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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 494 at a glance

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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 494

Enabling the care of the veteran, his widow and orphans.

$236k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$45k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Public Benefit$251kHuman Services$150kFood & Nutrition$129kHealth$117kEducation$13k
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $87,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $236,335 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $149,335 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $19k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $68k
$11,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CITY OF CRYSTAL MN$45,000
NCHH FOUNDATION$11,500
NEAR FOOD SHELF$11,500
CRESENT COVE$6,500
EVERY THIRD SATURDAY$6,500
PARK CTR DUGOUT CLUB$6,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $183k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%CRESENT COVE: $34k → 11%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10k → 8%NEAR FOOD SHELF: $31k → 11%CRESENT COVE: $20k → 11%NEAR FOOD SHELF: $16k → 11%CRESENT COVE: $13k → 11%NEAR FOOD SHELF: $13k → 11%NEAR FOOD SHELF: $12k → 11%NEAR FOOD SHELF: $10k → 11%CRESENT COVE: $8k → 11%CRESENT COVE: $7k → 11%CRESENT COVE: $6k → 11%NEAR FOOD SHELF: $6k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$686k · 9 repeat orgs$60k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +51% since the first grant, against +9% for those funded once.

9 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
3

Total granted

$686k
$42k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+51%
+9%

Still filing today

67%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesPublic BenefitEmploymentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • CC
    CRESCENT COVE
    6× · 2020–2025 · $87k · revenue +98%
  • NS
    NORTH SUBURBAN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE RESPONSE INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $87k · revenue +76%
  • VO
    VETERANS ON THE LAKE RESORT
    4× · 2021–2024 · $50k · revenue +51%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • RS
    ROBBINSDALE SCHOOL DIST 281
    one grant, 2018 · $13k
  • LD
    LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND
    one grant, 2022 · $10k · revenue +9%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Veterans Navigation Network

Transition for service members.

Health
2
Residential Services of Northeastern Minnesota Inc

Enhancing the lives of people with disabilities by providing innovative services that promote inclusion and self-determination.

Human Services
3
Red Lake Nation College

To provide excellent higher education that is grounded in the ojibwe language and culture of the red lake nation.

Education
4
Northland Foundation

The northland foundation supports northeastern minnesota people and communities working toward a future where everyone feels they belong and can thrive.

Philanthropy
5
Twin Cities Rise

Twin Cities R!SE transforms the lives of participants overcoming socio-economic hurdles - including unemployment, underemployment, or justice involvementthrough Personal Empowerment, career training, and meaningful employment.

Employment
6
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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7
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits informs, promotes, connects and strengthens individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.

Philanthropy
8
The Northern Michigan University Foundation

The nmu foundation will establish and foster relationships to generate resources that benefit the strategic goals of northern michigan university.

Education
9
Mn Community Measurement

Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.

Health
10
Leadingage Minnesota Foundation

The foundation supports initiatives designed to transform and enhance the experience of aging. the focus is on: catalytic change in building the workforce for tomorrow; advancing new approaches to service delivery; and developing…

Human Services
11
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

—
12
National Veterans Foundation Inc

To serve the crisis management, information and referral needs of america's veterans and their families.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Every Third Saturday Inc; the most unlike its peers is Nami Minnesota. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

8 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 8 of the 14 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/8
Grantees still filing
6/8
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF CRYSTAL MN: $295,841 · OtherCITY OF CRYSTAL MNNCHH FOUNDATION: $53,500 · OtherNCHH FOUNDATIONVETERANS ON THE LAKE RESORT: $50,000 · OtherVETERANS ON THE LAKE RESORTMPLS VA COMM RESOURCE CENTER: $35,500 · OtherMPLS VA COMM RESOURCE CENTERIndividual grant recipient: $19,500 · Other+4 more: $43,500 · Other+4 moreCRESCENT COVE: $86,700 · Human ServicesCRESCENT COVENORTH SUBURBAN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE RESPONSE INC: $86,700 · Human ServicesNORTH SUBURBAN EMERGENCY AS…LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10,000 · Human ServicesLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLINDEVERY THIRD SATURDAY INC: $53,500 · Public BenefitRISE INCORPORATED: $11,000 · Employment
Other$497,841Human Services$183,400Public Benefit$53,500Employment$11,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCRESCENT COVE: $86,700 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetNORTH SUBURBAN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE RESPONSE INC: $86,700 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetEVERY THIRD SATURDAY INC: $53,500 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetVETERANS ON THE LAKE RESORT: $50,000 over 4y, 3.2% of budgetNAMI MINNESOTA: $13,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNORTH HENNEPIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $11,500 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetRISE INCORPORATED: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
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 CRESCENT COVE ↗
  • Who funds NORTH SUBURBAN EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE RESPONSE INC ↗
  • Who funds EVERY THIRD SATURDAY INC ↗
  • Who funds VETERANS ON THE LAKE RESORT ↗
  • Who funds NAMI MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds NORTH HENNEPIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds RISE INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND ↗

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.

Xcel Energy FoundationThe Graco FoundationSaint Paul & Minnesot…Mightycause Charitabl…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Xcel Energy FoundationMN15.2× affinity5 shared granteesties to 9 of 9Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Xcel Energy Foundation · The Graco Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 494 funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 494. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 14 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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