· 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.
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2022
- Under $10k26 grants · $43k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $20k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHILDREN'S MINNESOTA CHILDREN'S BUSINESS CAMPUS | $20,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD | $7,500 |
| THE FOOD GROUP | $5,000 |
| SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND | $5,000 |
| MINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION | $5,000 |
| TUBMAN FAMILY ALLIANCE | $2,500 |
| GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY | $2,500 |
| BETH EL FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA INC | $2,500 |
| TWIN CITIES PUBLIC BROADCASTING STATION | $2,000 |
| ST PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA | $1,000 |
| MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| SIX POINTS THEATER | $1,000 |
| TWIN CITIES GAY MEN'S CHORUS | $1,000 |
| JEWISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF THE UPPER MIDWEST | $500 |
| MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ART | $500 |
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 (FY17–22, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +21% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 24 still active in FY2022, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call). Read against FY2022, the last year this funder named its own grantees directly; its giving has since run through a sponsor, which reports no donor behind each grant.
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 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
Backed again, and grew
- FGFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE6× · 2017–2022 · $16k · revenue +21%
- SHSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND5× · 2018–2022 · $15k · revenue +81%
- GMGREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY4× · 2019–2022 · $7k · revenue +37%
Funded once
- SHSECOND HARVESTone grant, 2017 · $2k
- MSMINNESOTA SYMPHONIC WINDS INCone grant, 2021 · $1k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2017 · $500
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.
To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.
The minnesota orchestra mission is to enrich, inspire and serve our community as an enduring symphony orchestra internationally recognized for its artistic excellence.
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…
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…
MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.
The foundation cultivates generosity by taking action on the greatest civic, social, and economic needs partnering with nonprofits, facilitating grantmaking, driving research and advocacy, and providing services to donors seeking to make a…
Schubert club creates inspiring musical experiences that contribute to the cultural vibrancy of the twin cities community through concert presentations, music education and student scholarship programs, and musuem exhibits.
The great northern celebrates our cold, creative winters through ten days of diverse programming that invigorate mind and body. in an era of changing climate that threatens our signature season, we seek to create community, inspire action,…
Move minnesota leads the movement for an equitable and sustainable transportation system that puts people first. we are passionate about connecting communities, ending the climate crisis, expanding access to jobs and resources, and…
To create an extraordinary downtown minneapolis, applying the core values of leadership, collaboration, advocacy and innovation.
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.
The minnesota grocers association advances the common interest of those engaged in all aspects of the food industry of mn as a leadership resource. the mga encourages and sponsors educational seminars, conventions and fosters the exchange…
How this is measured
31 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. 31 of the 54 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 MINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION ↗
- Who funds BETH EL FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA INC ↗
- Who funds FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE ↗
- Who funds SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND ↗
- Who funds GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY ↗
- Who funds GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY ↗
- Who funds The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA LANDSCAPE ARBORETUM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TWIN CITIES GAY MEN'S CHORUS ↗
- Who funds Six Points Theater ↗
- Who funds JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS ↗
- Who funds PANCREATIC CANCER ACTION NETWORK INC ↗
- Who funds CHARITIES REVIEW COUNCIL ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
- Who funds Firemens Relief Assns of Minn Golden Valley Fire Dept Relief Ass ↗
- Who funds SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA ↗
- Who funds MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS ↗
- Who funds GREATER TWIN CITIES YOUTH SYMPHONIES ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA SYMPHONIC WINDS INC ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA BOYCHOIR ↗
- Who funds HELP AT YOUR DOOR ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Cdf Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Cdf Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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