Minnesota · Private foundation
The Jennings Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $4.5M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 42
- Grants FY2024
- 34
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $600,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 34 to 55
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 10
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.5M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 15% of the organizations The Jennings Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 54% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $4.3M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 41 | $4.0M | 27% |
| FY2023 | 34 | $8.1M | 15% |
| FY2022 | 55 | $3.7M | 51% |
| FY2021 | 36 | $6.4M | 22% |
| FY2020 | 35 | $2.8M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 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, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anselm House | $4,000,000 | 5 | 45% |
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $3,041,000 | 1 | 78% |
| Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation | $2,900,000 | 5 | 14% |
| Bethany Fellowship Inc | $2,000,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Hope Academy Inc | $1,200,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The Timothy Initiative Inc | $1,100,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The Navigators | $1,075,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Wooddale Church | $975,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New Life Family Services | $530,000 | 4 | 8% |
| International Justice Mission | $400,000 | 5 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anselm House | $4,000,000 | 5 | 45% |
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $3,041,000 | 1 | 78% |
| Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation | $2,900,000 | 5 | 14% |
| Bethany Fellowship Inc | $2,000,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Hope Academy Inc | $1,200,000 | 5 | 2% |
| The Timothy Initiative Inc | $1,100,000 | 2 | 4% |
| The Navigators | $1,075,000 | 4 | n/a |
| Wooddale Church | $975,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New Life Family Services | $530,000 | 4 | 8% |
| International Justice Mission | $400,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Minnesota Family Institute | $340,000 | 5 | 7% |
| Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc | $325,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Thrive Co | $275,000 | 5 | n/a |
| Forever Adventure | $275,000 | 5 | 83% |
| Beyond Limits Inc | $250,000 | 4 | 21% |
| Cure International Inc | $250,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Luis Palau Association | $200,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Goodcities | $190,000 | 5 | 20% |
| Treehouse Inc | $190,000 | 5 | 3% |
| Union Gospel Mission Inc | $155,000 | 4 | 7% |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | $150,000 | 2 | 0% |
| True Friends | $130,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Ligonier Ministries Inc | $110,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Revive Our Hearts Ministries | $105,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grace to You | $105,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hopekids Inc | $105,000 | 5 | 1% |
| Voice of the Martyrs Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Gideons International | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arrive Ministries | $100,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Heshima Association | $100,000 | 1 | 12% |
| American Bible Society | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Community Bible Study | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Young Life | $100,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Living Well Disability Services | $70,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Focus on the Family | $60,000 | 2 | n/a |
| First Liberty Institute | $60,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Joyya Support US | $50,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Kenya Children's Fund Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Servant Leaders Support Inc | $49,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Metro Womens Center | $30,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Guiding Star Wakota | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Robbinsdale Women's Center | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Lakes Area Pregnancy Support Center of Brainerd Minnesota | $25,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life Inc-Education Fund | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rotary International | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Edina Rotary Foundation Inc | $20,000 | 3 | 4% |
| Pregnancy Resource Center of Cambridge | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Elevate Life | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Esthers Home | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lawndale Community Church | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Tandem Family Resource Center Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Woodbury Life Resource Center | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Answers in Genesis Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thru The Bible Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Prolife Across America | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacific Garden Mission | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Students for Life of America Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Agape Christi Academy | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Truth for Life | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bible Study Fellowship | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| National Association of Evangelicals | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($3.2M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Jennings Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 45 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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.
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How this is measured
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About The Jennings Family Foundation
- How much does The Jennings Family Foundation give?
- The Jennings Family Foundation reported 42 grants totaling $4,470,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 34 and 55 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does The Jennings Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (30%), International (26%), Philanthropy (11%).
- Who are The Jennings Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Anselm House ($4.0M), National Christian Foundation Inc ($3.0M), Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation ($2.9M).
- Does The Jennings Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Jennings Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Jennings Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota, Christian Community Foundation Inc, Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing.
- Where is The Jennings Family Foundation based?
- The Jennings Family Foundation is based in MN.
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