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THE CRIMSON & CREAM FOUNDATION

THE CRIMSON & CREAM FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $670 to it, the largest being POHLAD FAMILY FOUNDATION ($670). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$100k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$670
Net assets
$767k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What The Crimson & Cream Foundation does

Program

  1. Grants and causes to further educational enrichment and social guidance of youth.

    $77,916 spent

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($17k) Expenses 100 ($8k) Net assets 100 ($148k)2018 Revenue 89 ($15k) Expenses 150 ($12k) Net assets 94 ($140k)2019 Revenue 106 ($17k) Expenses 229 ($19k) Net assets 115 ($169k)2020 Revenue 2434 ($403k) Expenses 418 ($34k) Net assets 409 ($604k)2021 Revenue 466 ($77k) Expenses 651 ($53k) Net assets 504 ($744k)2022 Revenue 388 ($64k) Expenses 743 ($60k) Net assets 387 ($572k)2023 Revenue 599 ($99k) Expenses 943 ($76k) Net assets 451 ($666k)2024 Revenue 603 ($100k) Expenses 996 ($81k) Net assets 519 ($767k)
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Revenue (603)Expenses (996)Net assets (519)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $169k to $620k (+266%).

$148k
$140k
$169k
$620k
$744k
$572k
$666k
$777k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Board chair

Clarence Knox Jr

Chairman

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.

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Listed1414141111111111
Joined·+0+0+7+0+0+0+2
No longer listed·00100002
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $420 → $250.

Funder
'22
'23
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of THE CRIMSON & CREAM FOUNDATION’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.

Where its funders are

100% of THE CRIMSON & CREAM FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.

MN

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’22
’23
Minnesota out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE CRIMSON & CREAM FOUNDATION has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,183 philanthropy nonprofits its size.

Months of reserve8.0mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)29% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,183 philanthropy nonprofits under $100k, FY2024

Organizations like THE CRIMSON & CREAM FOUNDATION

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In Minnesota

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05Profile & governance

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

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE CRIMSON & CREAM FOUNDATION?
THE CRIMSON & CREAM FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $670 to it, the largest being POHLAD FAMILY FOUNDATION ($670). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE CRIMSON & CREAM FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $670 in grants to THE CRIMSON & CREAM FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE CRIMSON & CREAM FOUNDATION?
POHLAD FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $670 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE CRIMSON & CREAM FOUNDATION 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 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