Minnesota · Private foundation
J Lindell Charitable Trust
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $26k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 9
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 8 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $496k
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 22% of the organizations J Lindell Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k 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 | 8 | $26k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 9 | $27k | 22% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $27k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 8 | $30k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $25k | 38% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $26k | 45% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $24k | 75% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $27k | 22% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for the Visually Impaired Inc | $41,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Avivo | $20,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| 360 Communities | $12,334 | 6 | 0% |
| Museum of the Bible | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Autism Society of Mn | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Clinton County Snack Pack Program | $6,334 | 3 | n/a |
| Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The George Washington University | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center for the Visually Impaired Inc | $41,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Avivo | $20,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| 360 Communities | $12,334 | 6 | 0% |
| Museum of the Bible | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Autism Society of Mn | $8,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Clinton County Snack Pack Program | $6,334 | 3 | n/a |
| Survivors and Advocates for Empowerment Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| The George Washington University | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Woodbury United Methodist Church | $4,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Wounded Warrior Project Inc | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Centerville Elementary PTA | $3,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Inver Grove Heights Best Foundation | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Coping 4 Life | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Central Lutheran Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Presbyterian Clearwater Forest Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Whispering Pines of Clinton County | $2,000 | 1 | 2% |
| South St Paul Educational Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($90k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget J Lindell Charitable Trust 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.
Open a dossier: Xcel Energy Foundation · United Way Worldwide · Otto Bremer Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About J Lindell Charitable Trust
- How much does J Lindell Charitable Trust give?
- J Lindell Charitable Trust reported 8 grants totaling $26,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 8 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does J Lindell Charitable Trust fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (35%), Health (23%), Housing & Shelter (15%).
- Who are J Lindell Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Center for the Visually Impaired Inc ($41k), Avivo ($21k), Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans ($15k).
- Does J Lindell Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does J Lindell Charitable Trust accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as J Lindell Charitable Trust?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Xcel Energy Foundation, United Way Worldwide, Otto Bremer Trust.
- Where is J Lindell Charitable Trust based?
- J Lindell Charitable Trust is based in MN.
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