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Leadingage Minnesota Foundation

The foundation supports initiatives designed to transform and enhance the experience of aging.

$2.7M
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$600k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$2.6MHuman Services$2.4MEmployment$1.5MCommunity Improvement$970kPublic Safety & Disaster$90kHousing & Shelter$55kReligion$27kAnimals$10k
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$600,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$7.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BETHESDA$600,000
GUARDIAN ANGELS OF ELK RIVER$600,000
ST JOHN'S LUTHERAN HOME OF ALBERT LEA$600,000
VIVIE FOUNDATION$400,000
PERHAM HEALTH$400,000
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 (FY17–22, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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%ST JOHN'S CIRCLE OF CARE: $10k → 8%ECUMEN- SCENIC SHORES: $23k → 8%KNUTE NELSON: $820k → 9%ECUMEN - DETROIT LAKES: $25k → 10%BREATH OF LIFE ADULT DAY SERVICES: $13k → 11%CENTRAL MINNESOTA COUNCIL ON AGING: $150k → 11%WALKER ADULT DAY SERVICES: $10k → 14%ECUMEN: $25k → 14%ECUMEN PATHSTONE DAY LIVING: $9k → 15%ADULT DAY SERVICES INC: $10k → 17%ST MARK'S LIVING: $25k → 10%BREATH OF LIFE ADULT DAY SERVICE: $12k → 11%WALKER ADULT DAY SERVICES: $6k → 14%ADULT DAY SERVICES INC: $10k → 17%BREATH OF LIFE ADULT DAY SERVICES: $10k → 11%ADULT DAY SERVICES INC: $9k → 17%BREATH OF LIFE ADULT DAY SERVICE: $9k → 11%HIGHLAND MANOR INC (DBA OAKHILLS LIVING CENTER): $25k → 8%ECUMEN - BETHANY: $25k → 9%ELDERCIRCLE: $10k → 11%ELDERCIRCLE: $7k → 11%PRESBYTERIAN HOMES & SERVICES: $15k → 14%COVENANT LIVING GOLDEN VALLEY: $20k → 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.
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.

55%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.2M · 30 repeat orgs$3.4M to everyone else

30 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 27 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

30
77

Total granted

$4.2M
$2.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+30%
+34%

Still filing today

70%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.2M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesHousing & 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

  • E
    Eventide
    2× · 2017–2021 · $185k · revenue +30%
  • C
    CASSIA
    2× · 2020–2022 · $115k · revenue +58%
  • EP
    EVANS PARK INC
    3× · 2017–2021 · $65k · revenue +180%

Funded once

  • KN
    Knute Nelsongraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $820k · revenue +51%
  • CM
    CENTRAL MINNESOTA COUNCIL ON AGING INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $150k · revenue +31%
  • CR
    CUYUNA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $150k · revenue +66%
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.

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Benedictine Living Community of St Peter

Benedictine living community - st. peter is a catholic organization entrusted with advancing the health care ministry of the benedictine sisters of duluth, minnesota. our mission is to witness to god's love by providing compassionate,…

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2
Walker Senior Housing Corp Ix

To enrich, empower and elevate people thorughout life's journey.

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3
Benedictine Living Communities - Bismarck Inc Dba St Gabriels Community

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…

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4
Wisconsin Lutheran Home Ministries Inc

To share christ's love as we serve the spiritual, physical, intellectual and emotional needs of people entrusted to our care and others whose lives we touch.

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5
Renville Health Services

We are committed to expressing christ's love by providing care that values every human life. st francis health services controls and operates renville health services and is sponsored by the catholic diocese of st cloud. we are dedicated…

Health
6
Walker Residence Inc

To enrich, empower and elevate people thorughout life's journey.

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7
Benedictine Living Community - Owatonna

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…

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8
Farmington Health Services

We are committed to expressing christ's love by providing care that values every human life. st francis health services controls and operates farmington health services and is sponsored by the catholic diocese of st cloud. we are dedicated…

Health
9
Walker Assisted Living Corp I

To enrich, empower and elevate people thorughout life's journey.

Housing & Shelter
10
Villa St Benedict

See schedule o.the corporation was created and organized to own, maintain, operate and conduct facilities for the long-term and congregate care, and assisted and independent living to the elderly in a single campus community, as well as to…

Housing & Shelter
11
Living Community of St Joseph

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…

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12
Martin Luther Home Corporation

To provide healthcare and other related services for aging persons regardless of the ability of residents to pay for these services.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Lutheran Home Association; the most unlike its peers is Ecumen Sbc 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

58 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. 58 of the 109 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
58/58
Grantees still filing
44/58
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PERHAM HEALTH: $1,495,000 · OtherPERHAM HEALTHGUARDIAN ANGELS OF ELK RIVER INC: $600,000 · OtherGUARDIAN ANGELS OF ELK RIVER INCVivie Foundation: $535,000 · OtherVivie FoundationVISTA PRAIRIE AT GARNETTE GARDENS: $160,000 · Other+64 more: $1,275,425 · Other+64 moreST JOHN'S LUTHERAN HOME: $610,000 · HealthST JOHN'S LUTHERAN HOMEBETHESDA HOSPITAL INC: $600,000 · HealthBETHESDA HOSPITAL INCCUYUNA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER: $150,000 · HealthCUYUNA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENT…+20 more: $560,715 · Health+20 moreKnute Nelson: $820,000 · Human ServicesKnute NelsonCENTRAL MINNESOTA COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $150,000 · Human ServicesCENTRAL MINNESOTA …ECUMEN SBC INC: $106,950 · Human ServicesECUMEN SBC INCBREATH OF LIFE ADULT DAY SERVICE: $43,100 · Human Services+8 more: $155,340 · Human Services+8 moreEventide: $185,000 · Housing & ShelterBRIDGES CARE CENTER: $44,000 · Housing & ShelterMINNESOTA ODD FELLOWS HOME INC: $34,720 · Housing & ShelterLITTLE FALLS HEALTH SERVICES: $10,000 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterCASSIA: $115,000 · Religion
Other$4,065,425Health$1,920,715Human Services$1,275,390Housing & Shelter$278,720Religion$115,000

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 budgetKnute Nelson: $820,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetST JOHN'S LUTHERAN HOME: $610,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetBETHESDA HOSPITAL INC: $600,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGUARDIAN ANGELS OF ELK RIVER INC: $600,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetVivie Foundation: $535,000 over 4y, 79% of budgetEventide: $185,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCENTRAL MINNESOTA COUNCIL ON AGING INC: $150,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCASSIA: $115,000 over 2y, 6.3% of budgetBENEDICTINE FOUNDATION: $67,200 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetEVANS PARK INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetGOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN HOME OF SAUK RAPIDS MINNESOTA: $58,049 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWalker Methodist Foundation: $55,000 over 2y, 5.5% of budgetEbenezer Society Foundation: $55,000 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetBETHESDA: $54,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBENEDICTINE HEALTH CENTER: $50,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN FOUNDATION INC: $49,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetBROWNS VALLEY HEALTH CENTER: $45,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBRIDGES CARE CENTER: $44,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBREATH OF LIFE ADULT DAY SERVICE: $43,100 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetWinona Senior Services Inc: $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCERENITY SENIOR CARE: $35,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAUGUSTANA CARE: $34,976 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMINNESOTA ODD FELLOWS HOME INC: $34,720 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetESSENTIA HEALTH FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetADULT DAY SERVICES INC: $28,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetAvera Marshall: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOTHER OF MERCY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPioneer Home Inc: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetVILLA ST VINCENT: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetLifeCare Medical Center: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSLEEPY EYE AREA HOME HEALTH INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTHE LUTHERAN HOME ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHIGHLAND MANOR INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetST MARK'S LUTHERAN HOME: $24,840 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOVENANT LIVING OF GOLDEN VALLEY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMINNESOTA VALLEY HEALTH CENTER INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEbenezer Ridges: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetRAKHMA INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetZUMBROTA HEALTH SERVICES: $19,985 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMINNEWASKA HOME DEVELOPMENT INC: $19,980 over 1y, 67% of budgetWARROAD CARE CENTER: $17,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetELDERCIRCLE: $17,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTWEETEN LUTHERAN HEALTH CARE CENTER INC: $15,750 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWALKER ADULT DAY SERVICES: $15,500 over 1y, 7.6% of budgetSAINT ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL OF WABASHA: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPRESBYTERIAN HOMES HOUSING & ASSISTED LIVING INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMorgan Memorial Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

Minnesota Hospital As…Otto Bremer TrustSaint Paul & Minnesot…West Central Initiati…Northwest Minnesota F…CommunitygivingSouthwest Initiative …The Minneapolis Found…Mightycause Charitabl…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Minnesota Hospital AssociationMN42.4× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Minnesota Hospital Association · Otto Bremer Trust · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · West Central Initiative · Northwest Minnesota Foundation · Communitygiving · Southwest Initiative Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · 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 Leadingage Minnesota Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leadingage Minnesota Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    24report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
    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.

    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 109 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 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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