Minnesota · Private foundation
The Runyon 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.
- $5.3M
- Granted FY2023
- 7
- Grants FY2023
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 29%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $1,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $5,335,680
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 10
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 2
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The Runyon Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5.3M 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 7 | $5.3M | 29% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $972k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $369k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $573k | 67% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $618k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $63k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 3 | $73k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rooted Philanthropic | $5,335,680 | 1 | 64% |
| Hill-Murray School | $1,045,350 | 3 | n/a |
| America's Charities | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hill-Murray Foundation | $453,790 | 2 | n/a |
| Latino Economic Development Center | $101,000 | 2 | 2% |
| East Side Neighborhood Development Company Inc | $66,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Fight for Your Dreams | $51,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Theresa Living Center | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Esaba Charitable Foundation | $36,773 | 2 | 64% |
| Center for Broadcast Journalism | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rooted Philanthropic | $5,335,680 | 1 | 64% |
| Hill-Murray School | $1,045,350 | 3 | n/a |
| America's Charities | $500,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hill-Murray Foundation | $453,790 | 2 | n/a |
| Latino Economic Development Center | $101,000 | 2 | 2% |
| East Side Neighborhood Development Company Inc | $66,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Fight for Your Dreams | $51,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Theresa Living Center | $50,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The Esaba Charitable Foundation | $36,773 | 2 | 64% |
| Center for Broadcast Journalism | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Johnson Football Boosters | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| 3m Open Fund | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Merrick Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Outfront Minnesota | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| St Croix Catholic School | $1,750 | 2 | n/a |
| The Tiny News Collective Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Treehouse Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Open Arms of Minnesota | $600 | 1 | 0% |
| Youth Advantage Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($325k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Runyon Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 13 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Rooted Philanthropic · Fr Bigelow Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Otto Bremer Trust · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
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About The Runyon Family Foundation
- How much does The Runyon Family Foundation give?
- The Runyon Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $5,341,680 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 10 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Runyon Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Philanthropy (77%), Education (13%), Public Safety & Disaster (6%).
- Who are The Runyon Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Rooted Philanthropic ($5.3M), Hill-Murray School ($1.0M), America's Charities ($500k).
- Does The Runyon Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Runyon 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 Runyon Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Rooted Philanthropic, Fr Bigelow Foundation.
- Where is The Runyon Family Foundation based?
- The Runyon Family Foundation is based in MN.
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