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The Robert William and Nina Gayle Sit Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Robert William and Nina Gayle Sit Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$51k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
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, FY2019 to 2025.

Religion$234kHealth$96kArts & Culture$60kFood & Nutrition$29kAnimals$17kYouth Development$11kInternational$9kHuman Services$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $11k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $40k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$18k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PACER CENTER$10,000
Individual grant recipient$10,000
BOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELTER$10,000
ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA$10,000
ANIMAL HUMANE SOCIETY$9,000
BOLDER OPTIONS$2,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–21, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%ICA FOODSHELF: $1k → 11%BLOOM EARLY LEARNING & CHILD CARE: $4k → 11%BLOOM EARLY LEARNING & CHILD CARE: $3k → 11%YWCA MINNEAPOLIS: $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.
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$435k · 10 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +13% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
10

Total granted

$435k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+13%
-3%

Still filing today

60%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationArts & CultureCivil RightsAnimalsOther
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

  • TC
    TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $60k · revenue +13%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $40k · revenue +17%
  • BO
    Bolder Options
    4× · 2022–2025 · $11k · revenue +130%

Funded once

  • GM
    GLOBAL MINNESOTA
    one grant, 2023 · $9k · revenue +14%
  • MC
    MG CHARITIES
    one grant, 2019 · $5k · revenue -100%
  • ML
    MN LANSCAPE ARBORETUM FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
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
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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2
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
3
Minnesota Business Partnership

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…

—
4
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
5
Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth

Mity's mission is to inspire and challenge intellectually curious students to pursue their passions within a diverse, inclusive community and empower them by building skills and relationships for lifelong success.

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6
Breakthrough Twin Cities

Breakthrough Twin Cities supports students on their journey to college by fostering a community of mutual learning with the next generation of educators so they both can collaborate, grow, and thrive.

Education
7
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
8
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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…

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9
Augsburg University

Augsburg university educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its…

Education
10
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

—
11
The Arc Greater Twin Cities

The arc promotes and protects the human rights of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, actively supporting them and their families in a lifetime of full inclusion and participation in their communities.

—
12
Groves Academy

The mission of groves learning organization is to build confidence and success for learners, particularly those with learning differences such as dyslexia, adhd and executive function challenges. through research-based approaches and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Franklin Center; the most unlike its peers is Twin Cities Public Television 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

13 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. 13 of the 21 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/13
Grantees still filing
6/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $233,100 · OtherWESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONBOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELTER: $20,000 · OtherBOUNTIFUL BASKET FOOD SHELTER+7 more: $27,000 · Other+7 moreTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $60,000 · Arts & CultureTWIN CITIES PU…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $39,500 · HealthALZHEIMER'…MG CHARITIES: $5,000 · HealthMG CHARITI…PACER CENTER INC: $20,000 · Civil RightsAnimal Humane Society: $16,500 · AnimalsBolder Options: $11,000 · EducationFRANKLIN CENTER: $1,000 · EducationBLOOM EARLY LEARNING: $7,000 · Human ServicesYWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS: $1,500 · Human ServicesINTERCONGREGATION COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesGLOBAL MINNESOTA: $9,020 · International
Other$300,100Arts & Culture$60,000Health$44,500Civil Rights$20,000Animals$16,500Education$12,000Human Services$9,500International$9,020

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 budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $39,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPACER CENTER INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetAnimal Humane Society: $16,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBolder Options: $11,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetGLOBAL MINNESOTA: $9,020 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetBLOOM EARLY LEARNING: $7,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMG CHARITIES: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetFORMAN SCHOOL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYWCA OF MINNEAPOLIS: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRANKLIN CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERCONGREGATION COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION INC: $1,000 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.

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.

Sit Investment Associ…The Head Family Found…Margaret a Cargill Fo…Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Minneapolis Found…United Way WorldwideThe Blackbaud Giving …AB CarVal FoundationWem FoundationLongview FoundationThe Walser FoundationNational Philanthropi…
Sit Investment Associates FoundationMN20× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Sit Investment Associates Foundation · The Head Family Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · United Way Worldwide · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · AB CarVal Foundation · Wem Foundation · Longview Foundation · The Walser Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust

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 Robert William and Nina Gayle Sit Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Robert William and Nina Gayle Sit Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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 21 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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