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The Thielen Foundation Inc

The thielen foundation has been formed to help serve, educate and inspire those in need. With an overarching theme on youth development, the thielen foundation aims to create programs that will equip and empower kids to reach their full potential in life.

$460k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
12
Itemized grants FY2024
13
Organizations funded FY2023
85%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Itemized, FY2024
$314k
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2024
$15,705
Largest grant, FY2024
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 17
FY2018 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
2
Total assets, FY2024
$2.4M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 85% of the organizations The Thielen Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 90% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 10% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $257k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23
Youth DevelopmentHuman ServicesHealthEducationRecreation & SportsFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving11$289k27%
FY202313$287k85%
FY202217$1.5M47%
FY202110$440k80%
FY20209$337k78%
FY20193$65k67%
FY20182$30kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Recreation & Sports$940kEducation$635kYouth Development$376kHuman Services$370kHealth$261kFood & Nutrition$170kInternational$163kPhilanthropy$89kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Minnesota Foundation$290,10020%
Brooklyn Center High School$268,2764n/a
V3 Sports Inc$250,00012%
The Salvation Army$215,4625n/a
Second Harvest Heartland$170,10020%
Humboldt High School$169,2931n/a
Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation$162,50023%
Nexus Foundation for Family Healing$150,00018%
Johnson Fitness & Wellness$111,1772n/a
Northside Achievement Zone$100,00011%
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All grantees of The Thielen Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Minnesota Foundation$290,10020%
Brooklyn Center High School$268,2764n/a
V3 Sports Inc$250,00012%
The Salvation Army$215,4625n/a
Second Harvest Heartland$170,10020%
Humboldt High School$169,2931n/a
Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation$162,50023%
Nexus Foundation for Family Healing$150,00018%
Johnson Fitness & Wellness$111,1772n/a
Northside Achievement Zone$100,00011%
Brooklyn Bridge Alliance for Youth$100,0001n/a
Crisis Assistance Ministry$85,00020%
Twin Cities Junior Golf Program$65,00033%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$65,00030%
University of Minnesota Health Clinics and Surgery Center Inc$60,00020%
Med City Installation$58,2722n/a
Bolder Options$55,00024%
Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities$50,00011%
Goliath Project$50,0001n/a
Woodbury Preschool on Steepleview$50,00017%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities$45,00011%
BIO Girls Inc$35,00022%
Minnesota Chill Foundation$33,000253%
Robbinsdale Cooper High School Football Booster Association$30,000116%
Legacy Children's Foundation$25,00014%
Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc$25,00010%
Kcb Companies$22,9162n/a
Best Christmas Ever Inc$20,00011%
Deer River Schools-Isd #317$20,0001n/a
Children's Health Care Foundation$18,00020%
We All We Got$15,0002n/a
Impact Philanthropy Group$10,00010%
Crookston Youth Foundation$10,0001n/a
Independent School District#38 Red Lake Schools$10,0001n/a
New Life Academy Educational Foundation Inc$10,00011%
Girls on the Run International Inc$10,00010%
Minnesota Valley Lutheran High School Foundation Inc$10,00017%
Allina Health Foundation$8,00010%
The Yes Network$7,50011%
Play to Your Strengths$5,0001n/a

Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($5k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

The Thielen Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $290,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetV3 Sports Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetSecond Harvest Heartland: $170,100 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Ventures Leadership Foundation: $162,500 over 2y, 3.4% of budgetNexus Foundation for Family Healing: $150,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetNorthside Achievement Zone: $100,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCrisis Assistance Ministry: $85,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTwin Cities Junior Golf Program: $65,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Health Clinics and Surgery Center Inc: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBolder Options: $55,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities: $50,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWoodbury Preschool on Steepleview: $50,000 over 1y, 7.0% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Twin Cities: $45,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBIO Girls Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetMinnesota Chill Foundation: $33,000 over 2y, 53% of budgetRobbinsdale Cooper High School Football Booster Association: $30,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetLegacy Children's Foundation: $25,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBest Christmas Ever Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetChildren's Health Care Foundation: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetImpact Philanthropy Group: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNew Life Academy Educational Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGirls on the Run International Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Valley Lutheran High School Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetAllina Health Foundation: $8,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Yes Network: $7,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 27.

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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.

The Minneapolis Found…Otto Bremer TrustSaint Paul & Minnesot…Mightycause Charitabl…AB CarVal FoundationYouthpriseGreater Twin Cities U…Fr Bigelow FoundationXcel Energy FoundationLand O'Lakes Foundati…Dick's Sporting Goods…Thrivent Financial fo…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN20.2× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · AB CarVal Foundation · Youthprise · Greater Twin Cities United Way · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Land O'Lakes Foundation · Dick's Sporting Goods Foundation · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

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.

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About The Thielen Foundation Inc

How much does The Thielen Foundation Inc give?
The Thielen Foundation Inc reported 12 itemized grants totaling $314,357, out of $460,182 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 17 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
What does The Thielen Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (31%), Education (21%), Youth Development (12%).
Who are The Thielen Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: University of Minnesota Foundation ($290k), Brooklyn Center High School ($268k), V3 Sports Inc ($250k).
Does The Thielen Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 85% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Thielen Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Otto Bremer Trust, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
Where is The Thielen Foundation Inc based?
The Thielen Foundation Inc is based in MN.

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 44 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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