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Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$9.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
80
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$1.1M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 44% of LELAND J & DOROTHY H OLSON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 80 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k40 grants · $1.1M
  • $50k–250k29 grants · $2.8M
  • $250k+9 grants · $5.6M
$47,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$51M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SALVATION ARMY$1,150,000
STANWOOD CAMANO AREA FOUNDATION$1,011,409
FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND$826,926
STANWOOD CAMANO ARTS$536,000
WESTSIDE FOUNDATION$454,351
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY$420,000
YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES$412,376
COMPLETELY KIDS$400,000
Individual grant recipient$364,435
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION$225,425
CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE$150,000
AVENUE SCHOLARS$150,000
BIKE WORKS$150,000
COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOUNDATION$150,000
CASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY$150,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY17–24, $6.9M) 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 your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%YOUTHNET: $50k → 11%OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $35k → 12%LIFE CHANGING COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $35k → 14%KOREAN COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER OF GREATER WASHINGTON INC: $35k → 6%OPPORTUNITY COUNCIL: $35k → 12%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $35k → 6%HEARTLAND EQUINE THERAPEUTIC RIDING ACADEMY: $35k → 6%NEW VISIONS HOMELESS SERVICES: $35k → 12%KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $65k → 12%WASHINGTON KIDS IN TRANSITION: $35k → 9%KIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER: $50k → 12%WASHINGTON KIDS IN TRANSITION: $35k → 9%COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOUNDATION: $150k → 9%COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOUNDATION: $150k → 9%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $150k → 12%OPEN DOOR MISSION: $75k → 12%AMARA: $125k → 9%AMARA: $125k → 9%YOUTHCARE: $50k → 9%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $150k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $150k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $150k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $150k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $150k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $150k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $115k → 12%CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE: $100k → 12%LUTHERAN FAMILY SERVICES: $57k → 12%TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $150k → 12%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $150k → 12%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $150k → 12%TOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA: $100k → 12%PROJECT HOUSEWORKS: $85k → 12%HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $135k → 12%HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $135k → 12%HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $135k → 12%HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION: $64k → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES: $412k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $150k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $100k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $100k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $100k → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES: $85k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $75k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $75k → 12%WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT: $75k → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES: $65k → 12%YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES: $65k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
IL
MI
NY
OR
SD
IA
OH
CA
NE
VA
DC
TX
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$55M · 121 repeat orgs$3.7M to everyone else

121 repeat relationships — 61 still active in FY2024, 60 since wound down; 18 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

121
113

Total granted

$55M
$3.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+40%

Still filing today

81%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $469k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthEducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $8.0M · revenue +70%
  • CA
    COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC
    6× · 2017–2023 · $2.1M · revenue +0%
  • FB
    FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND
    8× · 2017–2024 · $2.0M · revenue +136%

Funded once

  • C
    CHILDHAVENgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $150k · revenue +31%
  • MC
    METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $131k · revenue +213%
  • DR
    DOUGLAS RESCUE SQUAD OF DOUGLAS
    one grant, 2023 · $100k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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One Omaha

One omaha empowers people where they live with education, training, and engagement to develop thriving neighborhoods.

Community Improvement
2
United Way of Snohomish County

United way of snohomish county improves lives for families in snohomish county by bringing people, resources, and strategy together.

Philanthropy
3
North Omaha Collective

To build the capacity of youth serving organizations, service providers, families and community to claim their voice, cultivate healing and take courageous action to improve their overall health and well being.

Human Services
4
Cornerhouse

The mission of cornerhouse is to partner with families, communities, and systems - entrusted with the safety of children, youth and vulnerable adults - to reduce trauma and end abuse.

Crime & Legal
5
Regional West Health Services

Health care services for the people of western nebraska and eastern wyoming.

Health
6
North Olympic Healthcare Network

To provide patient-centered, quality-driven, whole-person healthcare services, accessible to everyone in our community.

Health
7
Building Changes

Building changes advances equitable responses to homelessness in washington state, with a focus on children, youth, and families. we work at the intersection of housing, education, and health systems, partnering with communities and public…

Health
8
Hope Haven Inc

As followers of christ, hope haven's mission is to empower individuals with disabilities through work and life skills so that they may enjoy a productive life in their community.

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9
Great Plains Food Bank

End hunger together.

Food & Nutrition
10
Omaha Community Foundation

To serve the community by cultivating generosity and strengthening nonprofits.

Philanthropy
11
Network Services

Network services has been serving homeless families in the puget sound area since 1990, with a focus on families with children. network services aims to break the cycle of homelessness by providing assistance to families with children to…

Human Services
12
Family Promise of Greater Des Moines

To provide shelter and services to families experiencing homelessness

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Transitional Resources and the most unlike its peers is Salish Sea Expenditions. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyOmaha Community Organizatio…Supportive Housing & Servic…Youth & Family Support Serv…Community Advocacy and Cult…Youth Sports LeaguesIndependent K-12 SchoolsFood Banks and Nutrition As…Seattle Cultural & Heritage…Philanthropic FoundationsCommunity Leadership Develo…Professional & Industry Ass…Community Arts Education
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 29 years old; the field is 15. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr15%6%5–10yr20%23%10–20yr18%25%20–35yr12%26%35–55yr13%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%1%<5yr15%4%5–10yr20%17%10–20yr18%23%20–35yr12%36%35–55yr13%20%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 1% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/191
the rest of the field
13%
2,510/19,284

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

188 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 188 of the 253 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
51
Early backer (in before they grew)
185/188
Grantees still filing
137/188
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

OTOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT — $4,167,610 · OtherOTOE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTStanwood-Camano Area Foundation — $3,037,332 · OtherStanwood-Camano Area FoundationSALVATION ARMY — $2,640,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYOMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $2,104,147 · OtherOMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATIONCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC — $2,087,874 · OtherCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE INCFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND — $2,001,926 · OtherFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLANDOTOE COUNTY SCHOOL AND VILLAGE OF PALMYRA — $1,230,952 · OtherNEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY — $1,235,000 · Other+99 more — $11,656,322 · Other+99 moreUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION — $7,989,950 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBR…AVENUE SCHOLARS — $585,000 · EducationAVENUE SCHOLARSCOLLEGE OF SAINT MARY — $335,000 · Education+10 more — $612,950 · Education+10 moreCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC — $1,130,000 · Human ServicesCHILD SAVING …YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC — $767,376 · Human ServicesYOUTH EMERGEN…WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT — $675,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CENTE…HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION — $599,000 · Human ServicesHEARTLAND HOP…PROJECT HOUSEWORKS — $420,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT HOUSE…Community Resources Foundation — $370,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Res…OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE — $350,000 · Human ServicesAMARA — $295,000 · Human ServicesKIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER — $290,000 · Human ServicesTOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA — $285,000 · Human Services+26 more — $1,679,700 · Human Services+26 moreCOMPLETELY KIDS — $1,260,000 · Youth DevelopmentCOMPLETELY…NEBRASKA YOUTH JUSTICE INITIATIVE DBA RADIUS — $1,035,000 · Youth DevelopmentNEBRASKA Y…NORTHSTAR FOUNDATION — $733,000 · Youth DevelopmentNORTHSTAR …HOPE CENTER FOR KIDS INC — $595,000 · Youth DevelopmentHOPE CENTE…BANISTER'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY — $418,000 · Youth DevelopmentBANISTER'S…GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON — $360,250 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUT…GIRLS INCORPORATED OF OMAHA — $268,525 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS — $260,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - SEATTLE — $225,000 · Youth Development+8 more — $460,000 · Youth Development+8 moreHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC — $1,048,935 · Housing & ShelterSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE — $980,000 · Housing & ShelterMICAH HOUSE CORPORATION — $453,000 · Housing & ShelterSTEPHEN CENTER INC — $285,000 · Housing & ShelterCOCOON HOUSE — $200,250 · Housing & Shelter+3 more — $107,000 · Housing & ShelterQUALITY LIVING INC — $584,000 · HealthCHICANO AWARENESS CENTER INC — $397,500 · HealthEASTER SEALS NEBRASKA — $257,327 · HealthFRIENDS OF YOUTH — $240,000 · HealthSANTA MONICA INC — $125,500 · HealthSAFE HARBOR FREE CLINIC — $123,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE HEARTLAND INC — $70,000 · Health+7 more — $245,000 · HealthSAVING GRACE PERISHABLE FOOD RESCUE INC — $750,000 · Food & NutritionHEART MINISTRY CENTER — $660,000 · Food & NutritionSTANWOOD-CAMANO FOOD BANK SERVICES — $219,140 · Food & Nutrition+2 more — $65,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$30,161,163Education$9,522,900Human Services$6,861,076Youth Development$5,614,775Housing & Shelter$3,074,185Health$2,042,327Food & Nutrition$1,694,140

Showing your 200 largest grantees by grant value.

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION — $7,989,950 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetStanwood-Camano Area Foundation — $3,037,332 over 3y, 44% of budgetOMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION — $2,104,147 over 3y, 8.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC — $2,087,874 over 6y, 7.1% of budgetFOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND — $2,001,926 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetCOMPLETELY KIDS — $1,260,000 over 8y, 4.3% of budgetNEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY — $1,235,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetCHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC — $1,130,000 over 8y, 1.5% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC — $1,048,935 over 3y, 2.6% of budgetNEBRASKA YOUTH JUSTICE INITIATIVE DBA RADIUS — $1,035,000 over 2y, 9.1% of budgetSIENA FRANCIS HOUSE — $980,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetBike Works Seattle — $935,500 over 8y, 6.7% of budgetYOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC — $767,376 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetSAVING GRACE PERISHABLE FOOD RESCUE INC — $750,000 over 8y, 4.5% of budgetNORTHSTAR FOUNDATION — $733,000 over 8y, 3.2% of budgetCommunity Foundation of Snohomish County — $725,000 over 3y, 4.5% of budgetWOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT — $675,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetHEART MINISTRY CENTER — $660,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetNEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION — $605,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetHEARTLAND HOPE MISSION — $599,000 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetHOPE CENTER FOR KIDS INC — $595,000 over 7y, 5.5% of budgetAVENUE SCHOLARS — $585,000 over 5y, 3.4% of budgetQUALITY LIVING INC — $584,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetCASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY — $480,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetMICAH HOUSE CORPORATION — $453,000 over 8y, 2.6% of budgetPROJECT HOUSEWORKS — $420,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetBANISTER'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY — $418,000 over 7y, 14% of budgetCHICANO AWARENESS CENTER INC — $397,500 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetCommunity Resources Foundation — $370,000 over 4y, 21% of budgetGIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON — $360,250 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetOPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE — $350,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetCOLLEGE OF SAINT MARY — $335,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetAMARA — $295,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetKIDS CAN COMMUNITY CENTER — $290,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetSTEPHEN CENTER INC — $285,000 over 5y, 1.9% of budgetTOGETHER INC OF METROPOLITAN OMAHA — $285,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetLEGAL AID OF NEBRASKA — $270,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetGIRLS INCORPORATED OF OMAHA — $268,525 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE MIDLANDS — $260,000 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetEASTER SEALS NEBRASKA — $257,327 over 5y, 4.9% of budgetCarole's House of Hope — $255,000 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF YOUTH — $240,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF KING COUNTY — $235,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - SEATTLE — $225,000 over 3y, 2.0% of budgetSTANWOOD-CAMANO FOOD BANK SERVICES — $219,140 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetWHISPERING ROOTS INC — $210,000 over 5y, 3.7% of budgetCOCOON HOUSE — $200,250 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetTEEN FEED — $160,000 over 2y, 21% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Stanwood-Camano Area Foundation ↗
  • Who funds OMAHA PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY ALLIANCE INC ↗
  • Who funds FOOD BANK FOR THE HEARTLAND ↗
  • Who funds COMPLETELY KIDS ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CHILD SAVING INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY OF OMAHA INC ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA YOUTH JUSTICE INITIATIVE DBA RADIUS ↗
  • Who funds SIENA FRANCIS HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds Bike Works Seattle ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH EMERGENCY SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds SAVING GRACE PERISHABLE FOOD RESCUE INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHSTAR FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Community Foundation of Snohomish County ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S CENTER FOR ADVANCEMENT ↗
  • Who funds HEART MINISTRY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds NEBRASKA CHILDREN & FAMILIES FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds HEARTLAND HOPE MISSION ↗
  • Who funds HOPE CENTER FOR KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds AVENUE SCHOLARS ↗
  • Who funds QUALITY LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds MICAH HOUSE CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT HOUSEWORKS ↗
  • Who funds BANISTER'S LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds CHICANO AWARENESS CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Community Resources Foundation ↗
  • Who funds GIRL SCOUTS OF WESTERN WASHINGTON ↗
  • Who funds OPEN DOOR MISSION D/B/A OPEN DOOR MISSION & LYDIA HOUSE ↗

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Lozier FoundationThe Sherwood Foundati…Robert B Daugherty Fo…Mutual of Omaha Found…The Hawks FoundationWeitz Family Foundati…Immanuel Community Vi…Suzanne & Walter Scot…United Way of the Mid…Community Foundation …Gilbert M and Martha …The Charles and Mary …
The Lozier FoundationNE126.8× affinity66 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Lozier Foundation · The Sherwood Foundation · Robert B Daugherty Foundation · Mutual of Omaha Foundation · The Hawks Foundation · Weitz Family Foundation · Immanuel Community Vision Foundation · Suzanne & Walter Scott Foundation · United Way of the Midlands · Community Foundation of Snohomish County · Gilbert M and Martha H Hitchcock Foundation · The Charles and Mary Heider Family Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Financial Beginnings — 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
80report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

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Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Leland J & Dorothy H Olson Charitable 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.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 253 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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