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Woodhouse 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.

$410k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
83
Grants FY2024
82
Organizations funded FY2023
7%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,500
Largest grant, FY2024
$28,000
Organizations funded a year
77 to 91
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
10
Total assets, FY2024
$6.0M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 7% of the organizations Woodhouse Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationArts & CultureHealthPhilanthropyHuman ServicesEnvironmentOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving80$401k10%
FY202382$392k7%
FY202287$453k9%
FY202177$371k18%
FY202078$348k14%
FY201982$380k18%
FY201882$349k20%
FY201791$279kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$837kEducation$509kHuman Services$437kArts & Culture$250kPhilanthropy$231kInternational$171kRecreation & Sports$91kHealth$82kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Hope Academy Inc$211,35081%
Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us$143,00080%
Jeremiah Program$85,00030%
Greater Twin Cities United Way$72,00030%
Whitworth University$65,00080%
Good Samaritan Village Mission$54,8008n/a
Hope Farm School$50,00061%
Young Mens Christian Association of the North$49,50050%
Wayzata Community Church$48,0008n/a
InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA$47,30070%
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All grantees of Woodhouse Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Hope Academy Inc$211,35081%
Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us$143,00080%
Jeremiah Program$85,00030%
Greater Twin Cities United Way$72,00030%
Whitworth University$65,00080%
Good Samaritan Village Mission$54,8008n/a
Hope Farm School$50,00061%
Young Mens Christian Association of the North$49,50050%
Wayzata Community Church$48,0008n/a
InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA$47,30070%
North Shore Nordic Club$41,5008n/a
Braveheart Chaplain Ministry$41,00084%
Mineral County Community Foundation$40,600811%
Missionary Evangelism to Corrections$39,50088%
Search Ministries Inc$39,0007n/a
Community Food Bank of Mineral County$36,3408n/a
Eternal Anchor$34,33081%
Eleanore's Project Inc$34,000813%
Glory for Ashes$33,0006n/a
Youthlink$30,00080%
St Thomas Academy$28,0008n/a
Fraser$27,75080%
Macphail Center for Music$27,00080%
Family Promise of Missoula$26,1408n/a
Roc Wheels$25,14082%
Salvation Army$25,0008n/a
Montana Family Institute Inc$24,94081%
Faith Covenant Church$23,8003n/a
Communities in Schools$23,00020%
Walker Art Center$21,75080%
Fresh Life Church$21,5008n/a
Hot Springs Bible Church$21,1007n/a
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts$21,00070%
Minnetonka Center for the Arts$21,00081%
Tubman$19,00070%
Skidmore College$18,50040%
Northern Cheyenne Ministerial Assoc$18,24064%
Clark Fork Valley Women In Timber$18,10085%
Western Montana Walk to Emmaus$17,9008n/a
Onevillage Partners$16,00070%
Canvas Church$14,0005n/a
Mineral County Mt Rails-To-Trails$13,0003n/a
Mineral County Performing Arts Council$12,5208n/a
Santa Barbara Maritime Museum$11,50070%
Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc$11,00040%
Global Minnesota$11,00060%
Badrock Skatepark Association$10,00013%
Flathead Library Foundation$10,00051%
Lake Minnetonka Association$9,50081%
Columbia Falls Swim Team$8,5005n/a
USA Midwest Province of the Society of Jesus Inc$8,0004n/a
Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation$8,00040%
GREAT BURN STUDY GROUP dba Great Burn Conservation Alliance$7,00031%
Dunwoody College of Technology$7,00050%
Bradley-Sigma Phi Historical Landmark Preservation Fund Inc$6,5001n/a
Mike Justak Foundation for Parkinsons Disease$6,000225%
Lighthouse Christian Home and Services Inc$6,00030%
Intercongregation Communities Association Inc$5,70020%
Indigenous Pathways Inc$5,50012%
Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media$5,00020%
Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative$5,00010%
Minnesota Historical Society$5,00020%
Christ Presbyterian Church$5,0001n/a
Little Star Pony Foundation$5,0004n/a
Neighborhood Development Center Inc$5,00010%
University of Minnesota Foundation$5,00010%
Flathead Area Mountain Bikers Inc$4,55032%
Rocky Mountain Bible Mission$4,5001n/a
Minnesotans Against Terrorism$4,50027%
Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota$4,05030%
Film Independent$4,00010%
Bountifield International$4,00011%
Union Gospel Mission of Missoula$4,00010%
University of Wisconsin Foundation$3,50010%
Samaritan House Inc$3,50010%
Fold of the Messiah$3,5002n/a
Casa Hogar the Good Samaritan Inc$3,0001n/a
Community of Recovering People$3,00010%
Wildland Firefighter Foundation$3,00020%
The General Council of the Assemblies of God$2,7001n/a
Flathead Warming Center Inc$2,50010%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor$2,50010%
N C Little Memorial Hospice Inc$2,00010%
Eric Marsh Foundation for Wildland Firefighters$2,0001n/a
Friends of the Hennepin County Library$2,00020%
The Cowles Center$2,00010%
Second Harvest Heartland$2,00020%
Flathead Land Trust$2,00010%
Minnesota Orchestral Association$2,00010%
Gideons International$2,0001n/a
Center for Action and Contemplation$2,00010%
Animal Humane Society$1,50010%
University of Northwestern - St Paul$1,00010%
Energy Share of Montana Inc$1,00010%
World Vision Foundation$1,0001n/a
Can Do Canines$1,00010%
Eden Prairie Local News$1,00011%
Guthrie Theater Foundation$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 71 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.0M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Woodhouse Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 70 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHope Academy Inc: $211,350 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetOpportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us: $143,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetJeremiah Program: $85,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGreater Twin Cities United Way: $72,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWhitworth University: $65,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetHope Farm School: $50,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of the North: $49,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $47,300 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBraveheart Chaplain Ministry: $41,000 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetMineral County Community Foundation: $40,600 over 8y, 11% of budgetMissionary Evangelism to Corrections: $39,500 over 8y, 7.5% of budgetEternal Anchor: $34,330 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetEleanore's Project Inc: $34,000 over 8y, 13% of budgetYouthlink: $30,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFraser: $27,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMacphail Center for Music: $27,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetRoc Wheels: $25,140 over 8y, 2.2% of budgetMontana Family Institute Inc: $24,940 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetCommunities in Schools: $23,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWalker Art Center: $21,750 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetMinneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts: $21,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMinnetonka Center for the Arts: $21,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetTubman: $19,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSkidmore College: $18,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern Cheyenne Ministerial Assoc: $18,240 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetClark Fork Valley Women In Timber: $18,100 over 8y, 5.4% of budgetOnevillage Partners: $16,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetSanta Barbara Maritime Museum: $11,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetGlobal Minnesota: $11,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetBadrock Skatepark Association: $10,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetFlathead Library Foundation: $10,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetLake Minnetonka Association: $9,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetUrban Ventures Leadership Foundation: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetGREAT BURN STUDY GROUP dba Great Burn Conservation Alliance: $7,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetDunwoody College of Technology: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMike Justak Foundation for Parkinsons Disease: $6,000 over 2y, 25% of budgetLighthouse Christian Home and Services Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetIntercongregation Communities Association Inc: $5,700 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetIndigenous Pathways Inc: $5,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetMinnesota Public Radio American Public Media: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBeacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMinnesota Historical Society: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNeighborhood Development Center Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFlathead Area Mountain Bikers Inc: $4,550 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetMinnesotans Against Terrorism: $4,500 over 2y, 6.8% of budgetWildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota: $4,050 over 3y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 70.

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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 FoundationMN25.8× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Gianforte Family Charitable Trust · Whitefish Community Foundation Inc · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Town Pump Charitable Foundation · The K Foundation · Montana Community Foundation Inc · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · The McKnight Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Grace Upon Grace Mooty Family Foundation · Oro y Plata 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.

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How do I get to Woodhouse Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Woodhouse 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.

About Woodhouse Family Foundation

How much does Woodhouse Family Foundation give?
Woodhouse Family Foundation reported 83 grants totaling $410,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 77 and 91 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Woodhouse Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (28%), Education (17%), Human Services (14%).
Who are Woodhouse Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Hope Academy Inc ($211k), Opportunity International Inc D/B/A Opportunity International-Us ($143k), Jeremiah Program ($85k).
Does Woodhouse Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 7% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Woodhouse 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 Woodhouse Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Gianforte Family Charitable Trust, Whitefish Community Foundation Inc.
Where is Woodhouse Family Foundation based?
Woodhouse Family Foundation is based in MN.

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 173 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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