· Public charity
Lakes Media Collaborative
To provide educational opportunities to individuals related to the production and distribution of broadcast media.
Where the money goes
Your grants by size, and where they go.
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k9 grants · $165k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $248k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION | $78,000 |
| THE BRAINERD BAXTER YOUTH CENTER | $60,000 |
| BRAINERD FAMILY YMCA | $60,000 |
| CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| LAKES AREA UNITED WAY | $30,000 |
| LAKELAND PBS | $30,000 |
| HABITAT FOR HUMANITY | $15,000 |
| WEST CENTRAL MN YOUTH FOR CHRIST | $15,000 |
| PAUL BUNYAN ARBORETUM | $15,000 |
| BRIDGES OF HOPE | $15,000 |
| BRAINERD AREA SERTOMA CLUB INC | $15,000 |
| BRAINERD ROTARY FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| LAKES AREA SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER | $15,000 |
Do your dollars go where the need is?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.
Your human-services grants (FY24–24, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.
The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
To advance the general welfare and prosperity of the brainerd lakes area so that its citizens and all areas of its business community shall prosper. all necessary means of promotion shall be provided and particular attention and emphasis…
Attracting new industry, retaining present industry, and general economic development activities including workforce development in brainerd and the surrounding area.
The mission of burnett medical center is to provide compassionate, comprehensive, community healthcare that exceeds our customer's expectations. our mission, as well as our vision and values, serves as a guideline for daily decision making…
Arrowhead library system enhances the value of all types of libraries to their communities by cultivating collaboration, technological innovation, and professional development; and enriches the quality of life by providing direct services…
To enable young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. for more information visit www.boysandgirls.org.
The mission of lad lake, inc. is to guide the growth of at-risk youth so that they reach their potential and live responsibly.
To provide all young people with opportunities to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible individuals.
The itasca county family ymca (ymca) is a charitable, community service organization founded in 1979 with a mission to strengthen ourselves, families and communities by promoting growth in spirit, mind and body. the ymca includes men,…
We are a catholic, faith-based organization entrusted with advancing the life-enhancing senior care ministry of the benedictine sisters of duluth, minnesota. we witness to god's love by creating inclusive communities, supporting those we…
The mission of brainerd baptist school is to provide a high quality, comprehensive academic program in a loving christian enviornment. the school is dedicated to the belief that young people need both strong educational and spiritual…
To instill in young people; values, develop leadership skills, and ethical character as expressed in the scout oath and law.
Uniting people and resources to advance the health, education, and financial stability of our communities.
For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lakes Area Senior Activity Center Inc and the most unlike its peers is Aitkin County Habitat for Humanity. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.
Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee
Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them
A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF BRAINERD ↗
- Who funds THE BRAINERD BAXTER YOUTH CENTER ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN MINNESOTA PUBLIC TELEVISION INC ↗
- Who funds LAKES AREA UNITED WAY ↗
- Who funds AITKIN COUNTY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
- Who funds BRAINERD ROTARY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PAUL BUNYAN ARBORETUM ↗
- Who funds BRAINERD AREA SERTOMA CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds LAKES AREA SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds BRIDGES OF HOPE ↗
- Who funds WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA YOUTH FOR CHRIST ↗
The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Communitygiving · Initiative Foundation · R R & Clara J Gould Foundation · Smdc Medical Center · Otto Bremer Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.
Government reliance of your grantees
Every dot is one organization Lakes Media Collaborative funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.
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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.
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