· 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.
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 · FY2024
- Under $10k5 grants · $19k
- $10k–50k4 grants · $81k
- $50k–250k9 grants · $894k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| INTERFAITH OUTREACH & COMMUNITY PARTNERS | $185,000 |
| NORWAY HOUSE | $130,000 |
| NORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENTS ZONE | $124,200 |
| CRISTO REY JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL | $100,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF IOWA FOUNDATION | $100,000 |
| KITE FOUNDATION | $80,000 |
| HEROS AND HORSES | $75,000 |
| ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| BEACON INTERFAITH HOUSING | $50,000 |
| WAYZATA COMMUNITY CHURCH | $36,000 |
| BOULDER OPTIONS | $25,000 |
| SAINT JOHN'S SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY | $10,000 |
| HENNING ROD AND GUN CLUB | $10,000 |
| RAKHMA PEACE HOME | $5,000 |
| NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY | $5,000 |
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 (FY20–24, $150k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 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
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 +26% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.
20 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 4 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, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- IOINTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS8× · 2017–2024 · $1.1M · revenue +58%
- NHNorway House5× · 2020–2024 · $705k · revenue +7%
- UOUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION6× · 2017–2023 · $630k · revenue +105%
Funded once
- YYWCAone grant, 2017 · $5k
- TITREEHOUSE INCone grant, 2017 · $5k · revenue -6%
- SSAVEone grant, 2017 · $5k
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.
MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.
The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits informs, promotes, connects and strengthens individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.
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…
The mission of the foundation for health care continuums is to strengthen each community we serve by providing a wide spectrum of housing and health care services that honor the evolving, aging population.
Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.
VEAP is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, multi-service, human service organization with the mission of "Together, we create pathways to stronger, more hopeful, communities through access to healthy food, housing stability and supportive services."
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…
To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.
United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.
The bakken museum inspires a passion for innovation by exploring the potential for science, technology, and the humanities to make the world a better place.
The foundation cultivates generosity by taking action on the greatest civic, social, and economic needs partnering with nonprofits, facilitating grantmaking, driving research and advocacy, and providing services to donors seeking to make a…
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.
How this is measured
19 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. 19 of the 34 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 INTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS ↗
- Who funds Norway House ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BEACON INTERFAITH HOUSING COLLABORATIVE ↗
- Who funds NORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE ↗
- Who funds Bolder Options ↗
- Who funds HEROES AND HORSES INC ↗
- Who funds PARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds VENN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RAKHMA INC ↗
- Who funds GROVES ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds The Cookie Cart ↗
- Who funds Rebuilding Together - Twin Cities ↗
- Who funds TREEHOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds BEST CHRISTMAS EVER INC ↗
- Who funds AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION ↗
- Who funds PEASE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CROHN'S & COLITIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds ARNOLD S LEONARD CANCER RESEARCH FUND ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Torgerson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Torgerson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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