About Ordean Foundation
The Ordean Foundation made a single, significant grant in this period, providing unrestricted and initiative-focused support to the Family Freedom Center—including a named legacy gift for the S.T.A.R.T. program. This indicates the foundation prioritizes direct organizational capacity and programmatic initiatives that advance family safety and recovery (as represented by the grantee) rather than broad, diversified giving. The grant appears to be strategic and relationship-driven, aimed at sustaining a specific program and the recipient’s general operations.
Focus Areas
Organizational capacity and general operating support for direct-service nonprofitsSupport for family safety/recovery programs (e.g., S.T.A.R.T. program addressing family violence or trauma)Legacy and special-initiative funding tied to named or targeted program investments
Who They Fund
children and youth (including autistic children and students)BIPOC womenveteranslow-income families / elementary school childrenrural and regional community residents (Duluth and Northland area organizations)
About Ordean Foundation
Ordean Foundation’s most distinctive recent grant is a $150,000 package to Family Freedom Center that combined general operating support with a Joe Everett legacy gift for the center’s S.T.A.R.T. program and a special initiative grant. That mix points to a funder that uses larger awards to sustain core operations while also backing named programs tied to family safety and recovery. The same pattern appears in other large grants to direct-service organizations in Duluth, where the foundation has supported shelters, youth services, health centers, and community nonprofits with multi-year operating support. Across the recent record, the foundation backed organizations serving families, children, youth, and people facing housing, health, or safety needs. Grants to Damiano Center and Lake Superior Community Health Center were each repeated across multiple years, suggesting ongoing relationships rather than isolated gifts. Other awards reached groups working in mentoring, shelter, behavioral health, and community infrastructure. Ordean Foundation’s structure as a regular funder, combined with its acceptance of grants to individuals through legacy channels, gives it a flexible grantmaking profile rooted in local community needs.
What Ordean Foundation Funds
In family safety and recovery work, Ordean Foundation gave $150,000 to Family Freedom Center for general operating support, a legacy gift, and the S.T.A.R.T. program. That same grantee also received $50,500 in 2025 for the center’s operations and a kids merchandise event, showing both program and organizational support. In shelter and basic-needs work, the foundation awarded $100,000 to Safe Haven Shelter for Battered Women in 2025 for general operating support and retirement of a construction loan. It also provided $97,000 to Chum in 2025 for general operating support and sponsorship tied to Another Door Youth Shelter / Peace Church. Health and behavioral health organizations also appear in the record. Lake Superior Community Health Center received $125,000 in both 2023 and 2024 and another $125,000 in 2025 for general operating support. In youth development, Mentor North received $101,000 in 2024 and $100,000 in 2023.
How Ordean Foundation Gives
Ordean Foundation’s typical grant size sits at $10,000 at the 25th percentile, $20,000 at the median, and $50,000 at the 75th percentile. The recent list also shows a much larger set of awards at $100,000 to $150,000, which are concentrated in ongoing relationships with a small number of Duluth nonprofits. The pattern is relationship-based rather than one-off: several recipients appear in multiple years, including Damiano Center, Lake Superior Community Health Center, Mentor North, Safe Haven Shelter for Battered Women, Chum, and Family Freedom Center. The foundation is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it also makes grants to individuals through legacy giving. Catalyst grants are the only listed program with unsolicited applications.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.4M
Total Assets
$42.6M
Total Revenue
$2.3M
Total Expenses
$2.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $50K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
About 99% of grants go to recipients in MN.
Intensidad de financiamiento
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