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Arsher Charitable Trust at a glance

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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 FY2025still arriving
45
Grants FY2025still arriving
10
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% 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
02FY2025 · 45 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k22 grants · $102k
  • $10k–50k17 grants · $254k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $483k
$10,000
Median grant
10
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH$100,000
SALVATION ARMY - HIBBING$100,000
NORTH HOMES CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES$100,000
SECOND HARVEST NORTHLAND$82,500
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA$50,000
STAR OF THE NORTH MATERNITY HOME$50,000
ST FRANCIS HEALTH SERVICES OF MORRIS INC$25,000
TUNNELS TO TOWERS FOUNDATION$20,000
VOYAGEURS LUTHERAN MINISTRY$20,000
TWELFTH STEP HOUSE$20,000
LIGHT THE WAY LUTHERAN CHURCH$20,000
FAIRVIEW RANGE HOMECARE & HOSPICE$15,000
SOLVAY HOSPICE HOUSE$15,000
MILLER DWAN FOUNDATION - AMBER WING$15,000
NORTHWOODS CHILDREN'S HOME$15,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $709k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $185k → 14%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES: $100k → 14%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $50k → 14%MN MASONIC CHARITIES: $5k → 11%MN MASONIC CHARITIES: $5k → 11%ABILITY FIRST: $5k → 14%MN MASONIC CHARITIES: $5k → 11%MN MASONIC CHARITIES: $5k → 11%ADVOCATES FOR FAMILY PEACE: $13k → 15%ADVOCATES FOR FAMILY PEACE: $13k → 15%ADVOCATES FOR FAMILY PEACE: $13k → 15%ADVOCATES FOR FAMILY PEACE: $13k → 15%ADVOCATES FOR FAMILY PEACE: $13k → 15%RANGE REGIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE: $2k → 15%RANGE REGIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE: $2k → 15%RANGE REGIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE: $2k → 15%RANGE REGIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE: $2k → 15%RANGE REGIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE: $2k → 15%RANGE REGIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE: $2k → 15%RANGE REGIONAL ANIMAL RESCUE: $2k → 15%DAMIANO CENTER: $10k → 15%DAMIANO CENTER: $10k → 15%DAMIANO CENTER: $10k → 15%DAMIANO CENTER: $10k → 15%DAMIANO CENTER: $10k → 15%DAMIANO CENTER: $10k → 15%STAR OF THE NORTH MATERNITY HOME: $80k → 15%STAR OF THE NORTH MATERNITY HOME: $50k → 15%STAR OF THE NORTH MATERNITY HOME: $40k → 15%STAR OF THE NORTH MATERNITY HOME: $40k → 15%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.

Which US states its grants reach

NH
MN
WI
MI
NY
IA
CA
CO
NE
VA
AZ
TN
NC
DC
TX
FL
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.9M · 67 repeat orgs$688k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against -3% for those funded once.

67 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 41 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

67
19

Total granted

$4.9M
$400k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
-3%

Still filing today

54%
37%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 66% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $288k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationInternationalHousing & ShelterFood & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • LS
    LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA
    3× · 2020–2025 · $335k · revenue +47%
  • SH
    Second Harvest Northland
    3× · 2023–2025 · $180k · revenue +75%
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF NE MINNESOTA
    5× · 2019–2024 · $125k · revenue +32%

Funded once

  • M
    MDI
    one grant, 2021 · $165k
  • FL
    FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH HIBBING
    one grant, 2023 · $100k
  • LP
    Lincoln Parent Teacher Organizationgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $40k · revenue +130%
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
The Foundation for Health Care Continuums

The mission of the foundation for health care continuums is to strengthen each community we serve by providing a wide spectrum of housing and health care services that honor the evolving, aging population.

Health
2
Second Harvest North Central Food Bank

Engaging the community to end hunger

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3
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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4
Trinity Health & Affiliates

Trinity health is committed to preserving and improving the quality of health of the people we serve. our mission is to excel at meeting the needs of the whole person through the provision of quality health care and health related services.

Health
5
Trinity Health - Michigan

We, trinity health-michigan and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities. trinity health-michigan is a member of trinity health.

Health
6
Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital

We, trinity health grand haven hospital and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.trinity health grand haven hospital is a member of trinity…

Health
7
Wisconsin Lutheran Home Ministries Inc

To share christ's love as we serve the spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional needs of people entrusted to our care and others whose lives we touch.

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8
Glencoe Regional Health Services

Glencoe regional health services exists to improve every life by offering high-quality, safe, and accessible healthcare. we are dedicated to strengthening healthcare by connecting our communities, enhancing the patient experience,…

Health
9
Union Health System

To serve our communities by provding innovative and compassionate healthcare.

Health
10
St Luke Community Hospital

The mission of st. luke community healthcare is to remain an integral component of the communities of the mission valley through the delivery of personal, compassionate, quality health care in a dignified manner that values our patients,…

Health
11
Minnesota Business Partnership

The minnesota business partnership's mission is to maintain a high quality of life for all minnesotans by ensuring that the state's economy remains strong, globally competitive and its prospects for growth bright by working with elected…

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12
Mercy Health Partners

We, mercy health and trinity health, serve together in the spirit of the gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities.mercy health partners is a member of mercy health and trinity health.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota; the most unlike its peers is Together for Life Northland. 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

50 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. 50 of the 107 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
12
Early backer (in before they grew)
48/50
Grantees still filing
35/50
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH: $610,000 · OtherFIRST LUTHERAN CHURCHSALVATION ARMY: $600,006 · OtherSALVATION ARMYNORTH HOMES CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: $396,000 · OtherNORTH HOMES CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICESTHE SALVATION ARMY: $200,000 · OtherVOYAGEURS LUTHERAN MINISTRY: $185,000 · OtherSecond Harvest Northland: $180,000 · OtherMDI: $165,000 · Other+67 more: $1,833,000 · Other+67 moreLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $335,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SOCIAL…Together For Life Northland: $210,000 · Human ServicesTogether For Li…Advocates for Family Peace: $65,000 · Human ServicesAdvocates for F…DAMIANO OF DULUTH INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesDAMIANO OF DULU…+6 more: $79,000 · Human Services+6 moreMILLER-DWAN FOUNDATION AND SUBSIDIARIES: $60,000 · HealthPROJECT CARE FREE CLINIC: $40,000 · HealthThe MHE Research Foundation: $27,500 · HealthSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN: $25,000 · HealthMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $20,000 · HealthCaringBridge: $20,000 · HealthCHOC FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthLIGHTHOUSE CENTER FOR VITAL LIVING: $15,000 · HealthST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $15,000 · HealthSexual Assault Program of Northern St Louis County: $10,000 · HealthCraig Hospital Foundation: $10,000 · Health+2 more: $7,500 · HealthSTEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION: $70,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $35,000 · EducationTrustees of Dartmouth College: $30,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $30,000 · EducationHILLSIDE SCHOOL AND LEARNING CENTER: $27,500 · EducationTWELFTH STEP HOUSE INC: $116,000 · Housing & ShelterSUNRISE MISSION INC: $45,875 · Housing & ShelterWACONIA UNITED FOOD SHELF: $67,500 · Food & NutritionSECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK OF ORANGE COUNTY INC: $7,500 · Food & NutritionLincoln Parent Teacher Organization: $40,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$4,169,006Human Services$749,000Health$270,000Education$192,500Housing & Shelter$161,875Food & Nutrition$75,000Arts & Culture$40,000

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

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 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $35,000 over 2y, 0.0% 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 budgetTrustees of Dartmouth College: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 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.

  • Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds Together For Life Northland ↗
  • Who funds Second Harvest Northland ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF NE MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds TWELFTH STEP HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CHURCHES UNITED IN MINISTRY ↗
  • Who funds WACONIA UNITED FOOD SHELF ↗
  • Who funds Advocates for Family Peace ↗
  • Who funds DAMIANO OF DULUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds MILLER-DWAN FOUNDATION AND SUBSIDIARIES ↗
  • Who funds SUNRISE MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds Lincoln Parent Teacher Organization ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT CARE FREE CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds UNION GOSPEL MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE HILLS YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Central Mesabi Medical Foundation ↗

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 …Northland FoundationSmdc Medical CenterSaint Paul & Minnesot…Minnesota Power Found…United Way of Ne Minn…Lloyd K Johnson Found…Otto Bremer TrustWildey Mitchell Famil…The Minneapolis Found…The Rhude Family Char…Security State Bank F…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Arsher Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Arsher Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
17report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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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How do I get to Arsher Charitable Trust?

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.

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 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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