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John Sluck & Anita Sluck Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$136k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
38
Grants FY2024
36
Organizations funded FY2023
50%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$10,000
Organizations funded a year
20 to 36
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
9
Total assets, FY2024
$2.0M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 50% of the organizations John Sluck & Anita Sluck Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $57k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
HealthCivil RightsPublic BenefitEducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving37$134k41%
FY202336$157k50%
FY202225$125k36%
FY202126$128k42%
FY202020$104k20%
FY201921$129k14%
FY201821$127k43%
FY201720$125kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Religion$225kHealth$190kPublic Benefit$117kEducation$111kAnimals$65kHuman Services$64kRecreation & Sports$58kFood & Nutrition$53kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
WI
NY
SD
PA
CA
UT
VA
MD
AZ
AR
DC
LA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Hospice of Texarkana$130,00070%
Rescued Pets Are Wonderful$48,50055%
Birchwood Area Food Pantry Inc$38,00084%
Judicial Watch Inc$38,00080%
The Heritage Foundation$35,00080%
Project Veritas$35,00070%
Team Kopacz Inc$25,0005n/a
Westgate Church$23,0004n/a
Cato Institute$16,00050%
Vikings Helping Vikings Inc$15,000325%
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All grantees of John Sluck & Anita Sluck Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Hospice of Texarkana$130,00070%
Rescued Pets Are Wonderful$48,50055%
Birchwood Area Food Pantry Inc$38,00084%
Judicial Watch Inc$38,00080%
The Heritage Foundation$35,00080%
Project Veritas$35,00070%
Team Kopacz Inc$25,0005n/a
Westgate Church$23,0004n/a
Cato Institute$16,00050%
Vikings Helping Vikings Inc$15,000325%
Libertas Network$15,00040%
Centaur Foundation$14,0004n/a
Capable Partners Inc$14,00045%
Tee It Up for the Troops Inc$10,50020%
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity$10,00020%
Invisible Wounds Project Inc$10,00021%
Watersprings Ranch Inc$10,00020%
Pawsitively for the Animals$8,0002n/a
Bellis$8,00025%
Second Amendment Foundation$8,00030%
USA Clay Target League$8,00020%
Live Action$6,00020%
American Heart Association Inc$6,00030%
Pact Panthers PTO$6,0001n/a
St Josephs Indian School$5,0002n/a
Common Hope$5,00010%
Sharing and Caring Hands Inc$5,00010%
American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches$5,00010%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$5,00020%
Songbook South Inc$5,0002n/a
Trinity Lutheran Church$5,0001n/a
American Accountability Foundation$5,00010%
La Reina High School$5,0001n/a
Turning Point USA Inc$4,00020%
Minnesota Right to Life$4,00020%
HOPE 4 Youth$4,00020%
Friends of Ronald Reagan Sp$3,0001n/a
Sage Academy Charter School Charter School No 4087$3,00010%
Minnesota Patriot Guard$3,00016%
Silent Ability$3,0001n/a
Alpha News$3,00010%
St Seraphim Orthodox Cathedral$3,0001n/a
Anidaso$2,00011%
The Daily Caller News Foundation$2,00010%
Centennial Band Boosters$2,0001n/a
Friends of the Hennepin County Library$2,00010%
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$2,00010%
Oak Grove Lutheran Church$2,0001n/a
American Helicopter Museum & Educat Center Inc$2,00010%
Nami Minnesota$2,00010%
Bloom Early Learning$2,00010%
No One Left Behind$2,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 37 recipients with no EIN on record ($396k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget John Sluck & Anita Sluck Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHospice of Texarkana: $130,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetRescued Pets Are Wonderful: $48,500 over 5y, 5.4% of budgetBirchwood Area Food Pantry Inc: $38,000 over 8y, 3.9% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $38,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetThe Heritage Foundation: $35,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetProject Veritas: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCato Institute: $16,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetVikings Helping Vikings Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 25% of budgetLibertas Network: $15,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCapable Partners Inc: $14,000 over 4y, 5.0% of budgetTee It Up for the Troops Inc: $10,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTwin Cities Habitat for Humanity: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetInvisible Wounds Project Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWatersprings Ranch Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBellis: $8,000 over 2y, 4.5% of budgetSecond Amendment Foundation: $8,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetUSA Clay Target League: $8,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLive Action: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican Heart Association Inc: $6,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCommon Hope: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSharing and Caring Hands Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc: $5,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Accountability Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMinnesota Right to Life: $4,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetHOPE 4 Youth: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSage Academy Charter School Charter School No 4087: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMinnesota Patriot Guard: $3,000 over 1y, 6.3% of budgetAlpha News: $3,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAnidaso: $2,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetThe Daily Caller News Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Hennepin County Library: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCystic Fibrosis Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Helicopter Museum & Educat Center Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNami Minnesota: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBloom Early Learning: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNo One Left Behind: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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.

Xcel Energy FoundationMN14.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Xcel Energy Foundation · Allina Health System · The US Charitable Gift Trust · The Graco Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · The Minneapolis Foundation · Donors Trust Inc · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · United Way Worldwide · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving 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.

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About John Sluck & Anita Sluck Foundation

How much does John Sluck & Anita Sluck Foundation give?
John Sluck & Anita Sluck Foundation reported 38 grants totaling $136,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 36 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does John Sluck & Anita Sluck Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Religion (22%), Health (18%), Public Benefit (11%).
Who are John Sluck & Anita Sluck Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Hospice of Texarkana ($130k), Rescued Pets Are Wonderful ($49k), Birchwood Area Food Pantry Inc ($38k).
Does John Sluck & Anita Sluck Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does John Sluck & Anita Sluck Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as John Sluck & Anita Sluck Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Xcel Energy Foundation, Allina Health System, The US Charitable Gift Trust.
Where is John Sluck & Anita Sluck Foundation based?
John Sluck & Anita Sluck Foundation is based in MN.

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 90 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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