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The Raleigh 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.

$34k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$8k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$102kReligion$91kHealth$36kEducation$36kPhilanthropy$24kArts & Culture$23kYouth Development$7kRecreation & Sports$7kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$877k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
United Way of Washington County$7,700
Family Means$5,000
Christ Lutheran Church$5,000
Valley Outreach$2,500
Guardian Angels Catholic Church$2,500
The Partnership Plan$2,500
Youth Advantage$1,100
Washington Co Historical Society$1,060
Special Olympics Polar Plunge$1,000
Cancer Legal Care$1,000
Merrick Community Services$1,000
Granite House Inc$500
St Paul's Monastery$500
American Cancer Society Relay for Life$500
Bridge to Books$500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $82k) land where the poverty rate runs at 6%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 3% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Merrick Community Services: $1k → 14%Merrick Community Services: $500 → 14%Merrick Community Services: $500 → 14%Merrick Community Services: $250 → 14%Merrick Community Services: $250 → 14%Robin's Nest Children's Home: $400 → 6%Robin's Nest Children's Home: $200 → 6%Youth Service Bureau: $500 → 6%Youth Service Bureau: $500 → 6%Youth Service Bureau: $500 → 6%Family Means: $6k → 6%Family Means: $5k → 6%Valley Outreach: $5k → 6%Valley Outreach: $5k → 6%Family Means: $5k → 6%Valley Outreach: $5k → 6%Valley Outreach: $4k → 6%Valley Outreach: $4k → 6%Valley Outreach: $3k → 6%Valley Outreach: $3k → 6%Valley Outreach: $3k → 6%Valley Outreach: $3k → 6%Family Means: $2k → 6%Family Means: $2k → 6%Valley Outreach: $2k → 6%Valley Outreach: $2k → 6%Valley Outreach: $2k → 6%Valley Outreach: $2k → 6%Family Means: $2k → 6%Family Means: $2k → 6%Valley Outreach: $2k → 6%Family Means: $2k → 6%Family Means: $2k → 6%Family Means: $1k → 6%Family Means: $1k → 6%Community Thread: $1k → 6%Youth Service Bureau: $1k → 6%Community Thread: $1k → 6%Community Thread: $1k → 6%Family Means: $750 → 6%Youth Service Bureau: $500 → 6%Evolve Adoption & Family Services: $250 → 6%Youth Service Bureau: $250 → 6%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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 18% of The Raleigh Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 99% of the giving stays in MN; by stated purpose, 81%.

The Raleigh Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$329k · 42 repeat orgs$20k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +40% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 19 still active in FY2025, 23 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
18

Total granted

$329k
$17k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+40%
+34%

Still filing today

48%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k 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
Human ServicesEducationHealthArts & CultureInternationalRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • VO
    Valley Outreach
    9× · 2017–2025 · $42k · revenue +131%
  • F
    FAMILYMEANS
    9× · 2017–2025 · $30k · revenue +40%
  • CL
    CANCER LEGAL CARE
    9× · 2017–2025 · $6k · revenue +187%

Funded once

  • TR
    The Rotary Foundation
    one grant, 2019 · $3k
  • CL
    Christ Lutheran Church - Cemetery Fund
    one grant, 2022 · $3k
  • UO
    University of Minnesota Duluth - Land Lab
    one grant, 2020 · $2k
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
Washburn Center for Children

Washburn Center for Children diagnose and treats children in their social, emotional or behavioral development so that they grow into their full potential through therapeutic and healing services that includes their families in a setting…

Health
3
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
4
Nexus-Path Family Healing

Strengthening lives, families, and communities through our cornerstone values.

Human Services
5
St Catherine University

We educate women to lead and influence. we educate at all degree levels through valuing and integrating the liberal arts and professional education within the catholic intellectual tradition, see schedule oemphasizing scholarly inquiry and…

Education
6
Leadership Matters Mn

Leadership matters mn is focused on advancing a policy agenda that places working minnesotans first. we support economic growth, job creation and equitable tax and education policies that will allow every minnesotan to thrive.

Education
7
Ucare Minnesota

Ucare will improve the health of our members through innovative services and partnerships across communities.

Health
8
Wellshare International

The mission of wellshare international is to advance sustainable community health around the world. wellshare international focuses its resources where it can have the greatest impact on the health of underserved and vulnerable…

International
9
Achieve Twin Cities

As one of the upper midwest's leading career and college readiness organizations, achieve twin cities rallies community support and delivers best-in-class programs to inspire and equip young people in minneapolis and saint paul, minnesota…

Youth Development
10
Healtheast Woodwinds Hospital

Fairview is driven to heal, discover, and educate for longer, healthier lives.

Health
11
Mental Health Resources Inc

The mission of mental health resources is to foster hope, health and recovery for people affected by mental illness and substance use disorder.

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12
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital

Provide quality, accessible, and valuable health care services via a hospital, home health agency, and clinic to the surrounding rural community.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Youth Advantage Inc; the most unlike its peers is Woodbury Heritage Society. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

29 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. 29 of the 63 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)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/29
Grantees still filing
20/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCH: $46,000 · OtherCHRIST LUTHERAN CHURCHGuardian Angels Church: $28,150 · OtherGuardian Angels ChurchSt Croix Area United Way: $24,000 · OtherSt Croix Area United WaySTILLWATER AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $21,000 · OtherSTILLWATER AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLSWashington County Historical Society: $13,060 · OtherWashington County Historical SocietyUnited Way of Washington County: $9,700 · OtherGuardian Angels: $9,000 · OtherGuardian Angels Catholic Church: $7,500 · Other+33 more: $48,750 · Other+33 moreValley Outreach: $42,300 · Human ServicesValley OutreachFAMILYMEANS: $30,050 · Human ServicesFAMILYMEANSYOUTH SERVICE BUREAU INC: $3,250 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY THREAD: $3,000 · Human Services+3 more: $3,350 · Human ServicesLAKEVIEW HEALTH FOUNDATION: $22,300 · HealthLAKEVIEW HE…CANCER LEGAL CARE: $6,000 · HealthCANCER LEGA…GRANITE HOUSE INC: $4,600 · HealthGRANITE HOU…MAYO CLINIC: $1,500 · Health+1 more: $200 · HealthUNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY-EAST: $11,400 · PhilanthropyTHE PARTNERSHIP PLAN FOR STILLWATER AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $2,500 · EducationST OLAF COLLEGE: $2,000 · EducationFentanyl Free Communities Foundation: $800 · EducationPONIES TOUCHDOWN CLUB: $650 · EducationST CROIX MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $500 · EducationMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $2,700 · Arts & CultureTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureWoodbury Heritage Society: $500 · Arts & CultureYOUTH ADVANTAGE INC: $4,100 · Recreation & Sports
Other$207,160Human Services$81,950Health$34,600Philanthropy$11,400Education$6,450Arts & Culture$4,700Recreation & Sports$4,100

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetValley Outreach: $42,300 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetFAMILYMEANS: $30,050 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetLAKEVIEW HEALTH FOUNDATION: $22,300 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetWashington County Historical Society: $13,060 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetUNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY-EAST: $11,400 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetCANCER LEGAL CARE: $6,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetGRANITE HOUSE INC: $4,600 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetYOUTH ADVANTAGE INC: $4,100 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetYOUTH SERVICE BUREAU INC: $3,250 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY THREAD: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $2,700 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetMERRICK COMMUNITY SERVICES: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PARTNERSHIP PLAN FOR STILLWATER AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetST OLAF COLLEGE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $1,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMAYO CLINIC: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetChange the Outcome: $1,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHRISTIAN CUPBOARD EMERGENCY FOOD SHELF DBA OPEN CUPBOARD: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFentanyl Free Communities Foundation: $800 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPONIES TOUCHDOWN CLUB: $650 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetROBIN'S NEST CHILDREN'S HOME: $600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetST CROIX MONTESSORI SCHOOL: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST CROIX FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: $500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetEVOLVE Adoption & Family Services: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetH2O FOR LIFE: $100 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Valley Outreach ↗
  • Who funds FAMILYMEANS ↗
  • Who funds LAKEVIEW HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Washington County Historical Society ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY-EAST ↗
  • Who funds CANCER LEGAL CARE ↗
  • Who funds GRANITE HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH ADVANTAGE INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY THREAD ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
  • Who funds MERRICK COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds THE PARTNERSHIP PLAN FOR STILLWATER AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds ST OLAF COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds Change the Outcome ↗
  • Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗

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.

St Croix Valley Found…Fred C and Katherine …Saint Paul & Minnesot…Hardenbergh FoundationXcel Energy FoundationThe Hubbard Broadcast…Hugh J Andersen Found…Otto Bremer TrustAndersen Corporate Fo…United Way of Washing…Mardag FoundationMightycause Charitabl…
St Croix Valley FoundationWI34.4× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: St Croix Valley Foundation · Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Hardenbergh Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation · Hugh J Andersen Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Andersen Corporate Foundation · United Way of Washington County-East · Mardag Foundation · Mightycause Charitable 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 Raleigh Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Raleigh 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%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    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 63 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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