· Private foundation
The Windibrow Foundation
Its FY2025 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 · FY2025
- Under $10k22 grants · $47k
- $10k–50k2 grants · $28k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| JANE GOODALL'S ROOTS & SHOOTS USA | $17,000 |
| NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL | $10,500 |
| SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MN | $9,000 |
| ANIMAL HUMANE SOCIETY OF MN | $7,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $5,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD MN | $4,000 |
| MINNETONKA CENTER FOR THE ARTS | $3,000 |
| COMO PARK ZOO & CONSERVATORY | $2,000 |
| MAYO CLINIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICE | $2,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $2,000 |
| MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO | $2,000 |
| THE MASTERS SCHOOL | $1,500 |
| TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION | $1,200 |
| NAMI | $1,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $1,000 |
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 (FY17–18, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% 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 +23% since the first grant, against -5% for those funded once.
34 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- NONATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL9× · 2017–2025 · $65k · revenue +8%
- SMSCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA9× · 2017–2025 · $33k · revenue +7%
- RPREID PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY8× · 2017–2024 · $32k · revenue +199%
Funded once
- EBEAST BAY SCHOOL FOR BOYSone grant, 2020 · $20k · revenue -5%
- NVNORTH VIRGINIA REGIONAL AUTHORITYone grant, 2017 · $1k
- FOFRIENDS OF THE EEL RIVERone grant, 2018 · $500 · revenue -31%
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: "to discover, interpret, and disseminate - through scientific research and education - knowledge about human cultures, the natural world, and the universe."
Through management of oakland zoo, the conservation society of california deepens connection with animals, saves wildlife, and inspires champions for the natural world.
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
The organization's mission is to conserve and promote new england's native plants to ensure healthy, biologically diverse landscapes.
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
The wildlife society's mission is to inspire, empower, and enable wildlife professionals to sustain wildlife populations and habitats through science-based management and conservation.
The academy is a renowned scientific and educational institution with a mission to regenerate the natural world through science, learning, and collaboration. based in san francisco's golden gate park, it is home to a world-class aquarium,…
Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.
University of the sciences prepares students to become leaders, innovators, and skilled practitioners in the sciences, the health professions, and related disciplines. we deliver excellence in teaching, research, and service through a safe…
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…
We empower young people to explore and grow their unique intellectual, ethical, and creative capabilities, and to treasure diversity and growth in others.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
How this is measured
24 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. 24 of the 40 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 NATIONAL OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA ↗
- Who funds REID PARK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds EAST BAY SCHOOL FOR BOYS ↗
- Who funds MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA ↗
- Who funds MINNETONKA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
- Who funds The Hermitage No Kill Cat Shelter ↗
- Who funds MASTERS SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST ↗
- Who funds REPOWER FUND ↗
- Who funds TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC ↗
- Who funds THE BLAKE SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds ARIZONA-SONORA DESERT MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds ST PAUL ACADEMY AND SUMMIT SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds Tucson Wildlife Center Inc ↗
- Who funds Tucson Audubon Society ↗
- Who funds INTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN INDIAN COLLEGE FUND ↗
- Who funds WORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE EEL RIVER ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE HENNEPIN COUNTY LIBRARY ↗
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: Community Foundation for Southern Arizona · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Windibrow Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Windibrow Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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