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SUPERMAN SAM'S SURVIVAL KIT

SUPERMAN SAM'S SURVIVAL KIT (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,322 to it, the largest being Harry & Jan Sweere Foundation ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$60k
Funders on record
3
Grants received
$10k
Net assets
$78k
1/3 repeat funders
01What it does

What Superman Sam's Survival Kit does

Mission

Superman Sam's Survival Kit provides hope to families or caregivers who bring their child home from the hospital with a lifesaving breathing tube (tracheostomy). The organization does this by giving a complimentary basket filled with items to ease their transition home.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. In 2024 the organization gifted 60 baskets, serving 60 families/caregivers who brought home a child with a tracheostomy. This accomplishment was possible by raising awareness in the community and hosting two fundraising events.

    $12,363 spent
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $12,363.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of SUPERMAN SAM'S SURVIVAL KIT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

SUPERMAN SAM'S SURVIVAL KIT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

97%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of SUPERMAN SAM'S SURVIVAL KIT's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $72 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

SUPERMAN SAM'S SURVIVAL KIT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 14,851 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin41% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,851 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

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04Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MN

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Questions and answers

Who funds SUPERMAN SAM'S SURVIVAL KIT?
SUPERMAN SAM'S SURVIVAL KIT (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,322 to it, the largest being Harry & Jan Sweere Foundation ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does SUPERMAN SAM'S SURVIVAL KIT have?
IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $10,322 in grants to SUPERMAN SAM'S SURVIVAL KIT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of SUPERMAN SAM'S SURVIVAL KIT?
Harry & Jan Sweere Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like SUPERMAN SAM'S SURVIVAL KIT find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2024–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing