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The John Mondati Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The John Mondati Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$53k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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.

Health$316kFood & Nutrition$90kHousing & Shelter$58kHuman Services$20kPhilanthropy$7kAnimals$6k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $6k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $47k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$800k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA$15,000
NORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$12,000
PARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION$10,000
ALIVENESS PROJECT$10,000
COURAGE KENNY$5,000
MN COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS$750
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $181k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%YMCA OF THE NORTH: $5k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $15k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $12k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC (PPL): $10k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $10k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $10k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC (PPL): $10k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $10k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC (PPL): $10k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC (PPL): $10k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $10k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC (PPL): $8k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC (PPL): $5k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $10k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $8k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $5k → 11%FRASER: $5k → 11%FRASER: $5k → 11%FRASER: $5k → 11%FRASER: $5k → 11%FRASER: $5k → 11%FRASER: $3k → 11%HELPING PAWS: $6k → 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.
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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$402k · 11 repeat orgs$94k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
15

Total granted

$402k
$84k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+11%

Still filing today

82%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k 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 ServicesHealthEducationHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • OA
    OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA
    9× · 2017–2025 · $90k · revenue +309%
  • AP
    ALIVENESS PROJECT INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $83k · revenue +521%
  • PF
    PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC
    6× · 2018–2023 · $53k · revenue +69%

Funded once

  • MG
    MAPLE GROVE HOSPITAL THRU NORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • UO
    U of M on behalf of M Health Fairview
    one grant, 2021 · $10k
  • HP
    HELPING PAWS INC
    one grant, 2024 · $6k · revenue -7%
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
Glencoe Regional Health Services

Glencoe regional health services exists to improve every life by offering high-quality, safe, and accessible healthcare. we are dedicated to strengthening healthcare by connecting our communities, enhancing the patient experience,…

Health
2
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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3
The Foundation for Health Care Continuums

The mission of the foundation for health care continuums is to strengthen each community we serve by providing a wide spectrum of housing and health care services that honor the evolving, aging population.

Health
4
Nebraska Methodist Hospital

Nebraska methodist hospital (commonly know as "methodist hospital") is an acute care facility dedicated to bringing high quality care for the mind, body and spirit of every person. we provide community-based health care, health education…

Health
5
Minnesota Business Partnership

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…

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6
Northern Michigan Hematology and Oncology

Provide professional services for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer and infectious disease and related conditions.

Health
7
Physicians Clinic Inc

Methodist physicians clinic provides accessible, quality medical care through its integrated team of health professionals, including specialists in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, surgery,…

Health
8
North Memorial Health Care Dba North Memorial Health

Empowering our patients to achieve their best health.

Health
9
Methodist Fremont Health

The mission of methodist fremont health is to improve the quality of life by caring for the body and mind. methodist fremont health supports its mission of caring for people through the provision of inpatient and outpatient hospital…

Health
10
Mclaren Northern Michigan

Mclaren health care, through its subsidiaries, will be the best value in health care as defined by quality outcomes and cost.

Health
11
Minnesota Community Healthcare Network

Minnesota community healthcare networks (mchn) mission is to transform the lives of people with mental illness by forming regional alliances to create and continuously improve comprehensive treatment and integrated care models that promote…

Health
12
Trinity Health & Affiliates

Trinity health is committed to preserving and improving the quality of health of the people we serve. our mission is to excel at meeting the needs of the whole person through the provision of quality health care and health related services.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Healtheast Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Emma Norton Services. 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

20 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. 20 of the 28 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/20
Grantees still filing
15/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALIVENESS PROJECT INC: $82,500 · OtherALIVENESS PROJECT INCNORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $47,000 · OtherNORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONPEOPLE INCORPORATED: $17,500 · OtherPEOPLE INCORPORATEDHEALTHEAST FOUNDATION: $12,500 · OtherMAPLE GROVE HOSPITAL THRU NORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherU of M on behalf of M Health Fairview: $10,000 · OtherPARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherCOURAGE KENNY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Other+9 more: $39,290 · Other+9 moreOPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $89,500 · Human ServicesOPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTAPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $52,500 · Human ServicesPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INCFRASER: $28,000 · Human ServicesFRASER+2 more: $11,000 · Human Services+2 moreCHANGING GAITS INC: $36,000 · HealthCHANGING GAITS …Fairview Foundation: $20,000 · HealthFairview Founda…GILDA'S CLUB TWIN CITIES INC: $5,000 · HealthGILDA'S CLUB TW…MAPLE GROVE HOSPITAL CORPORATION: $5,000 · HealthMAPLE GROVE HOS…NORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY: $5,000 · EducationEMMA NORTON SERVICES: $5,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$238,790Human Services$181,000Health$66,000Education$5,000Housing & Shelter$5,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $89,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetALIVENESS PROJECT INC: $82,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC: $52,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $47,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCHANGING GAITS INC: $36,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetFRASER: $28,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFairview Foundation: $20,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPEOPLE INCORPORATED: $17,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEALTHEAST FOUNDATION: $12,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOURAGE KENNY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Council on Foundations: $6,040 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING PAWS INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGILDA'S CLUB TWIN CITIES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN HOMES AND SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMAPLE GROVE HOSPITAL CORPORATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWESTERN HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMMA NORTON SERVICES: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLIFETRACK RESOURCES INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

The Richard M Schulze…Otto Bremer TrustSaint Paul & Minnesot…The Minneapolis Found…Mightycause Charitabl…The Walser FoundationPohlad Family Foundat…Margaret a Cargill Fo…Xcel Energy FoundationEdwards Memorial TrustEngelsma Family Found…St Croix Valley Found…
The Richard M Schulze Family FoundationMN24.4× affinity10 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 · Otto Bremer Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Walser Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Edwards Memorial Trust · Engelsma Family Foundation · St Croix Valley 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 John Mondati Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The John Mondati 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%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.

    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 28 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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