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First Lutheran Church Foundation

To expand the witness and mission of the first lutheran church in the community, region and world.

$365k
Granted FY2026still arriving
15
Grants FY2026still arriving
2
States reached
$158k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$1.1MHousing & Shelter$210kHuman Services$104kFood & Nutrition$102kRecreation & Sports$35kInternational$30kHealth$24kPhilanthropy$23kOther$0
02FY2026 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 15 grants below total $296,984, the rows itemized in this filing. The $365,298 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $68,314 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k3 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k11 grants · $116k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $158k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$7.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH$157,802
YWCA CASS CLAY$13,682
EMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY$12,000
FARM IN THE DELL$10,000
FURNITURE MISSION$10,000
SANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION$10,000
NEW LIFE CENTER$10,000
HEART OF CLAY$10,000
HEART-N-SOUL COMMUNITY CAFE$10,000
UNITED WAY$10,000
HERO HEALTHCARE$10,000
LEGACY CHILDRENS FOUNDATION$10,000
FMSC FARGO MOBILE PACK$8,500
SOUL SOLUTIONS RECOVERY CENTER$8,000
JEREMIAH PROGRAM FARGO-MOORHEAD$7,000
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 (FY17–26, $26k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%FURNITURE MISSION: $10k → 12%HEART-N-SOUL COMMUNITY CAFE: $10k → 12%DAKOTA BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH: $6k → 12%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.8M · 22 repeat orgs$167k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +11% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2026, 12 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
14

Total granted

$1.8M
$117k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+11%

Still filing today

77%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $50k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
ReligionInternationalHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterHealthEducationOther
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

  • CU
    CHURCHES UNITED
    6× · 2017–2025 · $76k · revenue +95%
  • YC
    YWCA CASS CLAY
    6× · 2021–2026 · $68k · revenue +152%
  • FM
    FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC
    8× · 2017–2026 · $65k · revenue +83%

Funded once

  • GP
    Great Plains Food Bank
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +14%
  • NL
    NDSU LUTHERAN CAMPUS MINISTRY
    one grant, 2018 · $14k
  • FR
    FM Rotary Foundation
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue -65%
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
Catholic Charities North Dakota

Guided by our values, Catholic Charities North Dakota serves people in need and advocates for the common good of all.

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2
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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3
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St Cloud

At Catholic Charities, we focus our efforts around three core pillars: Food Access, Mental Health and Housing. Guided by our mission - to serve and enhance human dignity for all people - we provide essential services and foster a sense of…

Human Services
4
Family Promise in Anoka County

Family Promise in Anoka County (FPAC) empowers families experiencing housing insecurity to build a foundation of lasting independence.

Human Services
5
House of Charity

Feed those in need, house those experiencing homelessness, and empower individuals to achieve independence.

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6
Open Table Ministry Inc

Open Table Ministry seeks out and guides people experiencing homelessness and poverty toward long-term health and wholeness by building ongoing trusting relationships, meeting practical and personal needs, making connections to community…

Food & Nutrition
7
Feeding South Dakota

To eliminate hunger in south dakota.

Food & Nutrition
8
Family Promise of Greater Des Moines

To provide shelter and services to families experiencing homelessness

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9
The Lutheran Home Association Foundation

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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10
Found in Faith Ministries Inc Dba Fresh Start Furnishings

We provide furniture and home goods to families and individuals that financially qualify for our program. our current focus area is harford county, maryland but are happy to give referrals to resources in other counties when possible.

Human Services
11
Lighthouse for the Homeless

The only free day shelter in the area comprised of a collection of community agencies and service providers, all focused on a single mission: ending homelessness in tarrant county.

Human Services
12
Christian Homes Inc

Provide housing and services to the elderly and infirmed in a manner that provides for the physical, mental, social, and spiritual welfare of the residents.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Feed My Starving Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Fm Rotary 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

30 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. 30 of the 41 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)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
23/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH: $1,091,087 · OtherFIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH+21 more: $392,382 · Other+21 moreCHURCHES UNITED: $76,026 · ReligionCHURCHES …New Life Center Foundation: $32,115 · ReligionNew Life …MOUNT CARMEL MINISTRIES INC: $19,934 · ReligionMOUNT CAR…PEACE OFFICER JAIL CHAPLAINS ASSOCIATION: $16,500 · ReligionPEACE OFF…The Center for Christian Education Inc: $10,000 · ReligionThe Cente…YWCA CASS CLAY: $68,051 · Housing & ShelterJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $18,000 · Housing & ShelterFARM IN THE DELL OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY INC: $16,000 · Housing & ShelterFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $65,100 · InternationalONE COLLECTIVE: $12,500 · InternationalFRIENDS OF ACCION INC: $6,000 · InternationalHERO HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT RECYCLING ORGANIZATION: $26,202 · HealthSoul Solutions Recovery Center Inc: $15,600 · HealthSANFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION NORTH: $10,000 · HealthHEART-N-SOUL COMMUNITY CAFE INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesFURNITURE MISSION OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY: $10,000 · Human ServicesDAKOTA BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH FOUNDATION: $6,175 · Human ServicesANNE CARLSEN CENTER: $10,000 · EducationTEACH HAITI: $6,000 · Education
Other$1,483,469Religion$154,575Housing & Shelter$102,051International$83,600Health$51,802Human Services$26,175Education$16,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCHURCHES UNITED: $76,026 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetYWCA CASS CLAY: $68,051 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $65,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetDOWN HOME: $40,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetELIM HOMES INC: $38,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetEMERGENCY FOOD PANTRY INC: $36,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetUnited Way of Cass-Clay: $32,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNew Life Center Foundation: $32,115 over 3y, 8.8% of budgetHERO HEALTHCARE EQUIPMENT RECYCLING ORGANIZATION: $26,202 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetLake Agassiz Habitat for Humanity: $25,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetMOUNT CARMEL MINISTRIES INC: $19,934 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetJEREMIAH PROGRAM: $18,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPEACE OFFICER JAIL CHAPLAINS ASSOCIATION: $16,500 over 2y, 4.0% of budgetFARM IN THE DELL OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY INC: $16,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSoul Solutions Recovery Center Inc: $15,600 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetGreat Plains Food Bank: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetONE COLLECTIVE: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFM Rotary Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetANNE CARLSEN CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Christian Education Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetDAKOTA BOYS AND GIRLS RANCH FOUNDATION: $6,175 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF ACCION INC: $6,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTEACH HAITI: $6,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetFARGO-MOORHEAD DOROTHY DAY HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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.

Fargo-Moorhead Area F…Blue Cross Blue Shiel…Dakota Medical Founda…The Barry FoundationMidcontinent Foundati…Thrivent Charitable I…Alex Stern Family Fou…Fred M Hector Jr Char…United Way of Cass-Cl…Impact FoundationOffutt Family Foundat…Otto Bremer Trust
Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation CorporationND38.3× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Fargo-Moorhead Area Foundation Corporation · Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation · Dakota Medical Foundation · The Barry Foundation · Midcontinent Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Alex Stern Family Foundation · Fred M Hector Jr Charitable Trust · United Way of Cass-Clay · Impact Foundation · Offutt Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust

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 First Lutheran Church Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from First Lutheran Church Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.

    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 41 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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