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The Janice Gardner Foundation at a glance

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The Janice Gardner Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.1M
Granted FY2024still arriving
23
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$712kHealth$465kHuman Services$306kFood & Nutrition$286kAnimals$176kInternational$88kEnvironment$40kArts & Culture$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $2k
  • $10k–50k10 grants · $313k
  • $50k–250k11 grants · $579k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$50,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOPE INTERFAITH CENTER$250,000
JACK'S CAREGIVER COALITION$75,000
Individual grant recipient$54,000
WAYCROSS EVANGELICAL CHURCH$50,000
LOAVES & FISHES$50,000
WASHBURN CENTER FOR CHILDREN$50,000
ALEX'S LEMONADE STAND$50,000
CANVAS HEALTH$50,000
YOUTH FARM$50,000
CANDO CANINES$50,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
WINGSPAN LIFE RESOURCES$50,000
MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION$40,000
HUNGER SOLUTIONS MINNESOTA$40,000
UNION GOSPEL MISSION$40,000
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 (FY17–24, $324k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 85% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CANVAS HEALTH: $50k → 6%BLUE STAR OF HOPE: $10k → 17%BLUE STAR OF HOPE: $10k → 23%BUCKHORN CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION INC: $14k → 27%BLUE STAR OF HOPE: $10k → 17%BLUE STAR OF HOPE: $10k → 23%WINGSPAN LIFE RESOURCES: $50k → 14%BLUE STAR OF HOPE: $10k → 17%BLUE STAR OF HOPE: $10k → 23%BLUE STAR OF HOPE: $10k → 17%WINGSPAN LIFE RESOURCES: $10k → 14%WINGSPAN LIFE RESOURCES: $3k → 14%WINGSPAN LIFE RESOURCES: $2k → 14%WINGSPAN LIFE RESOURCES: $2k → 14%WINGSPAN LIFE RESOURCES: $2k → 14%WINGSPAN LIFE RESOURCES: $2k → 14%KIDS AT RISK ACTION - KARA: $4k → 11%JACK'S CAREGIVER COALITION: $75k → 11%JACK'S CAREGIVER COALITION: $15k → 11%JACK'S CAREGIVER COALITION: $8k → 11%JACK'S CAREGIVER COALITION: $4k → 11%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE: $10k → 11%HOMEWARD BOUND: $2k → 11%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE: $4k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IN
PA
CA
CO
KY
VA
TX
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 29 repeat orgs$283k to everyone else

29 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
9

Total granted

$2.0M
$47k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+26%
+28%

Still filing today

69%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $236k 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
Human ServicesHealthFood & NutritionRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • JC
    JACKS CAREGIVER COALITION
    4× · 2021–2024 · $101k · revenue +112%
  • UG
    UNION GOSPEL MISSION INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $82k · revenue +122%
  • CD
    CAN DO CANINES
    6× · 2019–2024 · $76k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • PP
    PAW PADS
    one grant, 2023 · $15k
  • HO
    HOUSE OF THE CHILDREN
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
  • FC
    FRAUENSHUH CANCER CENTER
    one grant, 2021 · $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
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
2
Touchstone Mental Health

Touchstone mental health provides innovative, person-centered services that foster hope, health and well-being. we envision a world where all people whose lives are affected by mental illness will flourish with effective treatment, quality…

Human Services
3
Lifeworks Services Inc

Lifeworks' mission is to partner with people with disabilities to drive change by increasing opportunity and access in the community.

Human Services
4
Central Minnesota Jobs and Training Services Inc

Strengthen central mn communities through leadership in workforce excellence.

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5
Families Rising

To amplify the voices of those with lived experience, support adoptive, foster, and kinship families, educate child welfare professionals, and champion the well-being of children and families. whether you are seeking guidance or working to…

Human Services
6
Mental Health Resources Inc

The mission of mental health resources is to foster hope, health and recovery for people affected by mental illness and substance use disorder.

—
7
Nexus-Path Family Healing

Strengthening lives, families, and communities through our cornerstone values.

Human Services
8
Living Well Disability Services

Living Well Disability Services transforms the lives of people impacted by disabilities through the delivery of exceptional services.

—
9
Healtheast Woodwinds Hospital

Fairview is driven to heal, discover, and educate for longer, healthier lives.

Health
10
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital

Provide quality, accessible, and valuable health care services via a hospital, home health agency, and clinic to the surrounding rural community.

Health
11
Dakotabilities Inc

Together, we create a warm and welcoming community enriching the lives of those we support.

Human Services
12
University of Minnesota Physicians

University of minnesota physicians serves as the integrated group practice for the university of minnesota medical school full-time faculty to provide the highest quality healthcare to patients and their families.university of minnesota…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Angel Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Kids At Risk Action. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

31 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. 31 of the 47 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
22/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HOPE INTERFAITH CENTER: $560,000 · OtherHOPE INTERFAITH CENTERLOAVES & FISHES: $87,850 · OtherLOAVES & FISHESUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $81,850 · OtherUNION GOSPEL MISSION INCCAN DO CANINES: $76,000 · OtherWAYCROSS EVANGELICAL CHURCH: $70,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $69,000 · OtherALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $65,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $65,000 · OtherYouth Farm and Market Project: $62,500 · OtherPARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION: $55,000 · Other+17 more: $311,430 · Other+17 moreJACKS CAREGIVER COALITION: $101,000 · Human ServicesJACKS CAREGIVER…BLUE STAR OF HOPE: $70,000 · Human ServicesBLUE STAR OF HO…WINGSPAN LIFE RESOURCES: $69,000 · Human ServicesWINGSPAN LIFE R…CANVAS HEALTH INC: $50,000 · Human ServicesCANVAS HEALTH I…COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE INC: $14,000 · Human ServicesBUCKHORN CHILDRENS FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 · Human Services+2 more: $5,802 · Human ServicesFairview Foundation: $155,000 · HealthFairview Fou…Washburn Center for Children: $50,000 · HealthWashburn Cen…RAKHMA INC: $22,500 · HealthRAKHMA INCHELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC: $15,000 · HealthHELP HOSPITA…+2 more: $12,000 · HealthHUNGER SOLUTIONS MINNESOTA: $60,000 · Food & NutritionMETRO MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $59,000 · Food & NutritionTHE RYAN MATHIS FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsCAMP ODAYIN: $25,000 · Recreation & SportsEVERY THIRD SATURDAY INC: $35,000 · Public BenefitGIVING VOICE INITIATIVE: $34,500 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,503,630Human Services$323,802Health$254,500Food & Nutrition$119,000Recreation & Sports$50,000Public Benefit$35,000Arts & Culture$34,500

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 budgetFairview Foundation: $155,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetJACKS CAREGIVER COALITION: $101,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $81,850 over 4y, 3.5% of budgetCAN DO CANINES: $76,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetBLUE STAR OF HOPE: $70,000 over 7y, 11% of budgetWINGSPAN LIFE RESOURCES: $69,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION: $65,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetYouth Farm and Market Project: $62,500 over 3y, 6.3% of budgetHUNGER SOLUTIONS MINNESOTA: $60,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetMETRO MEALS ON WHEELS INC: $59,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCANVAS HEALTH INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWashburn Center for Children: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCATHOLIC ELDERCARE: $35,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetEVERY THIRD SATURDAY INC: $35,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetGIVING VOICE INITIATIVE: $34,500 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $25,600 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE RYAN MATHIS FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 29% of budgetCAMP ODAYIN: $25,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetRAKHMA INC: $22,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetRAINFOREST FLOW: $18,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetHELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC: $15,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE INC: $14,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBUCKHORN CHILDRENS FOUNDATION INC: $14,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetWomen's Foundation of Minnesota: $8,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetANGEL FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetREACH FOR RESOURCES INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHOMEWARD BOUND INC: $1,802 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Fairview Foundation ↗
  • Who funds JACKS CAREGIVER COALITION ↗
  • Who funds UNION GOSPEL MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds CAN DO CANINES ↗
  • Who funds BLUE STAR OF HOPE ↗
  • Who funds WINGSPAN LIFE RESOURCES ↗
  • Who funds ALEXS LEMONADE STAND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Youth Farm and Market Project ↗
  • Who funds HUNGER SOLUTIONS MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds METRO MEALS ON WHEELS INC ↗
  • Who funds PARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CANVAS HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds Washburn Center for Children ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC ELDERCARE ↗
  • Who funds EVERY THIRD SATURDAY INC ↗
  • Who funds GIVING VOICE INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds THE RYAN MATHIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CAMP ODAYIN ↗
  • Who funds RAKHMA INC ↗
  • Who funds RAINFOREST FLOW ↗
  • Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HELP HOSPITALIZED VETERANS INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds BUCKHORN CHILDRENS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Women's Foundation of Minnesota ↗
  • Who funds ANGEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER FOUNDATION INC ↗

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 Richard M Schulze…Mightycause Charitabl…Xcel Energy FoundationOtto Bremer TrustThe Minneapolis Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Fr Bigelow FoundationMargaret a Cargill Fo…United Way WorldwideWca FoundationBentson FoundationAllina Health System
The Richard M Schulze Family FoundationMN25.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Wca Foundation · Bentson Foundation · Allina Health System

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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

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    How do I get to The Janice Gardner Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Janice Gardner 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 47 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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