Minnesota · Private foundation
The Nolan Family 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.
- $230k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2024
- 28
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $57,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 15 to 28
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 12
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 21% of the organizations The Nolan Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 31% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $73k 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 | 27 | $230k | 26% |
| FY2023 | 28 | $236k | 21% |
| FY2022 | 23 | $271k | 30% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $215k | 11% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $217k | 23% |
| FY2019 | 26 | $193k | 35% |
| FY2018 | 26 | $177k | 50% |
| FY2017 | 15 | $176k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 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, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avon Old Farms School Inc | $202,750 | 8 | 0% |
| Onevillage Partners | $107,700 | 8 | 3% |
| Squash Haven Inc | $104,000 | 8 | 2% |
| St Thomas Academy | $77,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Baptist Health Foundation Inc | $75,000 | 5 | 1% |
| The Posse Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Rye Country Day School | $44,000 | 4 | 0% |
| The Jay Heritage Center | $40,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Breakthrough Miami Inc | $35,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Youth Frontiers Inc | $31,000 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 47 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($578k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Nolan Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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.
Open a dossier: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · The Goldman Sachs Charitable Gift Fund · Xcel Energy Foundation · Baird Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · The US Charitable Gift Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc
How this is measured
About The Nolan Family Foundation
- How much does The Nolan Family Foundation give?
- The Nolan Family Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $230,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 15 and 28 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Nolan Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (36%), Arts & Culture (11%), Youth Development (11%).
- Who are The Nolan Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Avon Old Farms School Inc ($203k), Onevillage Partners ($108k), Squash Haven Inc ($104k).
- Does The Nolan Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Nolan Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Nolan Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Mightycause Charitable Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
- Where is The Nolan Family Foundation based?
- The Nolan Family Foundation is based in MN.
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