDMEORG: $2,500 · Philanthropy+2 more: $700 · PhilanthropyZAKAH AID AND CHARITY ASSISTING HUMANITY: $9,063 · ReligionTHE OPEN DOOR: $5,000 · Food & NutritionCOUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS MINNESOTA: $5,000 · Civil Rights
Other$127,351Health$53,900International$29,000Philanthropy$18,200Religion$9,063Food & Nutrition$5,000Civil Rights$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMMONBOND COMMUNITIES: $100,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSALAAM COMMUNITY WELLNESS CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetOMEED: $26,000 over 1y, 37% of budgetVENN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetZAKAH AID AND CHARITY ASSISTING HUMANITY: $9,063 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFARIBAULT FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE OPEN DOOR: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS MINNESOTA: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetABDUL SATTAR EDHI INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOFUNDMEORG: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHealthFinders Collaborative Inc: $2,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetARRIVE MINISTRIES: $1,750 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIVEMN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANGEL FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLADDER CANCER ADVOCACY NETWORK INC: $150 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.

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.

Saint Paul & Minnesot…Mightycause Charitabl…The Minneapolis Found…Fr Bigelow FoundationRenaissance Charitabl…American Endowment Fo…Vanguard Charitable E…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…American Online Givin…
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN16.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Tareen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tareen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%3%10%23%40%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
    1get no government money at all
    4report 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.
    04Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Tareen Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Tareen 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 30 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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