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Larson Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Larson Family Foundation Inc

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.

$35k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$35k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Housing & Shelter$785kYouth Development$445kFood & Nutrition$390kEducation$377kHealth$292kArts & Culture$152kReligion$18kInternational$17kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$35,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
University of Utah$35,000
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 (FY23–23, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Area Agency on Aging: $3k → 11%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.

Which US states its grants reach

MI
NY
WY
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
NC
DC
GA
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.

63%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 12 repeat orgs$938k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
22

Total granted

$1.6M
$938k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+31%
+44%

Still filing today

58%
59%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Arts & CultureEducationHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionHealthReligionOther
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

  • SM
    ST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE
    4× · 2020–2023 · $368k · revenue +31%
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA
    3× · 2020–2023 · $265k · revenue +8%
  • SH
    SETON HALL UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2020–2021 · $260k · revenue +44%

Funded once

  • CS
    COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC
    one grant, 2021 · $760k · revenue -79%
  • TM
    THE MEASURED LAB INC
    one grant, 2021 · $35k · revenue -84% · 100% of their budget
  • AO
    ARIZONA OPERA HOUSE
    one grant, 2020 · $25k
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
Arizona Christian University

Arizona christian university provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the lord jesus christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.

Education
2
Banner -University Medical Group

Assist banner health complete its mission to make health care easier so life can be better by providing integrated & coordinated care & population health management.

Health
3
New York University

Nyu is a private university with approximately 60,000 matriculating students in 20 schools and institutes. nyu's primary missions are education, research and scholarship, and patient care.

Education
4
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

—
5
The Catholic University of America

As the national university of the catholic church in the united states, founded and sponsored by the bishops of the country with the approval of the holy see, the catholic university of america is committed to being a comprehensive…

Education
6
Albright College

As a diverse community of learners, we cultivate integrity, curiosity, connection and resilience.

Education
7
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
8
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
9
Arizona Community Foundation

To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.

Philanthropy
10
Boston Architectural College

The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.

—
11
Center for the Future of Arizona

Bringing arizonans together to create a stronger and brighter future for our state.

Community Improvement
12
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Foster Alliance; the most unlike its peers is The Measured Lab Inc. 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

21 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. 21 of the 35 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
15/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $759,932 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL …+1 more: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterSETON HALL UNIVERSITY: $259,564 · OtherSETON HALL UNIVERSITYEVANSTON BOYS & GIRLS CLUB: $180,000 · OtherEVANSTON BOYS & GIRLS CLUBUNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $65,000 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF UTAHARIZONA OPERA HOUSE: $25,000 · OtherTHE MEASURED LAB INC: $35,000 · Other+16 more: $127,500 · Other+16 moreST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $368,030 · Food & NutritionST MARY'S FOOD BA…Care and Share Inc: $18,000 · Food & NutritionBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $265,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRL…HONORHEALTH FOUNDATION: $254,000 · HealthHONORHEALTH…+1 more: $2,500 · HealthARIZONA MUSICFEST INC: $110,000 · Arts & CultureVOCES8 FOUNDATION USA: $15,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $1,500 · Arts & CultureGROVE CITY COLLEGE: $23,000 · EducationHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $15,000 · EducationTHE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE: $5,000 · Education+1 more: $1,000 · Education
Housing & Shelter$769,932Other$692,064Food & Nutrition$386,030Youth Development$265,000Health$256,500Arts & Culture$126,500Education$44,000

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 budgetCOMMUNITY SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL INC: $759,932 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetST MARY'S FOOD BANK ALLIANCE: $368,030 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA: $265,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSETON HALL UNIVERSITY: $259,564 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHONORHEALTH FOUNDATION: $254,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetARIZONA MUSICFEST INC: $110,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetTHE MEASURED LAB INC: $35,000 over 1y, 100% of budgetGROVE CITY COLLEGE: $23,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCare and Share Inc: $18,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHILLSDALE COLLEGE: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVOCES8 FOUNDATION USA: $15,000 over 1y, 6.4% of budgetSAMARITAN'S PURSE: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUMOM NEW DAY CENTERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDIOCESAN COUNCIL FOR THE SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL DIOCESE PHOENIX: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAREA AGENCY ON AGING REGION ONE INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBrylan's Feat Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMINA'S GIFT INC BRAYBOY: $2,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetMESA ARTS CENTER FOUNDATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE FOSTER ALLIANCE: $1,000 over 1y, 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.

Morgan Stanley Global…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust IncIN9.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Larson Family Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Larson Family Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Seton Hall University: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
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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How do I get to Larson Family Foundation Inc?

Find your warmest path to Larson Family Foundation Inc 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 35 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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