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Leslye H Phillips Family Foundation at a glance

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Leslye H Phillips Family Foundation

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.

$358k
Granted FY2024still arriving
5
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$160k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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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$950kHuman Services$930kAnimals$475kPhilanthropy$165kReligion$145kEducation$126kArts & Culture$57kInternational$27k
02FY2024 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $330k
$50,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$6.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE PARACHUTE FOUNDATION$160,000
BY THE GRACE OF GOD$120,000
MISSION ANIMAL HOSPITAL$50,000
CHILDRENS MINNESOTA FOUNDATION$25,000
FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION MINNESOTA INC$3,000
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 (FY17–24, $888k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, 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%BY THE GRACE OF GOD: $160k → 11%PROOF ALLIANCE: $3k → 14%BY THE GRACE OF GOD: $140k → 11%BY THE GRACE OF GOD: $150k → 11%BY THE GRACE OF GOD: $120k → 11%BY THE GRACE OF GOD: $135k → 11%BY THE GRACE OF GOD: $40k → 11%SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES: $15k → 11%BY THE GRACE OF GOD: $75k → 11%BY THE GRACE OF GOD: $50k → 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

MN
IL
NV
PA
CA
KY
MD
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.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.5M · 10 repeat orgs$205k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +65% since the first grant, against +46% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
11

Total granted

$2.5M
$180k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+65%
+46%

Still filing today

90%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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
HealthHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • BT
    BY THE GRACE OF GOD
    8× · 2017–2024 · $870k · revenue +11% · 90% of their budget
  • MA
    MISSION ANIMAL HOSPITAL
    7× · 2017–2024 · $475k · revenue +65%
  • FO
    FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION MINNESOTA INC
    6× · 2019–2024 · $111k · revenue +87%

Funded once

  • GO
    GRACE OF GOD LUTHERAN CHURCH
    one grant, 2022 · $100k
  • SMILE NETWORK INTERNATIONAL
    one grant, 2022 · $25k · revenue -11%
  • SC
    SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +46%
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
Minnesota Council on Foundations

MCF is a vibrant philanthropic community connecting, strengthening and mobilizing the power of philanthropy to advance prosperity and equity.

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2
Patient Access Network Foundation

As a leading charitable foundation and healthcare advocacy organization, the pan foundation is dedicated to accelerating access to treatment for those who need it most and empowering patients on their healthcare journeys. we provide…

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3
The Minnesota Camp Fire Foundation

Ensure camp fire minnesota's strong future. with nature as the catalyst, camp fire minnesota energizes youth to discover their spark so their futures glow brighter.

Youth Development
4
University of Minnesota Foundation Investment Advisors

To provide the highest level of stewardship for university donors through professional management and oversight of the university of minnesota foundation's assets by creating a focused investment environment with clarity of purpose,…

Education
5
United Way of Ne Minnesota

United way of northeastern minnesota invests in nonprofits, programs, and collaborations that equip and empower, creating opportunities for people to thrive in our communities.

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6
Npr Foundation

The npr foundation ("foundation") is organized and operated exclusively for the benefit of its sole supported organization, national public radio, inc. ("npr inc."). the foundation supports npr inc. through various activities such as…

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7
Raspberry Pi Foundation North America Inc

Raspberry pi foundation north america enables young people to realize their full potential through the power of computer science and ai.

Science & Tech
8
The Minneapolis Foundation

The foundation cultivates generosity by taking action on the greatest civic, social, and economic needs partnering with nonprofits, facilitating grantmaking, driving research and advocacy, and providing services to donors seeking to make a…

Philanthropy
9
Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation

Purpose: we inspire, advocate and invest to advance community visions. continued on sch o

Philanthropy
10
Police Officers Federation of Minneapolis

Always with the goal of working toward a safer, more livable city, our mission is to improve working conditions for our members - police officers who work in minneapolis - and to make certain their rights are protected.

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11
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
12
The Periwinkle Foundation

See Schedule OPeriwinkle Camps, Arts, and Survivor programs positively change the lives of children, young adults, and families challenged by cancer and other life-threatening illnesses and are cared for at four Texas Children's Hospital…

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Walker Art Center; the most unlike its peers is Camp Cambria Foundation. 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

16 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. 16 of the 24 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE PARACHUTE FOUNDATION: $912,350 · HealthTHE PARACHUTE FOUNDATION+2 more: $35,000 · HealthBY THE GRACE OF GOD: $870,000 · Human ServicesBY THE GRACE OF GOD+2 more: $17,500 · Human ServicesMISSION ANIMAL HOSPITAL: $475,000 · AnimalsMISSION ANIMAL HOS…GRACE OF GOD LUTHERAN CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherGRACE OF …CHILDRENS MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherCHILDRENS…FOLDS OF HONOR: $20,000 · OtherFOLDS OF …UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICINE: $10,000 · OtherCamp Wojtyla Inc: $45,000 · OtherCamp Wojt…PACER CENTER INC: $15,000 · OtherPACER CEN…+5 more: $17,500 · Other+5 moreNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $144,800 · PhilanthropyCAMP CAMBRIA FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $350 · PhilanthropyFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION MINNESOTA INC: $111,374 · Education+1 more: $3,800 · EducationWALKER ART CENTER: $51,810 · Arts & Culture
Health$947,350Human Services$887,500Animals$475,000Other$232,500Philanthropy$165,150Education$115,174Arts & Culture$51,810

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 budgetTHE PARACHUTE FOUNDATION: $912,350 over 6y, 77% of budgetBY THE GRACE OF GOD: $870,000 over 8y, 90% of budgetMISSION ANIMAL HOSPITAL: $475,000 over 7y, 2.1% of budgetNATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST: $144,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION MINNESOTA INC: $111,374 over 6y, 5.5% of budgetWALKER ART CENTER: $51,810 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetCamp Wojtyla Inc: $45,000 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetSMILE NETWORK INTERNATIONAL: $25,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetCAMP CAMBRIA FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetPACER CENTER INC: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSo Others May Learn: $3,800 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetPAGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $3,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPROOF ALLIANCE: $2,500 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.

  • Who funds THE PARACHUTE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BY THE GRACE OF GOD ↗
  • Who funds MISSION ANIMAL HOSPITAL ↗
  • Who funds NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ↗
  • Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION MINNESOTA INC ↗
  • Who funds WALKER ART CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Camp Wojtyla Inc ↗
  • Who funds SMILE NETWORK INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds CAMP CAMBRIA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds PACER CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma ↗
  • Who funds So Others May Learn ↗
  • Who funds PAGE EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PROOF ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds MINNEAPOLIS JEWISH FEDERATION ↗

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.

The Minneapolis Found…Saint Paul & Minnesot…Edward J Phillips Fam…Catholic Community Fo…Mightycause Charitabl…National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…American Endowment Fo…Natl Christian Charit…Vanguard Charitable E…Network for GoodDonor Advised Charita…
The Minneapolis FoundationMN18.5× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Edward J Phillips Family Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 Leslye H Phillips Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leslye H Phillips Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Leslye H Phillips Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Leslye H Phillips Family 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 from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 24 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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