· Private foundation
Thaler Family 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 $10k26 grants · $62k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $73k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $60k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| DAVID M THALER SPORTS CENTER | $60,000 |
| INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT #277 | $23,000 |
| HAROLD J POND SPORTS CENTER | $20,000 |
| ADATH JESHURUN FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| WESTONKA DISTRICT 277 FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| WESTONKA FOOD SHELF | $5,000 |
| WE CAN COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK | $5,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTASOUTH DAKOTA | $5,000 |
| THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION | $3,000 |
| EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY | $2,600 |
| FRIENDS OF MOUND WESTONKA HIGH SCHOOL | $2,500 |
| FRIENDS OF THE HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY | $2,000 |
| ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON | $2,000 |
| MOUND WESTONKA BASEBALL DUGOUT CLUB | $2,000 |
| VETERANS LEGAL SERVICES | $2,000 |
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, $30k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% 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
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
30 repeat relationships: 29 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 2 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; $4k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- WDWESTONKA DISTRICT 277 FOUNDATION CORP CHARTER NO 1N 8626× · 2020–2025 · $39k · revenue +269% · 57% of their budget
- WCWESTERN COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK INC6× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +130%
- CDCAN DO CANINES6× · 2020–2025 · $17k · revenue +35%
Funded once
- TATHE ASSOCIATED JEWISH FEDERATION OF BALTIMOREone grant, 2022 · $3k
- MWMOUND WESTONKA HOCKEY ASSOCIATIONgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue +76%
- TUThe United States Holocaust Memorial Museumgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +57%
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.
Advocating change together's (act) mission is to advance "self advocacy" which, as its name suggests, engages people with developmental disabilities to be in charge of their own decisions and to speak for themselves. act describes…
The mission of the minnesota public health association (mpha) is to create a healthier minnesota through effective public health practice and engaged citizens. our vision is to be an active, independent voice for public health in minnesota.
To advance the success of women attorneys and strive for a just society.
The american lung association's mission is to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. we do this through education, advocacy, and research.
Women's law project creates a more just and equitable society by advancing the rights and status of all women throughout their lives. to this end, we engage in high-impact litigation, advocacy, and education. the core values of women's law…
We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.
University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…
To advance and disseminate the science and practice of hepatology, and to promote liver health and quality patient care.
The alliance is a coalition of community-based organizations and advocacy groups with a mission to build power across the intersections of geography, race, culture, and issues in the twin cities region to eliminate systems of oppression…
To advance human rights and social justice in the americas.
Interfaith alliance is a growing network of people of diverse faiths and beliefs across the country working together to build a resilient democracy and fulfill america's promise of religious freedom and civil rights not just for some, but…
The institute's mission, as set out in its certificate of incorporation, is to promote the clarification and simplification of the law and its better adaptation to social needs, to secure the better administration of justice, and to…
How this is measured
21 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. 21 of the 35 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 WESTONKA DISTRICT 277 FOUNDATION CORP CHARTER NO 1N 862 ↗
- Who funds WESTERN COMMUNITIES ACTION NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD MINNESOTA NORTH DAKOTA SOUTH DAKOTA ↗
- Who funds CAN DO CANINES ↗
- Who funds American Heart Association Inc ↗
- Who funds HAZELDEN BETTY FORD FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds VETERANS LEGAL SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE OF BOSTON ↗
- Who funds ALI FORNEY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY ↗
- Who funds Lake Minnetonka Association ↗
- Who funds ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE ↗
- Who funds CHOICE INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY SUPPORT FUND INC ↗
- Who funds MOUND WESTONKA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Tonkabots Booster Club ↗
- Who funds The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ↗
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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Thaler Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Thaler Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Veterans Legal Services Inc: 16% of income from government
- Animal Rescue League of Boston: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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