Minnesota · Private foundation
Torgerson Family 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.
- $994k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2024
- 17
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 12%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $185,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 20
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 4
- Total assets, FY2024
- $9.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 12% of the organizations Torgerson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 18 | $994k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 17 | $1.0M | 12% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $824k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 15 | $644k | 7% |
| FY2020 | 16 | $805k | 19% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $503k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $485k | 10% |
| FY2017 | 20 | $533k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners | $1,120,400 | 8 | 2% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $775,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Norway House | $705,000 | 5 | 14% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $630,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative | $432,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Northside Achievement Zone | $311,700 | 6 | 1% |
| Wayzata Community Church | $271,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Bolder Options | $230,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Heroes and Horses Inc | $150,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Park Nicollet Foundation | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
Show all 21 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners | $1,120,400 | 8 | 2% |
| Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | $775,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Norway House | $705,000 | 5 | 14% |
| University of Minnesota Foundation | $630,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative | $432,000 | 7 | 2% |
| Northside Achievement Zone | $311,700 | 6 | 1% |
| Wayzata Community Church | $271,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Bolder Options | $230,500 | 8 | 3% |
| Heroes and Horses Inc | $150,000 | 4 | 2% |
| Park Nicollet Foundation | $40,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Rakhma Inc | $18,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $13,224 | 6 | n/a |
| Groves Academy | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The Cookie Cart | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Rebuilding Together - Twin Cities | $6,250 | 5 | 0% |
| Treehouse Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Best Christmas Ever Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Pease Community Foundation | $1,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Crohn's & Colitis Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Arnold S Leonard Cancer Research Fund | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 12 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Torgerson Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Land O'Lakes Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · United Way Worldwide · The US Charitable Gift Trust
How this is measured
About Torgerson Family Foundation
- How much does Torgerson Family Foundation give?
- Torgerson Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $993,790 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 20 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Torgerson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (39%), Human Services (22%), Arts & Culture (12%).
- Who are Torgerson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners ($1.1M), Cristo Rey Jesuit High School ($775k), Norway House ($705k).
- Does Torgerson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 12% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Torgerson Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Torgerson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Torgerson Family Foundation based?
- Torgerson Family Foundation is based in MN.
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