· Private foundation
The Walser Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k111 grants · $361k
- $10k–50k77 grants · $1.0M
- $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| BLOOMINGTON CAREER & COLLEGE ACADEMY | $15,000 |
| BANYAN FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its 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 its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
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 +29% since the first grant, against +4% for those 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
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 79% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $294k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- DCDUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY6× · 2019–2024 · $147k · revenue +66%
- HAHOPE ACADEMY INC5× · 2020–2024 · $92k · revenue +240%
- ATACHIEVE TWIN CITIES7× · 2018–2024 · $85k · revenue +29%
Funded once
- MPMINNESOTA PRIVATE COLLEGE FUNDone grant, 2023 · $32k · revenue -10%
- HPHELPING PAWS INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $31k · revenue +52%
- NFNADA Foundationgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue +147%
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 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…
MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.
United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.
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…
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…
Grow businesses, build wealth and increase reinvestement in the african communities of minnesota
Connectability of mn, inc. works to advance the independence, productivity, and full citizenship of people experiencing physical or invisible barriers.
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.
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.
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.
To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.
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.
How this is measured
249 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, 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.
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
Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.
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 DUNWOODY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY ↗
- Who funds THE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HOPE ACADEMY INC ↗
- Who funds URBAN VENTURES LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ACHIEVE TWIN CITIES ↗
- Who funds WAY TO GROW ↗
- 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 CENTRO TYRONE GUZMAN ↗
- Who funds WSU Tech Foundation ↗
- Who funds Washburn Center for Children ↗
- Who funds WOMENVENTURE ↗
- 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 JEREMIAH PROGRAM ↗
- Who funds BABY'S SPACE A PLACE TO GROW ↗
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: 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
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Walser Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Walser Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
How this is measured
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