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Carl and Aune Lind Family Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

Carl and Aune Lind Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$302k
Granted FY2024still arriving
29
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.1MHealth$246kHuman Services$198kReligion$185kEducation$156kYouth Development$47kCrime & Legal$40kFood & Nutrition$30kOther$0
02FY2024 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $57k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $150k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$8.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HOPE SURROGACY FOUNDATION$100,000
RESOLVE NATIONAL FERTILITY ASSOCIATION$50,000
OLD MISSION SANTA BARBARA$25,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE$10,000
COORDINATE CC4C$10,000
PATRIOT ASSISTANCE DOGS$10,000
JUNIOR DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION$10,000
ALPHA KIDZ FOUNDATION$10,000
MINNESOTA FLYERS GYMNASTICS$10,000
SANTA CLARITA VETERAN SERVICES$10,000
PROJECT 412$7,500
BARNESVILLE AREA COMMUNITY FUND$6,000
ST LOUISE HOUSE$5,000
SALVATION ARMY$5,000
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE$5,000
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 (FY20–24, $102k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 16% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%DETROIT LAKES COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER: $30k → 10%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $3k → 11%DETROIT LAKES COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER: $25k → 10%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $3k → 11%DETROIT LAKES COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL CENTER: $20k → 10%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $3k → 11%PATRIOT ASSISTANCE DOGS: $10k → 10%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $3k → 11%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $3k → 14%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $3k → 14%SHARING AND CARING HANDS: $1k → 11%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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.0M · 37 repeat orgs$156k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +23% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

37 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 15 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

37
11

Total granted

$2.0M
$30k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+21%

Still filing today

49%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $126k 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
Human ServicesEducationFood & NutritionHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • DI
    DLCCC INC
    3× · 2021–2023 · $75k · revenue +15%
  • DU
    DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
    2× · 2020–2021 · $30k · revenue +23%
  • SH
    SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND
    5× · 2020–2024 · $16k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • LA
    Lake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue -25%
  • SO
    SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • PR
    PEOPLE REACHING OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +7%
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 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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2
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The minnesota chamber of commerce proactively leads the business community statewide to: advance pro-business, responsible minnesota public policy that creates jobs and grows the econony; provde member services to address evolving business…

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3
Northland Foundation

The northland foundation supports northeastern minnesota people and communities working toward a future where everyone feels they belong and can thrive.

Philanthropy
4
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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5
Minnesota Land Trust

The minnesota land trust protects and restores minnesota's most vital natural lands in order to provide wildlife habitat, clean water, outdoor experiences and scenic beauty for generations to come.

Environment
6
Habitat for Humanity of Minnesota Inc

Habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, community, and hope. through advocacy, collaboration, and leadership, hfh-mn advances the work of minnesota's habitat for humanity affiliates to create and preserve affordable…

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7
The Landing Mn

To build trust, give hope and support steps toward stability for those experiencing homelessness.

Public Benefit
8
Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless

Since 1986, open your heart to the hungry and homeless has worked to ensureevery minnesotan is free from hunger and homelessness. by partnering with organizations serving those in need, we grow donor engagement and raise awareness to…

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9
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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10
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
11
Minneapolis Downtown Council

To create an extraordinary downtown minneapolis, applying the core values of leadership, collaboration, advocacy and innovation.

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12
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits informs, promotes, connects and strengthens individual nonprofits and the nonprofit sector.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is People Reaching Out to Other People Inc; the most unlike its peers is Patriot Assistance Dogs. 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

29 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. 29 of the 56 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
20/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS ROYAL AFFAIR: $1,063,500 · OtherGUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS ROYAL AFFAIRLUTHER SEMINARY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherLUTHER SEMINARY FOUNDATIONRESOLVE NATIONAL FERTILITY ASSOCIATION: $100,000 · OtherRESOLVE NATIONAL FERTILITY ASSOCIATIONHOPE SURROGACY FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherHOPE SURROGACY FOUNDATION+36 more: $461,916 · Other+36 moreGUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE: $85,000 · EducationDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $30,000 · Education+1 more: $3,000 · EducationDLCCC INC: $75,000 · Human ServicesGREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $10,500 · Human ServicesPATRIOT ASSISTANCE DOGS: $10,000 · Human ServicesLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $1,000 · Human ServicesMACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC: $65,000 · Arts & CultureSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $15,500 · Food & NutritionFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE: $9,500 · Food & NutritionPEOPLE REACHING OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE INC: $2,500 · Food & NutritionWEST CENTRAL INITIATIVE: $14,584 · PhilanthropyTHE PROP SHOP OF EDEN PRAIRIE: $11,000 · PhilanthropyNATIONAL CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · PhilanthropyMINNESOTA FLYERS GYMNASTICS INC: $15,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$1,825,416Education$118,000Human Services$101,500Arts & Culture$65,000Food & Nutrition$27,500Philanthropy$26,584Recreation & Sports$15,000

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 budgetLUTHER SEMINARY FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetGUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE: $85,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDLCCC INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC: $65,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT: $30,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $15,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA FLYERS GYMNASTICS INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetWEST CENTRAL INITIATIVE: $14,584 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT 412: $12,500 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetBECKER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $12,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE PROP SHOP OF EDEN PRAIRIE: $11,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetGREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $10,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetEDEN PRAIRIE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetPATRIOT ASSISTANCE DOGS: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE: $9,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetANGEL FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOnward Eden Prairie: $7,500 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE ACADEMY INC: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE REACHING OUT TO OTHER PEOPLE INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARSHMALLOW ANIMAL SHELTER: $2,500 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPEACE OVER VIOLENCE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCONFIDENCE LEARNING CENTER INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRADY OBERG LEGACY FOUNDATION: $2,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHLAND COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $1,250 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $1,000 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 LUTHER SEMINARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds DLCCC INC ↗
  • Who funds MACPHAIL CENTER FOR MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA FLYERS GYMNASTICS INC ↗
  • Who funds WEST CENTRAL INITIATIVE ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT 412 ↗
  • Who funds BECKER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds THE PROP SHOP OF EDEN PRAIRIE ↗
  • Who funds GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY ↗
  • Who funds Lake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity ↗
  • Who funds EDEN PRAIRIE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PATRIOT ASSISTANCE DOGS ↗
  • Who funds FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE ↗
  • Who funds ANGEL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Onward Eden Prairie ↗
  • Who funds LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA ↗

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.

The Barry FoundationFargo-Moorhead Area F…St Mary's Regional He…Sanford Group ReturnSje Rhombus FoundationMark and Cindy Fritz …Midcontinent Foundati…West Central Initiati…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Mightycause Charitabl…American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…
The Barry FoundationND22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Barry Foundation · Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation · St Mary's Regional Health Center · Sanford Group Return · Sje Rhombus Foundation · Mark and Cindy Fritz Family Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · West Central Initiative · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc

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 Carl and Aune Lind Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carl and Aune Lind Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

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    How do I get to Carl and Aune Lind Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Carl and Aune Lind Family Foundation 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 56 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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