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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 FY2024still arriving
83
Grants FY2024still arriving
10
States reached
$28k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% 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
02FY2024 · 83 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k74 grants · $262k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $149k
$3,500
Median grant
10
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OCEAN HILLS CHURCH$28,000
OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL$25,000
GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY$20,000
HOPE ACADEMY$19,000
WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY$14,500
HOPE CHURCH KALISPELL$12,000
SKIDMORE COLLEGE$10,000
UCSB ARTS AND LECTURES$10,000
HOPE FARM SCHOOL$10,000
GOOD SAMARITAN VILLAGE MISSION$7,500
Individual grant recipient$7,500
MISSIONARY EVANGELISM TO CORRECTIONS$7,000
GLORY FOR ASHES$6,000
WAYZATA COMMUNITY CHURCH$6,000
NORTH SHORE NORDIC 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.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $286k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 64% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ROC WHEELS: $4k → 10%ETERNAL ANCHOR: $5k → 9%ROC WHEELS: $4k → 10%ETERNAL ANCHOR: $5k → 9%ROC WHEELS: $4k → 10%ETERNAL ANCHOR: $5k → 9%ROC WHEELS: $3k → 10%ETERNAL ANCHOR: $5k → 9%ROC WHEELS: $3k → 10%ETERNAL ANCHOR: $5k → 9%ROC WHEELS: $3k → 10%ETERNAL ANCHOR: $4k → 9%ETERNAL ANCHOR: $4k → 9%ICA FOOD SHELF: $3k → 11%NORTHERN CHEYENNE MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION: $6k → 9%NORTHERN CHEYENNE MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION: $4k → 9%BRAVEHEART CHAPLAIN MINISTRY: $6k → 11%BRAVEHEART CHAPLAIN MINISTRY: $6k → 11%BRAVEHEART CHAPLAIN MINISTRY: $6k → 11%BRAVEHEART CHAPLAIN MINISTRY: $6k → 11%ELEANOR'S PROJECT: $5k → 9%BRAVEHEART CHAPLAIN MINISTRY: $5k → 11%BRAVEHEART CHAPLAIN MINISTRY: $5k → 11%ELEANOR'S PROJECT: $5k → 9%ELEANOR'S PROJECT: $5k → 9%BRAVEHEART CHAPLAIN MINISTRY: $4k → 11%ELEANOR'S PROJECT: $5k → 9%ELEANOR'S PROJECT: $4k → 9%ELEANOR'S PROJECT: $4k → 9%NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $5k → 14%ELEANORE'S PROJECT INC: $5k → 11%YMCA OF THE NORTH: $32k → 11%YMCA OF THE NORTH: $6k → 11%YMCA OF THE NORTH: $5k → 11%YMCA OF THE NORTH: $4k → 11%YMCA OF THE NORTH: $3k → 11%YOUTH LINK: $4k → 11%YOUTH LINK: $4k → 11%YOUTH LINK: $4k → 11%YOUTH LINK: $4k → 11%YOUTH LINK: $4k → 11%YOUTH LINK: $4k → 11%YOUTH LINK: $4k → 11%YOUTH LINK: $4k → 11%FRASER: $4k → 11%FRASER: $4k → 11%FRASER: $4k → 11%FRASER: $4k → 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

ME
NH
WA
ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
NY
NV
PA
CA
MO
VA
MD
AZ
NM
TN
NC
TX
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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.8M · 114 repeat orgs$166k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +37% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.

114 repeat relationships: 72 still active in FY2024, 42 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

114
47

Total granted

$2.8M
$128k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+37%
+28%

Still filing today

39%
49%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $38k 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
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentInternationalHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • HA
    HOPE ACADEMY INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $211k · revenue +240%
  • JP
    JEREMIAH PROGRAM
    3× · 2017–2019 · $85k · revenue +161%
  • WU
    WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $65k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • BS
    BADROCK SKATEPARK ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
  • BP
    BRADLEY-SIGMA PHI HISTORICAL LANDMARK PRESERVATION FUND INC
    one grant, 2017 · $7k
  • BI
    BEACON INTERFAITH HOUSING COLLABORATIVEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +105%
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
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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2
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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3
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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4
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

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…

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5
Mn Community Measurement

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

Health
6
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.

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7
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
8
Minnesota Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment
9
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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10
The Minneapolis Foundation

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…

Philanthropy
11
Minnesota State University Student Association Inc

Led by minnesota state university students, we are the inclusive voice for all future, current, and former students. we actively work to represent and support minnesota state university students and advocate at a campus, state, and federal…

Education
12
St Paul Transportation Management Organization

Move minnesota leads the movement for an equitable and sustainable transportation system that puts people first. we are passionate about connecting communities, ending the climate crisis, expanding access to jobs and resources, and…

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Minnesota Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Eleanore's Project 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

76 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. 76 of the 173 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
16
Early backer (in before they grew)
74/76
Grantees still filing
58/76
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OCEAN HILLS CHURCH: $104,800 · OtherOCEAN HILLS CHURCHGREATER MINNEAPOLIS UNITED WAY: $98,000 · OtherGREATER MINNEAPOLIS UNITED WAY+119 more: $1,621,390 · Other+119 moreHOPE ACADEMY INC: $211,350 · EducationHOPE ACADEMY IN…WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY: $65,000 · EducationWHITWORTH UNIVE…HOPE FARM SCHOOL: $50,000 · EducationHOPE FARM SCHOO…COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS: $23,000 · EducationCOMMUNITIES IN …Trustees of Dartmouth College: $20,750 · EducationSKIDMORE COLLEGE: $18,500 · Education+8 more: $39,000 · Education+8 moreYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH: $49,500 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS …BRAVEHEART CHAPLAIN MINISTRY: $41,000 · Human ServicesBRAVEHEART …ETERNAL ANCHOR: $34,330 · Human ServicesETERNAL ANC…ELEANORE'S PROJECT INC: $34,000 · Human ServicesELEANORE'S …YOUTHLINK: $30,000 · Human ServicesYOUTHLINKFRASER: $27,750 · Human ServicesFRASERROC WHEELS: $25,140 · Human ServicesROC WHEELSNORTHERN CHEYENNE MINISTERIAL ASSOC: $18,240 · Human ServicesNORTHERN CH…Clark Fork Valley Women In Timber: $18,100 · Human ServicesClark Fork …+4 more: $20,700 · Human Services+4 moreOPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US: $143,000 · InternationalONEVILLAGE PARTNERS: $16,000 · InternationalGLOBAL MINNESOTA: $11,000 · International+1 more: $4,000 · InternationalMACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC: $27,000 · Arts & CultureWALKER ART CENTER: $21,750 · Arts & CultureMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $21,000 · Arts & CultureMINNETONKA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $21,000 · Arts & CultureSANTA BARBARA MARITIME MUSEUM: $11,500 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $5,000 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+6 more: $12,000 · Arts & CultureJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $85,000 · Housing & ShelterSamaritan House Inc: $3,500 · Housing & Shelter+2 more: $3,500 · Housing & ShelterGREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY: $72,000 · PhilanthropyMINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION: $12,500 · PhilanthropyFLATHEAD AREA MOUNTAIN BIKERS INC: $4,550 · Philanthropy+1 more: $2,000 · Philanthropy
Other$1,824,190Education$427,600Human Services$298,760International$174,000Arts & Culture$124,250Housing & Shelter$92,000Philanthropy$91,050

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

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 budgetMAYO CLINIC: $25,050 over 8y, 0.0% 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 budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $20,750 over 8y, 0.0% 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 budgetMINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION: $12,500 over 7y, 0.0% 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 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 HOPE ACADEMY INC ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL INC D/B/A OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL-US ↗
  • Who funds JEREMIAH PROGRAM ↗
  • Who funds GREATER TWIN CITIES UNITED WAY ↗
  • Who funds WHITWORTH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds HOPE FARM SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH ↗
  • Who funds InterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA ↗
  • Who funds BRAVEHEART CHAPLAIN MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds MINERAL COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MISSIONARY EVANGELISM TO CORRECTIONS ↗
  • Who funds ETERNAL ANCHOR ↗
  • Who funds ELEANORE'S PROJECT INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUTHLINK ↗
  • Who funds FRASER ↗
  • Who funds MACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds ROC WHEELS ↗
  • Who funds MAYO CLINIC ↗

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…Gianforte Family Char…Whitefish Community F…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Town Pump Charitable …The K FoundationMontana Community Fou…Margaret a Cargill Fo…The McKnight Foundati…Otto Bremer TrustThe Grace Upon Grace …Oro y Plata Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Woodhouse Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Woodhouse Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    20report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
    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 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.

    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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