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The Dhein Foundation at a glance

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The Dhein Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$6k
Granted FY2024still arriving
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Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0183% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$761kReligion$430kHealth$373kFood & Nutrition$305kEducation$160kInternational$81kPhilanthropy$46kYouth Development$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$6,036
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TWIN CITIES SALVATION ARMY$6,036
02The need
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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 (FY17–23, $445k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Community Emergency Services: $85k → 11%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVI: $70k → 11%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE: $60k → 11%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE: $60k → 11%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVI: $60k → 11%Community Emergency Services: $60k → 11%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE: $50k → 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.
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 34% of The Dhein Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 96% of the giving stays in MN; by stated purpose, 63%.

The Dhein Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 19 repeat orgs$25k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +163% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2024, 19 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
5

Total granted

$2.5M
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+163%
0%

Still filing today

53%
80%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalPhilanthropyEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • CE
    COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE INC
    7× · 2017–2023 · $445k · revenue +10%
  • FI
    FREEDOMWORKS INCORPORATED
    7× · 2017–2023 · $368k · revenue ×12
  • NL
    NEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES
    7× · 2017–2023 · $345k · revenue +255%

Funded once

  • ST
    SHOBIS TABLE
    one grant, 2023 · $5k
  • UV
    URBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -11%
  • MT
    Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc
    one grant, 2023 · $5k · revenue +5%
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.

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Mercy House Minneapolis
Human Services
2
Orlando Union Rescue Mission Inc

To bring the hungry, hurting, and homeless to a new life, new goals, and a new future in christ.

Housing & Shelter
3
Union Gospel Mission Association of St Paul Inc

We provide christ-centered, life-changing pathways for all people who are experiencing homelessness, hunger and addiction.

Human Services
4
Fargo Union Mission

A faith-based emergency shelter and crisis response ministry aimed at meeting the basic needs of food, shelter and clothing and transforming lives through the love of Jesus. Our mission is to serve people who are on the journey from…

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5
Covenant House Michigan

Covenant house michigan is a sanctuary for homeless and at-risk young people, ages 18-24 who have nowhere to go. it is our mission to serve these children with respect and love.covenant house michigan builds bridges to hope for young…

Human Services
6
Union Gospel Mission Association of Olympia

The ougm exists as an evangelical christian rescue mission, serving thurston county, to share the good news of life in jesus christ by meeting the physical, mental and spiritual needs of individuals in crisis.

Human Services
7
Lighthouse Ministries Inc

Lighthouse ministries, inc. is set apart by the spirit of god to communicate the gospel of jesus christ to meet the physical, emotional, and other needs of the poor and at-risk population.

Religion
8
Youthlink

To be a community in which all youth, without regard to their living situation, have an equal opportunity to pursue and achieve their goals and dreams. the agency does this by supporting, resourcing, and empowering young people on their…

Human Services
9
Good Samaritan Mission Inc

To care for the needy, share the good news of jesus christ and change lives by providing counseling, life skill training, dignity gained through work and christ-centered discipleship.

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10
House of Refuge Faith Based
Human Services
11
Hope Ministries

Hope ministries is one of the largest private providers of free meals, safe shelter, and comprehensive life-recovery support for homeless, near-homeless, and hungry men, women, and children in iowa. the mission of hope ministries is to…

Human Services
12
Hope Avenue Twin Cities

We join in the lives of those living on the streets, helping to meet and empower them in their fight against poverty, food insecurity, addiction and homelessness.

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Open Hands Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Shack. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 25 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
11/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES: $345,000 · OtherNEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICESIndividual grant recipient: $280,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $250,000 · OtherUNION GOSPEL MISSION INCSALVATION ARMY: $140,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYIndividual grant recipient: $115,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientTHE SALVATION ARMY HARBOR LIGHT CTR: $100,000 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY HARBOR LIGHT CTRARRIVE MINISTRIES: $72,000 · Other+10 more: $98,036 · Other+10 moreCOMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE INC: $445,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY EMERGENCY …FREEDOMWORKS INCORPORATED: $367,500 · HealthFREEDOMWORKS INC…+1 more: $5,000 · HealthHOPE ACADEMY INC: $155,000 · EducationWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $81,000 · InternationalOPEN HANDS FOUNDATION: $46,000 · PhilanthropyTHE REEL HOPE PROJECT: $16,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE SHACK: $1,500 · Religion
Other$1,400,036Human Services$445,000Health$372,500Education$155,000International$81,000Philanthropy$46,000Youth Development$16,000Religion$1,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE INC: $445,000 over 7y, 3.0% of budgetFREEDOMWORKS INCORPORATED: $367,500 over 7y, 5.2% of budgetNEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES: $345,000 over 7y, 1.9% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $250,000 over 7y, 9.6% of budgetHOPE ACADEMY INC: $155,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetWORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS: $81,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetARRIVE MINISTRIES: $72,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetOPEN HANDS FOUNDATION: $46,000 over 7y, 7.0% of budgetCITY HOUSE: $20,000 over 4y, 7.8% of budgetTHE REEL HOPE PROJECT: $16,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetOUR SAVIOUR'S COMMUNITY SERVICES: $16,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetURBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SHACK: $1,500 over 1y, 1.6% 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.

  • Who funds COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds FREEDOMWORKS INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds NEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds UNION GOSPEL MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD RELIEF CORP OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF EVANGELICALS ↗
  • Who funds ARRIVE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds OPEN HANDS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CITY HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE REEL HOPE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds OUR SAVIOUR'S COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds SHOBIS TABLE ↗
  • Who funds URBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE SHACK ↗

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.

The Minneapolis Found…Mightycause Charitabl…The Graco FoundationCh Robinson Worldwide…Otto Bremer TrustSaint Paul & Minnesot…Thrivent Charitable I…The Blackbaud Giving …Vanguard Charitable E…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN16.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Graco Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 Dhein Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Dhein Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • World Relief Corp of National Association of Evangelicals: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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.

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 25 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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