Minnesota · Private foundation
Arlin Falck Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $130k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2024
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 41%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 41
- FY2020 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 41% of the organizations Arlin Falck Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 53% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $119k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 22 | $130k | 27% |
| FY2023 | 29 | $225k | 41% |
| FY2022 | 37 | $240k | 57% |
| FY2021 | 30 | $224k | 47% |
| FY2020 | 41 | $263k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia Area Community Charities Inc | $57,039 | 5 | 38% |
| Rushford Area Historical Society | $55,000 | 2 | 73% |
| Hesper Mabel Area Historical Society | $48,205 | 5 | 14% |
| Semcac | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| MONSTER BASH INCORPORATED Monster Bash | $21,575 | 2 | n/a |
| Senior Citizens Hospitality Center | $15,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Harpers Ferry Area Heritage Society | $15,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Canton Fire Dept | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mainspring | $14,063 | 3 | n/a |
| Lansing Iowa Food Trust | $14,000 | 3 | n/a |
Show all 31 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia Area Community Charities Inc | $57,039 | 5 | 38% |
| Rushford Area Historical Society | $55,000 | 2 | 73% |
| Hesper Mabel Area Historical Society | $48,205 | 5 | 14% |
| Semcac | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| MONSTER BASH INCORPORATED Monster Bash | $21,575 | 2 | n/a |
| Senior Citizens Hospitality Center | $15,200 | 2 | n/a |
| Harpers Ferry Area Heritage Society | $15,000 | 1 | 27% |
| Canton Fire Dept | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mainspring | $14,063 | 3 | n/a |
| Lansing Iowa Food Trust | $14,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Waukon Fire Department Association | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Peterson | $10,332 | 1 | n/a |
| Riverview Center Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Good Earth Village | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| New Albin Improvement League | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Winneshiek County Historical Society | $8,500 | 2 | 11% |
| City of la Crescent | $8,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Harmony Area Historical Society | $7,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Postville Volunteer Fire Department | $7,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Allamakee County Agricultural Socie | $6,925 | 1 | 5% |
| Houston County Historical Society | $6,379 | 1 | 8% |
| Rushford Public Library | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Luther College | $5,800 | 4 | 0% |
| Laura Ingalls Wilder Park & Museum | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| City of Spring Valley | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Nordic Fest Inc | $4,194 | 1 | 1% |
| Harpers Ferry Boosters Inc | $2,975 | 1 | n/a |
| Porter House Museum Incorporated | $2,920 | 1 | n/a |
| Main Street Matters Inc | $2,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Quilters Therapy | $2,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Oneota Valley Community Orchestra | $1,914 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 63 recipients with no EIN on record ($662k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Arlin Falck Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation · Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque · Alliant Energy Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Arlin Falck Foundation
- How much does Arlin Falck Foundation give?
- Arlin Falck Foundation reported 22 grants totaling $130,194 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 41 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
- What does Arlin Falck Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (22%), Education (17%), Human Services (14%).
- Who are Arlin Falck Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Caledonia Area Community Charities Inc ($57k), Rushford Area Historical Society ($55k), Hesper Mabel Area Historical Society ($48k).
- Does Arlin Falck Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 41% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Arlin Falck Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Arlin Falck Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque, Alliant Energy Foundation Inc.
- Where is Arlin Falck Foundation based?
- Arlin Falck Foundation is based in MN.
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