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The Halverson Family Foundation at a glance

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The Halverson Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$15k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$25kEducation$24kHealth$19kHuman Services$6kPhilanthropy$5kFood & Nutrition$3kReligion$3kYouth Development$2kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $5k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,500
Median grant
3
States reached
$340k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
GRAND FORKS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM$10,000
ST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH OF PARAGOULD ARKANSAS$2,500
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA$1,500
MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MOORHEAD$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%THE ARC NORTH FLORIDA: $1k → 19%COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $5k → 13%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 8% of The Halverson Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 86% of the giving stays in ND; by stated purpose, 80%.

The Halverson Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 5.7% directed abroad (not shown)
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.

45%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$37k · 3 repeat orgs$45k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +153% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

3 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

3
14

Total granted

$37k
$41k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+153%
0%

Still filing today

67%
57%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentPublic BenefitHealthFood & NutritionOther
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

  • GF
    GRAND FORKS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $20k · revenue -57%
  • AH
    ALTRU HEALTH FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2024 · $9k · revenue +153%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
    5× · 2017–2025 · $8k

Funded once

  • GF
    GRAND FORKS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue +5%
  • TR
    TEDDY ROOSEVELT LIBRARY
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • GH
    Governors Heritage Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
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.

1
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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2
Winona Health Foundation

The mission of the Winona Health Foundation is to gather, steward, and distribute resources needed to support and advance the mission of Winona Health and its affiliates.

Health
3
Butte Emergency Food Bank

Provide food for individuals in need

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4
Mankato Area Foundation

The Mankato Area Foundation is a trusted resource that connects donors with causes they care about, provides funding to enhance our region and serves as a collaborative community partner.

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5
Catholic Charities North Dakota

Guided by our values, Catholic Charities North Dakota serves people in need and advocates for the common good of all.

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6
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
7
Fargo Park District Foundation

The purpose of the Foundation is to pursue unique fundraising opportunities and increase private sector support to further the development, growth, and excellence of the Park District in providing modernized facilities and quality…

Recreation & Sports
8
Bozeman Deaconess Foundation

To support Bozeman Health Services by promoting community participation in and financial support of activities to improve community health and quality of life.

Philanthropy
9
Care Providers of Minnesota Foundation

To promote quality care in long term health care facilities through education and research.

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10
American Culinary Federation Inc

Promoting excellence, education, professionalism and collegiality in the culinary profession

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11
Dubuque Area Convention and Visitors Bureau

The Dubuque Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) will lead tourism destination promotion and development to enhance and expand the Dubuque Area experience.

Community Improvement
12
Feeding South Dakota

To eliminate hunger in south dakota.

Food & Nutrition
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Grand Forks Foundation for Education Inc; the most unlike its peers is Richland Voluntary Council on Aging Inc. 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

11 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. 11 of the 20 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
4/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GRAND FORKS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $20,000 · OtherGRAND FORKS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INCALTRU HEALTH FOUNDATION: $9,000 · OtherALTRU HEALTH FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA: $7,500 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTAGRAND FORKS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC: $5,000 · OtherGRAND FORKS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INCTEDDY ROOSEVELT LIBRARY: $5,000 · OtherTEDDY ROOSEVELT LIBRARYCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY FOUNDATIONGREENE COUNTY TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 1: $2,500 · OtherST MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH OF PARAGOULD ARKANSAS: $2,500 · Other+5 more: $6,000 · Other+5 moreDakota Medical Foundation: $7,000 · HealthDakota Medic…ALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $3,000 · HealthALZHEIMER'S …COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $5,000 · Human ServicesTHE ARC NORTH FLORIDA INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesGovernors Heritage Foundation: $5,000 · Public BenefitGreat Plains Food Bank: $2,500 · Food & NutritionBIO Girls Inc: $2,000 · Youth Development
Other$62,500Health$10,000Human Services$6,000Public Benefit$5,000Food & Nutrition$2,500Youth Development$2,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetGRAND FORKS CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetALTRU HEALTH FOUNDATION: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDakota Medical Foundation: $7,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGRAND FORKS FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetGovernors Heritage Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S FOUNDATION OF AMERICA INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreat Plains Food Bank: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBIO Girls Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRichland Voluntary Council on Aging Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

Myra FoundationMidcontinent Foundati…Xcel Energy FoundationThe Hal and Kathleen …Dakota Medical Founda…Fargo-Moorhead Area F…Blue Cross Blue Shiel…The Pfizer Foundation…American Online Givin…Amazonsmile Foundation
Myra FoundationND15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Myra Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Hal and Kathleen Gershman Family Foundation · Dakota Medical Foundation · Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation · Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation · The Pfizer Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Halverson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Halverson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s 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 · 0–25%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Halverson Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Halverson Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 20 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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