Minnesota · Nonprofit
WIDOW MIGHT
WIDOW MIGHT (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,026 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($13,676). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $54k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $30k
- Net assets
- $74k
What Widow Might does
Mission
To help widows connect with each other and with necessary resources to help them as they strive to live, heal, grow, and thrive after the loss of their spouse.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Events/banquets to bring the widow community together for mutual support, meaningful education, and social networking
$45,807 spentof which $271 as grants96% of program spendingWidow connect groups that bring widows together in the local community to build relationships and support networks for daily living
$1,000 spent2% of program spendingWidow Might website designed to deliver access to external resources, educational material, and communication connections for the widow community at large
$1,000 spent2% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $47,807.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Kathy Scheffler
Executive director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $16k → $7k.
3 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 WIDOW MIGHT’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
WIDOW MIGHT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 46% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund WIDOW MIGHT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 54% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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 WIDOW MIGHT's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 states 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.
Against its field
WIDOW MIGHT runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 14,851 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 14,851 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like WIDOW MIGHT
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for WIDOW MIGHT: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WIDOW MIGHT?
- WIDOW MIGHT (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,026 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($13,676). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does WIDOW MIGHT have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $30,026 in grants to WIDOW MIGHT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WIDOW MIGHT?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $13,676 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WIDOW MIGHT 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