· Public charity
The Optimist Club of St Cloud
The purpose of the st cloud optimist club is to develop optimism as a philosophy of life; to promote an active interest in good government and civic affairs; to inspire respect for the law; to promote patriotism and work for international accord and friendship among all people; to aid and encourage the development of youth, in the belief…
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k5 grants · $31k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $44k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COMMUNITYGIVING | $31,800 |
| GREAT RIVER EDUCATIONAL ARTS THEARE | $12,100 |
| SALVATION ARMY - ST CLOUD | $7,750 |
| UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MN | $6,000 |
| SARTELL SCHOOL DISTRICT - OAK RIDGE EARLY LEARNING CENTER | $6,000 |
| CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ST CLOUD | $5,600 |
| SAUK RAPIDS RICE MUSIC BOOSTERS INC | $5,405 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–25, $12k) 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.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
Enhancing and strengthening our community and our regional core.
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Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.
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…
Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.
Improving access to and the effectiveness of services through facilitation and coordination of community services and provision of information and referral services.
The mission of community shares of minnesota is to create a fair, just and equitable minnesota. community shares of minnesota accomplishes its mission by: supporting collective action to eliminate root causes of inequality and injustice;…
The association works to promote member credit unions as being safe and sound institutions for insured deposits, responsible lending, and the best place for consumers to receive financial services.
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…
The citizens league is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that empowers people to engage in civic life and public policy, to make minnesota a better place to live and work for everyone.
To promote, within the territory covered by the charter from time to time granted it by the boy scouts of america and in accordance with the congressional charter, bylaws, and rules and regulations of the boy scouts of america, the…
Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota
How this is measured
8 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. 8 of the 17 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.
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 COMMUNITYGIVING ↗
- Who funds GREAT RIVER EDUCATIONAL ARTS THEATRE ↗
- Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF ST CLOUD ↗
- Who funds ST CLOUD ROTARY FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds PUBLIC SAFETY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds DISTRICT 742 LOCAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL MN COUNCIL OF BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ↗
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: Communitygiving · United Way of Central Minnesota · Rick and Helga Bauerly Foundation · Granite Partners Foundation of Minnesota Inc · Initiative Foundation · Ja Wedum Foundation · Morgan Family Foundation · Central Mn Noon Optimist Club Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Charities Aid Foundation America · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Optimist Club of St Cloud funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Optimist Club of St Cloud. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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