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H William Lurton Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
39
Grants FY2024
38
Organizations funded FY2023
11%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$503,000
Organizations funded a year
30 to 43
FY2020 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
13
Total assets, FY2024
$509k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 11% of the organizations H William Lurton Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 12% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’21’22’23
Human ServicesRecreation & SportsEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentAnimalsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving39$1.5M54%
FY202338$40k11%
FY202243$114k28%
FY202131$76k29%
FY202030$35kn/a
96% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Recreation & Sports$577kHuman Services$547kEducation$197kPublic Safety & Disaster$92kHealth$73kFood & Nutrition$71kArts & Culture$53kReligion$39kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Adventure Unlimited$553,50036%
Young Mens Christian Association of the North$483,00010%
Youth Farm and Market Project$30,82514%
Stroke Foundation Corp$30,000153%
Healing With Horseplay Inc$30,000111%
Mercy Chefs Impact International$25,0001n/a
Focus on the Family$20,0001n/a
Glenn Markman Foundation Inc$14,00054%
Journey Church Inc$10,0001n/a
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery$10,00050%
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All grantees of H William Lurton Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Adventure Unlimited$553,50036%
Young Mens Christian Association of the North$483,00010%
Youth Farm and Market Project$30,82514%
Stroke Foundation Corp$30,000153%
Healing With Horseplay Inc$30,000111%
Mercy Chefs Impact International$25,0001n/a
Focus on the Family$20,0001n/a
Glenn Markman Foundation Inc$14,00054%
Journey Church Inc$10,0001n/a
Greater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery$10,00050%
The Overcomer Foundation$10,00012%
Prager University Foundation$10,00010%
Treehouse Inc$10,00010%
Aspen Grove Network$10,0001n/a
The Family Partnership$6,50030%
The Redemption Project$6,00031%
Minnesota Historical Society$5,70040%
Northern Star Council$5,00050%
Park Nicollet Foundation$5,00010%
Science Museum of Minnesota$5,00040%
Summit Academy Oic$5,00020%
Project for Pride in Living Inc$4,50040%
Trigg - C M Russell Foundation Inc$3,50040%
Minnetonka Center for the Arts$3,30050%
Allina Health Foundation$3,00010%
Proof Alliance$2,50040%
Minnesota Family Institute$2,50050%
Chestnut Hill Benevolent Association$2,50040%
Minnesota Orchestral Association$2,50030%
Nonviolent Peaceforce$2,50050%
Minnesota Zoo Foundation$2,50050%
Superior Hiking Trail Association$2,50040%
Children's Theatre Company and School$2,40050%
Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts$2,40040%
Adventure Cycling Association$2,25030%
North Shore Health Care Foundation$2,00040%
Care Partners of Cook County$2,00030%
Salvation Army$2,0001n/a
Center of the American Experiment$2,00010%
Bitty Kitty Brigade$1,50030%
Union Gospel Mission Inc$1,20040%
Cook County Council on Aging$1,00010%
Marine Toys for Tots Foundation$92040%
The American Legion$80030%
Long Lake Volunteer Firemen's Relief Association$55020%
Jamison and Kathryne Pals Family Foundation$50011%
Birch Grove Community School$50010%
Western Hennepin County Pioneer Association$50012%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($416k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

H William Lurton Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAdventure Unlimited: $553,500 over 3y, 5.7% of budgetYoung Mens Christian Association of the North: $483,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetYouth Farm and Market Project: $30,825 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetStroke Foundation Corp: $30,000 over 1y, 53% of budgetHealing With Horseplay Inc: $30,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetGlenn Markman Foundation Inc: $14,000 over 5y, 4.0% of budgetGreater Minneapolis Crisis Nursery: $10,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetThe Overcomer Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTreehouse Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetThe Family Partnership: $6,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetThe Redemption Project: $6,000 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMinnesota Historical Society: $5,700 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern Star Council: $5,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPark Nicollet Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetScience Museum of Minnesota: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSummit Academy Oic: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetProject for Pride in Living Inc: $4,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTrigg - C M Russell Foundation Inc: $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMinnetonka Center for the Arts: $3,300 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetAllina Health Foundation: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProof Alliance: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Family Institute: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetChestnut Hill Benevolent Association: $2,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Orchestral Association: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNonviolent Peaceforce: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Zoo Foundation: $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSuperior Hiking Trail Association: $2,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetChildren's Theatre Company and School: $2,400 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMinneapolis Society of Fine Arts Dba Minneapolis Institute of Arts: $2,400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAdventure Cycling Association: $2,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNorth Shore Health Care Foundation: $2,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCare Partners of Cook County: $2,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetCenter of the American Experiment: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBitty Kitty Brigade: $1,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUnion Gospel Mission Inc: $1,200 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCook County Council on Aging: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMarine Toys for Tots Foundation: $920 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetThe American Legion: $800 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLong Lake Volunteer Firemen's Relief Association: $550 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetJamison and Kathryne Pals Family Foundation: $500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetBirch Grove Community School: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWestern Hennepin County Pioneer Association: $500 over 1y, 1.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 43.

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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 Minneapolis FoundationMN22× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Head Family Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Crosswols Foundation · Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation · The Graco Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel Family Foundation · Rodney and Barbara Burwell Family 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.

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About H William Lurton Foundation

How much does H William Lurton Foundation give?
H William Lurton Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $1,490,003 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 30 and 43 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2023.
What does H William Lurton Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (33%), Human Services (31%), Education (11%).
Who are H William Lurton Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2020 to FY2024: Adventure Unlimited ($554k), Young Mens Christian Association of the North ($483k), Youth Farm and Market Project ($31k).
Does H William Lurton Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does H William Lurton Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as H William Lurton Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Mightycause Charitable Foundation.
Where is H William Lurton Foundation based?
H William Lurton Foundation is based in MN.

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 76 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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