· Private foundation
The Susan a and Kevin P Grelling Charitable Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k8 grants · $6k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ST ANDREWS LUTHERAN CHURCH | $10,000 |
| MPR | $1,320 |
| FRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI | $1,200 |
| TPT | $1,200 |
| WABASHA HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $1,000 |
| MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION | $500 |
| Individual grant recipient | $308 |
| BUFFALO LAKE LUTHERAN CHURCH | $74 |
| WABASHA LUTHERAN CHURCH | $50 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 53% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +77% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $932 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- AFAVENUES FOR YOUTH4× · 2020–2023 · $12k · revenue +107%
- PSPROJECT SUCCESS3× · 2017–2020 · $3k · revenue +130%
- FOFRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER2× · 2021–2023 · $794 · revenue +40%
Funded once
- GTGIVE TO THE MAX MNone grant, 2021 · $5k
- SPST PAUL'S LUTHERAN CHURCHone grant, 2020 · $3k
- SASAINT ANDREW'S LUTHERAN CHURCHone 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.
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.
The museum's mission statement is "turn on the science: inspire learning. inform policy. improve lives."
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…
The great northern celebrates our cold, creative winters through ten days of diverse programming that invigorate mind and body. in an era of changing climate that threatens our signature season, we seek to create community, inspire action,…
Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.
To enrich the community by producing and presenting exceptional live theatre that touches the heart, engages the mind and delights the spirit.
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.
Theater mu produces great performances born of arts, equity, and justice from the heart of the asian american experience.
To advance the success of women attorneys and strive for a just society.
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.
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…
Future problem solving proudly celebrates more than 50 years of placing close to a million young people at the core of a dynamic, purposeful learning experience. each year k-12 students from around the world participate in a variety of…
1. provide independent student journalism and comprehensive coverage of news, media and events that serve the public interest and inform the university of minnesota community.2. offer a forum for the free exchange of ideas and civil debate…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 52 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 AVENUES FOR YOUTH ↗
- Who funds PROJECT SUCCESS ↗
- Who funds CARING FOR CATS INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ↗
- Who funds Electronic Frontier Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds THE MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN ART ↗
- Who funds MATTHEW SHEPARD FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ASHLAND PRODUCTIONS INC ↗
- Who funds CAN DO CANINES ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
- Who funds ANN BANCROFT FOUNDATION ↗
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: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Graco Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · American Endowment Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Susan a and Kevin P Grelling Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Susan a and Kevin P Grelling Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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