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Larson Foundation

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.

$65k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
1
Grants FY2025
2
Organizations funded FY2024
0%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$65,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$65,000
Organizations funded a year
2 to 65
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
1
Total assets, FY2025
$341k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Larson 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; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
ReligionArts & CultureInternationalEducationHealthHuman 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
FY2025still arriving1$65k100%
FY20242$60k0%
FY20233$32k100%
FY20224$34k50%
FY202117$286k18%
FY202065$694k29%
FY201942$551k38%
FY201851$728k41%
93% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$981kEducation$661kHuman Services$352kRecreation & Sports$219kArts & Culture$208kInternational$186kHealth$137kPhilanthropy$58kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
IN
PA
CA
CO
MO
VA
MD
KS
AR
TN
NC
DC
OK
AL
GA
FL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bethel University$250,00030%
The Joshua Fund$220,00051%
American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation Inc$200,00033%
Pulse Inc$140,0002n/a
English Language Institute in China$110,00040%
40 Winks Foundation$90,000329%
Trans World Radio$85,0004n/a
Focus on the Family$80,0004n/a
Canopy Global Foundation Inc$65,000245%
Life International$56,74813%
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All grantees of Larson Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Bethel University$250,00030%
The Joshua Fund$220,00051%
American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation Inc$200,00033%
Pulse Inc$140,0002n/a
English Language Institute in China$110,00040%
40 Winks Foundation$90,000329%
Trans World Radio$85,0004n/a
Focus on the Family$80,0004n/a
Canopy Global Foundation Inc$65,000245%
Life International$56,74813%
Family Research Council$55,00030%
Rockpoint Church$52,5002n/a
Resolute$47,50046%
The Evangelical Free Church of America$45,5004n/a
International Network of Creatives$45,000411%
Ravi Zacharias International Ministries$40,0003n/a
Liberty Classical Academy$40,00040%
Chapel Hill Academy$35,00021%
Minnesota Teen Challenge Inc$35,00020%
The Christian Broadcasting Network Inc$31,00030%
Goodword Partnership$30,00033%
Ratio Christi Inc$25,00040%
Covenant Church of Naples$25,0001n/a
Our Daughters International$25,00012%
Voice of Judah Israel Inc$25,00017%
Museum of the Bible$25,00020%
Wycliffe Bible Translators Inc$22,0004n/a
Minnehaha Academy$22,00020%
US Israel Education Association Inc$20,00012%
Hennepin Theatre Trust$20,00020%
Brydges Centre$20,00025%
Canvas Health Inc$15,00020%
Union Gospel Mission Inc$15,00022%
River Falls Pregnancy Helpline$15,00032%
The Legacy Imperative Inc$15,00023%
University of Northwestern - St Paul$15,00020%
Healing Haiti$13,60020%
Bethany Fellowship Inc$12,5002n/a
Manuscript Research Group$12,000110%
Camp Shamineau of the Evangelical Free Church of America$12,0003n/a
The Dwelling Place$11,50041%
Feed My Starving Children Inc$11,00030%
Franconia Sculpture Park Legeros$10,00011%
Thehopeline Inc$10,00011%
Breakthrough Twin Cities$10,00040%
First Evangelical Free Church$10,0001n/a
Ambassadors for Business$8,50032%
Bible Baptist Church$8,0002n/a
ECHO Inc$7,00030%
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$7,00030%
Children's Health Care Foundation$7,00020%
Olive Tree Ministries$6,00020%
White Bear Center for the Arts$5,00010%
Anti-Defamation League$5,00010%
World Radio Missionary Fellowship Inc$5,0001n/a
Hope International$5,00010%
Servanteers International$5,000116%
Presbyterian Homes Foundation$5,00010%
Ironwood Springs Christian Ranch Inc$5,00010%
Amf International Inc$5,00010%
The Navigators$5,0001n/a
Samaritan's Purse$3,00020%
Motorcycle Relief Project$3,00021%
Hello(Help Encourage Liberias Little Ones Inc)$3,00023%
National Christian Foundation Inc$2,0001n/a
Man in the Mirror Inc$2,00010%
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School$2,0001n/a
The Colson Center for Christian Worldview$2,00010%
Oak Forest Retreat and Conference Center$2,0001n/a
Young Life$2,00010%
Best Buddies International Inc$1,50010%
Voice of the Martyrs Inc$1,0001n/a
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$1,00010%
National Christian Forensics and Communications Association$1,00010%
Crown Financial Ministries Inc$1,00010%
Mastermedia International Inc$1,00010%
Ligonier Ministries Inc$1,00010%
Jews for Jesus$1,0001n/a

Plus 49 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Larson Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 59 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBethel University: $250,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Joshua Fund: $220,000 over 5y, 0.9% of budgetAmerican Birkebeiner Ski Foundation Inc: $200,000 over 3y, 3.3% of budgetEnglish Language Institute in China: $110,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budget40 Winks Foundation: $90,000 over 3y, 29% of budgetCanopy Global Foundation Inc: $65,000 over 2y, 45% of budgetLife International: $56,748 over 1y, 3.3% of budgetFamily Research Council: $55,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetResolute: $47,500 over 4y, 6.0% of budgetInternational Network of Creatives: $45,000 over 4y, 11% of budgetLiberty Classical Academy: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetChapel Hill Academy: $35,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetMinnesota Teen Challenge Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Christian Broadcasting Network Inc: $31,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGoodword Partnership: $30,000 over 3y, 3.2% of budgetRatio Christi Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetOur Daughters International: $25,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetVoice of Judah Israel Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetMuseum of the Bible: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMinnehaha Academy: $22,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUS Israel Education Association Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetHennepin Theatre Trust: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBrydges Centre: $20,000 over 2y, 5.0% of budgetCanvas Health Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetUnion Gospel Mission Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetRiver Falls Pregnancy Helpline: $15,000 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetThe Legacy Imperative Inc: $15,000 over 2y, 3.2% of budgetUniversity of Northwestern - St Paul: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHealing Haiti: $13,600 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetManuscript Research Group: $12,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetThe Dwelling Place: $11,500 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFeed My Starving Children Inc: $11,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFranconia Sculpture Park Legeros: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetThehopeline Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetBreakthrough Twin Cities: $10,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAmbassadors for Business: $8,500 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetECHO Inc: $7,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetChildren's Health Care Foundation: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOlive Tree Ministries: $6,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWhite Bear Center for the Arts: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAnti-Defamation League: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHope International: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetServanteers International: $5,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetPresbyterian Homes Foundation: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetIronwood Springs Christian Ranch Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetAmf International Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSamaritan's Purse: $3,000 over 2y, 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 59.

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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.

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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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Find your warmest path to Larson Foundation 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.

About Larson Foundation

How much does Larson Foundation give?
Larson Foundation reported 1 grants totaling $65,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 65 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Larson Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (30%), Education (20%), Human Services (11%).
Who are Larson Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Bethel University ($250k), The Joshua Fund ($220k), American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation Inc ($200k).
Does Larson Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Larson Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Larson Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Christian Community Foundation Inc, Servant Foundation, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
Where is Larson Foundation based?
Larson Foundation is based in FL.

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 128 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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