Minnesota · Private foundation
L S Shoen Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $297k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $126,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 8
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.5M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations L S Shoen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $297k | 40% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $346k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $350k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $246k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $217k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $183k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 7 | $170k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $183k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centrum Foundation | $793,400 | 8 | 5% |
| Habitat for Humanity Inc | $170,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pet Helpers | $150,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Marylhurst University | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bark | $75,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Habitat for Humanity Northwoods Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Center Valley Animal Rescue | $60,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Port Townsend Film Society | $52,500 | 3 | 9% |
| Sunfield Education Association | $40,100 | 2 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centrum Foundation | $793,400 | 8 | 5% |
| Habitat for Humanity Inc | $170,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pet Helpers | $150,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Marylhurst University | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | $75,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bark | $75,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Habitat for Humanity Northwoods Inc | $60,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Center Valley Animal Rescue | $60,000 | 2 | 7% |
| Port Townsend Film Society | $52,500 | 3 | 9% |
| Sunfield Education Association | $40,100 | 2 | 5% |
| The Jefferson County Food Bank Association | $30,000 | 1 | 3% |
| University of Washington | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| University of Washington Foundation | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Valley of the Sun Young Men's Christian Association | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sustainable Obtainable Solutions | $10,000 | 1 | 14% |
| Bayside Housing & Services | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Northwest Watershed Institute | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Giving Spirit | $2,400 | 1 | 0% |
| Coer Charitable | $1,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Color of Sound | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($286k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget L S Shoen Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Jefferson Community Foundation · The Robert and Susan Brown Family Foundation Inc · Whitney Family Foundation · Entelco Foundation · Seattle Foundation · Network for Good · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About L S Shoen Foundation
- How much does L S Shoen Foundation give?
- L S Shoen Foundation reported 5 grants totaling $296,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 8 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does L S Shoen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (40%), Housing & Shelter (16%), Animals (10%).
- Who are L S Shoen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Centrum Foundation ($793k), Habitat for Humanity Inc ($170k), Pet Helpers ($150k).
- Does L S Shoen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does L S Shoen Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as L S Shoen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Jefferson Community Foundation, The Robert and Susan Brown Family Foundation Inc, Whitney Family Foundation.
- Where is L S Shoen Foundation based?
- L S Shoen Foundation is based in MN.
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