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American Legion Post 491 Hesley Jensen

To benefit and serve veterans and their families and to preserve and strengthen comradeship with our 550 members.

$340k
Granted FY2025still arriving
20
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$21k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$285kPublic Benefit$165kHuman Services$162kArts & Culture$71kHousing & Shelter$31kHealth$21kCommunity Improvement$20kMembership Benefit$15kOther$0
02FY2025 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 20 grants below total $221,350, the rows itemized in this filing. The $340,251 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $118,901 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k7 grants · $45k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $176k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$669k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BEYOND THE YELLOW RIBBON - LSCV$20,650
HOMETOWN HEROS OUTDOORS$20,000
MAHTOMEDI LEGION BASEBALL$17,500
SVAA$15,000
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL$15,000
BCAL$15,000
LEGIONVILLE$12,050
SUSAN G KOMAN$11,000
SUMMER TUESDAYS$10,000
AMERICAN LEGION FUND 85$10,000
MARINE VETS CAMP$10,000
LOWER ST CROIX VETS PARK$10,000
STILLWATERBAYPORT VOITURE 791$10,000
BEYOND THE YELLOW RIBBON - HUGO$7,450
BLUE STAR MOMS$7,450
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY21–21, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $6k → 14%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.
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.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$580k · 11 repeat orgs$295k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +77% since the first grant, against +16% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
12

Total granted

$580k
$188k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+77%
+16%

Still filing today

45%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $107k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Recreation & SportsCommunity ImprovementPublic BenefitEmploymentHousing & ShelterHuman ServicesOther
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

  • MA
    MINNESOTA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION
    5× · 2020–2025 · $116k · revenue +77%
  • SC
    ST CROIX VALLEY ATHLETIC ASSOC
    4× · 2020–2025 · $57k · revenue +122%
  • DV
    DISABLED VETERANS REST CAMP ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2023–2025 · $41k · revenue +21%

Funded once

  • TA
    THE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF MINNESOTA
    one grant, 2023 · $77k · revenue +16%
  • TL
    THE LOCALS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $20k · revenue 0%
  • SA
    STILLWATER AREA HOCKEY ASSOCIATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +66%
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 American Legion Auxiliary and the Sons of the American
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2
American Legion Auxiliary Dept of Minnes

In the spirit of service, not self, the mission of the american legion auxiliary is to support the american legion and to honor the sacrifice of those who serve by enhancing the lives of our veterans, military, and their families, both at…

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3
Vfw Dept of Mn 210 Lakeville Post Vfw

Provide grants to organizations supporting our organizations mission and offer recognition to individuals who provide healthy community engagement opportunities.

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4
Minnesota Paralyzed Veterans of America

The minnesota paralyzed veterans of america (mnpva) a minnesota nonprofit organization, is an officially recognized paralyzed veterans of america chapter. mnpva assists veterans with spinal cord injuries or spinal cord diseases, such as ms…

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5
Support the Troops Mn

Donating clothing and emergency financial aid to veterans, active duty personnel and their families.

Recreation & Sports
6
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department 1210 Vfw-Mn

Veterans Service Organization

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7
Minnesota National Guard Camp Ripley Viking Club

The Viking Club is operated at Camp Ripley, a National Guard training site, to provide Active Duty National Guard, other Active, Reserve & Retired Service members, MN State Patrol, MN DNR, MN DOT a onsite social gathering & entertainment…

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8
Vfw Department of South Dakota

Vfw was established to assist veterans. our mission is to foster camaraderie among united states veterans of overseas conflicts and to serve our veterans, the military, and our communities and advocate on behalf of all veterans. the…

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9
Veterans Central Council

1. flags of honor. maintaining the flags of honor, commerating deceased veterans by flying united states flags in a memorial park. the park is located in willmar, minnesota and is presently being conducted by members of the local american…

Public Benefit
10
American Legion Post 112

To provide social activities and other aid to veterans

—
11
American Legion Club Post 79 Inc

Veterans organization since our charter in 1919,our montgomery, minnesota, american legion post has been welcoming veterans from all branches of our armed forces active and retired.

—
12
Minnesota Veterans 4 Veterans Trust

The minnesota veterans 4 veterans trust fund helps minnesota veterans integrate into society, and lead healthier and independent lives by funding programs for veteran organizations in the state of minnesota.

Public Benefit
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Minnesota American Legion Foundation; the most unlike its peers is The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation 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

19 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. 19 of the 34 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
10/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YELLOW RIBBON ALLIANCE LOWER ST CROIX VALLEY: $83,950 · OtherYELLOW RIBBON ALLIANCE LOWER ST CROIX VALLEYTHE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF MINNESOTA: $77,000 · OtherTHE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF MINNESOTAMAHTOMEDI VFW & LEGION BASEBALL: $69,100 · OtherMAHTOMEDI VFW & LEGION BASEBALLBIG MARINE LAKE ASSOCIATION: $47,000 · OtherBIG MARINE LAKE ASSOCIATIONIndividual grant recipient: $45,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientDISABLED VETERANS REST CAMP ASSOCIATION INC: $41,000 · OtherDISABLED VETERANS REST CAMP ASSOCIATION INCBAYPORT COMMUNITY ACTION LEAGUE INC: $40,000 · OtherBAYPORT COMMUNITY ACTION LEAGUE INCSTILLWATERBAYPORT VOITURE 791: $20,000 · Other+17 more: $150,700 · Other+17 moreMINNESOTA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION: $115,500 · Public BenefitMINNESOTA AMER…ST CROIX VALLEY ATHLETIC ASSOC: $57,000 · Recreation & SportsST CROIX V…HOMETOWN HERO OUTDOORS: $20,000 · Recreation & SportsHOMETOWN H…STILLWATER AREA JO VOLLEYBALL: $6,000 · Recreation & SportsSTILLWATER…SUMMER TUESDAY INC: $30,000 · Community ImprovementGREATER STILLWATER CHAMBER OF COMME: $10,000 · Community ImprovementMINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS: $31,400 · EmploymentTHE LOCALS INC: $20,000 · Arts & CultureThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $11,000 · Health
Other$573,750Public Benefit$115,500Recreation & Sports$83,000Community Improvement$40,000Employment$31,400Arts & Culture$20,000Health$11,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMINNESOTA AMERICAN LEGION FOUNDATION: $115,500 over 5y, 8.5% of budgetTHE AMERICAN LEGION DEPARTMENT OF MINNESOTA: $77,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetST CROIX VALLEY ATHLETIC ASSOC: $57,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetDISABLED VETERANS REST CAMP ASSOCIATION INC: $41,000 over 2y, 1.6% of budgetMINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS: $31,400 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSUMMER TUESDAY INC: $30,000 over 3y, 9.3% of budgetTHE LOCALS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetHOMETOWN HERO OUTDOORS: $20,000 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetLEGIONVILLE SCHOOL SAFETY PATROL TRAINING CENTER INC: $12,050 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $11,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE HOUSE OF ST CROIX VALLEY: $10,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetMINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD ENLISTED ASSOCIATION: $10,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetGREATER STILLWATER CHAMBER OF COMME: $10,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA CENTRAL REGION TRUST: $9,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF MINNESOTA GRAND CHAPTER: $7,450 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetSTILLWATER AREA JO VOLLEYBALL: $6,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTHE PARTNERSHIP PLAN FOR STILLWATER AREA PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $6,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $5,500 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.

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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.

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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 American Legion Post 491 Hesley Jensen funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Legion Post 491 Hesley Jensen. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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.
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    Find your warmest path to American Legion Post 491 Hesley Jensen 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 34 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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