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Arsher Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$839k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
45
Grants FY2025
46
Organizations funded FY2024
13%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$100,000
Organizations funded a year
42 to 46
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
10
Total assets, FY2025
$12M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 13% of the organizations Arsher Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $68k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesInternationalEducationArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving45$839k42%
FY202446$825k13%
FY202342$748k38%
FY202245$776k24%
FY202145$902k7%
FY202045$770k11%
FY201945$734kn/a
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Human Services$2.2MReligion$1.4MHealth$518kEducation$378kFood & Nutrition$293kHousing & Shelter$272kPhilanthropy$145kYouth Development$95kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
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WI
MI
NY
IA
CA
CO
NE
VA
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TN
NC
DC
TX
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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Salvation Army$600,0064n/a
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota$335,00030%
Together For Life Northland$210,000415%
The Salvation Army$200,0002n/a
Voyageurs Lutheran Ministry$185,0006n/a
Second Harvest Northland$180,00030%
United Way of Ne Minnesota$124,50052%
Twelfth Step House Inc$116,00068%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$70,00040%
Churches United in Ministry$70,00070%
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All grantees of Arsher Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Salvation Army$600,0064n/a
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota$335,00030%
Together For Life Northland$210,000415%
The Salvation Army$200,0002n/a
Voyageurs Lutheran Ministry$185,0006n/a
Second Harvest Northland$180,00030%
United Way of Ne Minnesota$124,50052%
Twelfth Step House Inc$116,00068%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$70,00040%
Churches United in Ministry$70,00070%
Waconia United Food Shelf$67,50065%
Light the Way Lutheran Church$65,0006n/a
Advocates for Family Peace$65,00052%
Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church$62,5007n/a
Damiano of Duluth Inc$60,00061%
Miller-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries$60,00041%
Sunrise Mission Inc$45,87562%
Immanuel Lutheran Church$43,7506n/a
Lincoln Parent Teacher Organization$40,000121%
Project Care Free Clinic$40,00046%
Union Gospel Mission Inc$35,00071%
Grace Lutheran Church$35,0007n/a
The Hills Youth and Family Services$35,00020%
Central Mesabi Medical Foundation$32,50055%
University of Minnesota Foundation$30,00040%
Immanuel Lutheran Church$27,5003n/a
The MHE Research Foundation$27,50066%
Hillside School and Learning Center$27,50061%
Shriners Hospitals for Children$25,00040%
St Francis Health Services of Morris Inc$25,00010%
Rock of Ages Lutheran Church$25,0002n/a
Mercy Ships International$20,00020%
Covenant House$20,00020%
Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc$20,00040%
Minnesota Masonic Charities$20,00040%
CaringBridge$20,00070%
Choc Foundation$20,00020%
Voyageurs Area Council$16,00041%
Lighthouse Center for Vital Living$15,00021%
St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc$15,00030%
Habitat for Humanity International Inc$15,00030%
Christian Outreach Appeal dba Christian Outreach in Action$15,00031%
Range Regional Animal Rescue$14,00078%
Sexual Assault Program of Northern St Louis County$10,00013%
Camp George E Sigel Inc$10,000111%
Craig Hospital Foundation$10,00020%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$10,00020%
Wings of Mercy East Michigan Inc$10,00027%
Salvation Army$8,1251n/a
Hartley Nature Center$8,00040%
Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc$7,50020%
World Central Kitchen Inc$7,50020%
Abilityfirst$5,00010%
Quality Living Inc$5,00010%
Kinship Center$5,0001n/a
Grace Lutheran Church$5,0001n/a
The Independence Fund Inc$5,00010%
Special Olympics Michigan Inc$2,5001n/a
Alight$2,50010%
Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan$2,50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 45 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.3M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Arsher Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetLutheran Social Service of Minnesota: $335,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTogether For Life Northland: $210,000 over 4y, 15% of budgetSecond Harvest Northland: $180,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetUnited Way of Ne Minnesota: $124,500 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetTwelfth Step House Inc: $116,000 over 6y, 8.1% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $70,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetChurches United in Ministry: $70,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetWaconia United Food Shelf: $67,500 over 6y, 4.8% of budgetAdvocates for Family Peace: $65,000 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetDamiano of Duluth Inc: $60,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetMiller-Dwan Foundation and Subsidiaries: $60,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetSunrise Mission Inc: $45,875 over 6y, 2.2% of budgetLincoln Parent Teacher Organization: $40,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetProject Care Free Clinic: $40,000 over 4y, 6.2% of budgetUnion Gospel Mission Inc: $35,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetThe Hills Youth and Family Services: $35,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCentral Mesabi Medical Foundation: $32,500 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $30,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe MHE Research Foundation: $27,500 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetHillside School and Learning Center: $27,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetShriners Hospitals for Children: $25,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSt Francis Health Services of Morris Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMercy Ships International: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCovenant House: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $20,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Masonic Charities: $20,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCaringBridge: $20,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetChoc Foundation: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVoyageurs Area Council: $16,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetLighthouse Center for Vital Living: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSt Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHabitat for Humanity International Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetChristian Outreach Appeal dba Christian Outreach in Action: $15,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetRange Regional Animal Rescue: $14,000 over 7y, 8.5% of budgetSexual Assault Program of Northern St Louis County: $10,000 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetCamp George E Sigel Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetCraig Hospital Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWings of Mercy East Michigan Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetHartley Nature Center: $8,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetSecond Harvest Food Bank of Orange County Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWorld Central Kitchen Inc: $7,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAbilityfirst: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetQuality Living Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Independence Fund Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAlight: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEpilepsy Foundation of Michigan: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 47.

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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.

Duluth-Superior Area Community FoundationMN34× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation · Northland Foundation · Smdc Medical Center · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Minnesota Power Foundation · United Way of Ne Minnesota · Lloyd K Johnson Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Wildey Mitchell Family Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Rhude Family Charitable Foundation · Security State Bank 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.

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Find your warmest path to Arsher Charitable Trust through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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About Arsher Charitable Trust

How much does Arsher Charitable Trust give?
Arsher Charitable Trust reported 45 grants totaling $838,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 42 and 46 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Arsher Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (39%), Religion (24%), Health (9%).
Who are Arsher Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Salvation Army ($600k), Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota ($335k), Together For Life Northland ($210k).
Does Arsher Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Arsher Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Arsher Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation, Northland Foundation, Smdc Medical Center.
Where is Arsher Charitable Trust based?
Arsher Charitable Trust is based in MN.

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 107 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-PF 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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