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Carlson Family Foundation

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.

$1.1M
Granted FY2025still arriving
100
Grants FY2025still arriving
17
States reached
$79k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$2.2MHuman Services$1.2MEducation$1.2MEnvironment$1.0MYouth Development$916kFood & Nutrition$722kInternational$618kCrime & Legal$354kOther$0
02FY2025 · 100 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k49 grants · $160k
  • $10k–50k49 grants · $854k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $129k
$10,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BROOKE'S HOUSE LLC$78,568
SOUND WATERS INC$50,000
GIVE A LEG UP (GALUP)$35,000
DETROIT ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY FOUNDATION$30,000
BLOOD CANCER UNITED$25,000
LEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE$25,000
WATERSIDE SCHOOL INC$25,000
FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER$25,000
STXBP1 FOUNDATION$25,000
AMANDLA INC$25,000
HUMBLE DESIGN INC$23,000
FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA INC$22,000
UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION$20,100
ALIVE$20,000
GIVEDIRECTLY INC$20,000
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 (FY17–25, $872k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 52% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 10%MAKE THE ROAD STATES INC: $10k → 20%THE CENTER FOR FAMILY JUSTICE INC: $7k → 9%YAIPAK OUTREACH: $10k → 9%YAIPAK OUTREACH: $18k → 11%YOUTH VILLAGES INC: $20k → 14%YOUTH VILLAGES INC: $15k → 17%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA: $10k → 9%CLARKSVILLE AREA URBAN MINISTRIES: $18k → 11%YOUTH VILLAGES INC: $20k → 14%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA: $10k → 9%YAIPAK OUTREACH: $15k → 11%ALIVE: $20k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA: $10k → 9%CLARKSVILLE AREA URBAN MINISTRIES: $15k → 11%YOUTH VILLAGES INC: $12k → 14%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA: $10k → 9%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA: $10k → 9%YOUTH VILLAGES INC: $10k → 14%CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA: $7k → 9%YMCA OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: $10k → 14%GIVEDIRECTLY INC: $20k → 17%GIVEDIRECTLY INC: $16k → 17%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT INC: $11k → 8%TABLE MINISTRIES INC: $15k → 13%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT INC: $11k → 8%MAG AMERICA INC: $37k → 14%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT INC: $10k → 8%MAG AMERICA INC: $30k → 14%TABLE: $11k → 13%MAG AMERICA INC: $30k → 14%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $30k → 9%TABLE MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 13%TABLE MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 13%MAG AMERICA INC: $20k → 14%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $25k → 9%TABLE MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 13%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $25k → 9%TABLE MINISTRIES INC: $10k → 13%TABLE: $8k → 13%TABLE: $8k → 13%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $25k → 9%TABLE: $8k → 13%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $25k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $25k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $25k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $23k → 9%BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY: $20k → 9%THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT INC: $10k → 8%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

ME
WA
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
IA
OH
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
CO
NE
MO
WV
VA
MD
NM
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
GA
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.6M · 202 repeat orgs$989k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +46% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

202 repeat relationships: 80 still active in FY2025, 122 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

202
205

Total granted

$8.6M
$847k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+8%

Still filing today

70%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $141k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesEducationInternationalArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther
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

  • BH
    BROOKES HOUSE INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $552k · revenue +323%
  • SI
    SOUNDWATERS INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $393k · revenue +61%
  • BO
    BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP
    9× · 2017–2025 · $223k · revenue +296%

Funded once

  • BM
    BRAVEHEARTS MOVE NEW YORK INC
    one grant, 2020 · $150k
  • CC
    CHATHAM CREATIVE ARTS INCUBATOR INC
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -36% · 30% of their budget
  • DF
    DRESS FOR SUCCESS CHARITY NEW ORLEANS
    one grant, 2017 · $30k · revenue +19%
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
National Committee for Quality Assurance

Our mission: to improve the quality of health care.our vision: better health care. better choices. better health.

Health
2
Digital Harbor Foundation

Democratizing societal and economic well-being through digital equity for everyone, increased diversity in the tech sector, innovative education, and technology for the public good

Education
3
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
4
Opportunity Partners

Mission: together we advance the quality of life for people with disabilities. vision: people of all abilities thrive in the world. values: impact- generate solutions that make a difference. choice - create opportunities for people to lead…

Employment
5
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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6
Nashville Public Radio

Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.

Arts & Culture
7
Commonwealth Care Alliance Inc

Commonwealth care alliance, inc.'s mission is to improve the health and well-being of people with significant needs by innovating, coordinating and providing the highest quality, individualized care.

Health
8
Allosource

Inspired by the gift of donation from our communities, allosource responsibly provides innovative cellular and tissue allografts to advance patient healing.

Health
9
Central Pennsylvania Food Bank

Our mission is to solve hunger in central pennsylvania by ensuring that everyone struggling with hunger has access to enough wholesome food every day. we will achieve this bold goal with the help of our generous donors, volunteers and…

Food & Nutrition
10
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
11
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
12
Cancer Research and Biostatistics

To help conquer cancer and other diseases through the application of biostatistical principles and innovative data management methods.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Evidence Action; the most unlike its peers is The Cortney Gives Bak Foundation. 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

285 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. 285 of the 432 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
76
Early backer (in before they grew)
277/285
Grantees still filing
205/285
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MEDICOS SIN FRONTERAS ESPANA: $220,000 · OtherASOCIACION ANIDAN AYUDA NINOS DE AFRICA: $218,300 · OtherCHATHAM OUTREACH ALLIANCE INC: $173,566 · OtherFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $160,000 · Other+114 more: $3,776,170 · Other+114 moreBROOKES HOUSE INC: $551,868 · HealthBROOKES HOUSE I…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $126,667 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UN…MIRACLEFEET: $126,500 · HealthMIRACLEFEETORANGE COUNTY RAPE CRISIS CENTER: $98,700 · HealthORANGE COUNTY R…HAVEN HOUSE INC: $94,500 · HealthHAVEN HOUSE INCSAIL TO PREVAIL: $58,250 · HealthULMAN FOUNDATION INC: $58,000 · HealthTHE FOUNDATION FIGHTING BLINDNESS INC: $47,000 · Health+8 more: $159,235 · Health+8 moreWATERSIDE SCHOOL INC: $200,000 · EducationWATERSIDE SC…UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $165,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY O…NEW HAVEN READS COMMUNITY BOOK BANK INC: $126,750 · EducationNEW HAVEN RE…UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $114,100 · EducationUNC HEALTH F…DURHAM LITERACY CENTER INC: $102,500 · EducationDURHAM LITER…DETROIT ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $77,175 · EducationDETROIT ACHI…NEW JERSEY TUTORING CORPS INC: $40,000 · EducationCHATHAM COUNTY PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN: $36,500 · EducationSHEPHERD UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION INC: $35,500 · Education+12 more: $161,464 · Education+12 moreBUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP: $223,000 · Human ServicesBUILDING ON…MAG AMERICA INC: $121,875 · Human ServicesMAG AMERICA…TABLE MINISTRIES INC: $88,000 · Human ServicesTABLE MINIS…YOUTH VILLAGES INC: $77,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH VILLA…Children's Home Society of North Carolina Inc: $70,000 · Human ServicesChildren's …THE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $63,500 · Human ServicesTHE GREEN C…Children's Home Society of Virginia: $57,000 · Human ServicesChildren's …TOUCH HEALTH INC: $43,000 · Human ServicesYAIPAK: $42,500 · Human ServicesGIVEDIRECTLY INC: $39,550 · Human ServicesCLARKSVILLE AREA URBAN MINISTRIES INC: $34,500 · Human Services+10 more: $92,000 · Human Services+10 moreSOUNDWATERS INC: $393,250 · EnvironmentPotomac Riverkeeper Network: $162,000 · EnvironmentTHE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC: $53,000 · EnvironmentSAVE THE SOUND: $36,000 · Environment+3 more: $38,500 · EnvironmentEquality Now Inc: $111,000 · InternationalTrampled Rose Inc: $96,000 · InternationalCTC TEN FOUNDATION: $78,000 · InternationalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $55,210 · InternationalBROTHER'S BROTHER FOUNDATION: $41,500 · InternationalAMREF HEALTH AFRICA INC INC (AMREF): $40,000 · InternationalWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $27,022 · InternationalEVIDENCE ACTION: $20,000 · International+3 more: $28,100 · InternationalBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE TRIANGLE INC: $165,000 · Youth DevelopmentBRAVEHEARTS MOVE NEW YORK INC: $150,000 · Youth DevelopmentSIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS: $80,000 · Youth DevelopmentAMANDLA INC: $55,000 · Youth DevelopmentRECONCILE NEW ORLEANS INC: $20,000 · Youth DevelopmentLIFE Skills Foundation: $17,000 · Youth Development
Other$4,548,036Health$1,320,720Education$1,058,989Human Services$951,925Environment$682,750International$496,832Youth Development$487,000

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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 budgetBROOKES HOUSE INC: $551,868 over 9y, 8.1% of budgetSOUNDWATERS INC: $393,250 over 9y, 2.1% of budgetBUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP: $223,000 over 9y, 1.8% of budgetWATERSIDE SCHOOL INC: $200,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetCHATHAM OUTREACH ALLIANCE INC: $173,566 over 9y, 1.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $165,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE TRIANGLE INC: $165,000 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetPotomac Riverkeeper Network: $162,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetFRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER: $160,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetHumble Design Inc: $151,302 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetINTER-FAITH COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICE INC: $145,000 over 9y, 0.7% of budgetLEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE: $136,667 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetNEW HAVEN READS COMMUNITY BOOK BANK INC: $126,750 over 9y, 2.6% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $126,667 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMIRACLEFEET: $126,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetMAG AMERICA INC: $121,875 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DURHAM AND ORANGE COUNTIES: $120,000 over 9y, 2.2% of budgetUNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC: $114,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCenter for Child and Family Health Inc: $111,666 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetEquality Now Inc: $111,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $106,167 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetEL CENTRO HISPANO INC: $104,900 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetDURHAM LITERACY CENTER INC: $102,500 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetARLINGTON FREE CLINIC INC: $99,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetORANGE COUNTY RAPE CRISIS CENTER: $98,700 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetTrampled Rose Inc: $96,000 over 6y, 14% of budgetHAVEN HOUSE INC: $94,500 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetFOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC: $93,667 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTABLE MINISTRIES INC: $88,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetMUSIC MAKER FOUNDATION INC: $85,361 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetSIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS: $80,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetCTC TEN FOUNDATION: $78,000 over 6y, 9.4% of budgetKEEP GROWING DETROIT: $77,500 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetDETROIT ACHIEVEMENT ACADEMY FOUNDATION: $77,175 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $77,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Home Society of North Carolina Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE GREEN CHAIR PROJECT: $63,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetArlington Food Assistance Center: $61,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH CAROLINA COASTAL FEDERATION INC: $59,000 over 9y, 0.3% of budgetSAIL TO PREVAIL: $58,250 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetULMAN FOUNDATION INC: $58,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetAPEX COMMUNITY ADVANCEMENT INC: $57,000 over 3y, 11% of budgetChildren's Home Society of Virginia: $57,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $55,210 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMANDLA INC: $55,000 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetINSPIRICA INC: $55,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetVicente Ferrer Foundation USA Inc: $55,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetTHE POTOMAC CONSERVANCY INC: $53,000 over 5y, 2.5% 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 BROOKES HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SOUNDWATERS INC ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING ONE COMMUNITY CORP ↗
  • Who funds WATERSIDE SCHOOL INC ↗
  • Who funds CHATHAM OUTREACH ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE TRIANGLE INC ↗
  • Who funds Potomac Riverkeeper Network ↗
  • Who funds FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Humble Design Inc ↗
  • Who funds BRAVEHEARTS MOVE NEW YORK INC ↗
  • Who funds INTER-FAITH COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds LEAGUE TO SAVE LAKE TAHOE ↗
  • Who funds NEW HAVEN READS COMMUNITY BOOK BANK INC ↗
  • Who funds BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC ↗
  • Who funds MIRACLEFEET ↗
  • Who funds MAG AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF DURHAM AND ORANGE COUNTIES ↗
  • Who funds UNC HEALTH FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Center for Child and Family Health Inc ↗
  • Who funds Equality Now Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds EL CENTRO HISPANO INC ↗
  • Who funds DURHAM LITERACY CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds ARLINGTON FREE CLINIC INC ↗
  • Who funds ORANGE COUNTY RAPE CRISIS CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Trampled Rose Inc ↗
  • Who funds HAVEN HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK OF CENTRAL & EASTERN NC INC ↗
  • Who funds TABLE MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds MUSIC MAKER FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA NEVADA JOURNEYS ↗
  • Who funds CTC TEN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds KEEP GROWING DETROIT ↗

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.

Triangle Community Fo…United Way of the Gre…Strowd Roses IncBertsch Family Charit…Duke University Healt…North Carolina Commun…Aj Fletcher FoundationThe Leon Levine Found…The Mary Duke Biddle …The Cannon Foundation…Shared Visions Founda…Carolina Hurricanes F…
Triangle Community Foundation IncNC68.5× affinity47 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Triangle Community Foundation Inc · United Way of the Greater Triangle Inc · Strowd Roses Inc · Bertsch Family Charitable Foundation Inc · Duke University Health System Inc · North Carolina Community Foundation · Aj Fletcher Foundation · The Leon Levine Foundation · The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation Missionpost Pmb #101 · The Cannon Foundation Inc · Shared Visions Foundation Inc · Carolina Hurricanes 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 Carlson Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Carlson Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 13%
  • Kids in Crisis Inc: 49% of income from government
  • The Center for Family Justice Inc: 49% of income from government
  • Save the Sound: 37% of income from government
  • Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc: 37% of income from government
  • Inspirica Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • New Jersey Tutoring Corps Inc: 26% of income from government
  • New Haven Reads Community Book Bank Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Connecticut Foodshare Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Soundwaters Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Sandy Hook Promise Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Americares Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Pan-Massachusetts Challenge Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Comfort Cases Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Food for the Poor Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Silver Hill Hospital Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
60report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
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

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Carlson Family Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Carlson 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 432 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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funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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