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Taylor Family Farms Foundation Inc

Taylor Family Farms Foundation supports and enhances rural communities in southern Minnesota and northern Iowa.

$2.8M
Granted FY2025still arriving
79
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$305k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Health$2.0MPublic Safety & Disaster$902kPhilanthropy$743kCommunity Improvement$398kRecreation & Sports$150kHuman Services$150kFood & Nutrition$55kEnvironment$30kOther$0
02FY2025 · 79 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k65 grants · $1.3M
  • $50k–250k8 grants · $555k
  • $250k+3 grants · $905k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$275M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation$305,000
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation$300,000
Mankato Area Foundation$300,000
The Minneapolis Foundation$155,000
Minnesota Council of Foundations$100,000
Newell Fire Department$50,000
River's Edge Church$50,000
First Children's Finance Group$50,000
St Clair Volunteer Fire Department$50,000
Wonder World Preschool Inc$50,000
Madelia Community Foundation$50,000
City of Jeffers$30,000
Redwing Environmental Learning Center$30,000
City of Tracy$30,000
City of Hayfield$30,000
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 (FY25–25, $145k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Wonder World Preschool Inc: $50k → 9%A Great Day Farm: $20k → 11%First Children's Finance Group: $50k → 11%Tiny Treasures Community Daycare Center: $25k → 12%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
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
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits informs, promotes, connects and strengthens individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.

Philanthropy
2
Mill City Farmers Market Inc

Mission: to inspire and nurture a healthy community by building a local, sustainable, and organic food economy in a vibrant experiential marketplace.vision: to be a nationally recognized marketplace model that connects, educates, and…

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3
Mn Community Measurement

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

Health
4
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

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

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5
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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6
Mill City Farmers Market Charitable Fund

Mission: to support a healthier community through partnerships, educational programming, and support for organic farmers and local food producers.vision: to grow a just, local, sustainable food system by sharing resources and collaborating…

Arts & Culture
7
African Development Center

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

Human Services
8
St Cloud Downtown Alliance Foundation

Enhancing and strengthening our community and our regional core.

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9
Minnesota Business Partnership

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…

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10
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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11
Minnesota Valley Action Council Inc

Develop resources and opportunities which empower people and communities.

Community Improvement
12
Winona Area Chamber of Commerce

To promote business development and tourism in winona minnesota and the surrounding area

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Minneapolis Foundation; the most unlike its peers is A Great Day Farm. 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

25 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. 25 of the 100 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/25
Grantees still filing
9/25
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Mankato Area Foundation: $725,000 · OtherMankato Area FoundationMinnesota Council on Foundations: $100,000 · Other+81 more: $1,793,490 · Other+81 moreSAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $600,000 · PhilanthropySAINT PAUL & MINNES…THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $155,000 · PhilanthropyTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOU…+1 more: $17,500 · PhilanthropySOUTHERN MINNESOTA INITIATIVE FOUNDATION: $650,000 · Community ImprovementSOUTHERN MINNESOT…Southwestern MN Opportunity Council: $25,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $12,500 · Community ImprovementWonder World Preschool Inc: $50,000 · Human ServicesFIRST CHILDREN'S FINANCE GROUP: $50,000 · Human ServicesTINY TREASURES COMMUNITY DAYCARE CENTER INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesA GREAT DAY FARM: $20,000 · Human ServicesMADELIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · Public Safety & DisasterSIOUX RAPIDS FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $50,000 · Public Safety & DisasterGRAETTINGER COMMUNITY VISIONING: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsSWEA CITY IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE: $30,000 · Recreation & SportsLittle Critters Splash Pad: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsHendricks Community Hospital Association: $25,000 · HealthTRACY AMBULANCE SERVICE INC: $24,000 · Health
Other$2,618,490Philanthropy$772,500Community Improvement$687,500Human Services$145,000Public Safety & Disaster$100,000Recreation & Sports$85,000Health$49,000

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 budgetMankato Area Foundation: $725,000 over 2y, 5.9% of budgetSOUTHERN MINNESOTA INITIATIVE FOUNDATION: $650,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetSAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $600,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $155,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSIOUX RAPIDS FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED: $50,000 over 1y, 60% of budgetFIRST CHILDREN'S FINANCE GROUP: $50,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetGRAETTINGER COMMUNITY VISIONING: $30,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetRED WING ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER: $30,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetSWEA CITY IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE: $30,000 over 1y, 27% of budgetFeeding Our Communities Partners: $25,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetLittle Critters Splash Pad: $25,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetHendricks Community Hospital Association: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTRACY AMBULANCE SERVICE INC: $24,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetA GREAT DAY FARM: $20,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetWINONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHFIELD HEALTHY COMMUNITY INITIATIVE: $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHREE RIVERS COMMUNITY ACTION INC: $7,200 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 Mankato Area Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INITIATIVE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SAINT PAUL & MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Minnesota Council on Foundations ↗
  • Who funds Wonder World Preschool Inc ↗
  • Who funds MADELIA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SIOUX RAPIDS FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds FIRST CHILDREN'S FINANCE GROUP ↗
  • Who funds GRAETTINGER COMMUNITY VISIONING ↗
  • Who funds RED WING ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SWEA CITY IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE ↗
  • Who funds Feeding Our Communities Partners ↗
  • Who funds Southwestern MN Opportunity Council ↗
  • Who funds Little Critters Splash Pad ↗

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.

Southern Minnesota Initiative FoundationMN58.1× affinity27 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Land O'Lakes Foundation · C K Blandin Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · Minnesota Historical Society · Southwest Initiative Foundation · Mayo Clinic Group Return · Initiative Foundation · Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · First Children's Finance

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

2024
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no gov · 00%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 Taylor Family Farms Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to Taylor Family Farms Foundation Inc 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 100 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 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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