Minnesota · Private foundation
The Peterson Family Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $36k
- Granted FY2022
- 33
- Grants FY2022
- 33
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of The Peterson Family Foundation’s FY2023 grant dollars went to The Minneapolis Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2023 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2022, the last year The Peterson Family Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 31 organizations, $36k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2022
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 33
- FY2021 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 19
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 100% of the organizations The Peterson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 33 | $36k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $35k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2023.
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, FY2021 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood Community Church | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Pilgrim Center for Reconciliation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| World Medical Relief Incorporated | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Shine Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Direct Relief | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Faith in Practice | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Jpmorgan Chase Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Books for Africa Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids Alive International Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Youth With a Mission Gleanings for the Hungry | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 31 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 4 recipients with no EIN on record ($37k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Peterson Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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: Give Lively Foundation Inc · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · American Gift Fund · Andrew R & Dorothy L Cochrane Foundation · Servant Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · McKesson Foundation Inc · The Minneapolis Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Shell USA Company Foundation
How this is measured
About The Peterson Family Foundation
- How much does The Peterson Family Foundation give?
- The Peterson Family Foundation reported 33 grants totaling $36,100 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 33 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2022.
- What does The Peterson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (95%), Human Services (2%), International (1%).
- Who are The Peterson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2022: Westwood Community Church ($5k), The Pilgrim Center for Reconciliation ($1k), World Medical Relief Incorporated ($1k).
- Does The Peterson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Peterson 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 Peterson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Give Lively Foundation Inc, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Jpmorgan Chase Foundation.
- Where is The Peterson Family Foundation based?
- The Peterson Family Foundation is based in MN.
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