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Arlington House

To help youth in need improve their lives by providing shelter, counseling, education, self-sufficiency, skill building and other services.

$844k
Granted FY2022
11
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$230k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
04Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01FY2022 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 11 grants below total $680,183, the rows itemized in this filing. The $844,065 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $163,882 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 · FY2022

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $101k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $580k
$37,740
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
METRO STATE UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT$230,000
CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF MN$176,120
HOPE DENTAL$62,900
MINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL OF VETERANS$60,523
AUNTIE BEC'S BOUTIQUE$50,000
WILDFLYER COFFEE$37,740
TUBMAN$12,580
THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH$12,580
FACE TO FACE HEALTH & COUNSELING SERVICE INC$12,580
THE LINK$12,580
THE AMHERST WILDER FOUNDATION$12,580
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $100k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, 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%THE LINK: $13k → 11%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $13k → 11%FACE TO FACE HEALTH & COUNSELING SERVICE INC: $13k → 14%AUNTIE BEC'S BOUTIQUE: $50k → 14%THE AMHERST WILDER FOUNDATION: $13k → 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 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
Youthlink

To be a community in which all youth, without regard to their living situation, have an equal opportunity to pursue and achieve their goals and dreams. the agency does this by supporting, resourcing, and empowering young people on their…

Human Services
2
Avivo

Avivo increases well-being through recovery and career advancement while working to end homelessness.

Human Services
3
Hope 4 Youth

To provide pathways to end youth homelessness.

Youth Development
4
Central Minnesota Jobs and Training Services Inc

Strengthen central mn communities through leadership in workforce excellence.

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5
Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota

Mentoring partnership of minnesota (mpm) builds and elevates the capacity of programs, systems and policies to strengthen youth mentoring relationships. strategic priorities include: 1. support a statewide mentoring partner network2.…

Employment
6
Minnesota Institute for Talented Youth

Mity's mission is to inspire and challenge intellectually curious students to pursue their passions within a diverse, inclusive community and empower them by building skills and relationships for lifelong success.

—
7
Jackson Street Youth Shelter Inc

Jackson street youth services provides safe, secure shelter and related services to youth, ages 10 to 24, who are homeless or experiencing a personal or family crisis. the organization operates a 24-hour phone help line, provides emergency…

Housing & Shelter
8
Touchstone Mental Health

Touchstone mental health provides innovative, person-centered services that foster hope, health and well-being. we envision a world where all people whose lives are affected by mental illness will flourish with effective treatment, quality…

Human Services
9
Ywca Pierce County

Transforming lives through safety, healing and empowerment.

—
10
Avenues for Youth

The mission of avenues for youth (afy) is to partner with youth experiencing homelessness to achieve their dreams. we do this by providing shelter, short term and transitional housing and supportive services for youth experiencing…

Youth Development
11
Women's Foundation of Minnesota

Women's Foundation of Minnesota is a statewide community foundation investing in ending systemic inequities and driving innovation for gender and racial justice. WFM applies an Intersectional Equity Framework inclusive of gender, race,…

Philanthropy
12
Cornerhouse

The mission of cornerhouse is to partner with families, communities, and systems - entrusted with the safety of children, youth and vulnerable adults - to reduce trauma and end abuse.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Bridge for Youth; the most unlike its peers is Hope Dental Clinic. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

11 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
7/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $230,000 · EducationMETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATI…CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA: $176,120 · Crime & LegalCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF MINN…AUNTIE BEC'S BOUTIQUE: $50,000 · Human ServicesAUNTIE BEC'S BOU…THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $12,580 · Human ServicesTHE BRIDGE FOR Y…Face to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc: $12,580 · Human ServicesFace to Face Hea…THE LINK: $12,580 · Human ServicesTHE LINKAMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $12,580 · Human ServicesAMHERST H WILDER…MINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS: $60,523 · EmploymentMINNESOTA ASSIST…Wildflyer Coffee: $37,740 · EmploymentWildflyer CoffeeHOPE DENTAL CLINIC: $62,900 · OtherHOPE DENTA…TUBMAN: $12,580 · Health
Education$230,000Crime & Legal$176,120Human Services$100,320Employment$98,263Other$62,900Health$12,580

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

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMETROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $230,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetCHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA: $176,120 over 1y, 13% of budgetHOPE DENTAL CLINIC: $62,900 over 1y, 12% of budgetMINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS: $60,523 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWildflyer Coffee: $37,740 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetTHE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $12,580 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetFace to Face Health and Counseling Service Inc: $12,580 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTHE LINK: $12,580 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTUBMAN: $12,580 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAMHERST H WILDER FOUNDATION: $12,580 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Hardenbergh FoundationOtto Bremer TrustSaint Paul & Minnesot…Mightycause Charitabl…Fr Bigelow FoundationPohlad Family Foundat…The Minneapolis Found…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Hardenbergh FoundationMN15.7× affinity5 shared granteesties to 10 of 10Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Hardenbergh Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Arlington House funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arlington House. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%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
    0get 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.
    04Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Arlington House?

    Find your warmest path to Arlington House 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 11 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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