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Luhrsen Family Foundation Inc at a glance

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Luhrsen Family Foundation Inc

Its FY2021 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$30k
Granted FY2021
23
Grants FY2021
9
States reached
$14k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.

Religion$43kArts & Culture$14kHuman Services$6kEducation$5kPublic Benefit$4kCommunity Improvement$4kHousing & Shelter$3kInternational$1kOther$0
02FY2021 · 23 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2021

  • Under $10k22 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $14k
$350
Median grant
9
States reached
$5k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TAMPA COVENANT CHURCH$14,200
CS LEWIS SOCIETY$5,000
NAVIGATORS$2,361
METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES$1,500
SALVATION ARMY$1,250
TURNING POINT USA$1,000
JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY$1,000
ROTARY CLUB OF TAMPA$1,000
ST JUDES$500
RISE TAMPA - OUR POLICE FOUNDATION$500
MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER$350
REASONS TO BELIEVE$350
JUDICIAL WATCH$300
VFW$250
ALZHEIMER'S ASSN FL GULF COAST CHAPTER$150
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 (FY17–21, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $2k → 13%FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $35 → 14%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $1k → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $250 → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $200 → 13%METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES: $59 → 13%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

IL
WI
IN
PA
CA
CO
MO
KY
VA
AZ
KS
TN
SC
DC
GA
TX
FL
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$66k · 31 repeat orgs$21k to everyone else

31 repeat relationships: 17 still active in FY2021, 14 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2021 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
18

Total granted

$66k
$4k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+55%

Still filing today

65%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2021, 46% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21
EducationArts & CultureHuman ServicesCivil RightsPublic BenefitInternationalOther
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

  • METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC
    5× · 2017–2021 · $3k · revenue +131%
  • TU
    The University of Tampa Incorporated
    3× · 2017–2019 · $3k · revenue +77%
  • TR
    The Rosser Foundation dba International Cooperating Ministries
    2× · 2019–2020 · $2k · revenue +1%

Funded once

  • VF
    Voice for Children Inc AKA Voices for Children of Floridagraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $2k · revenue +42%
  • PB
    PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $550 · revenue +38%
  • TR
    THE ROTARY CLUB OF TAMPA FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +116%
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
United States Naval Institute

Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.

—
2
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
3
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
4
Foreign Policy Research Institute

The foreign policy research institute (frpi) is dedicated to producing the highest quality scholarship and nonpartisan policy analysis focused on crucial foreign policy and national security challenges facing the united states. we educate…

International
5
Saint Peter's University

See schedule o.saint peter's university, inspired by its jesuit, catholic identity, commitment to individual attention, and grounding in the liberal arts, educates a diverse community of learners in undergraduate, graduate and professional…

Education
6
The Rand Corporation

Help improve policy and decision making through research and analysis.

Public Benefit
7
The George Washington University

The mission of the george washington university (gw) is to educate individuals in liberal arts, languages, sciences, learned professions, and other courses and subjects of study, and to conduct scholarly research and publish the findings…

Education
8
Atlantic University Inc

Provide post-secondary education of excellence.

Education
9
Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and…

Social Science
10
University of Virginia Foundation

To provide administrative services to university of virginia (university) entities, university associated organizations, or other entities involved in activities which support the university. to engage in matters pertaining to real…

Education
11
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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12
President and Fellows of Harvard College

Undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and research across a broad array of academic domains.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Sigma Beta Delta Inc. 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

39 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. 39 of the 57 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
33/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

HYDE PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: $22,971 · OtherHYDE PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHTAMPA COVENANT CHURCH INC: $14,200 · OtherTAMPA COVENANT CHURCH INCCS LEWIS SOCIETY: $12,498 · OtherCS LEWIS SOCIETYTHE NAVIGATORS: $4,463 · OtherTHE NAVIGATORSROTARY CLUB OF TAMPA: $3,250 · OtherSALVATION ARMY: $3,050 · Other+33 more: $8,889 · Other+33 moreThe University of Tampa Incorporated: $2,600 · EducationJacksonville University: $1,000 · EducationPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $550 · EducationSIGMA BETA DELTA INC: $455 · Education+2 more: $135 · EducationMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $3,309 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 · Human Services+1 more: $35 · Human ServicesUNITED SERVANTS ABROAD INC: $2,100 · InternationalTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 · InternationalJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY INC: $200 · InternationalJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $1,300 · Public BenefitTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $785 · Public BenefitLeadership Institute: $425 · Public BenefitVoice for Children Inc AKA Voices for Children of Florida: $2,052 · Crime & LegalThe Rosser Foundation dba International Cooperating Ministries: $2,000 · Philanthropy+1 more: $50 · Philanthropy
Other$69,321Education$4,740Human Services$3,844International$3,300Public Benefit$2,510Crime & Legal$2,052Philanthropy$2,050

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 budgetMETROPOLITAN MINISTRIES INC: $3,309 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetThe University of Tampa Incorporated: $2,600 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNITED SERVANTS ABROAD INC: $2,100 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetVoice for Children Inc AKA Voices for Children of Florida: $2,052 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetThe Rosser Foundation dba International Cooperating Ministries: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUDICIAL WATCH INC: $1,300 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $1,050 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE ROTARY FOUNDATION OF ROTARY INTERNATIONAL: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJacksonville University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREASONS TO BELIEVE: $825 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $785 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetMEDIA RESEARCH CENTER: $675 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY INC: $550 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRISE TAMPA OUR POLICE FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE ROTARY CLUB OF TAMPA FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSIGMA BETA DELTA INC: $455 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLeadership Institute: $425 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE FLORIDA ORCHESTRA: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDAVID HOROWITZ FREEDOM CENTER: $299 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $295 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTAMPA BAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER INC: $200 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF TAMPA BAY INC: $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDisabled American Veterans: $125 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetVietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Inc: $116 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR LIBERTY AND AMERICAN GREATNESS: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of South Florida Foundation Inc: $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCitizens United Foundation: $70 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS UNION: $50 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAPITAL RESEARCH CENTER: $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFLORIDA WEST COAST PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC: $45 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL: $35 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetConservative Partnership Institute: $35 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMARINE CORPS LEAGUE INC: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInterVarsity Christian FellowshipUSA: $25 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN PHILATELIC SOCIETY: $12 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.

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.

Raymond James Charita…Vinik Family Foundati…Community Foundation …Verizon FoundationNatl Christian Charit…American Endowment Fo…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Jpmorgan Chase Founda…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Morgan Stanley Global…Vanguard Charitable E…
Raymond James Charitable Endowment FundFL13.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Vinik Family Foundation · Community Foundation of Tampa Bay Inc · Verizon Foundation · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · American Endowment Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%3%5%8%10%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Jacksonville University: 3% of income from government
  • The University of Tampa Incorporated: 0% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Ministries Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Junior Achievement of Tampa Bay Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Wounded Warrior Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Palm Beach Atlantic University Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–10%
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 57 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 2021, released 2021. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home