· Private foundation
The John Gale Memorial 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k12 grants · $155k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $265k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION | $140,125 |
| GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC | $65,125 |
| FUTURE URBAN LEADERS | $60,000 |
| AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC | $15,000 |
| TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC | $12,730 |
| LANDMARK CONSERVANCY INC | $12,730 |
| THE CORNUCOPIA INSTITUTE INC | $12,730 |
| MINNESOTA STATE FAIR FOUNDATION | $12,730 |
| THE BRIDGE TO HOPE | $12,730 |
| GREEN AMERICA | $12,730 |
| MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA | $12,730 |
| WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION INC | $12,730 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC | $12,730 |
| MABEL TAINTER LITERARY LIBRARY & EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY INC DBA MABEL THEATER | $12,730 |
| STEPPING STONES OF DUNN COUNTY INC | $12,730 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY24–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 84% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
6 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $139k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- SSSTEPPING STONES OF DUNN COUNTY INC2× · 2024–2025 · $38k · revenue 0%
- MSMINNESOTA STATE FAIR FOUNDATION2× · 2024–2025 · $33k · revenue -32%
- MPMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA2× · 2024–2025 · $23k · revenue +5%
Funded once
- FSFRANCONIA SCULPTURE PARK LEGEROSone grant, 2024 · $5k · revenue 0%
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.
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.
The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…
National public radio, inc. ("npr") works collaboratively with member public radio station licensees ("member stations") to create a more informed public, one that is challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of…
The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…
The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…
To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.
Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.
MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.
We conduct impartial public policy research and analysis to drive informed debate and effective decision-making in the state of wisconsin.
Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.
Midwest dairy works with others to give consumers an excellent dairy experience increasing sales, fostering innovation, and inspiring consumer confidence of dairy products and practices.
Minnesota fringe connects adventurous artists with adventurous audiences by creating open, supportive forums for free and diverse artistic expression.
Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…
How this is measured
16 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.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GREATER MILWAUKEE FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds Future Urban Leaders ↗
- Who funds STEPPING STONES OF DUNN COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA STATE FAIR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
- Who funds GREEN AMERICA ↗
- Who funds THE BRIDGE TO HOPE ↗
- Who funds THE CORNUCOPIA INSTITUTE INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICARES FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds WISCONSIN PUBLIC RADIO ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
- Who funds MABEL TAINTER LITERARY LIBRARY AND EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY INC ↗
- Who funds LANDMARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
- Who funds TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC ↗
- Who funds FRANCONIA SCULPTURE PARK LEGEROS ↗
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: Gale Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Community Foundation of Dunn County Inc · The Minneapolis Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The John Gale Memorial Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The John Gale Memorial Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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