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The Klick Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$227k
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$188k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0165% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Education$590kHuman Services$22kReligion$15kHealth$9kPhilanthropy$3kRecreation & Sports$2kInternational$2kCommunity Improvement$2kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k24 grants · $29k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $188k
$600
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MN STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO FOUNDATION$188,270
MISSIONARY BENEDICTINE SISTERS$10,000
ALEXANDRIA VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE$9,000
ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY$5,000
SHARING & CARING HANDS$2,500
MICHIGAN TECH$2,000
MINNEWASKA LAKER FOUNDATION$2,000
GLENWOOD STATE BANK - VISA$1,660
GLENWOOD LAKES AREA WELCOME CENTER$1,000
BREAD TO THE NATIONS$1,000
Individual grant recipient$750
GLENWOOD WATERAMA$750
AUXILIARY OF GLACIAL RIDGE HOSPITAL$600
GLENWOOD AND BEYOND$400
Individual grant recipient$250
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 (FY20–24, $18k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SHARING & CARING HANDS: $3k → 11%SHARING & CARING HANDS: $3k → 11%CAMPHIL VILLAGE MN: $10k → 11%SHARING CARING HANDS: $3k → 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.

60%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$455k · 21 repeat orgs$303k to everyone else

21 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
33

Total granted

$455k
$283k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+41%

Still filing today

43%
9%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’22’23’24
EducationCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesPhilanthropyRecreation & SportsInternationalOther
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

  • MS
    MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2023–2024 · $389k · revenue +285%
  • SA
    SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $8k · revenue +33%
  • ML
    MINNEWASKA LAKER FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2024 · $4k · revenue +96%

Funded once

  • MM
    MSU MANKATO FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2022 · $167k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $58k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $15k
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
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
2
St John the Evangelist Homeless Shelter Inc

To honor the dignity, restore hope and create lasting change for homeless and those at risk in the green bay area.

Housing & Shelter
3
Maplewood Residence Inc
—
4
Minnewaska Lutheran Home

A community of services, grounded in faith, providing person centered care that encourages all people to reach their highest potential.

—
5
The Cross Lake Floatilla
Human Services
6
Mille Lacs Smallmouth Alliance

The Mille Lacs Smallmouth Alliance is a charitable non-profit organization dedicated to rebuilding, preserving and maintaining Mille Lacs Lake as a world class trophy smallmouth bass fishery. Our work will include: educating fishermen,…

Human Services
7
Cedar Crest Inc

Cedar crest is a life plan retirement community serving adults 55 years of age or older. its mission is to offer residents a faith-based culture that embraces a distinct wellness lifestyle, compassionate supportive living and excellent…

Health
8
Southwest Baptist University

Christ-centered, caring academic community preparing students to be servant leaders in a global society; a higher-education institution offering courses that lead to both undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Education
9
Lake Minnetonka Historical Society

The Lake Minnetonka Historical Society tells the story of Lake Minnetonka by collecting, preserving and sharing its history.

Arts & Culture
10
St Luke's Hospital of Duluth

We heal people, promote health and strengthen communities.

Health
11
Green Lake Association Inc

Safeguard green lake by improving its water quality, protecting it from critical threats, and accelerating its return to a clean lake.

Environment
12
Fairview Health Services

Mission: Fairview is driven to heal, discover and educate for longer, healthier lives. Vision: Fairview is driving a healthier future. Values: Dignity: We value the uniqueness of each person and work to ensure everyone's right to privacy.…

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Camphill Village Minnesota Inc; the most unlike its peers is Alpha Project for the Homeless. 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

15 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. 15 of the 64 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
15/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO FOUNDATION INC: $389,277 · EducationMINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO FOUNDATION INC+2 more: $9,000 · EducationMSU MANKATO FOUNDATION: $166,667 · OtherMSU MANKATO FOUNDATIONIndividual grant recipient: $58,400 · OtherIndividual grant recipientIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientALEXANDRIA VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $18,000 · OtherALEXANDRIA VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL COLLEGEIndividual grant recipient: $15,000 · Other+49 more: $56,230 · Other+49 moreCAMPHILL VILLAGE MINNESOTA INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesCENTRACARE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $6,250 · HealthGLENWOOD LAKES AREA WELCOME CENTER: $2,150 · Community ImprovementGLENWOOD AND BEYOND INC: $1,000 · Community ImprovementGLENWOOD WATERAMA INC: $2,250 · Recreation & SportsBREAD TO THE NATIONS: $2,000 · International
Education$398,277Other$334,297Human Services$17,500Health$6,250Community Improvement$3,150Recreation & Sports$2,250International$2,000

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 budgetMINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO FOUNDATION INC: $389,277 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCAMPHILL VILLAGE MINNESOTA INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $7,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCENTRACARE HEALTH FOUNDATION: $6,250 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNEWASKA LAKER FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGLENWOOD WATERAMA INC: $2,250 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetGLENWOOD LAKES AREA WELCOME CENTER: $2,150 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetBREAD TO THE NATIONS: $2,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetGLENWOOD AND BEYOND INC: $1,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetSOMEPLACE SAFE: $600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALPHA PROJECT FOR THE HOMELESS: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIVING BREATH FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMINNEWASKA LAKE ASSOCIATION INC: $470 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSTARBUCK FIRE DEPARTMENT AUXILIARY: $200 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.

  • Who funds MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds CAMPHILL VILLAGE MINNESOTA INC ↗
  • Who funds SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRACARE HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ST CATHERINE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds MINNEWASKA LAKER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GLENWOOD WATERAMA INC ↗
  • Who funds GLENWOOD LAKES AREA WELCOME CENTER ↗
  • Who funds BREAD TO THE NATIONS ↗
  • Who funds GLENWOOD AND BEYOND INC ↗
  • Who funds SOMEPLACE SAFE ↗
  • Who funds ALPHA PROJECT FOR THE HOMELESS ↗

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.

CommunitygivingThe Blackbaud Giving …Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
CommunitygivingMN13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communitygiving · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · 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 Klick Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Klick 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%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 64 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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