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The Walser Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.4M
Granted FY2024still arriving
189
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Education$1.7MHuman Services$854kYouth Development$831kHealth$707kEmployment$422kCommunity Improvement$256kPhilanthropy$224kArts & Culture$183kOther$0
02FY2024 · 189 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k111 grants · $361k
  • $10k–50k77 grants · $1.0M
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$5,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WSU TECH FOUNDATION$50,000
RAINBOWS UNITED$32,487
DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY$30,000
MN ADULT & TEEN CHALLENGE$29,368
23RD VETERAN$28,988
THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION$28,000
ANGEL FOUNDATION MINNESOTA$22,338
FRASER$22,000
LITERACY MINNESOTA$20,000
JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES$20,000
HOPE ACADEMY$18,000
WAYSIDE RECOVERY CENTER$16,013
THE LIFT GARAGE$15,813
VOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL$15,000
GREATER WICHITA YMCA$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $783k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 99% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%MILITARY WARRIORS SUPPORT FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%HELPING PAWS INC: $31k → 11%RAINBOWS UNITED: $32k → 16%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MN: $10k → 14%CHANGE INC: $8k → 14%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $10k → 14%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $10k → 14%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $20k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $10k → 11%JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN'S SERVICES: $8k → 11%GREATER WICHITA YMCA: $15k → 16%GREATER WICHITA YMCA: $10k → 16%GREATER WICHITA YMCA: $10k → 16%WICHITA WOMEN'S INITATIVE NETWORK: $10k → 16%FRASER: $22k → 11%FRASER: $14k → 11%WAY TO GROW: $10k → 14%FRASER: $12k → 11%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $8k → 11%FRASER: $11k → 11%FRASER: $11k → 11%FRASER: $11k → 11%YOUTHLINK: $10k → 11%YOUTHLINK: $10k → 11%YOUTHLINK: $10k → 11%YOUTH FRONTIERS: $10k → 11%YOUTH FRONTIERS: $10k → 11%YOUTH FRONTIERS: $10k → 11%WAY TO GROW: $15k → 11%WAY TO GROW: $15k → 11%WAY TO GROW: $15k → 11%THE LINK: $10k → 11%THE LINK: $9k → 11%AVIVO: $22k → 11%CENTRO TYRONE GUZMAN: $10k → 11%BABY'S SPACE A PLACE TO GROW: $10k → 11%CENTRO TYRONE GUZMAN: $10k → 11%BABY'S SPACE A PLACE TO GROW: $10k → 11%BABY'S SPACE A PLACE TO GROW: $10k → 11%BABY'S SPACE A PLACE TO GROW: $10k → 11%URBAN LEAGUE TWIN CITIES: $15k → 11%URBANLEAGUE TWIN CITIES: $12k → 11%APPETITE FOR CHANGE: $10k → 11%APPETITE FOR CHANGE: $10k → 11%WAY TO GROW: $10k → 11%APPETITE FOR CHANGE: $10k → 11%WAY TO GROW: $10k → 11%WAY TO GROW: $10k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MN
IL
MI
NY
OR
PA
CT
CA
MO
VA
KS
NC
OK
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.9M · 195 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +29% since the first grant, against +7% for the ones you funded once.

195 repeat relationships — 126 still active in FY2024, 69 since wound down; 59 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

195
203

Total granted

$4.9M
$776k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+7%

Still filing today

74%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $294k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHuman ServicesHealthYouth DevelopmentPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • DC
    DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY
    6× · 2019–2024 · $147k · revenue +66%
  • HA
    HOPE ACADEMY INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $92k · revenue +240%
  • WT
    WAY TO GROW
    7× · 2018–2024 · $85k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • MP
    MINNESOTA PRIVATE COLLEGE FUND
    one grant, 2023 · $32k · revenue -10%
  • HP
    HELPING PAWS INCgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $31k · revenue +52%
  • NF
    NADA Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +147%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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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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2
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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3
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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4
St Paul Transportation Management Organization

Move minnesota leads the movement for an equitable and sustainable transportation system that puts people first. we are passionate about connecting communities, ending the climate crisis, expanding access to jobs and resources, and…

Environment
5
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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6
African Development Center

Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota

Human Services
7
Connectability of Mn Inc

Connectability of mn, inc. works to advance the independence, productivity, and full citizenship of people experiencing physical or invisible barriers.

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8
Reach for Resources Inc

Empowering people of all abilities to reach their full potential. we provide individualized services that maximize independence, boosts community engagement and improves physical and emotional well-being.

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9
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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10
Great Mn Schools

We believe that great schools are the cornerstone of a just and thriving community. ensuring that every child is able to attend a school that works is our moral and social imperative - our children deserve no less.

Education
11
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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12
Youthprise

Youthprise is a nonprofit intermediary that invests in the future of Minnesota by investing in youth. Youthprise's mission is to increase equity with and for Minnesota's indigenous, low-income, and racially diverse youth.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners and the most unlike its peers is Bame Foundation. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyRegional Development & Phil…Disability Services and Sup…Health & Medical FoundationsAnimal Rescue and AdoptionKansas Community Organizati…Advocacy and Environmental …Community Arts OrganizationsFamily Philanthropic Founda…Military and Public Safety …Youth Sports & RecreationSchool Support OrganizationsService Club OrganizationsProfessional Association Ne…Early Childhood and K-12 Sc…Neighborhood Housing Develo…Senior Housing & Care Servi…Youth Development & Empower…
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 34 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%2%<5yr14%6%5–10yr19%18%10–20yr18%25%20–35yr15%31%35–55yr14%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr14%2%5–10yr19%15%10–20yr18%26%20–35yr15%30%35–55yr14%27%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.8% lost their exemption, against 14% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.8%2/264
the rest of the field
14%
2,175/15,373

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

249 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 249 of the 459 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
46
Early backer (in before they grew)
242/249
Grantees still filing
160/249
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

BLOOMINGTON CAREER & COLLEGE ACADEMY — $101,000 · Other+116 more — $2,563,639 · Other+116 moreDUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY — $147,256 · EducationDUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TEC…HOPE ACADEMY INC — $92,200 · EducationHOPE ACADEMY INCSUMMIT ACADEMY OIC — $80,000 · EducationSUMMIT ACADEMY OICCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC — $60,000 · EducationGROVES ACADEMY — $60,000 · EducationWALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS — $55,000 · EducationLITERACY MINNESOTA — $51,000 · EducationWSU Tech Foundation — $50,000 · EducationPROJECT SUCCESS — $45,000 · EducationNEWGATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER INC — $45,000 · Education+23 more — $479,843 · Education+23 moreWAY TO GROW — $85,000 · Human ServicesWAY TO GROWFRASER — $81,326 · Human ServicesFRASERCENTRO TYRONE GUZMAN — $50,000 · Human ServicesCENTRO TYRONE …AVIVO — $42,190 · Human ServicesAVIVOBABY'S SPACE A PLACE TO GROW — $40,000 · Human ServicesBABY'S SPACE A…JEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS — $37,500 · Human ServicesTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WICHITA KANSAS (2311) — $35,000 · Human ServicesThe Family Partnership — $35,000 · Human ServicesRAINBOWS UNITED INC — $32,487 · Human ServicesHELPING PAWS INC — $31,100 · Human ServicesTHE LINK — $31,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH FRONTIERS INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA — $30,000 · Human ServicesAPPETITE FOR CHANGE INC — $30,000 · Human ServicesYOUTHLINK — $30,000 · Human ServicesURBAN LEAGUE TWIN CITIES — $29,500 · Human Services+5 more — $82,663 · Human Services+5 moreACHIEVE TWIN CITIES — $85,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TWIN CITIES — $37,500 · Youth DevelopmentJUXTAPOSITION ARTS INC — $31,945 · Youth DevelopmentCREATEMPLS — $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE BRANDLAB — $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentURBAN BOATBUILDERS INC — $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentST DAVID'S CENTER — $18,500 · Youth DevelopmentCommunity Partners with Youth — $15,000 · Youth Development30000 Feet — $14,800 · Youth DevelopmentThe Cookie Cart — $11,500 · Youth DevelopmentMinnesota Alliance With Youth — $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION — $108,425 · PhilanthropyMINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY — $67,500 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF THE PLAINS INC — $22,500 · PhilanthropyMICROGRANTS — $22,500 · PhilanthropyTHE MAINSTREET FOUNDATION — $18,000 · PhilanthropyNEXUS COMMUNITY PARTNERS — $13,225 · PhilanthropyHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION — $57,000 · HealthMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc — $55,246 · HealthWashburn Center for Children — $50,000 · HealthTREEHOUSE INC — $35,000 · HealthVAIL PLACE — $15,000 · HealthAnnex Teen Clinic Inc — $13,500 · HealthREGIONS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $10,000 · HealthTUBMAN — $10,000 · HealthThe Banyan Foundation — $70,000 · Community ImprovementWOMENVENTURE — $50,000 · Community ImprovementNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE — $47,500 · Community Improvement360 Communities — $22,129 · Community Improvement
Other$2,664,639Education$1,165,299Human Services$732,766Youth Development$294,245Philanthropy$252,150Health$245,746Community Improvement$189,629

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetDUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY — $147,256 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION — $108,425 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE ACADEMY INC — $92,200 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetURBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION — $85,150 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetWAY TO GROW — $85,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetACHIEVE TWIN CITIES — $85,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFRASER — $81,326 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetSUMMIT ACADEMY OIC — $80,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetThe Banyan Foundation — $70,000 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetMINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY — $67,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPERSPECTIVES INC — $65,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetPEOPLE INCORPORATED — $63,125 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC — $60,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetGROVES ACADEMY — $60,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetHENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION — $57,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF KANSAS INC — $55,440 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc — $55,246 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS — $55,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLITERACY MINNESOTA — $51,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetWashburn Center for Children — $50,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCENTRO TYRONE GUZMAN — $50,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetWOMENVENTURE — $50,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetWSU Tech Foundation — $50,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE — $47,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetKeystone Community Services — $45,302 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT SUCCESS — $45,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetNEWGATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER INC — $45,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetANN BANCROFT FOUNDATION — $42,668 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetSOUTHSIDE FAMILY NURTURING CENTER — $42,500 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetAVIVO — $42,190 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEMMA NORTON SERVICES — $40,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetHIRED — $40,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBABY'S SPACE A PLACE TO GROW — $40,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM — $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPAGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION — $39,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetWichita Art Museum Inc — $38,800 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetJEWISH FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICE OF MINNEAPOLIS — $37,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TWIN CITIES — $37,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetJOYCE PRESCHOOL — $36,500 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetSPECIAL OLYMPICS MINNESOTA INC — $36,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF WICHITA KANSAS (2311) — $35,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTREEHOUSE INC — $35,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetThe Family Partnership — $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetKANSAS COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC EDUCATION — $32,500 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetKIPP Minnesota — $32,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetRAINBOWS UNITED INC — $32,487 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMINNESOTA PRIVATE COLLEGE FUND — $32,250 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetJUXTAPOSITION ARTS INC — $31,945 over 3y, 0.4% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
  • Who funds THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WAY TO GROW ↗
  • Who funds ACHIEVE TWIN CITIES ↗
  • Who funds FRASER ↗
  • Who funds SUMMIT ACADEMY OIC ↗
  • Who funds The Banyan Foundation ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA INDEPENDENCE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY ↗
  • Who funds PERSPECTIVES INC ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE POSSIBLE INC ↗
  • Who funds GROVES ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds HENNEPIN HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF KANSAS INC ↗
  • Who funds Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc ↗
  • Who funds WALLIN EDUCATION PARTNERS ↗
  • Who funds LITERACY MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds Washburn Center for Children ↗
  • Who funds CENTRO TYRONE GUZMAN ↗
  • Who funds WOMENVENTURE ↗
  • Who funds WSU Tech Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Keystone Community Services ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT SUCCESS ↗
  • Who funds NEWGATE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ANN BANCROFT FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHSIDE FAMILY NURTURING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AVIVO ↗
  • Who funds EMMA NORTON SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds HIRED ↗
  • Who funds BABY'S SPACE A PLACE TO GROW ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Otto Bremer TrustThe Minneapolis Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Fr Bigelow FoundationGreater Twin Cities U…The Richard M Schulze…Hb Fuller Company Fou…Hardenbergh FoundationMortenson Family Foun…Pohlad Family Foundat…The Sauer Family Foun…Target Foundation
Otto Bremer TrustMN105.6× affinity89 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Greater Twin Cities United Way · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Hb Fuller Company Foundation · Hardenbergh Foundation · Mortenson Family Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · The Sauer Family Foundation · Target Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization The Walser Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%5%11%20%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 30%
  • Save the Children Federation Inc — 30% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
76report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Walser Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Walser Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 459 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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