Minnesota · Private foundation
The Geyer Family 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.
- $51k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 43%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $3,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $29,600
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 43% of the organizations The Geyer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% 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 | $51k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $35k | 43% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $14k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $13k | 63% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $8k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $5k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $12k | 86% |
| FY2017 | 8 | $62k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 180 Degrees Inc | $59,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Minnehaha Academy | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Search Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Edina Football Association | $8,470 | 1 | 2% |
| Edina Hockey Association | $6,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Young Life | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Gillette Children's Hospital Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Edina Athletic Boosters | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Smashsmard Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| N C Little Memorial Hospice Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| 180 Degrees Inc | $59,100 | 3 | 0% |
| Minnehaha Academy | $45,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Search Ministries Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Edina Football Association | $8,470 | 1 | 2% |
| Edina Hockey Association | $6,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Young Life | $5,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Gillette Children's Hospital Foundation | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Edina Athletic Boosters | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Smashsmard Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| N C Little Memorial Hospice Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Compassion International Incorporated | $820 | 1 | 0% |
| Big Payette Lake Water Quality Council | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Animal Humane Society | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mn Minnesotanorth Dakotasouth Dakota | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Samaritan's Purse | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Hope Academy Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($60k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Geyer Family 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: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Geyer Family Foundation
- How much does The Geyer Family Foundation give?
- The Geyer Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $51,070 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does The Geyer Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (30%), Religion (28%), Youth Development (24%).
- Who are The Geyer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: 180 Degrees Inc ($59k), Minnehaha Academy ($45k), Search Ministries Inc ($10k).
- Does The Geyer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 43% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Geyer Family 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 Geyer Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation.
- Where is The Geyer Family Foundation based?
- The Geyer Family Foundation is based in MN.
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