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J Lindell Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$26k
Granted FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY20172025.

Religion$85kHealth$55kHousing & Shelter$36kEducation$23kHuman Services$17kCommunity Improvement$12kFood & Nutrition$6kEnvironment$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$496k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH$6,000
FRUITLAND BAPTIST CHURCH$6,000
MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE$3,000
MINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETE$2,500
AVIVO$2,500
360 COMMUNITIES$2,000
CLINTON COUNTY SNACK PACK PROGRAM$2,000
UNION MISSION TWIN CITIES$2,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%AVIVO: $3k → 11%AVIVO: $3k → 11%AVIVO: $3k → 11%AVIVO: $3k → 11%AVIVO: $3k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

MN
IL
WI
KS
TN
NC
DC
OK
GA

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$196k · 16 repeat orgs$43k to everyone else

16 repeat relationships — 6 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
16

Total granted

$196k
$35k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+41%
+61%

Still filing today

50%
31%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationHealthCommunity ImprovementEmploymentPhilanthropyOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • A
    AVIVO
    7× · 2017–2025 · $21k · revenue +44%
  • MA
    MINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS
    4× · 2018–2024 · $15k · revenue +278%
  • 3C
    360 Communities
    6× · 2019–2025 · $12k · revenue +164%

Funded once

  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +70%
  • FL
    FOREST LAKE AREA SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $3k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $3k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Center for Veterans Research and Education

At cvre, our number one mission is advancing veterans' health.

Health
2
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
3
University of Virginia Investment Management Company

The university of virginia investment management company (uvimco) is organized to invest funds on behalf of the rector and visitors of the university of virginia (the university or uva) and university-associated organizations (uaos).

Education
4
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership Inc

Central indiana corporate partnership (cicp) is an alliance of indiana's business and research university leaders coming together to foster long-term prosperity for the region. cicp's mission is to transform the economy of indiana in order…

Community Improvement
5
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

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

Philanthropy
6
Minnesota Independence College and Community

We see and honor the personhood and autonomy of autistic and neurodivergent individuals. we work every day to educate and guide micc participants in creating and sustaining the lives they want to live.

Philanthropy
7
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
8
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
9
Groves Academy

The mission of groves learning organization is to build confidence and success for learners, particularly those with learning differences such as dyslexia, adhd and executive function challenges. through research-based approaches and…

Education
10
Seattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical Research

To improve the health and well-being of veterans through research and education conducted at the va puget sound health care system and the mann-grandstaff va medical center.

Health
11
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
12
Columbia College

Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.

Education

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wounded Warrior Project Inc and the most unlike its peers is Museum of the Bible. 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

15 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 20172025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 15 of the 35 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/15
Grantees still filing
12/15
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC — $41,000 · OtherCENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED INCFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $33,000 · OtherFIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SO ST PAUL — $9,000 · Other1ST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SO ST PAULMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE — $9,000 · OtherMUSEUM OF THE BIBLETHE GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH — $8,334 · OtherMINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETE — $7,500 · OtherCLINTON COUNTY SNACK PACK PROGRAM — $6,334 · OtherGEORGETOWN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH — $6,000 · OtherFRUITLAND BAPTIST CHURCH — $6,000 · Other+14 more — $35,000 · Other+14 moreAVIVO — $20,500 · Human ServicesAVIVOSURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC — $6,000 · Human ServicesSURVIVORS AND…WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $3,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRI…MINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS — $15,000 · Employment360 Communities — $12,334 · Community ImprovementAUTISM SOCIETY OF MN — $8,000 · HealthCOPING 4 LIFE — $2,000 · HealthREGIONS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $2,000 · HealthThe George Washington University — $5,500 · EducationINVER GROVE HEIGHTS BEST FOUNDATION — $2,000 · EducationSOUTH ST PAUL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $1,000 · EducationWHISPERING PINES OF CLINTON COUNTY — $2,000 · Philanthropy
Other$161,168Human Services$29,500Employment$15,000Community Improvement$12,334Health$12,000Education$8,500Philanthropy$2,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetCENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC — $41,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetAVIVO — $20,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS — $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budget360 Communities — $12,334 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMUSEUM OF THE BIBLE — $9,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAUTISM SOCIETY OF MN — $8,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC — $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe George Washington University — $5,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC — $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOPING 4 LIFE — $2,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetWHISPERING PINES OF CLINTON COUNTY — $2,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetINVER GROVE HEIGHTS BEST FOUNDATION — $2,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetREGIONS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH ST PAUL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CENTER FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED INC
  • Who funds AVIVO
  • Who funds MINNESOTA ASSISTANCE COUNCIL FOR VETERANS
  • Who funds 360 Communities
  • Who funds MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE
  • Who funds AUTISM SOCIETY OF MN
  • Who funds SURVIVORS AND ADVOCATES FOR EMPOWERMENT INC
  • Who funds The George Washington University
  • Who funds WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
  • Who funds CENTERVILLE ELEMENTARY PTA
  • Who funds COPING 4 LIFE
  • Who funds WHISPERING PINES OF CLINTON COUNTY
  • Who funds INVER GROVE HEIGHTS BEST FOUNDATION
  • Who funds REGIONS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
  • Who funds SOUTH ST PAUL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Xcel Energy FoundationMN14.3× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization J Lindell Charitable Trust funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

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no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from governmentmedian 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY2025

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 35 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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