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John and Leslea Caswell Family Foundation at a glance

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John and Leslea Caswell Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$489k
Granted FY2025still arriving
32
Grants FY2025still arriving
16
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Health$643kEducation$506kInternational$302kReligion$263kFood & Nutrition$214kHuman Services$201kYouth Development$195kCommunity Improvement$165kOther$0
02FY2025 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k18 grants · $51k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $238k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $200k
$5,000
Median grant
16
States reached
$5.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MINNESOTA ADULT AND TEEN CHALLENGE$125,000
TRINITY FIRST LUTHERAN SCHOOL CHARITABLE TRUST AND FOUNDATION$75,000
FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC$43,054
SAMARITAN'S PURSE$35,000
YOUNG LIFE$30,000
UNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF ST PAUL INC$25,000
360 COMMUNITIES$25,000
MISSION OF HOPE INC$15,000
LANDMARK CONSERVANCY INC$15,000
WORLD VISION INC$10,000
INSIGHT FOR LIVING$10,000
COMPASSION INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED$10,000
THE SALVATION ARMY SERVICES INC$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA$10,000
KTIS-FM 985 STATION$6,000
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 (FY21–25, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%THE SALVATION ARMY SERVICES INC: $10k → 14%PINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION: $2k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%THE SALVATION ARMY SERVICES INC: $10k → 14%PINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT: $1k → 14%PINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%PINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION: $1k → 11%UNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF ST PAUL INC: $25k → 14%UNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF ST PAUL INC: $25k → 14%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

WA
MN
IL
WI
NY
NV
IA
IN
PA
CA
CO
VA
AZ
AR
NC
GA
TX
FL
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.6M · 41 repeat orgs$115k to everyone else

41 repeat relationships: 25 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

41
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Total granted

$2.6M
$98k

Still filing today

61%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
ReligionInternationalHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementOther
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

  • MT
    Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc
    5× · 2021–2025 · $601k · revenue +31%
  • FM
    FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $214k · revenue +42%
  • 3C
    360 Communities
    6× · 2020–2025 · $165k · revenue +81%

Funded once

  • MA
    Minesota Adult Teen Challenge
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • MC
    MISSION CENTRAL- LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD
    one grant, 2021 · $40k
  • NM
    NORTHWESTERN MEDIA
    one grant, 2024 · $6k
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
Christian Mission for the United Nations Community

Christian Mission for the United Nations Community is a ministry aimed at leading the head of every nation and other top leaders to faith in Jesus Christ and helping them to walk in dependence upon God as they discharge the…

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2
Corus International Inc

TO MANAGE AN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, AND RELIEF FOCUSED FAMILY OF ORGANIZATIONS HELPING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES LIFT THEMSELVES OUT OF POVERTY, SUPPORT WELL-BEING OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, AND PROVIDE…

Human Services
3
Ecumen

We empower individuals and families to confidently navigate aging so that it is a purposeful journey filled with dignity and support.

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4
Christianity Today International

Christianity Today is a global community inspired by evangelical conviction to advance the stories and ideas of the kingdom of God. Our mission is to elevate the storytellers and sages of the global church.

Religion
5
Commission to Every Nation

To advance the gospel of jesus christ to every nation through pastoral care and missionary support.

Religion
6
Time of Grace Ministry

Time of grace is for people who want more growth and less struggle in their spiritual walk. we share the truth of god's word simply and clearly through television, print, and digital media that people view millions of times each month. we…

Religion
7
Covenant Hospital Hobbs

As expressions of god's healing love, witnessed through the ministry of jesus, we are steadfast in serving all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.

Health
8
Servant Foundation

The Signatry advances the Christian faith by carrying out its mission, "to inspire and facilitate revolutionary biblical generosity across generations to solve the world's greatest problems," through financial and other support of I.R.C.…

Religion
9
The Mennonite Inc

The mission of the mennonite is to help readers glorify god, grow in faith, and become agents of healing and hope in our world. the mennonite is the official periodical for mennonite church usa, a christian denomination in the united…

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10
World Christian Broadcasting Corporation

World christian broadcasting exists so that people in places best served by broadcast media become aware of the good news of jesus christ and want to know more. geographic areas that cannot be easily served by missionaries are a priority.

Arts & Culture
11
Blue Letter Bible

The specific purpose of this corporation is to present a biblical, christian ministry of the gospel, hope, encouragement and strength to as many people as possible. the intent of those who will conduct this corporation's work is to present…

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12
Mercy Multiplied International Inc

Mercy multiplied international, inc. is a christian-based entity that exists as the central coordinating body for the mercy multiplied program and brand. formerly known as mercy ministries international, inc., the ministry officially…

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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 American Institute for Cancer Research. 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

29 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. 29 of the 52 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
27/29
Grantees still filing
22/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRINITY FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH: $300,000 · OtherTRINITY FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCHUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $130,000 · OtherUNION GOSPEL MISSION INCSAMARITAN PURSE: $85,000 · OtherSAMARITAN PURSEUNIVERSITY OF IOWA: $50,000 · OtherMinesota Adult Teen Challenge: $50,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY: $45,000 · OtherMISSION CENTRAL- LUTHERAN CHURCH MISSOURI SYNOD: $40,000 · OtherLANDMARK CONSERVANCY INC: $105,000 · OtherLANDMARK CONSERVANCY INCUNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF ST PAUL INC: $50,000 · OtherGOSERV GLOBAL INC: $45,000 · Other+26 more: $221,250 · Other+26 moreMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $601,000 · HealthMinnesota Teen Challenge …+1 more: $18,000 · HealthFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $214,054 · InternationalFEED MY STARVIN…WORLD VISION INC: $85,327 · InternationalWORLD VISION IN…Compassion International Incorporated: $50,000 · InternationalCompassion Inte…+2 more: $20,000 · International+2 moreSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $70,000 · ReligionINSIGHT FOR LIVING: $50,000 · ReligionMISSION OF HOPE INC MISSION OF HOPE HAITI INC: $50,000 · ReligionAFRICAN RADIO MINISTRIES INC: $12,000 · ReligionAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $8,000 · Religion360 Communities: $165,000 · Community ImprovementTrinity First Lutheran School Charitable Trust and Foundation: $150,000 · PhilanthropyCLARINDA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · PhilanthropyYOUNG LIFE: $145,000 · Youth Development
Other$1,121,250Health$619,000International$369,381Religion$190,000Community Improvement$165,000Philanthropy$160,000Youth Development$145,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $601,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $214,054 over 6y, 0.1% of budget360 Communities: $165,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetTrinity First Lutheran School Charitable Trust and Foundation: $150,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $145,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $130,000 over 4y, 5.7% of budgetLANDMARK CONSERVANCY INC: $105,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $85,327 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $70,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF ST PAUL INC: $50,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetINSIGHT FOR LIVING: $50,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetMISSION OF HOPE INC MISSION OF HOPE HAITI INC: $50,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetGOSERV GLOBAL INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetTHE SALVATION ARMY SERVICES INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetAMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH: $18,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOURAGE KENNY FOUNDATION: $14,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetAFRICAN RADIO MINISTRIES INC: $12,000 over 3y, 4.3% of budgetCLARINDA FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPINKY SWEAR FOUNDATION: $7,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA ZOO FOUNDATION: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetBURNETT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC: $2,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNEW LIFE ACADEMY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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 Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc ↗
  • Who funds FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC ↗
  • Who funds 360 Communities ↗
  • Who funds Trinity First Lutheran School Charitable Trust and Foundation ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds UNION GOSPEL MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds LANDMARK CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds SAMARITAN'S PURSE ↗
  • Who funds Compassion International Incorporated ↗
  • Who funds UNION GOSPEL MISSION ASSOCIATION OF ST PAUL INC ↗
  • Who funds INSIGHT FOR LIVING ↗
  • Who funds MISSION OF HOPE INC MISSION OF HOPE HAITI INC ↗
  • Who funds GOSERV GLOBAL INC ↗
  • Who funds THE SALVATION ARMY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH ↗
  • Who funds PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds COURAGE KENNY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN RADIO MINISTRIES INC ↗
  • Who funds CLARINDA FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
  • Who funds TWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds HEIFER PROJECT INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds PINKY SWEAR 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 Blackbaud Giving …Thrivent Financial fo…Thrivent Charitable I…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Charities Aid Foundat…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
The Blackbaud Giving FundSC15.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Thrivent Financial for Lutherans · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 John and Leslea Caswell Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John and Leslea Caswell Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
7report 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 52 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home