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John P & Eleanor R Yackel Foundation at a glance

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John P & Eleanor R Yackel Foundation

Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$551k
Granted FY2018
23
Grants FY2018
6
States reached
$190k
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, FY2017 to 2018.

Religion$210kPhilanthropy$190kHuman Services$103kEducation$82kInternational$66kFood & Nutrition$54kEnvironment$29kHousing & Shelter$20kOther$0
02FY2018 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2018

  • Under $10k8 grants · $30k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $231k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $290k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SCHWAB CHARITABLE FUND$189,649
LUTHERAN RETREAT CENTER AT CAREFREE INC$100,000
AUGSBURG COLLEGE$40,000
NONVIOLENT PEACEFORCE$30,000
LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTA$30,000
ELCA WORLD HUNGER$26,000
Individual grant recipient$16,000
TARKANFI-START WALKING$15,000
YMCA OF GREATER ST PAULLINO LAKES$14,000
LAND STEWARDSHIP PROJECT$10,000
SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND$10,000
ALLIANCE HOUSING INCORPORATED$10,000
ADVOCATES FOR HUMAN RIGHTS$10,000
LUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF$10,000
CENTENNIAL AREA EDUCATION FOUNDATION$10,000
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 (FY17–18, $60k) 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%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTA: $30k → 14%LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES OF MINNESOTA: $30k → 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.

81%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$515k · 18 repeat orgs$119k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 18 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
4

Total granted

$515k
$67k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+95%

Still filing today

72%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $52k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18
InternationalEducationEnvironmentArts & CultureHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • LR
    Lutheran Retreat Center At Carefree Arizona Inc
    2× · 2017–2018 · $170k · revenue +86%
  • AU
    AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2017–2018 · $60k · revenue +30%
  • LS
    LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA
    2× · 2017–2018 · $60k · revenue +85%

Funded once

  • WT
    WARTBURG THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
    one grant, 2017 · $20k
  • SH
    SHALOM HILL FARM INC
    one grant, 2017 · $20k · revenue -24%
  • MS
    Mediation Services For Anoka Countygraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $15k · revenue +172%
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 Women Lawyers

To advance the success of women attorneys and strive for a just society.

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2
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition
3
Leadership Matters Mn

Leadership matters mn is focused on advancing a policy agenda that places working minnesotans first. we support economic growth, job creation and equitable tax and education policies that will allow every minnesotan to thrive.

Education
4
Environmental Initiative

Catalyze collaboration across perspectives, power, and systems for social equity and environmental health.

Environment
5
St Marys University of Minnesota

Enriched by the lasallian catholic heritage, saint mary's university of minnesota awakens, nurtures, and empowers learners to ethical lives of service and leadership.

Education
6
Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota

Support the development and enhancement of sustainable farming systems through farmer-to-farmer networking, innovation, demonstration, and education.

Food & Nutrition
7
Augustana University Association

Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.

Education
8
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
9
St Catherine University

We educate women to lead and influence. we educate at all degree levels through valuing and integrating the liberal arts and professional education within the catholic intellectual tradition, see schedule oemphasizing scholarly inquiry and…

Education
10
Minnesota Justice Foundation

The minnesota justice foundation creates opportunities for law students to engage in public interest and pro bono legal service and increases the capacity of legal organizations that serve the public interest.

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11
Dispute Resolution Center

The dispute resolution center is dedicated to restoring communities by promoting the constructive resolution of conflict through open communication and shared decision-making.

Crime & Legal
12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota; the most unlike its peers is Women Against Military Madness. 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

20 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. 20 of the 27 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
16/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Lutheran Retreat Center At Carefree Arizona Inc: $170,000 · OtherLutheran Retreat Center At Carefree Arizona IncEVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA: $39,000 · OtherEVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICAIndividual grant recipient: $24,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientYMCA OF GREATER ST PAULLINO LAKES: $21,000 · OtherYMCA OF GREATER ST PAULLINO LAKESWARTBURG THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: $20,000 · OtherLUTHERAN WORLD RELIEF: $15,000 · OtherSHALOM HILL FARM INC: $20,000 · OtherSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $15,000 · OtherMediation Services For Anoka County: $15,000 · Other+7 more: $39,600 · Other+7 moreDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $189,649 · PhilanthropyDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE G…AUGSBURG UNIVERSITY: $60,000 · EducationAUGSBURG UN…CENTENNIAL AREA EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $20,000 · EducationCENTENNIAL …Nonviolent Peaceforce: $30,000 · InternationalNonviolen…The Advocates For Human Rights: $15,000 · InternationalThe Advoc…TARKANFI-START WALKING: $15,000 · InternationalTARKANFI-…WOMEN AGAINST MILITARY MADNESS: $6,000 · InternationalWOMEN AGA…LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $60,000 · Human ServicesLAND STEWARDSHIP PROJECT: $20,000 · EnvironmentInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $9,000 · EnvironmentALLIANCE HOUSING INC: $20,000 · Housing & Shelter
Other$378,600Philanthropy$189,649Education$80,000International$66,000Human Services$60,000Environment$29,000Housing & Shelter$20,000

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 budgetDONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC: $189,649 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAUGSBURG UNIVERSITY: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICE OF MINNESOTA: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNonviolent Peaceforce: $30,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetALLIANCE HOUSING INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSHALOM HILL FARM INC: $20,000 over 1y, 8.3% of budgetLAND STEWARDSHIP PROJECT: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetThe Advocates For Human Rights: $15,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMediation Services For Anoka County: $15,000 over 1y, 7.2% of budgetOUR SAVIOUR'S COMMUNITY SERVICES: $12,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetInfact DBA Corporate Accountability: $9,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPLYMOUTH CHRISTIAN YOUTH CENTER: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWOMEN AGAINST MILITARY MADNESS: $6,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetLUTHERAN IMMIGRATION & REFUGEE SERVICE INC DBA GLOBAL REFUGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% 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.

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.

Otto Bremer TrustThe Minneapolis Found…The Blackbaud Giving …The Richard M Schulze…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Mightycause Charitabl…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…National Philanthropi…Natl Christian Charit…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …
Otto Bremer TrustMN15.1× affinity5 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Otto Bremer Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

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 P & Eleanor R Yackel Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John P & Eleanor R Yackel Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 100%
  • Lutheran Immigration & Refugee Service Inc Dba Global Refuge: 100% of income from government
  • Infact Dba Corporate Accountability: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 27 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 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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