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The Andersen Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Andersen Family Foundation Inc

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.

$45k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$393kPhilanthropy$239kRecreation & Sports$106kEducation$83kHuman Services$66kFood & Nutrition$65kYouth Development$17kHousing & Shelter$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES$25,000
CCF MN CATHOLIC CAMP FUND$20,000
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 (FY18–21, $7k) 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.

area typical 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $2k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $2k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $2k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $1k → 11%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
NY
MA
PA
CA
MD
AZ
SC
DC
TX
FL
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
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$837k · 24 repeat orgs$138k to everyone else

24 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
22

Total granted

$837k
$118k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+55%

Still filing today

83%
41%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 56% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthPhilanthropyEducationFood & NutritionReligionRecreation & SportsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • EM
    Eisenhower Medical Center
    5× · 2020–2024 · $250k · revenue +66%
  • M
    MATTER
    4× · 2017–2021 · $65k · revenue +173%
  • HH
    HENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2019 · $56k · revenue +227%

Funded once

  • BB
    BIGHORN BEHIND A MIRACLE
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • TH
    THE HAWN FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $10k · revenue +171%
  • SV
    ST VICTORIA CATHOLIC CHURCH
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
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.

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 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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2
University of Minnesota Physicians

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…

Health
3
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

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,…

Education
4
Minnesota Hospital Association

Advance the health of individuals and communities through leadership, advocacy and collaboration on behalf of minnesota hospitals and health systems. vision: minnesotans are healthy and have access to the right care at the right time in…

Community Improvement
5
Children's Health Care

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.

Health
6
Marietta College

Marietta college (mc) provides a strong foundation for a lifetime of leadership, critical thinking, and problem solving. we achieve this mission by offering undergraduates a contemporary liberal arts education and graduate students an…

Education
7
University of Maryland Anesthesiology Associates Pa

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…

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8
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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.

Education
9
Augsburg University

Augsburg university educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its…

Education
10
Mercy Health Partners

We, mercy health and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.mercy health partners is a member of mercy health and trinity health.

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11
Essentia Health

We are called to make a healthy difference in people's lives.

Health
12
Advantage Healthsaint Mary's Medical Group

We, advantage health/saint mary's medical group and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.advantage health/saint mary's medical group…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Minnesota Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Annexstad Family Foundation. 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

30 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. 30 of the 48 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
26/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Eisenhower Medical Center: $250,000 · HealthEisenhower Medical CenterHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $56,000 · HealthHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATIONMAYO CLINIC: $26,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 · HealthWashburn Center for Children: $13,500 · Health+2 more: $8,000 · HealthBIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES INC: $228,752 · PhilanthropyBIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES INCBLUE ANGELS FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 · PhilanthropyBLUE ANGELS FOUNDATION INCMATTHEW SILVERMAN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyTHE HAWN FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $5,000 · PhilanthropyBIGHORN BEHIND A MIRACLE: $50,000 · OtherBIGHORN BEHIND A MIRA…CCF MN CATHOLIC CAMP FUND: $20,000 · OtherCCF MN CATHOLIC CAMP …FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL: $15,000 · OtherFORDHAM LAW SCHOOLRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $15,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE…Individual grant recipient: $10,000 · OtherIndividual grant reci…GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $7,210 · Other+22 more: $68,950 · Other+22 moreMATTER: $65,000 · Food & NutritionUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $32,000 · EducationAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $5,500 · EducationTrinity University: $4,500 · EducationDREXEL NEUMANN ACADEMY INC: $3,000 · EducationTRINITY COLLEGE: $2,000 · EducationHAZELTINE GOLF FOUNDATION: $35,000 · Recreation & SportsMENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF MINNESOTA: $12,000 · Employment
Health$367,500Philanthropy$288,752Other$186,160Food & Nutrition$65,000Education$47,000Recreation & Sports$35,000Employment$12,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $250,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetBIGHORN GOLF CLUB CHARITIES INC: $228,752 over 7y, 5.4% of budgetMATTER: $65,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION: $56,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetHAZELTINE GOLF FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 2y, 8.8% of budgetBLUE ANGELS FOUNDATION INC: $35,000 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $32,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $26,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWashburn Center for Children: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMENTORING PARTNERSHIP OF MINNESOTA: $12,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetMATTHEW SILVERMAN MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTHE HAWN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $7,210 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetACHIEVING CURES TOGETHER: $5,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE BASILICA LANDMARK: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ANNEXSTAD FAMILY FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTRINITY SOBER HOMES: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetTrinity University: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMINNETONKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetTHE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATION INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMONBOND COMMUNITIES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTRINITY COLLEGE: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuild: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLake Minnetonka Association: $200 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Catholic Community Fo…The Minneapolis Found…Xcel Energy FoundationThe Richard M Schulze…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Rd & Joan Dale Hubbar…Baird Foundation IncOtto Bremer TrustCharities Aid Foundat…National Philanthropi…The Blackbaud Giving …Renaissance Charitabl…
Catholic Community Foundation of MinnesotaMN21.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · The Minneapolis Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Rd & Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Renaissance Charitable 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 The Andersen Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Andersen Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get 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 · 0–20%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to The Andersen Family Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Andersen Family 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 48 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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