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Spring Lake Park Lions Club at a glance

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Spring Lake Park Lions Club

To create and foster a spirit of understanding amount the poele of the world.

$391k
Granted FY2022
17
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$87k
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, FY2020 to 2022.

Food & Nutrition$115kEducation$56kHuman Services$50kRecreation & Sports$47kMembership Benefit$31kHealth$30kPhilanthropy$25kHousing & Shelter$14kOther$0
02FY2022 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 17 grants below total $250,615, the rows itemized in this filing. The $390,650 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $140,035 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 · FY2022

  • Under $10k8 grants · $53k
  • $10k–50k8 grants · $111k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $87k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$637k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOUTHERN ANOKA COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE$87,000
SPRING LAKE PARK SCHOOLS COMMUNITY$25,000
CITY OF SPRING LAKE PARK$20,000
SPRING LAKE PARK FIRE INC$13,115
MOM'S HAVEN OF HOPE$13,000
LEE CARLSON CENTER$10,000
ALEXANDRA HOUSE$10,000
CITY OF ARDEN HILLS PARKS & REC$10,000
MOUNDS VIEW SCHOOLS FOUNDATION$10,000
CARS FOR NEIGHBORS$8,000
SPRING LAKE PARK HIGH SCHOOL$8,000
SPRING LAKE PARK OEC FOUNDATION$6,500
CAN DO CANINES$6,500
LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL FDTN$6,000
ANOKA-HENNEPIN EDUCATIONAL FDTN$6,000
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 (FY20–22, $51k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, 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%LEE CARLSON CENTER: $20k → 7%LEE CARLSON CENTER: $10k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $11k → 7%ALEXANDRA HOUSE: $10k → 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.

69%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$272k · 7 repeat orgs$120k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +16% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2022, 0 since wound down; 10 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
2

Total granted

$272k
$19k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+16%
-1%

Still filing today

71%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’22
PhilanthropyHuman ServicesMembership BenefitCommunity ImprovementPublic Safety & DisasterEducationOther
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

  • SA
    Southern Anoka Community Assistance
    3× · 2020–2022 · $115k · revenue +425%
  • SL
    SPRING LAKE PARK OEC FOUNDATION
    3× · 2020–2022 · $25k · revenue +99%
  • AH
    ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC
    2× · 2020–2022 · $21k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • ML
    MIRACLE LEAGUE OF BLAINE
    one grant, 2020 · $10k
  • SS
    STEPPING STONE EMERGENCY HOUSING
    one grant, 2021 · $9k · revenue -1%
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
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
2
Touchstone Mental Health

Touchstone mental health provides innovative, person-centered services that foster hope, health and well-being. we envision a world where all people whose lives are affected by mental illness will flourish with effective treatment, quality…

Human Services
3
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…

—
4
Anna Marie's Alliance

Provide education, intervention and advocacy to those affected by relationship abuse with a holistic approach and anti-oppression focus.

Human Services
5
Haven Housing

To provide women, non-binary people, and the families they lead with shelter, housing, and the opportunity to explore options for their future during periods of crisis or transition.

—
6
Cornerstone Advocacy Service

Cornerstone disrupts violence through advocacy, support, and prevention. We partner with individuals, families, and organizations to build communities free of harm.

Human Services
7
Animal Humane Society Veterinary Centers Pc

Provide wellness and spay/neuter services at reduced cost for people in need.

Community Improvement
8
The Dwelling Place

The Dwelling Place is a Christ-centered ministry providing healing and hope to victims of domestic abuse through supportive services and a safe, transitional place to call home.

Human Services
9
Animal Humane Society

Animal Humane Society (AHS) established in 1878 and incorporated as a nonprofit charitable organization in 1891 works to engage the hearts, hands, and minds of the community to help animals. AHS's vision is to compassionately and…

Animals
10
The Spring of Tampa Bay Inc

The Spring of Tampa Bay prevents domestic violence, protects victims and promotes change in lives, families and communities.

—
11
Southeast Seniors a living at homeblock nurse program

Neighborhood helping neighbor program that uses volunteer professional staff to help seniors remain safely in their homes with an enhanced quality of life

Health
12
South Metro Human Services

Radias health is a non-profit mental health & substance use disorders services organization customizing community based services through the integration of knowledge, compassion, and collaboration. we are committed to being an inclusive,…

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 Lions Club of Fridley Minnesota. 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

15 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. 15 of the 19 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)
15/15
Grantees still filing
9/15
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Southern Anoka Community Assistance: $114,500 · Community ImprovementSouthern Anoka Community Assistan…SPRING LAKE PARK HIGH SCHOOL: $39,860 · OtherSPRING LAKE PARK HIGH SCHOOLCITY OF SPRING LAKE PARK: $26,800 · OtherCITY OF SPRING LAKE PARKMOUNDS VIEW SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherMOUNDS VIEW SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUN…MIRACLE LEAGUE OF BLAINE: $10,000 · OtherMIRACLE LEAGUE OF BLAINEARDEN HILLS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherARDEN HILLS FOUNDATIONCAN DO CANINES: $6,500 · OtherCAN DO CANINESLIONS CLUB OF FRIDLEY MINNESOTA: $6,000 · OtherANOKA HENNEPIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $6,000 · OtherHOPE 4 Youth: $5,500 · OtherSPRING LAKE PARK OEC FOUNDATION: $24,500 · PhilanthropySPRING LAKE PAR…CARS FOR NEIGHBORS INC: $15,500 · PhilanthropyCARS FOR NEIGHB…Mom's Haven of Hope: $13,000 · PhilanthropyMom's Haven of …LEE CARLSON CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING: $30,000 · Human ServicesLEE CARLSON CE…ALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $21,000 · Human ServicesALEXANDRA HOUS…SPRING LAKE PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS VEBA TRUST: $25,000 · Membership BenefitMOUNDS VIEW PUBLIC SCHOOLS HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT TRUST: $6,000 · Membership BenefitSPRING LAKE PARK FIRE DEPT INC: $13,115 · Public Safety & DisasterSTEPPING STONE EMERGENCY HOUSING: $8,500 · Housing & Shelter
Community Improvement$114,500Other$120,660Philanthropy$53,000Human Services$51,000Membership Benefit$31,000Public Safety & Disaster$13,115Housing & Shelter$8,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSouthern Anoka Community Assistance: $114,500 over 3y, 5.0% of budgetLEE CARLSON CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH & WELL-BEING: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetSPRING LAKE PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS VEBA TRUST: $25,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSPRING LAKE PARK OEC FOUNDATION: $24,500 over 3y, 23% of budgetALEXANDRA HOUSE INC: $21,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetCARS FOR NEIGHBORS INC: $15,500 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetSPRING LAKE PARK FIRE DEPT INC: $13,115 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMom's Haven of Hope: $13,000 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetMOUNDS VIEW SCHOOLS EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetSTEPPING STONE EMERGENCY HOUSING: $8,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCAN DO CANINES: $6,500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetANOKA HENNEPIN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $6,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetLIONS CLUB OF FRIDLEY MINNESOTA: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMOUNDS VIEW PUBLIC SCHOOLS HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT TRUST: $6,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHOPE 4 Youth: $5,500 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.

Allina Health SystemLions Club of Fridley…Edina Realty Foundati…The Graco FoundationOtto Bremer TrustThe Richard M Schulze…Walter C Rasmussen - …Connexus Energy Found…The Minneapolis Found…Thrivent Charitable I…Ramsey Lions ClubOpen Your Heart to th…
Allina Health SystemMN22× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Allina Health System · Lions Club of Fridley Minnesota · Edina Realty Foundation · The Graco Foundation · Otto Bremer Trust · The Richard M Schulze Family Foundation · Walter C Rasmussen - Northeast Bank Foundation · Connexus Energy Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Ramsey Lions Club · Open Your Heart to the Hungry and Homeless

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 Spring Lake Park Lions Club funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Spring Lake Park Lions Club. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%2%6%14%25%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
    4report 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 Spring Lake Park Lions Club?

    Find your warmest path to Spring Lake Park Lions Club 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 19 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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