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Lennert Erickson Foundation at a glance

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Lennert Erickson Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$83k
Granted FY2026still arriving
38
Grants FY2026still arriving
13
States reached
$5k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Public Benefit$26kAnimals$14kRecreation & Sports$10kHealth$9kReligion$7kHuman Services$6kYouth Development$5kCrime & Legal$4kOther$0
02FY2026 · 38 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
13
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$5,000
Judical Watch$5,000
Nevada Firearms Coalition$5,000
The Heritage Foundation$5,000
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association$5,000
Individual grant recipient$2,500
Douglas County Sheriffs Advisory Council$2,500
Lily's Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary$2,000
Douglas County Animal Shelter$2,000
The Redwood Coast Humande Society$2,000
Redwings Horse Sanctuary$2,000
Green Beret Foundation$2,000
Kids & Horses$2,000
The Wild Animal Sanctuary$2,000
Pine Nut Wild Horse Advocates$2,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY24–26, $8k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 56% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Green Beret Foundation: $3k → 16%Circle Tail: $2k → 6%Green Beret Foundation: $2k → 16%Circle Tail: $2k → 6%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

NV
IA
OH
CA
CO
KY
VA
DC
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.

78%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$126k · 26 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

26 repeat relationships: 26 still active in FY2026, 0 since wound down; 12 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
6

Total granted

$126k
$11k

Still filing today

77%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $24k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’24’25’26
AnimalsHealthPublic BenefitHuman ServicesCrime & LegalRecreation & SportsOther
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

  • JUDICIAL WATCH INC
    3× · 2020–2026 · $13k · revenue +16%
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    2× · 2024–2026 · $4k · revenue +10%
  • PN
    PINE NUT WILD HORSE ADVOCATES
    2× · 2024–2026 · $4k · revenue +8%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2024 · $4k
  • TW
    Till We Find a Cure
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • CV
    Carson Valley Kerak Shrine Club
    one grant, 2024 · $2k
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
Nevada Wild Horses

Wild horse protection, preservation, rescue and care work.

Animals
2
Humane Society of the Sierra Foothills

To prevent animal abuse and neglect, enforce the anti-cruelty laws of the State of California and promote the wellbeing of animals.

Animals
3
Nevada Humane Society

To care for pets, find them homes and save lives.

Animals
4
Foothill Dog Rescue of the Sierras

Foothill Dog Rescue is a 100% all volunteer organization dedicated to re-homing dogs from over crowded animal shelters, owner surrenders and underserved communities. We also sponsor vaccine and microchip clinics for our County and have…

Animals
5
Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe

The Humane Society is dedicated to saving and improving the lives of pets through adoptions, community spay/neuter services and humane eduon programs.

Animals
6
Rancho Coastal Humane Society

See schedule orancho coastal is dedicated to the rescue and shelter of abandoned companion animals. it encourages adoptions into loving homes and provides educational and community outreach programs designed to enhance the human-animal…

Animals
7
High Sierra Animal Rescue Inc

High Sierra Animal Rescues mission is to save the lives of homeless dogs in the regions served. Our staff and volunteers are dedicated to making our communities better through successful adoptions advancing their welfare and creating human…

Animals
8
El Dorado County Humane Society

Care for shelter animals, provide public with free spay/neuter services, educational outreach.

Animals
9
Working Dogs of Nevada Rescue

Our mission is to save, rehabilitate and rehome animals which may otherwise be euthanized at shelters due to their behavioural issues.

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10
Border Horse Slaughter Rescue

Prevent cruelty to animals.

Animals
11
Progressive Animal Welfare Society aka Paws

A champion for animals since 1967, PAWS is a nationally recognized leader - rehabilitating injured and orphaned wildlife, sheltering and adopting homeless cats and dogs, and educating people to make a better world for animals and people.

Animals
12
Northern California Sled Dog Rescue

Northern California Sled Dog Rescue (NORSLED) is an all volunteer non-profit group dedicated to rescuing, rehabilitating, fostering and finding new homes for unwanted, abused and abandoned siberian huskies, alaskan malamutes, samoyeds and…

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Redwood Coast Humane Society. 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

24 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. 24 of the 45 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
24/24
Grantees still filing
6/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association: $11,000 · OtherHoward Jarvis Taxpayer AssociationIndividual grant recipient: $5,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBlessed Sacrament Mission Church: $4,000 · OtherBlessed Sacrament Mission ChurchDouglas County Animal Shelter: $3,500 · OtherKIDS FISHING DERBY: $3,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $3,500 · OtherSt Gall Catholic Church: $3,000 · OtherCARSON VALLEY LIONS CLUB INC: $3,000 · OtherSacred Heart Parish: $3,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $2,500 · OtherDouglas County Sheriffs Advisory Council: $2,500 · OtherTill We Find a Cure: $2,500 · OtherYOUNG LIFE: $4,000 · OtherYOUNG LIFEBetween Horses and Humans: $3,500 · OtherMain Street Gardnerville: $3,000 · Other+12 more: $17,100 · Other+12 moreJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $13,000 · Public BenefitJUDICIAL WATCH INCTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $11,000 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDAT…Leadership Institute: $6,000 · Public BenefitLeadership InstituteRedwood Coast Humane Society: $4,500 · AnimalsRedwood Coast Hum…Lilys Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary: $4,500 · AnimalsLilys Legacy Seni…Mendocino Coast Humane Society: $4,500 · AnimalsMendocino Coast H…PINE NUT WILD HORSE ADVOCATES: $3,500 · AnimalsPINE NUT WILD HOR…Douglas Animal Welfare Group: $3,500 · AnimalsDouglas Animal We…THE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $3,500 · AnimalsTHE WILD ANIMAL S…HORSEPOWER SANCTUARIES INC DBA REDWINGS HORSE SANCTUARY: $2,000 · AnimalsHORSEPOWER SANCTU…TEAL WE FIND A CURE INC: $4,000 · HealthCHICKS & CHUCKS INC: $4,000 · HealthKIDS AND HORSES INC: $3,500 · HealthNEVADA FIREARMS COALITION: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsGREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $4,500 · Human ServicesCIRCLE TAIL INC: $3,500 · Human ServicesPacific Legal Foundation: $4,500 · Crime & LegalCITIZENS BEHIND THE BADGE: $2,500 · Crime & Legal
Other$74,600Public Benefit$30,000Animals$26,000Health$11,500Recreation & Sports$10,000Human Services$8,000Crime & Legal$7,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $11,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHoward Jarvis Taxpayer Association: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEVADA FIREARMS COALITION: $10,000 over 2y, 39% of budgetLeadership Institute: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGREEN BERET FOUNDATION: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRedwood Coast Humane Society: $4,500 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetLilys Legacy Senior Dog Sanctuary: $4,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPacific Legal Foundation: $4,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMendocino Coast Humane Society: $4,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTEAL WE FIND A CURE INC: $4,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetCHICKS & CHUCKS INC: $4,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetPINE NUT WILD HORSE ADVOCATES: $3,500 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetCIRCLE TAIL INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDouglas Animal Welfare Group: $3,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKIDS AND HORSES INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBetween Horses and Humans: $3,500 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetTHE WILD ANIMAL SANCTUARY: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMain Street Gardnerville: $3,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetCITIZENS BEHIND THE BADGE: $2,500 over 2y, 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.

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.

Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Donor Advised Charitable Giving IncCO3.5× affinity5 shared granteesties to 2 of 2Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: 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 Lennert Erickson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lennert Erickson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
    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 45 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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