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Lions Club of Fridley Minnesota

The club was organized to help establish community welfare programs, provide aid to the blind, & support the united nations.

$355k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$125k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.

Education$310kFood & Nutrition$128kHealth$65kHuman Services$55kCommunity Improvement$36kArts & Culture$33kCrime & Legal$26kPublic Benefit$22kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 16 grants below total $340,710, the rows itemized in this filing. The $354,733 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $14,023 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k13 grants · $201k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $125k
$12,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$267k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIDLEY SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$125,140
FRIENDS OF FRIDLEY EDUCATION FOUND$25,000
ANGEL FOUNDATION$25,000
FRIDLEY 49ERS DAY FESTIVAL INC$21,500
EVERY MEAL SCHOOL PROGRAM$20,000
ALEXANDRA HOUSE$17,500
OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA$15,000
CARS FOR NEIGHBORS$12,500
THE FOOD GROUP MINNESOTA$12,000
FRIDLEY HISTORICAL SOCIETY$12,000
ANOKA HENNEPIN EDUCATINOAL FOUNDATI$10,000
VICTORY RIDERS INC$10,000
FBI MLPS CITIZENS ACADEMY ALUMNI$10,000
SACA FOOD SHELF & THIFT STORE$10,000
MN LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER ASSOCIA$8,000
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 (FY24–25, $73k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $15k → 11%OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $15k → 11%LEE CARLSON CENTER: $10k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $18k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $15k → 7%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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$605k · 12 repeat orgs$88k to everyone else

12 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 0 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
4

Total granted

$605k
$46k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+80%

Still filing today

83%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $42k went to new ones.

50%100%’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesFood & NutritionHealthCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyOther
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

  • EM
    EVERY MEAL
    2× · 2024–2025 · $40k · revenue +15%
  • AH
    ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC
    2× · 2024–2025 · $33k · revenue +17%
  • OA
    OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA
    2× · 2024–2025 · $30k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • NS
    NORTH SUBURBAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS
    one grant, 2024 · $21k · revenue +80%
  • LC
    LEE CARLSON CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
  • FP
    Fridley Public Schools
    one grant, 2024 · $8k
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
Lonsdale Area Food Shelf Inc

Provide emergency food relief for the families in the Lonsdale MN region .

Food & Nutrition
2
Mercy House Minneapolis
Human Services
3
Care in Action Minnesota

Our mission is to enhance the quality of life of children who have experienced abuse or neglect, strengthen families and prevent childhood maltreatment, by providing timely crucial support that meets the basic needs of local families and…

Human Services
4
Minneapolis Area Association of Realtors Foundation Inc
—
5
Partners for Affordable Housing

Partners for Affordable Housing is missioned to provide shelter for homeless families and individuals and help them secure economically viable long term housing. The Organization owns and operates a number of scattered site housing…

—
6
Mediation Services for Anoka County

Mediation and Restorative services mission is to provide accessible, affordable mediation and restorative practice to underserved populations, to provide them with the tools to help them resolve their own conflicts, repair harms and…

Crime & Legal
7
Second Harvest Northland

End hunger together in NE Minnesota and NW Wisconsin.

—
8
Foundation for Essential Needs

To reshape the minnesota hunger relief system so that all food shelf shoppers (clients) are provided with predictable, healthy food options in a dignified and welcoming environment.

Human Services
9
The Humanity Alliance

The Humanity Alliance is a Minnesota-based 501(c)(3) non-profit that aspires to create long-lasting community value. Our initial focus is on providing improved access to nutrition for those who are food insecure... restoring love and…

Community Improvement
10
MinnPost

MinnPost produces independent journalism to serve as a trusted guide for Minnesotans exploring the critical issues, challenges and opportunities facing our state.

Arts & Culture
11
The Family Place

Assisting families in shelters to gain more confidence in building future goals that will lead to success of the entire family.

—
12
Family Promise in Anoka County

Family Promise in Anoka County (FPAC) empowers families experiencing housing insecurity to build a foundation of lasting independence.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cars for Neighbors Inc; the most unlike its peers is Friends of Fridley Educations Found Education 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 20 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)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/16
Grantees still filing
5/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Fridley Schools Foundation: $240,390 · EducationFridley Schools FoundationFRIENDS OF FRIDLEY EDUCATIONS FOUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $52,500 · EducationFRIENDS OF FRIDLEY EDUCATIONS FOUND EDUCATION FOU…+1 more: $10,000 · EducationFRIDLEY 49ERS DAYS FESTIVAL INC: $35,500 · OtherFRIDLEY 49ERS DAYS FEST…City of Fridley: $22,070 · OtherCity of FridleyNORTH SUBURBAN CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $21,000 · OtherNORTH SUBURBAN CENTER F…MINNESOTA LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER ASSOCIATION: $16,000 · OtherMINNESOTA LAW ENFORCEME…Fridley Historical Society: $12,000 · OtherFridley Historical Soci…FBI MINNEAPOLIS CITIZENS ACADEMY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · OtherFBI MINNEAPOLIS CITIZEN…Fridley Public Schools: $7,503 · OtherVICTORY RIDERS INC: $10,000 · OtherVICTORY RIDERS INCHOPE 4 Youth: $7,500 · OtherALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $32,500 · Human ServicesALEXANDRA H…OPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $30,000 · Human ServicesOPEN ARMS O…LEE CARLSON CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING: $10,000 · Human ServicesLEE CARLSON…EVERY MEAL: $40,000 · Food & NutritionEVERY MEALFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE: $22,000 · Food & NutritionFOOD GROUP…ANGEL FOUNDATION: $55,000 · HealthSouthern Anoka Community Assistance: $36,310 · Community ImprovementCARS FOR NEIGHBORS INC: $22,500 · Philanthropy
Education$302,890Other$141,573Human Services$72,500Food & Nutrition$62,000Health$55,000Community Improvement$36,310Philanthropy$22,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFridley Schools Foundation: $240,390 over 2y, 42% of budgetANGEL FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF FRIDLEY EDUCATIONS FOUND EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $52,500 over 2y, 30% of budgetEVERY MEAL: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSouthern Anoka Community Assistance: $36,310 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $32,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOPEN ARMS OF MINNESOTA: $30,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCARS FOR NEIGHBORS INC: $22,500 over 2y, 6.9% of budgetFOOD GROUP MINNESOTA INC THE: $22,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMINNESOTA LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER ASSOCIATION: $16,000 over 2y, 2.4% of budgetANOKA HENNEPIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $10,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetLEE CARLSON CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetVICTORY RIDERS INC: $10,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetHOPE 4 Youth: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% 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.

Spring Lake Park Lion…Allina Health SystemWalter C Rasmussen - …Otto Bremer TrustConnexus Energy Found…Edina Realty Foundati…The Graco FoundationThe Richard M Schulze…The Minneapolis Found…Natl Christian Charit…Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
Spring Lake Park Lions ClubMN17.9× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Spring Lake Park Lions Club · Allina Health System · Walter C Rasmussen - Northeast Bank Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · Connexus Energy Foundation · Edina Realty Foundation · The Graco Foundation · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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 Lions Club of Fridley Minnesota funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Lions Club of Fridley Minnesota. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    6report 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
    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

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    How do I get to Lions Club of Fridley Minnesota?

    Find your warmest path to Lions Club of Fridley Minnesota 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 20 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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