Missouri · Private foundation
Charles and Carolyn Russell Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $23k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,860
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 6
- FY2021 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $413k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Charles and Carolyn Russell Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $11k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $23k | 86% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $22k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $23k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $25k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 4 | $17k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| True Friends | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Simpson Housing Services Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pawsitive Perspectives Assistance Dogs | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Voice for the Animals | $8,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Natalies Place | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Books 4 Kids Program | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Literacy Matters Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Churches United in Ministry | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bravehoods | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Duluth Community School Collaborative | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| True Friends | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Simpson Housing Services Inc | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Pawsitive Perspectives Assistance Dogs | $10,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Voice for the Animals | $8,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Natalies Place | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Books 4 Kids Program | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Literacy Matters Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Churches United in Ministry | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bravehoods | $5,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Duluth Community School Collaborative | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Leader Dogs for the Blind | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Wildwoods | $4,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Occupaws Guide Dog Association | $3,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Arrowhead Zoological Society | $2,860 | 1 | n/a |
| Jam Concert Series Inc | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| The Matinee Musicale Inc | $1,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Duluth Robotics Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 1% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($7k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Charles and Carolyn Russell Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
Compare Charles and Carolyn Russell Family Foundation with peer funders
About Charles and Carolyn Russell Family Foundation
- How much does Charles and Carolyn Russell Family Foundation give?
- Charles and Carolyn Russell Family Foundation reported 7 grants totaling $23,360 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 6 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2024.
- What does Charles and Carolyn Russell Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2025, its largest causes are Animals (25%), Recreation & Sports (18%), Housing & Shelter (14%).
- Who are Charles and Carolyn Russell Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2025: True Friends ($20k), Simpson Housing Services Inc ($15k), Pawsitive Perspectives Assistance Dogs ($10k).
- Does Charles and Carolyn Russell Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Charles and Carolyn Russell Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Charles and Carolyn Russell Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lloyd K Johnson Foundation, Minnesota Power Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
- Where is Charles and Carolyn Russell Family Foundation based?
- Charles and Carolyn Russell Family Foundation is based in MO.
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