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H William Lurton Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
39
Grants FY2024still arriving
13
States reached
$503k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% 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
02FY2024 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k19 grants · $21k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $302k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $182k
  • $250k+2 grants · $986k
$10,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$509k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ADVENTURE UNLIMITED$503,000
YMCA OF THE NORTH$483,000
MONARCH SCHOOL$115,826
KENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - KENWOOD PTA$65,826
WILDFIRE FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATION$30,826
YOUTH FARM & MARKET PROJECT$30,825
HEALING WITH HORSEPLAY$30,000
THE STROKE FOUNDATION$30,000
MERCY CHEFS IMPACT INTERNATIONAL$25,000
FOCUS ON THE FAMILY$20,000
SAMARITAN'S PURSE- FLORIDA HURRICANE RELIEF$20,000
BAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION$20,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
FARMER'S FOOTPRINT$15,000
HILL CITY RANGER BOOSTER CLUB$15,000
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 (FY20–24, $531k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CHESTNUT HILL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION: $1k → 7%GLENN MARKMAN FOUNDATION: $4k → 20%CHESTNUT HILL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION: $500 → 7%GLENN MARKMAN FOUNDATION: $4k → 20%CHESTNUT HILL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION: $500 → 7%GLENN MARKMAN FOUNDATION: $4k → 20%CHESTNUT HILL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION: $500 → 7%GLENN MARKMAN FOUNDATION: $2k → 20%GLENN MARKMAN FOUNDATION: $1k → 20%CARE PARTNERS OF COOK COUNTY: $1k → 9%CARE PARTNERS OF COOK COUNTY: $500 → 9%CARE PARTNERS OF COOK COUNTY: $500 → 9%YMCA OF THE NORTH: $483k → 14%PROOF ALLIANCE: $1k → 14%PROOF ALLIANCE: $500 → 14%PROOF ALLIANCE: $500 → 14%PROOF ALLIANCE: $500 → 14%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $3k → 11%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $2k → 11%THE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP: $2k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $2k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $1k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $1k → 11%PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING: $1k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $2k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $2k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $2k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $2k → 11%GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY: $2k → 11%THE REDEMPTION PROJECT: $2k → 11%THE REDEMPTION PROJECT: $2k → 11%THE REDEMPTION PROJECT: $2k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
MT
MN
IL
WI
NY
MA
OR
SD
IN
CA
CO
VA
NC
DC
GA
TX
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.

42%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$742k · 40 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.

40 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 21 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

40
15

Total granted

$742k
$62k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+42%

Still filing today

73%
33%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 36% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $951k 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 ServicesArts & CultureHealthRecreation & SportsAnimalsEducationOther
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

  • AU
    ADVENTURE UNLIMITED
    3× · 2021–2024 · $554k · revenue +15%
  • GM
    GLENN MARKMAN FOUNDATION INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $14k · revenue +19%
  • GM
    GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY
    5× · 2020–2024 · $10k · revenue +18%

Funded once

  • AR
    AMERICAN RED CROSS
    one grant, 2022 · $20k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2021 · $20k
  • PN
    PARK NICOLLET FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +88%
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 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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2
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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3
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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4
Minnesota Children's Museum

Minnesota Children's Museum is dedicated to providing children with a fun, hands-on and stimulating environment to explore and discover. The museum helps to instill a lifelong love of learning by nurturing the real-world skills children…

Arts & Culture
5
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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6
Mn Community Measurement

Mn community measurement empowers stakeholders with meaningful information to drive improvement.

Health
7
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits Inc

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

Philanthropy
8
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

Purpose: we inspire, advocate and invest to advance community visions. continued on sch o

Philanthropy
9
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
10
Women's Foundation of Minnesota

Women's Foundation of Minnesota is a statewide community foundation investing in ending systemic inequities and driving innovation for gender and racial justice. WFM applies an Intersectional Equity Framework inclusive of gender, race,…

Philanthropy
11
St Paul Transportation Management Organization

Move minnesota leads the movement for an equitable and sustainable transportation system that puts people first. we are passionate about connecting communities, ending the climate crisis, expanding access to jobs and resources, and…

Environment
12
The Minneapolis Foundation

The foundation cultivates generosity by taking action on the greatest civic, social, and economic needs partnering with nonprofits, facilitating grantmaking, driving research and advocacy, and providing services to donors seeking to make a…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Family Partnership; the most unlike its peers is Cook County Council On Aging. 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

43 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. 43 of the 76 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/43
Grantees still filing
30/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ADVENTURE UNLIMITED: $553,500 · Recreation & SportsADVENTURE UNLIMITED+2 more: $4,750 · Recreation & SportsYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH: $483,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION O…+8 more: $48,000 · Human Services+8 moreMONARCH SCHOOL: $115,826 · OtherMONARCH SCHOOLKENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - KENWOOD PTA: $65,826 · OtherKENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - KENWOOD…SAMARITAN'S PURSE- FLORIDA HURRICANE RELIEF: $40,000 · OtherSAMARITAN'S PURSE- FLORIDA HURRICAN…WILDFIRE FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATION: $30,826 · OtherWILDFIRE FIREFIGHTER FOUNDATIONYouth Farm and Market Project: $30,825 · OtherYouth Farm and Market ProjectMERCY CHEFS IMPACT INTERNATIONAL: $25,000 · OtherGUTHRIE THEATRE: $24,000 · OtherBAPTIST HEALTH FOUNDATION: $20,000 · OtherFOCUS ON THE FAMILY: $20,000 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSS: $20,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $20,000 · Other+36 more: $133,920 · Other+36 moreStroke Foundation Corp: $30,000 · HealthTREEHOUSE INC: $10,000 · HealthALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $3,000 · HealthNorth Shore Health Care Foundation: $2,000 · HealthHEALING WITH HORSEPLAY INC: $30,000 · AnimalsMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION: $2,500 · AnimalsBITTY KITTY BRIGADE: $1,500 · AnimalsMINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $5,700 · Arts & CultureSCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA: $5,000 · Arts & CultureTRIGG - C M RUSSELL FOUNDATION INC: $3,500 · Arts & CultureMINNETONKA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $3,300 · Arts & CultureMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $2,500 · Arts & CultureChildren's Theatre Company and School: $2,400 · Arts & CultureMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $2,400 · Arts & CulturePRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationSUMMIT ACADEMY OIC: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $500 · Education
Recreation & Sports$558,250Human Services$531,000Other$546,223Health$45,000Animals$34,000Arts & Culture$24,800Education$15,500

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 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
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 ADVENTURE UNLIMITED ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE NORTH ↗
  • Who funds Youth Farm and Market Project ↗
  • Who funds Stroke Foundation Corp ↗
  • Who funds HEALING WITH HORSEPLAY INC ↗
  • Who funds GLENN MARKMAN FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GREATER MINNEAPOLIS CRISIS NURSERY ↗
  • Who funds THE OVERCOMER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TREEHOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds The Family Partnership ↗
  • Who funds THE REDEMPTION PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds NORTHERN STAR COUNCIL ↗
  • Who funds PARK NICOLLET FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCE MUSEUM OF MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds SUMMIT ACADEMY OIC ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT FOR PRIDE IN LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds TRIGG - C M RUSSELL FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MINNETONKA CENTER FOR THE ARTS ↗
  • Who funds ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗

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 Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Mightycause Charitabl…The Head Family Found…Otto Bremer TrustThe Crosswols Foundat…Duluth-Superior Area …The Graco FoundationXcel Energy FoundationThe Richard M Schulze…Gregg W & Denise E St…Rodney and Barbara Bu…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization H William Lurton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from H William Lurton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    17report 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.

    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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