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Larson Foundation co Susan Larson

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$80k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
6
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Human Services$107kYouth Development$73kHousing & Shelter$46kFood & Nutrition$45kHealth$42kEducation$40kCrime & Legal$30kRecreation & Sports$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $70k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$7,500
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ICA Food Shelf$10,000
Iowa Arts in Education DBA Artforce Iowa$8,500
Orchard Place$8,500
Partnerships for Children$7,500
The People Fund$7,500
SOAR After School Program$7,500
The Ozark Natural Science Center$7,500
Davie Pregnancy Care Center$5,000
Rise School$5,000
TASC$5,000
Heritage High School PTO$5,000
Mind & Spirit Counseling Center$3,000
02The need
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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 (FY17–24, $145k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 81% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Tri Lakes Cares: $5k → 9%NEW BEGINNINGS THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $5k → 18%ICA FOOD SHELF: $10k → 11%SAMARITAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 8%DAVIE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER: $11k → 11%TRI LAKES CARES: $5k → 9%NEW BEGINNINGS THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $5k → 18%ICA Food Shelf: $10k → 11%Partnerships for Children: $10k → 10%SAMARITAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 8%IOWA HOMELESS YOUTH CENTER: $8k → 10%DAVIE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER: $10k → 11%NEW BEGINNINGS THERAPEUTIC RIDING: $5k → 18%ICA Food Shelf: $10k → 11%Partnerships for Children: $8k → 10%DAVIE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER: $7k → 11%ICA FOOD SHELF: $5k → 11%NORTHWEST ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S SHELTER: $7k → 8%DAVIE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER: $5k → 11%Davie Pregnancy Care Center: $5k → 11%Davie Pregnancy Care Center: $5k → 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

WA
MN
WI
IA
CO
KY
AZ
AR
NC
TX
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$356k · 18 repeat orgs$114k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
11

Total granted

$356k
$75k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+48%

Still filing today

61%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 51% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $39k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCommunity ImprovementYouth DevelopmentHealthHousing & ShelterReligionOther
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

  • DP
    DAVIE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $43k · revenue +253%
  • IC
    INTERCONGREGATION COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION INC
    4× · 2020–2024 · $35k · revenue +20%
  • FP
    Family Promise of Davie County
    4× · 2017–2023 · $26k · revenue +47%

Funded once

  • FB
    FOOD BANK OF IOWAgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +42%
  • BI
    BEACON INTERFAITH HOUSING COLLABORATIVEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +60%
  • TA
    TREATMENT ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SAFER COMMUNITIES
    one grant, 2017 · $8k
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
The Children's Place Inc

Provide mental health services to promote resiliency, wellness and positive developmental outcomes through prevention, treatment, education and family support for children under the age of 9 who have experienced abuse, neglect and other…

Crime & Legal
2
Family & Children's Services of Mid-Michigan Inc

We inspire hope and well-being for people of all ages by providing counseling, education and support.

Human Services
3
Indiana Center for Prevention of Youth Abuse and Suicide

Child advocacy organization that focuses on the prevention of child sexual abuse and youth suicide.

Youth Development
4
Kids Crossing

Kids crossing's vision is to provide a safe and caring home for every child. our mission is to strengthen families so they may provide the best care for those children entrusted to them.

Human Services
5
Choices Coordinated Care Solutions Inc

To strengthen youth and families while enhancing systems and communities.

Human Services
6
Family Service Inc

To provide family and individual counseling

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7
Resource Center for Parents and Children Inc

`to create a culture that values parenting and keeping children safe through education, respect, advocacy, and strengthening families.

Human Services
8
United Way of North Central Iowa

Seeking to build a stronger, more caring community by forming partnerships with businesses, community experts, education & health & human service agencies to achieve targeted outcomes & sustained changes in community conditions which will…

Philanthropy
9
Parent Aid - Child Abuse Prevention Center

Building confident, connected families through parent education and a nurturing community.

Crime & Legal
10
Family & Children Services Inc

Family & children services strengthens the safety and well being of children, individuals and families; accomplished by providing a comprehensive program of critical human services.

Human Services
11
Crossroads Christian Counseling

Crossroads combines innovative clinical counseling with a redemptive worldview to restore people to emotional health, relational unity, and a hopeful future.

Human Services
12
Children's Center

Children's center serves children, youth and families through comprehensive mental health services.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Orchard Place; the most unlike its peers is Equestrian Bridges 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

23 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. 23 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/23
Grantees still filing
14/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TASC: $30,000 · OtherTASCPLEASE PASS THE LOVE: $25,000 · OtherPLEASE PASS THE LOVEFRIEND TO FRIEND: $25,000 · OtherFRIEND TO FRIENDBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENTUCKIANA INC: $25,000 · OtherBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENTUCKIANA INCCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER: $21,600 · OtherCHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTEROHIO COUNTY EQUESTRIAN INC: $15,000 · OtherOHIO COUNTY EQUESTRIAN INCDRAGONFLY HOUSE: $10,000 · OtherM U S C L INC: $10,000 · OtherHeritage High School PTO: $10,000 · OtherTREATMENT ACCOUNTABILITY FOR SAFER COMMUNITIES: $8,200 · OtherIOWA ARTS IN EDUCATION DBA ARTFORCE IOWA: $8,500 · Other+8 more: $42,800 · Other+8 moreDAVIE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER INC: $42,800 · Human ServicesDAVIE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER INCINTERCONGREGATION COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesINTERCONGREGATION COMMUNITIES ASSO…PARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN: $17,500 · Human ServicesPARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDRENNEW BEGINNINGS THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC: $15,000 · Human ServicesNEW BEGINNINGS THERAPEUTIC RIDING …TRI-LAKES CARES: $10,000 · Human ServicesTRI-LAKES CARESSAMARITAN HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER: $10,000 · Human ServicesSAMARITAN HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTERYOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S SHELTER IN DBA EVERHOPE ARKANSAS INC: $7,000 · Human ServicesFamily Promise of Davie County: $26,000 · Housing & ShelterORCHARD PLACE: $18,500 · HealthEquestrian Bridges Inc: $5,000 · HealthBEACON INTERFAITH HOUSING COLLABORATIVE: $10,000 · Community ImprovementPEOPLEFUND: $7,500 · Community ImprovementPURSUIT OF INNOVATION: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentSOAR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM: $7,500 · Youth DevelopmentFOOD BANK OF IOWA: $10,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$231,100Human Services$144,800Housing & Shelter$26,000Health$23,500Community Improvement$17,500Youth Development$17,500Food & Nutrition$10,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetDAVIE PREGNANCY CARE CENTER INC: $42,800 over 6y, 6.6% of budgetINTERCONGREGATION COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATION INC: $35,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetFamily Promise of Davie County: $26,000 over 4y, 5.5% of budgetPLEASE PASS THE LOVE: $25,000 over 3y, 2.7% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF KENTUCKIANA INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetORCHARD PLACE: $18,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERSHIPS FOR CHILDREN: $17,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetNEW BEGINNINGS THERAPEUTIC RIDING INC: $15,000 over 3y, 4.6% of budgetTRI-LAKES CARES: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSAMARITAN HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER: $10,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFOOD BANK OF IOWA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBEACON INTERFAITH HOUSING COLLABORATIVE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPURSUIT OF INNOVATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetIOWA ARTS IN EDUCATION DBA ARTFORCE IOWA: $8,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetYOUTH AND SHELTER SERVICES INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOzark Natural Science Center Inc: $7,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetYOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES & SHELTER OF IOWA: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOAR AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM: $7,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPEOPLEFUND: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S SHELTER IN DBA EVERHOPE ARKANSAS INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetA STOREHOUSE FOR JESUS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetEquestrian Bridges Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetMIND AND SPIRIT COUNSELING CENTER: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Community Fdn of Grea…United Way of Central…Prairie Meadows Race …The Blackbaud Giving …Wt and Edna M Dahl Tr…The Minneapolis Found…Mid-Iowa Health Found…EMC Insurance Foundat…Variety - the Childre…The Merchants Bonding…Delta Dental of Iowa …United Way Worldwide
Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community FdnIA23.7× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Fdn of Greater Des Moines F/K/A Greater Des Moines Community Fdn · United Way of Central Iowa · Prairie Meadows Race Track and Casino Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Wt and Edna M Dahl Trust · The Minneapolis Foundation · Mid-Iowa Health Foundation · EMC Insurance Foundation · Variety - the Children's Charity of Iowa · The Merchants Bonding Company Foundation · Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation · United Way Worldwide

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 Foundation co Susan Larson funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Larson Foundation co Susan Larson. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
    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 Foundation co Susan Larson?

    Find your warmest path to Larson Foundation co Susan Larson 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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