· Private foundation
The Crosswols 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, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k72 grants · $96k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| WASHBURN CENTER | $5,000 |
| ORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING | $2,500 |
| MINNESOTA LAND TRUST | $2,500 |
| FRIENDS OF THE BOUNDARY WATERS | $2,000 |
| MINNESOTA DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURCES | $2,000 |
| CARINGBRIDGE | $2,000 |
| STEGER WILDERNESS CENTER | $2,000 |
| NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION | $2,000 |
| MUSEUM OF THE RUSSIAN ARTS | $2,000 |
| HENRY FERGUSON MUSEUM | $2,000 |
| HEIFER INTERNATIONAL | $2,000 |
| MINNETONKA CENTER FOR THE ARTS | $2,000 |
| FRESH ENERGY | $1,600 |
| GARDEN OF THE SLEEPING ANGELS | $1,500 |
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 (FY17–25, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 82% 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
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
104 repeat relationships: 73 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down.
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, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- TMThe Minnesota Opera3× · 2017–2020 · $120k · revenue +18%
- MZMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION3× · 2018–2021 · $40k · revenue +263%
FRESH ENERGY9× · 2017–2025 · $27k · revenue +112%
Funded once
- MOMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATIONgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +64%
- TCTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INCgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +37%
- FOFRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVERgraduatedone grant, 2018 · $4k · revenue +94%
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.
MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.
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…
To create an extraordinary downtown minneapolis, applying the core values of leadership, collaboration, advocacy and innovation.
To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.
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,…
Conservation minnesota's mission is to turn our shared conservation values into state priorities and provide you with the information you need to make decisions for your family, community and future.
Arts Midwest works collaboratively with private and public arts supporters to support, inform, and celebrate arts organizations and creative communities across the Midwest. Our mission is to build unprecedented opportunity across the…
Minnesota fringe connects adventurous artists with adventurous audiences by creating open, supportive forums for free and diverse artistic expression.
The minnesota state fair foundation's mission is to preserve and improve the historic minnesota state fairgrounds and support state fair programs and projects in agriculture, arts & culture, education, the environment, and history.
National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…
Eastern national promotes the public's understanding and support of america's national parks and other public trust partners by providing quality educational experiences, products and services.
How this is measured
75 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. 75 of the 140 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 The Minnesota Opera ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds FRESH ENERGY ↗
- Who funds THE WILDCAT SANCTUARY ↗
- Who funds MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS ↗
- Who funds The Family Partnership ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds Middleton Place Foundation ↗
- Who funds Henry L Ferguson Museum ↗
- Who funds Foxcroft School ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds MINNETONKA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society ↗
- Who funds MILKWEED EDITIONS INC ↗
- Who funds ORDWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ↗
- Who funds NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER ↗
- Who funds CITIZENS LEAGUE ↗
- Who funds THE TELLURIDE MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TUBMAN ↗
- Who funds FISHERS ISLAND LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds Minneapolis Parks Foundation ↗
- Who funds THREE RIVERS PARK DISTRICT FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US ↗
- Who funds PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC ↗
- Who funds GLOBAL MINNESOTA ↗
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: Longview Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The K Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · James T Nystrom Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Crosswols Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Crosswols Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- South Africa Partners Inc: 42% of income from government
How this is measured
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