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John Larsen Foundation Mng Agy (Plg)

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.

$414k
Granted FY2025still arriving
29
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$83k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$799kHealth$329kCrime & Legal$269kCivil Rights$140kArts & Culture$125kEducation$125kPhilanthropy$110kHousing & Shelter$87kOther$0
02FY2025 · 29 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k15 grants · $89k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $242k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $83k
$8,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$82,500
MINNESOTA COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS$35,000
LAKES AREA RESTORATIVE JUSTICE$35,000
FRESH ENERGY$24,500
PLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES$20,000
OUTFRONT MINNESOTA$20,000
ST PAUL PARKS & RECREATION$20,000
ADVOCATES FOR REPRODUCTIVE EDUCATION$15,000
CONSERVATION MINNESOTA$15,000
PARK SQUARE THEATER$15,000
AVENUES FOR YOUTH$12,500
THE SAINT PAUL CHAMBER ORCHESTRA SOCIETY$10,000
GIVEMN$10,000
NATIONAL WILD TURKEY FEDERATION$10,000
FRASER$8,000
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 (FY20–25, $80k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $8k → 11%THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $5k → 11%FRASER: $10k → 11%FRASER: $10k → 11%FRASER: $10k → 11%FRASER: $8k → 11%FRASER: $5k → 11%FRASER: $5k → 11%UJAMAA PLACE: $5k → 14%BREAKING FREE: $5k → 14%UJAMAA PLACE: $3k → 14%BREAKING FREE: $3k → 14%BREAKING FREE: $2k → 14%UJAMAA PLACE: $3k → 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.
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.

97%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.2M · 36 repeat orgs$80k to everyone else

36 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
4

Total granted

$2.2M
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+14%
+176%

Still filing today

72%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $40k 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
EnvironmentEducationHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
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

  • CM
    CONSERVATION MINNESOTA
    6× · 2020–2025 · $390k · revenue +23%
  • FRESH ENERGY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $138k · revenue +205%
  • AF
    ADVOCATES FOR REPRODUCTIVE EDUCATION
    6× · 2020–2025 · $99k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • MD
    MINNESOTA DISASTER RECOVERY FUND
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • SP
    ST PAUL PARKS CONSERVANCY
    one grant, 2024 · $10k
  • MC
    METROPOLITAN CONSORTIUM OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS
    one grant, 2021 · $10k · revenue -69%
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 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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2
Alliance for Metropolitan Stability

The alliance is a coalition of community-based organizations and advocacy groups with a mission to build power across the intersections of geography, race, culture, and issues in the twin cities region to eliminate systems of oppression…

Community Improvement
3
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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4
Minneapolis Saint Paul Regional Economic Development Partnership

The mission of the greater msp partnership is to accelerate regional competitiveness and inclusive economic growth through job creation, capital investment and execution of strategic initiatives. the partnership works to strengthen our…

Community Improvement
5
Minnesota Chamber Foundation

The organization's mission is to bring stakeholders together to promote prosperity and long-term growth of minnesota's economy.

Public Benefit
6
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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7
Minnesota Environmental Partnership

The minnesota environmental partnership is a coalition that strengthens member effectiveness and builds collective power to secure a healthy environment for all minnesotans.

Environment
8
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
9
Minneapolis Regional Chamber of Commerce

Creating powerful advocacy to enhance economic vitality in the minneapolis-st. paul region.

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10
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy

The minnesota center for environmental advocacy is a nonprofit organization that uses law, science and research to protect minnesota's environment, its natural resources and the health of its people.

Environment
11
Twin Cities Diversity in Practice

To attract, recruit, advance, and retain attorneys of color in the twin cities through education and collaboration with member organizations.

Community Improvement
12
Minneapolis Downtown Council

To create an extraordinary downtown minneapolis, applying the core values of leadership, collaboration, advocacy and innovation.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers; the most unlike its peers is Whitefish Area Property Owners Association. 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

30 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. 30 of the 44 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
18/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LAKES AREA RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: $195,000 · OtherLAKES AREA RESTORATIVE JUSTICEIndividual grant recipient: $157,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientADVOCATES FOR REPRODUCTIVE EDUCATION: $99,000 · OtherADVOCATES FOR REPRODUCTIVE EDUCATIONPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MN SD ND: $85,000 · OtherPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF MN SD NDPARK SQUARE THEATRE: $80,000 · OtherPARK SQUARE THEATREMN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY: $60,000 · OtherNATIONAL WILDLIFE TURKEY FEDERATION: $50,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE SPCO: $42,000 · OtherMinnesota Council on Foundations: $40,025 · OtherSPCO ANNUAL FUND: $40,000 · OtherAVENUES FOR YOUTH: $75,000 · OtherAVENUES FOR YOUTHRESTORATIVE JUSTICE COMMUNITY ACTION: $45,000 · Other+14 more: $228,500 · Other+14 moreCONSERVATION MINNESOTA: $390,000 · EnvironmentCONSERVATION MINNESOTAFRESH ENERGY: $137,500 · EnvironmentFRESH ENERGYSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION+1 more: $6,000 · EnvironmentOUTFRONT MINNESOTA: $140,000 · Civil RightsAMAZEWORKS: $74,000 · EducationST PAUL ACADEMY AND SUMMIT SCHOOL: $40,000 · EducationPEASE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,500 · EducationCLIMATE GENERATION: $9,000 · EducationPLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES: $58,500 · HealthJTP PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION: $22,500 · HealthFamily Tree Inc: $15,500 · HealthGIVEMN: $70,000 · PhilanthropyPROPEL NONPROFITS: $10,000 · PhilanthropyFRASER: $48,000 · Human ServicesTHE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $12,000 · Human ServicesUJAMAA PLACE: $11,000 · Human ServicesBreaking Free Inc: $9,000 · Human Services
Other$1,197,025Environment$583,500Civil Rights$140,000Education$133,500Health$96,500Philanthropy$80,000Human Services$80,000

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 budgetCONSERVATION MINNESOTA: $390,000 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetOUTFRONT MINNESOTA: $140,000 over 6y, 16% of budgetFRESH ENERGY: $137,500 over 6y, 0.8% of budgetADVOCATES FOR REPRODUCTIVE EDUCATION: $99,000 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetPARK SQUARE THEATRE: $80,000 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetAVENUES FOR YOUTH: $75,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetAMAZEWORKS: $74,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetGIVEMN: $70,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES: $58,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFRASER: $48,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetRESTORATIVE JUSTICE COMMUNITY ACTION: $45,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetMinnesota Council on Foundations: $40,025 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetST PAUL ACADEMY AND SUMMIT SCHOOL: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe Arts Partnership: $35,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetWHITEFISH AREA PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION: $24,000 over 6y, 3.7% of budgetJTP PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION: $22,500 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetALL SQUARE: $20,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetFamily Tree Inc: $15,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUJAMAA PLACE: $11,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPEASE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10,500 over 3y, 3.7% of budgetMETROPOLITAN CONSORTIUM OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPROPEL NONPROFITS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBreaking Free Inc: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCLIMATE GENERATION: $9,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHSIDE ACHIEVEMENT ZONE: $8,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL INITIATIVE: $6,000 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 CONSERVATION MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds OUTFRONT MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds FRESH ENERGY ↗
  • Who funds ADVOCATES FOR REPRODUCTIVE EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds PARK SQUARE THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds AVENUES FOR YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds AMAZEWORKS ↗
  • Who funds GIVEMN ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTH CENTRAL STATES ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRASER ↗
  • Who funds RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COMMUNITY ACTION ↗
  • Who funds Minnesota Council on Foundations ↗
  • Who funds ST PAUL ACADEMY AND SUMMIT SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds The Arts Partnership ↗
  • Who funds WHITEFISH AREA PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds JTP PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds ALL SQUARE ↗
  • Who funds Family Tree Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE BRIDGE FOR YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds UJAMAA PLACE ↗
  • Who funds PEASE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds METROPOLITAN CONSORTIUM OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS ↗
  • Who funds PROPEL NONPROFITS ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society ↗

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…Fr Bigelow FoundationOtto Bremer TrustThe McKnight Foundati…Pohlad Family Foundat…Xcel Energy FoundationMightycause Charitabl…Ch Robinson Worldwide…Women's Foundation of…The K FoundationMargaret a Cargill Fo…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN36.8× affinity18 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 · Fr Bigelow Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The McKnight Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Ch Robinson Worldwide Foundation · Women's Foundation of Minnesota · The K Foundation · Margaret a Cargill 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 John Larsen Foundation Mng Agy (Plg) funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John Larsen Foundation Mng Agy (Plg). Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%5%11%20%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
    0get no government money at all
    9report 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.
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    Find your warmest path to John Larsen Foundation Mng Agy (Plg) through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    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 44 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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