Minnesota · Private foundation
The Cdf Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $63k
- Granted FY2022
- 27
- Grants FY2022
- 26
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 8%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Cdf Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to Minneapolis Jewish Federation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The Cdf Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 19 organizations, $63k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $500
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 23 to 31
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 8% of the organizations The Cdf Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 26 | $58k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 27 | $54k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $28k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 24 | $15k | 50% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $62k | 23% |
| FY2017 | 31 | $42k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beth El Foundation of Minnesota Inc | $48,500 | 5 | 4% |
| Food Group Minnesota Inc The | $15,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Heartland | $14,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery | $7,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Greater Twin Cities United Way | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society | $4,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Foundation | $3,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus | $3,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Six Points Theater | $2,750 | 4 | 0% |
| Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis | $2,500 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($129k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Cdf Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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 · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · William Boss Foundation · Minneapolis Jewish Federation · Target Foundation · The K Foundation · Minnesota Community Foundation · Minnesota Historical Society · Mark and Lisa Ratner Family Foundation Inc
How this is measured
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About The Cdf Foundation
- How much does The Cdf Foundation give?
- The Cdf Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $62,750 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 31 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does The Cdf Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (30%), Religion (15%), Food & Nutrition (10%).
- Who are The Cdf Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Beth El Foundation of Minnesota Inc ($49k), Food Group Minnesota Inc The ($16k), Second Harvest Heartland ($15k).
- Does The Cdf Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Cdf Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Cdf Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is The Cdf Foundation based?
- The Cdf Foundation is based in MN.
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