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Tradition Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$4k
Granted FY2025still arriving
4
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$2k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0196% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2020–2025.

Religion$624kHuman Services$509kAnimals$253kRecreation & Sports$231kHealth$177kHousing & Shelter$120kYouth Development$119kEducation$108kOther$0
02FY2025 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$1,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$33k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EDINA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION$2,000
HENDRICKSON FOUNDATION$1,000
FAMILY ACHIEVEMENT FOUNDATION$750
HILL MURRAY JUNIOR GOLD HOCKEY INC$500
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.

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Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $77k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CHERISH CENTER: $500 → 7%GOD'S MERCY TO HAITI: $500 → 17%HAYWARD COMMUNITY FOOD SHELF INC: $2k → 15%LEGACY REFUGE: $2k → 6%RIVER FALLS SUNSHINE FUND: $1k → 9%COMMUNITY THREAD: $2k → 6%COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS OF SAUK CENTR: $250 → 11%RIVER FALLS SUNSHINE FUND: $1k → 9%COMMUNITY ACTION CENTER: $34k → 11%HELPING PAWS: $1k → 11%RANGE REGIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE: $1k → 15%RIVER FALLS SUNSHINE FUND: $500 → 9%INFANTS REMEMBERED IN SILENCE: $1k → 11%YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU: $1k → 6%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $2k → 11%HALLIE Q BROWN COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 14%FAMILY ACHIEVEMENT FOUNDATION: $750 → 6%FRIENDS IN NEED FOOD SHELF: $2k → 6%CRESENT COVE: $500 → 11%PINKYSWEAR FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%SHARING & CARING HANDS: $5k → 11%SHARING & CARING HANDS: $500 → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $3k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $1k → 11%FAITH'S LODGE: $7k → 11%FAITH'S LODGE: $1k → 11%LEGACY REFUGE: $2k → 11%FAITH'S LODGE: $500 → 11%TIMBER BAY: $2k → 11%TIMBER BAY: $500 → 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

VT
WA
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
OR
IA
OH
CA
UT
CO
MO
VA
MD
KS
TN
NC
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.5M · 55 repeat orgs$792k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +25% since the first grant, against +19% for the ones you funded once.

55 repeat relationships — 1 still active in FY2025, 54 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

55
160

Total granted

$1.5M
$790k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+19%

Still filing today

75%
65%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationAnimalsRecreation & SportsYouth DevelopmentOther

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

  • ET
    EVERY THIRD SATURDAY INC
    4× · 2020–2023 · $407k · revenue +263%
  • D
    DINOMIGHTS
    5× · 2020–2024 · $75k · revenue +86%
  • CC
    CENTER CITY HOUSING CORP
    3× · 2020–2022 · $66k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • TR
    THE RANCH
    one grant, 2023 · $225k
  • UH
    UNITED HEROES LEAGUE
    one grant, 2023 · $176k · revenue -3%
  • EF
    EDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BLOOMINGTON
    one grant, 2021 · $52k · revenue -89%

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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Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless

Since 1986, open your heart to the hungry and homeless has worked to ensureevery minnesotan is free from hunger and homelessness. by partnering with organizations serving those in need, we grow donor engagement and raise awareness to…

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2
Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota Inc

Habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, community, and hope. through advocacy, collaboration, and leadership, hfh-mn advances the work of minnesota's habitat for humanity affiliates to create and preserve affordable…

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3
The Foundation for Health Care Continuums

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.

Health
4
Touchstone Mental Health

Touchstone mental health provides innovative, person-centered services that foster hope, health and well-being. we envision a world where all people whose lives are affected by mental illness will flourish with effective treatment, quality…

Human Services
5
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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6
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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7
Minnesota Hospital Foundation

The minnesota hospital foundation works on strategies that include data-led quality and safety improvement, education, research, training and leadership to improve the health of minnesotans.

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8
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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9
Avivo

Avivo increases well-being through recovery and career advancement while working to end homelessness.

Human Services
10
Ronald Mcdonald House Charities Midwest Mn Wi Ia

To provide a "home away from home and offer support to families seeking medical care for their children.

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11
Children's Health Care

We champion the health needs of children and families. we are committed to improving children's health by providing the highest-quality, family centered care, advanced through research and education.

Health
12
Hope Haven Inc

As followers of christ, hope haven's mission is to empower individuals with disabilities through work and life skills so that they may enjoy a productive life in their community.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc and the most unlike its peers is Prairiecare Fund. 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 backsteadyArts & Culture OrganizationsFaith-Based Senior CareFamily Philanthropic Founda…Professional Membership Ass…Supportive Housing & Commun…Christian Missionary Organi…Nonprofit Capacity Building
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 28 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%5%<5yr14%11%5–10yr20%23%10–20yr17%22%20–35yr14%27%35–55yr15%13%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%1%<5yr14%3%5–10yr20%66%10–20yr17%9%20–35yr14%17%35–55yr15%5%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.6% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.6%1/168
the rest of the field
13%
2,896/22,965

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

156 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. 156 of the 224 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
33
Early backer (in before they grew)
153/156
Grantees still filing
104/156
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

WHISPERS OF HOPE — $574,215 · OtherWHISPERS OF HOPETHE RANCH — $225,000 · OtherTHE RANCHCENTER CITY HOUSING CORP — $66,178 · OtherEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BLOOMINGTON — $52,000 · Other+132 more — $412,934 · Other+132 moreEVERY THIRD SATURDAY INC — $407,000 · Public BenefitEVERY THIRD SATURDAY IN…EAGLES HEALING NEST — $75,000 · Public BenefitEAGLES HEALING NEST+1 more — $1,000 · Public BenefitUNITED HEROES LEAGUE — $175,500 · Recreation & SportsUNITED HERO…EDINA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION — $22,000 · Recreation & SportsEDINA HOCKE…LEGACY FISHING RETREAT — $20,000 · Recreation & SportsLEGACY FISH…HOCKEY LIMITED — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsTEAM TUCKER ASSOCIATION — $8,500 · Recreation & Sports+6 more — $10,500 · Recreation & SportsHOPEKIDS INC — $40,823 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $5,500 · HealthHYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATION — $5,000 · HealthA Breath of Hope Lung Foundation — $4,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $3,650 · HealthSOPHIES SQUAD — $3,500 · HealthJUST CAUSE CHARITY INC — $3,000 · HealthWITHALL — $3,000 · HealthDown Syndrome Association of Minnesota — $3,000 · Health+10 more — $12,500 · HealthDINOMIGHTS — $74,500 · Community Improvement+3 more — $4,300 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY ACTION CENTER INC — $33,729 · Human ServicesCHILD LOSS FOUNDATION — $8,500 · Human ServicesSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC — $5,500 · Human ServicesPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC — $4,000 · Human ServicesLegacy Refuge — $3,500 · Human Services+14 more — $20,250 · Human ServicesTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION — $50,000 · PhilanthropyMINNESOTA HOCKEY FIGHTS CANCER — $11,500 · PhilanthropyTHE HOPE CHEST FOR BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION — $3,500 · PhilanthropyHOPEFUL HALOS FOUNDATION — $3,000 · Philanthropy+4 more — $3,100 · Philanthropy
Other$1,330,327Public Benefit$483,000Recreation & Sports$246,500Health$83,973Community Improvement$78,800Human Services$75,479Philanthropy$71,100

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%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetWHISPERS OF HOPE — $574,215 over 3y, 56% of budgetEVERY THIRD SATURDAY INC — $407,000 over 4y, 19% of budgetUNITED HEROES LEAGUE — $175,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetEAGLES HEALING NEST — $75,000 over 2y, 5.7% of budgetDINOMIGHTS — $74,500 over 5y, 3.1% of budgetCENTER CITY HOUSING CORP — $66,178 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF BLOOMINGTON — $52,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTHE MINNEAPOLIS FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEKIDS INC — $40,823 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetLAKES AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY — $35,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY ACTION CENTER INC — $33,729 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION — $28,500 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetEDINA HOCKEY ASSOCIATION — $22,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetLEGACY FISHING RETREAT — $20,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetPEACEMAKER MINNESOTA — $17,500 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetCOURAGE KENNY FOUNDATION — $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCORNERHOUSE — $12,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetMINNESOTA HOCKEY FIGHTS CANCER — $11,500 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE EDINA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — $10,334 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetHOCKEY LIMITED — $10,000 over 1y, 40% of budgetMINNESOTA HOCKEY INC — $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTEAM TUCKER ASSOCIATION — $8,500 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetCHILD LOSS FOUNDATION — $8,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetHealing Hearts Rescue — $7,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetEDINA ROBOTICS FOUNDATION — $7,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetYOUNG LIFE — $5,800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetKAPOSIA INC — $5,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC — $5,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC — $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE EDINA ROTARY FOUNDATION INC — $5,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE — $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCARVER SCOTT COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetHYDROCEPHALUS ASSOCIATION — $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND — $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetINTERFAITH OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS — $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC — $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetA Breath of Hope Lung Foundation — $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC — $3,650 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HOPE CHEST FOR BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION — $3,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetBRIDGE FOR COMMUNITY LIFE INC — $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OPEN DOOR — $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLegacy Refuge — $3,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetSOPHIES SQUAD — $3,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetYOUTH ADVANTAGE INC — $3,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetMINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMDRC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEFUL HALOS FOUNDATION — $3,000 over 1y, 5.8% 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.

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.

Saint Paul & Minnesot…Otto Bremer TrustXcel Energy FoundationPohlad Family Foundat…The Graco FoundationThe Minneapolis Found…Ch Robinson Worldwide…The Richard M Schulze…Mightycause Charitabl…Russell T Lund Charit…The Jamf Nation Globa…Bame Foundation
Saint Paul & Minnesota FoundationMN50.7× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Xcel Energy Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · The Graco Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Russell T Lund Charitable Trust · The Jamf Nation Global Foundation · Bame 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 Tradition Family 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%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
31report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 Tradition Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Tradition Family 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 224 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Source object · view filing

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