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The Malark 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.

$56k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$183kFood & Nutrition$40kHuman Services$33kReligion$18kEducation$16kPublic Safety & Disaster$12kAnimals$12kInternational$8kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $46k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MN ADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE$10,000
Individual grant recipient$5,000
LAKEWOOD HEALTH SYSTEM$5,000
MAGNUS VETERAN'S FOUNDATION$5,000
BECKER FOOD SHELF$5,000
STEPS OF STRATEGY$5,000
OUTDOOR NEWS FOUNDATION$5,000
MAYO CLINIC$5,000
AICARDI SYNDROME FOUNDATION$2,000
GROW TO GROW$2,000
MN VETERANS PANTRY$1,000
ALEXANDRA HOUSE$1,000
COMPASSION CONNECTION$1,000
ST JOHN'S LUTHERAN CHURCH$1,000
ABBEY'S HOPE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$1,000
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 (FY21–25, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 93% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ACRON HILL EAAT: $500 → 14%HAGEN CENTER: $500 → 11%Acorn Hill EAAT Inc: $250 → 14%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $1k → 7%STEPS OF STRATEGY: $5k → 14%NEAR Food Shelf: $500 → 11%Steps of Strategy: $5k → 14%Sharing and Caring Hands: $2k → 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

WA
ND
MN
IL
WI
NY
NV
PA
NJ
CA
VA
AZ
TN
DC
LA
TX
FL
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.

39%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$95k · 13 repeat orgs$149k to everyone else

13 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
52

Total granted

$95k
$112k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+1%
+31%

Still filing today

62%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 27% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $37k 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
HealthHuman ServicesAnimalsFood & NutritionInternationalPublic BenefitOther
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

  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND
    2× · 2020–2021 · $15k · revenue +17%
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI
    2× · 2018–2019 · $13k · revenue +74%
  • TA
    THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
    2× · 2019–2020 · $6k · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD CHARITIES
    one grant, 2023 · $20k
  • LO
    LORD OF LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2017 · $16k
  • SJ
    St Johns University
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
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
Management Sciences for Health Inc

(msh) saves lives and improves the health of the world's poorest (see schedule o) and most vulnerable people by closing the gap between knowledge and action in public health.

International
3
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
4
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Leadership in the prevention, treatment, and cure of cancer through excellence, vision and cost effectiveness in patient care, outreach programs, research, and education.

Health
5
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition
6
Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute

Improve patient care and the health of our community through research and education.

Health
7
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
8
2020 Mom Policy Center for Maternal

The policy center is improving maternal mental health outcomes through closing gaps in care delivery, including improving detection and access to evidence-based and informed clinical and community-based care. the policy center has been…

Health
9
Target Als Foundation Inc

Our mission is to break down barriers to als research to find effective treatments. by uniting academia, the pharma and biotech industry, government, venture capital, related nonprofits, and the als community, we aim to overcome the…

Education
10
Mass General Brigham Incorporated & Affiliates Group Return

Mass general brigham incorporated is developing an integrated health care delivery system throughout the region that offers patients a continuum of coordinated, high-quality care.

Health
11
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Fred hutch cancer center ("fred hutch") unites innovative research and compassionate care to prevent and eliminate cancer and infectious disease. continued on schedule o

Health
12
Altarum Institute

Altarum is focused on improving the health of individuals with fewer financial resources and populations disenfranchised by the health care system. we drive impactful changes in four domains: 1) transform health service delivery - we work…

Science & Tech
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Acorn Hill Eaat Inc. 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

39 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. 39 of the 78 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)
39/39
Grantees still filing
24/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MAYO CLINIC: $111,000 · HealthMAYO CLINICMAGNUS VETERANS FOUNDATION: $15,000 · HealthMAGNUS VETERANS FOUNDATIONRIDE HARD BREATHE EASY: $10,000 · HealthRIDE HARD BREATHE EASYMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $10,000 · HealthMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc+9 more: $11,700 · Health+9 moreRONALD MCDONALD CHARITIES: $20,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD CHARITIESLORD OF LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCH: $15,500 · OtherLORD OF LIFE LUTHERAN CHURCHAMERICAN RED CROSS: $11,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSSt Johns University: $10,000 · OtherSt Johns UniversityCOMPASSION CONNECTION: $6,500 · OtherAmerican Cancer Society: $5,900 · OtherCEAP: $5,000 · OtherBECKER FOOD SHELF: $5,000 · OtherASCPA: $5,000 · OtherOUTDOOR NEWS FOUNDATION: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherThe Salvation Army: $5,000 · Other+35 more: $32,082 · Other+35 moreSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $15,000 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $12,700 · Food & Nutrition+1 more: $500 · Food & NutritionSTEPS OF STRATEGY: $10,000 · Human ServicesSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $2,000 · Human ServicesALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesAcorn Hill EAAT Inc: $750 · Human ServicesNORTH SUBURBAN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE RESPONSE INC: $500 · Human ServicesHAGEN CENTER: $500 · Human ServicesTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $6,000 · AnimalsAnimal Humane Society: $5,500 · Animals+1 more: $200 · AnimalsFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $5,000 · InternationalWORLD VISION INC: $2,620 · InternationalONE TO WORLD INC: $2,000 · InternationalCHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA: $1,000 · InternationalChange the Outcome: $2,300 · Public BenefitMN VETERANS PANTRY: $1,000 · Public Benefit
Health$157,700Other$130,982Food & Nutrition$28,200Human Services$14,750Animals$11,700International$10,620Public Benefit$3,300

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 budgetMAYO CLINIC: $111,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMAGNUS VETERANS FOUNDATION: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST FOODBANK OF SOUTHERN WI: $12,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSTEPS OF STRATEGY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRIDE HARD BREATHE EASY: $10,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: $6,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Humane Society: $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $2,620 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetChange the Outcome: $2,300 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE TO WORLD INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $1,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOPTIONS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHILDFUND INTERNATIONAL USA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Dakota State University Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetABBEY'S HOPE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMN VETERANS PANTRY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGillette Children's Hospital Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNAMI MINNESOTA: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAcorn Hill EAAT Inc: $750 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetAMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS ASSN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILL WORK FOR RECOVERY: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetNORTH SUBURBAN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE RESPONSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOUTREACH PROGRAM OF BRAINERD LAKES: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetN C LITTLE MEMORIAL HOSPICE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHAGEN CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Wave Youth Center LLC: $500 over 1y, 14% of budgetLittle People of America Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLEAP INC: $250 over 1y, 0.3% 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 Minneapolis Found…The Graco FoundationOtto Bremer TrustConnexus Energy Found…DotopiaSaint Paul & Minnesot…United Way WorldwideChubb Charitable Foun…Mightycause Charitabl…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…Renaissance Charitabl…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN16.4× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · The Graco Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Connexus Energy Foundation · Dotopia · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Chubb Charitable Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    14report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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 78 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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