Minnesota · Private foundation
The Freier 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.
- $191k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $45,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $85k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations The Freier Family Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 3% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $191k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $166k | 14% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $157k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $158k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $135k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $119k | 25% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $99k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $127k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salvation Army | $262,500 | 9 | n/a |
| American Diabetes Association | $220,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Heartland | $170,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $72,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Think Small | $52,500 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Prairiecare Fund | $30,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The Actuarial Foundation | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tablets for Tots | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salvation Army | $262,500 | 9 | n/a |
| American Diabetes Association | $220,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Second Harvest Heartland | $170,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Fisher House Foundation Inc | $72,500 | 9 | 0% |
| Think Small | $52,500 | 7 | 0% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Prairiecare Fund | $30,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The Actuarial Foundation | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Tablets for Tots | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Park Square Theatre | $2,750 | 3 | 0% |
| Family Promise Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Lake Street Council | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($365k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Freier Family Foundation Inc 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: Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About The Freier Family Foundation Inc
- How much does The Freier Family Foundation Inc give?
- The Freier Family Foundation Inc reported 7 grants totaling $190,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Freier Family Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (34%), Food & Nutrition (26%), Health (18%).
- Who are The Freier Family Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Salvation Army ($263k), American Diabetes Association ($220k), Second Harvest Heartland ($170k).
- Does The Freier Family Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Freier Family Foundation Inc 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 Freier Family Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is The Freier Family Foundation Inc based?
- The Freier Family Foundation Inc is based in MN.
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