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Ledoux Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$62k
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
5
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Housing & Shelter$46kFood & Nutrition$32kPublic Benefit$20kEducation$20kHuman Services$16kReligion$10kAnimals$10kHealth$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k20 grants · $37k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
$1,069
Median grant
5
States reached
$469k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JOY COLLABORATIVE$25,378
ARMED FORCES SERVICE CENTER$5,345
SCHOOL SISTERS OF ST FRANCIS$5,000
SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND$3,500
AGATE HOUSING & SERVICES$3,000
PEOPLE'S SERVING PEOPLE CHARITIES$2,697
VEAP$2,500
ST BONAVENTURE INDIAN MISSION & SCHOOL$1,104
COMUNIDADES LATINAS UNIDAS EN SERVICIO$1,076
ALIGHT - HOMES FOR AFGHAN REFUGEES$1,069
TOYS FOR TOTS$1,069
MEALS ON WHEELS$1,069
NORTH COUNTRY FOOD ALLIANCE$1,069
TWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY$1,069
TUBMAN$1,069
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 (FY18–25, $24k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE: $1k → 7%COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE: $1k → 7%SHARING AND CARING HANDS: $2k → 11%SHARING AND CARING HANDS: $2k → 11%SHARING AND CARING HANDS: $2k → 11%SHARING AND CARING HANDS: $2k → 11%SHARING AND CARING HANDS: $1k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $3k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $3k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $3k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $2k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $2k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $1k → 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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$224k · 27 repeat orgs$17k to everyone else

27 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
10

Total granted

$224k
$8k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+21%

Still filing today

70%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthReligionHuman ServicesPhilanthropyFood & NutritionOther
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

  • JC
    JOY COLLABORATIVE
    4× · 2021–2025 · $34k · revenue +110%
  • AF
    ARMED FORCES SERVICES CENTER
    6× · 2020–2025 · $26k · revenue +10%
  • AH
    AGATE HOUSING & SERVICES INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $21k · revenue +136%

Funded once

  • MV
    My Very Own Bedgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +90%
  • RC
    RED CROSS OF MINNESOTA
    one grant, 2019 · $1k
  • M
    MICROGRANTS
    one grant, 2019 · $1k · revenue -43%
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
Tc Food Justice

Tc food justice is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in minneapolis, mn. since march 2016 we have been working with co-ops, grocery stores, and farmers markets to redistribute their unsellable foods to local hunger relief…

Food & Nutrition
2
Housinglink

Connecting people to affordable rental homes, increasing choice and access for all.

Housing & Shelter
3
Greater Twin Cities United Way

For 110 years, greater twin cities united way (united way), a nonprofit, has demonstrated that whenever there's a community need in the greater twin cities region, united way is there. united way's efforts continually evolve to respond to…

Philanthropy
4
Trust Inc

Services for residents in area.

Human Services
5
Mercy House Minneapolis
Human Services
6
The Good Acre

We connect and strengthen farmers, food makers, and communities through good food. the good acre is the largest nonprofit food hub in minnesota. we play a critical role in creating market access for farmers in our region. for 2023, with…

Food & Nutrition
7
The Open Door

The open door is a leading hunger-relief organization serving dakota county, minnesota, where food insecurity is a growing challenge. the open door is dedicated to ending local hunger by providing access to healthy, fresh, and nutritious…

Food & Nutrition
8
Intercongregation Communities Association Inc

To offer hope as we provide assistance to our neighbors in need. ica serves our neighbors by stopping immediate crises, building stability and promoting long-term wellbeing through food assistance, housing assistance, employment support,…

Human Services
9
Second Harvest Northland

End hunger together in NE Minnesota and NW Wisconsin.

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10
Food Group Minnesota Inc the

Fighting hunger. nourishing our community.

Food & Nutrition
11
Channel One Inc

At channel one regional food bank, our mission is to strengthen food access and build healthy communities with a vision that every community in our region is food secure.

Food & Nutrition
12
Central Minnesota Jobs and Training Services Inc

Strengthen central mn communities through leadership in workforce excellence.

—
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Open Arms of Minnesota; the most unlike its peers is The Museum of Russian Art. 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

29 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 29 of the 44 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/29
Grantees still filing
19/29
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE SCHOOL SISTERS OF ST FRANCIS: $20,500 · OtherTHE SCHOOL SISTERS OF ST FRANCISPEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE CHARITIES INC: $13,485 · OtherPEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE CHARITIES INCVEAP Inc: $11,000 · OtherVEAP IncHABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $10,888 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITYCAN DO CANINES: $8,579 · OtherCAN DO CANINESALIGHT - HOMES FOR AFGHAN REFUGEES: $6,988 · OtherALIGHT - HOMES FOR AFGHAN REFUGEESLOAVES & FISHES: $6,233 · OtherLOAVES & FISHESTWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $6,069 · OtherUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $4,405 · OtherMEALS ON WHEELS: $4,207 · Other+16 more: $22,301 · Other+16 moreJOY COLLABORATIVE: $33,672 · HealthJOY COLLABORATIV…+2 more: $1,604 · HealthAGATE HOUSING & SERVICES INC: $20,977 · ReligionAGATE HOUSIN…BUILDING BLOCKS OF ISLAM: $5,244 · ReligionBUILDING BLO…+1 more: $500 · ReligionARMED FORCES SERVICES CENTER: $25,657 · Public BenefitARMED FORCES…OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $12,160 · Human ServicesOPEN ARMS O…SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $9,414 · Human ServicesSHARING AND…COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE INC: $2,200 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY E…MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $3,000 · Arts & CultureTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $1,000 · Arts & CultureTHE MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN ART: $1,000 · Arts & CulturePENUMBRA THEATRE COMPANY INC: $500 · Arts & CultureWALKER ART CENTER: $500 · Arts & CultureSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $3,500 · Food & NutritionNORTH COUNTRY FOOD ALLIANCE: $3,146 · Food & Nutrition
Other$114,655Health$35,276Religion$26,721Public Benefit$25,657Human Services$23,774Arts & Culture$8,500Food & Nutrition$6,646

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 budgetJOY COLLABORATIVE: $33,672 over 4y, 9.5% of budgetARMED FORCES SERVICES CENTER: $25,657 over 6y, 5.0% of budgetAGATE HOUSING & SERVICES INC: $20,977 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE CHARITIES INC: $13,485 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetOPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $12,160 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVEAP Inc: $11,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSHARING AND CARING HANDS INC: $9,414 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCAN DO CANINES: $8,579 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetTWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $6,069 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDING BLOCKS OF ISLAM: $5,244 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetUNION GOSPEL MISSION INC: $4,405 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetSECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND: $3,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH COUNTRY FOOD ALLIANCE: $3,146 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $2,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE INC: $2,200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNIDADES LATINAS UNIDAS EN SERVICO INC: $2,106 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTUBMAN: $1,069 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMy Very Own Bed: $1,030 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCATS CRADLE SHELTER INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN ART: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMICROGRANTS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCEDAR RIVERSIDE PEOPLE'S CENTER: $535 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPENUMBRA THEATRE COMPANY INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWALKER ART CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHANGE STARTS WITH COMMUNITY: $500 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.

  • Who funds JOY COLLABORATIVE ↗
  • Who funds ARMED FORCES SERVICES CENTER ↗
  • Who funds AGATE HOUSING & SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds PEOPLE SERVING PEOPLE CHARITIES INC ↗
  • Who funds OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds VEAP Inc ↗
  • Who funds SHARING AND CARING HANDS INC ↗
  • Who funds CAN DO CANINES ↗
  • Who funds TWIN CITIES HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING BLOCKS OF ISLAM ↗
  • Who funds UNION GOSPEL MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds NORTH COUNTRY FOOD ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds MINNESOTA ORCHESTRAL ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds TWIN CITIES PUBLIC TELEVISION INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY EMERGENCY SERVICE INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNIDADES LATINAS UNIDAS EN SERVICO INC ↗
  • Who funds TUBMAN ↗
  • Who funds WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC ↗
  • Who funds My Very Own Bed ↗
  • Who funds MINNEAPOLIS SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS DBA MINNEAPOLIS INSTITUTE OF ARTS ↗
  • Who funds CATS CRADLE SHELTER INC ↗
  • Who funds THE MUSEUM OF RUSSIAN ART ↗
  • Who funds MICROGRANTS ↗
  • Who funds MARINE TOYS FOR TOTS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CEDAR RIVERSIDE PEOPLE'S CENTER ↗

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.

Mightycause Charitabl…Saint Paul & Minnesot…The Minneapolis Found…Otto Bremer TrustThe Richard M Schulze…Xcel Energy FoundationTarget FoundationPohlad Family Foundat…Margaret a Cargill Fo…Allina Health SystemMedica FoundationWomen's Foundation of…
Mightycause Charitable FoundationFL23.3× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Mightycause Charitable Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Target Foundation · Pohlad Family Foundation · Margaret a Cargill Foundation · Allina Health System · Medica Foundation · Women's Foundation of Minnesota

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 Ledoux Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ledoux Foundation. 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%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
    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 44 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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