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Wallestad Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$337k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$1.7MReligion$689kEducation$272kCommunity Improvement$169kInternational$159kHousing & Shelter$65kHealth$36kArts & Culture$35kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k6 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $107k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $200k
$10,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$7.6M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION$200,000
DREAM CITY CHURCH$27,000
HOPE ACADEMY$25,000
AVAIL ACADEMY$25,000
CITY VISION$20,000
UNSEEN$10,000
AMPLIFY MISSION NETWORK$5,000
YOUNG LIFE FOUNDATION$5,000
ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC$5,000
HALFTIME INSTITUTE$5,000
EDEN PRAIRIE LIONS CLUBS FOUNDATION INC$5,000
NEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES$5,000
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 (FY17–23, $223k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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.

area typical 9%HELPING HANDS MINISTRIES: $28k → 13%HELPING HANDS MINISTRIES: $6k → 13%FOREVER ADVENTURE: $5k → 11%FOREVER ADVENTURE: $5k → 11%FOREVER ADVENTURE: $5k → 11%FOREVER ADVENTURE: $5k → 11%FOREVER ADVENTURE: $5k → 11%STAIRSTEP FOUNDATION: $63k → 11%STAIRSTEP FOUNDATION: $30k → 11%STAIRSTEP FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%STAIRSTEP FOUNDATION: $25k → 11%STAIRSTEP FOUNDATION: $15k → 11%STAIRSTEP FOUNDATION: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
IL
NY
PA
CA
CO
AZ
TN
GA
TX
FL
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 26 repeat orgs$349k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
14

Total granted

$2.9M
$319k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+101%

Still filing today

65%
14%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionHuman ServicesHealthEducationCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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

  • NC
    NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC
    7× · 2017–2024 · $1.5M · revenue ×103
  • HA
    HOPE ACADEMY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $223k · revenue +240%
  • SF
    STAIRSTEP FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2023 · $164k · revenue +208%

Funded once

  • N
    NCF
    one grant, 2023 · $200k
  • RB
    REDEEMER BIBLE CHURCH
    one grant, 2023 · $50k
  • CR
    CIVILIZATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue +22%
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
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
2
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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3
Arrive Ministries

Arrive ministries is dedicated to living out god's command to welcome refugees and immigrants in minnesota. our purpose is to see life transformation for refugees, immigrants, and the church.

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4
Lakelight Institute

Lakelight Institute equips Christians with timeless wisdom for modern life.

Religion
5
Global City Missions Initiative Incorporated

Global City Mission Initiative is dedicated to cross-cultural evanglism, disciplemaking, church planting among diverse diaspora populations in strategic cities reaching out evangelistically to start multiply churches, training believers to…

Religion
6
Jewish Voice Ministries Intl

To proclaim the gospel, grow the messianic jewish community and engage the church concerning israel and the jewish people. this is done through education, evangelism and being a movement leader, all with excellence in order to transform…

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7
Bibleproject

Bibleproject's mission is to help people experience the bible as a unified story that leads to jesus. this is achieved by creating biblical videos to be regularly released on a newly-created youtube channel. (continued on schedule o.)each…

Religion
8
Lou Engle Ministries

Advancing the kingdom of god through prayer,preaching and teaching.

Religion
9
International Leadership Institute

The international leadership institute (ili) changes history by accelerating the spread of the gospel through training and mobilizing leaders of leaders to reach their nations. ili accomplishes this purpose through cutting edge leadership…

Religion
10
Josiah Venture

To equip young leaders throughout Central and Eastern Europe to fulfill Christ's commission through the local church.

Religion
11
Arborbrook Christian Academy

Arborbrook Christian Academy partners with parents to equip, empower, and encourage students to cultivate godly character, pursue life-long learning, and love the Lord Jesus Christ.

Education
12
Seek Partners International Inc

Christian leadership development with formal and non-formal theological education and training.

Religion
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Pulse Outreach; the most unlike its peers is Eden Prairie Lions Club Foundation Inc. 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

22 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. 22 of the 43 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)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/22
Grantees still filing
17/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $1,500,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INCHALFTIME INSTITUTE: $205,000 · OtherHALFTIME INSTITUTENCF: $200,000 · OtherNCFTHE KING'S HOUSE: $64,500 · OtherTHE KING'S HOUSEOVERCOMERS OUTREACH MINISTRIES: $52,000 · OtherOVERCOMERS OUTREACH MINISTRIESREDEEMER BIBLE CHURCH: $50,000 · OtherREDEEMER BIBLE CHURCHCalvin Christian School of Minneapolis: $43,000 · OtherRIVER VALLEY CHURCH: $35,000 · OtherDREAM CITY CHURCH: $32,000 · Other+22 more: $217,500 · Other+22 moreHOPE ACADEMY INC: $222,900 · Education+1 more: $6,000 · EducationSTAIRSTEP FOUNDATION: $163,500 · Human ServicesHELPING HANDS MINISTRIES INC: $34,000 · Human ServicesFOREVER ADVENTURE: $25,000 · Human ServicesPULSE OUTREACH: $85,000 · ReligionMobile Hope: $65,000 · ReligionCITY VISION: $20,000 · ReligionAMPLIFY MISSION NETWORK: $20,000 · ReligionMinnesota Prayer Breakfast Inc: $8,500 · ReligionThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $134,000 · InternationalLOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM: $35,000 · Arts & Culture
Philanthropy$1,500,000Other$899,000Education$228,900Human Services$222,500Religion$198,500International$134,000Arts & Culture$35,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $1,500,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetHOPE ACADEMY INC: $222,900 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetHALFTIME INSTITUTE: $205,000 over 4y, 4.0% of budgetSTAIRSTEP FOUNDATION: $163,500 over 6y, 3.0% of budgetThe American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc: $134,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPULSE OUTREACH: $85,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetMobile Hope: $65,000 over 2y, 9.9% of budgetCalvin Christian School of Minneapolis: $43,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetLOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM: $35,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHELPING HANDS MINISTRIES INC: $34,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOREVER ADVENTURE: $25,000 over 5y, 8.3% of budgetCITY VISION: $20,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetAMPLIFY MISSION NETWORK: $20,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetUNSEEN: $20,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetTREEHOUSE INC: $17,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES: $10,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCIVILIZATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMinnesota Prayer Breakfast Inc: $8,500 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetHOPE FARM SCHOOL: $6,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKaren Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma: $3,500 over 2y, 0.4% 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 NATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds HALFTIME INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds STAIRSTEP FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc ↗
  • Who funds PULSE OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds Mobile Hope ↗
  • Who funds Calvin Christian School of Minneapolis ↗
  • Who funds LOWER EAST SIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds HELPING HANDS MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds FOREVER ADVENTURE ↗
  • Who funds CITY VISION ↗
  • Who funds AMPLIFY MISSION NETWORK ↗
  • Who funds UNSEEN ↗
  • Who funds TREEHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW LIFE FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds CIVILIZATION RESEARCH INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds Minnesota Prayer Breakfast Inc ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FARM SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
  • Who funds Eden Prairie Lions Club Foundation Inc ↗

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.

The Minneapolis Found…Thrivent Charitable I…Natl Christian Charit…Christian Community F…The US Charitable Gif…American Gift FundMightycause Charitabl…National Philanthropi…American Endowment Fo…Renaissance Charitabl…The Blackbaud Giving …Charities Aid Foundat…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN17.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · American Gift Fund · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America

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 Wallestad Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wallestad Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Wallestad Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Wallestad 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 43 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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