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The Wallin Foundation

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.

$1.0M
Granted FY2024still arriving
1
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$9.6MPhilanthropy$2.1MHealth$468kEnvironment$262kYouth Development$140kArts & Culture$108kHuman Services$77kInternational$47kOther$0
02FY2024 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,043,250
Median grant
1
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS$1,043,250
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–21, $143k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%PROOF ALLIANCE: $40k → 14%PROOF ALLIANCE: $35k → 14%PROOF ALLIANCE: $30k → 14%DAILY WORK: $3k → 14%PROOF ALLIANCE: $30k → 14%DAILY WORK: $1k → 14%DAILY WORK: $500 → 14%DAILY WORK: $500 → 14%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $3k → 11%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $500 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
WI
MI
MA
CT
VA
TN
DC
TX
FL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 56 repeat orgs$439k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

56 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 55 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
46

Total granted

$12M
$439k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+29%

Still filing today

68%
28%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentInternationalHuman ServicesOther
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

  • WE
    WALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS
    8× · 2017–2024 · $7.0M · revenue +72%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2022 · $2.4M · revenue +105%
  • PA
    PROOF ALLIANCE
    4× · 2018–2021 · $135k · revenue +53%

Funded once

  • SF
    SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCEgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $300k · revenue +40%
  • M
    MOFAS
    one grant, 2017 · $40k
  • ALL-IN MILWAUKEE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $25k · revenue +129%
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
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…

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3
Minnesota Council on Foundations

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

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4
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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5
Minnesota State University Student Association Inc

Led by minnesota state university students, we are the inclusive voice for all future, current, and former students. we actively work to represent and support minnesota state university students and advocate at a campus, state, and federal…

Education
6
Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Mitchell hamline school of law is an independent law school that advances its mission through a combination of legal education, public service, and community engagement. it is dedicated to preparing students to practice law, while also…

Education
7
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
8
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
9
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Mcad provides a transformative education within a community of support for creative students of all backgrounds to work, collaborate, and lead with confidence in a dynamic, interconnected world.

Education
10
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

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11
Minneapolis Downtown Council

To create an extraordinary downtown minneapolis, applying the core values of leadership, collaboration, advocacy and innovation.

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12
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Minneapolis Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Kitchi Gammi Club. 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

56 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. 56 of the 106 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
55/56
Grantees still filing
41/56
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS: $7,022,496 · EducationWALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERSUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $2,407,630 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION+10 more: $184,750 · EducationRLW DONOR ADVISED FUND: $535,000 · OtherRLW DONOR ADVISED …LANCE WALLIN FAMILY FUND: $527,500 · OtherLANCE WALLIN FAMIL…WALLIN FAMILY FOUNDATION: $518,000 · OtherWALLIN FAMILY FOUN…SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC: $160,000 · OtherSEA EDUCATION ASSO…+75 more: $400,840 · Other+75 moreNew Hampshire Charitable Foundation: $500,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $3,000 · PhilanthropySOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE: $300,000 · HealthFairview Foundation: $19,500 · Health+3 more: $4,500 · HealthPROOF ALLIANCE: $135,000 · Human Services+2 more: $7,500 · Human ServicesACHIEVE TWIN CITIES: $140,000 · Youth DevelopmentMINNESOTA LAND TRUST: $86,185 · EnvironmentLAKE EFFECT CONSERVANCY: $7,000 · Environment+1 more: $1,500 · Environment
Education$9,614,876Other$2,141,340Philanthropy$503,000Health$324,000Human Services$142,500Youth Development$140,000Environment$94,685

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 budgetWALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS: $7,022,496 over 8y, 22% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $2,407,630 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetNew Hampshire Charitable Foundation: $500,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE: $300,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetSEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC: $160,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetACHIEVE TWIN CITIES: $140,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetPROOF ALLIANCE: $135,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetMINNESOTA LAND TRUST: $86,185 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetMINNESOTANS' MILITARY APPRECIATION FUND: $60,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCARLETON COLLEGE: $49,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BLAKE SCHOOL: $26,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMACALESTER COLLEGE: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTANZANIA HEALTH PARTNERSHIP: $25,000 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetBELOIT COLLEGE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFairview Foundation: $19,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $18,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL MINNESOTA: $18,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetVOCALESSENCE: $15,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $12,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE WOMAN'S CLUB OF MINNEAPOLIS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORTHLAND COLLEGE: $10,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorway House: $8,250 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLAKE EFFECT CONSERVANCY: $7,000 over 3y, 3.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY: $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPOMFRET SCHOOL INCORPORATED: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAURA BAKER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF SAX-ZIM BOG: $4,750 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetDaily Work: $4,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetHEART OF DANCE: $4,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION - CAMP OLSON: $4,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetGRAYWOLF PRESS: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCathedral of the Pines Inc: $3,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetThe Family Partnership: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE BANDSHELL INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetA Breath of Hope Lung Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE EDINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOLLEGE OF ST SCHOLASTICA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWomen's Foundation of Minnesota: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE ORPHANS D/B/A NPH-USA: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN HOMES AND SERVICES: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE KITCHI GAMMI CLUB FOUNDATION INC: $1,640 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER: $1,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTENTMAKERS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOMPASSIONATE ACTION FOR ANIMALS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 WALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds New Hampshire Charitable Foundation ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY FOR NEUROSCIENCE ↗
  • Who funds SEA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEVE TWIN CITIES ↗
  • Who funds PROOF ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTANS' MILITARY APPRECIATION FUND ↗
  • Who funds CARLETON COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds THE BLAKE SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds MACALESTER COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds TANZANIA HEALTH PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds ALL-IN MILWAUKEE INC ↗
  • Who funds BELOIT COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Fairview Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds GLOBAL MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds HILL MUSEUM & MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds VOCALESSENCE ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE WOMAN'S CLUB OF MINNEAPOLIS ↗
  • Who funds NORTHLAND COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Norway House ↗
  • Who funds LAKE EFFECT CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY ↗
  • Who funds POMFRET SCHOOL INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds LAURA BAKER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION ↗

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…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Margaret a Cargill Fo…Mightycause Charitabl…The McKnight Foundati…CommunitygivingXcel Energy FoundationOtto Bremer TrustFr Bigelow FoundationCh Robinson Worldwide…Lenfestey Family Foun…Patrick and Aimee But…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN39.7× affinity22 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Communitygiving · Xcel Energy Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Lenfestey Family Foundation Inc · Patrick and Aimee Butler Family

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 Wallin Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Wallin Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Sea Education Association Inc: 12% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 106 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home