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The Asbjorn Lunde Foundation Inc at a glance

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The Asbjorn Lunde Foundation Inc

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.

$298k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.4MInternational$319kRecreation & Sports$30kEducation$10kHealth$3kEnvironment$2k
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $18k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $55k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $225k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$4.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ORCHESTRA OF ST LUKE'S$125,000
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY$100,000
CURRIER MUSEUM OF ART$15,000
KBFUS$10,000
HUDSON HALL$10,000
HUDSON HALL$10,000
NEWARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY$10,000
FRIENDS OF DUANE PARK$7,500
CHURCH STREET SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & ART$7,500
AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE MAURITSHUIS$2,500
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NEWARK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST FOUNDATION INC: $10k → 12%STERING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE: $375k → 12%HUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL: $5k → 6%HUDSON HALL: $60k → 11%MUSIC THAT HEALS: $3k → 13%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE MAURITSHUIS: $3k → 17%NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM AND HERITAGE CENTER: $3k → 10%THE NORWEGIAN EMIGRANT MUSEUM INC: $25k → 12%CURRIER MUSEUM OF ART: $15k → 7%STERING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE: $100k → 12%HUDSON HALL: $50k → 11%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE MAURITSHUIS: $3k → 17%CURRIER MUSEUM OF ART: $15k → 7%CLARK ART INSTITUTE: $62k → 12%HUDSON HALL: $40k → 11%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE MAURITSHUIS: $3k → 17%CURRIER MUSEUM OF ART: $15k → 7%CLARK ART INSTITUTE: $36k → 12%OLANA PARTNERSHIP: $35k → 11%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE MAURITSHUIS: $3k → 17%CURRIER MUSEUM OF ART: $15k → 7%CLARK ART INSTITUTE: $5k → 12%HUDSON HALL: $25k → 11%ORCHESTRA OF ST LUKE'S: $125k → 17%CURRIER MUSEUM OF ART: $15k → 7%HUDSON HALL: $20k → 11%ORCHESTRA OF ST LUKE'S: $76k → 17%HUDSON HALL: $17k → 11%ORCHESTRA OF ST LUKE'S: $76k → 17%HUDSON HALL: $10k → 11%ORCHESTRA OF ST LUKE'S: $10k → 17%HUDSON HALL: $10k → 11%ORCHESTRA OF ST LUKE'S: $10k → 17%HUDSON HALL: $10k → 11%ORCHESTRA OF ST LUKE'S: $5k → 17%HUDSON HALL: $10k → 11%HUDSON HALL: $7k → 11%HUDSON HALL: $5k → 11%AMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY: $100k → 17%CHURCH STREET SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & ART: $8k → 17%FRIENDS OF DUANE PARK: $8k → 17%FRIENDS OF DUANE PARK: $8k → 17%CHURCH STREET SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & ART: $8k → 17%CHURCH STREET SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & ART: $8k → 17%CHURCH STREET SCHOOL FOR MUSIC & ART: $8k → 17%FRIENDS OF DUANE PARK: $8k → 17%FRIENDS OF DUANE PARK: $8k → 17%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.
$1.3M · 8 repeat orgs$201k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +123% since the first grant, against +41% for those funded once.

8 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

8
11

Total granted

$1.3M
$91k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+123%
+41%

Still filing today

63%
64%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 62% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureEnvironmentHealthCommunity ImprovementEducationInternationalOther
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
    STERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE
    3× · 2020–2023 · $577k · revenue +123%
  • SL
    ST LUKES CHAMBER ENSEMBLE INC
    5× · 2020–2024 · $302k · revenue +97%
  • FO
    FRIENDS OF DUANE PARK INC
    4× · 2021–2024 · $30k · revenue +208%

Funded once

  • TO
    THE OLANA PARTNERSHIP
    one grant, 2023 · $35k · revenue -26%
  • TN
    THE NORWEGIAN EMIGRANT MUSEUM INC
    one grant, 2021 · $25k
  • UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +397%
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 Artists Inc

To invest in america's finest artists and illuminate the value of artists to society.

Arts & Culture
2
The Bronx Council On the Arts Incorporated

A pioneering advocate for cultural equity, the bronx council on the arts nurtures the development of diverse artists and arts organizations and build strong cultural connections in and beyond the bronx.

Arts & Culture
3
New York City Center Inc

The mission of new york city center is to be new york city's leading center for dance and musical theater. dedicated to making the arts accessible to the broadest possible audience, city center seeks to create a welcoming environment and…

Arts & Culture
4
National Academy of Design

The mission of the national academy of design is to promote the fine arts in america through exhibition and education.

Education
5
New York School of Interior Design

New york school of interior design provides the most innovative, immersive, and transformative interior design education in the world, demonstrating the impact of professionally designed interiors on the health, happiness, and well-being…

Education
6
New York Foundation for the Arts Inc

Established in 1971, the mission of the new york foundation for the arts (nyfa) is to empower artists in all disciplines, as well as cultural workers, to achieve success on their own terms by providing critical support, resources, and…

Arts & Culture
7
Institute of Fine Arts Foundation

Supports the nyu institute of fine arts, a division of the nyu graduate school of arts and science; which is devoted to graduate teaching and research in the history of art and archeology and the conservation of works of art.

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8
The New York Festival of Song Inc

NYFOS is dedicated to creating intimate song concerts of great beauty and originality, weaving music, poetry, history and humor into unforgettable evenings of compelling theater, entertaining, educating and creating community among…

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9
New York Academy of Art

The new york academy of art is a unique graduate school that combines intensive technical training in the fine arts with active critical discourse. we believe that rigorously trained artists are best able to realize their artistic vision.…

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10
The Irish Repertory Theatre Companyinc

The irish repertory theatre (the "theatre") mission is to bring works by irish and irish american masters and contemporary playwrights to american audiences, to provide a context for understanding the contemporary irish american experience…

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11
New York Studio School

The new york studio school is committed to giving a significant education to the aspiring artist, a preamble to a lifetime's engagement in drawing, painting, and sculpture. (see schedule o for continuation)

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12
The American Federation of Arts Inc

The american federation of arts initiates and organizes a national and international program of art exhibitions, publications, and educational activities to benefit the museum community and enrich the public's experience and understanding…

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Russian Arts Theatre and Studio. 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

14 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. 14 of the 22 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
10/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE: $577,000 · Arts & CultureSTERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTEST LUKES CHAMBER ENSEMBLE INC: $302,000 · Arts & CultureST LUKES CHAMBER ENSEMBLE INCAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY (LONDON) FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY (LONDON) FOUND…+5 more: $43,000 · Arts & CultureHUDSON HALL: $264,000 · OtherHUDSON HALLCURRIER MUSEUM OF ART: $75,000 · OtherCURRIER MUSEUM OF ARTTHE NORWEGIAN EMIGRANT MUSEUM INC: $25,000 · OtherTHE NORWEGIAN EMIGRANT M…+5 more: $25,500 · Other+5 moreMYRIAD USA INC: $304,300 · InternationalMYRIAD USA INC+1 more: $5,000 · InternationalTHE OLANA PARTNERSHIP: $35,000 · Community ImprovementFRIENDS OF DUANE PARK INC: $30,000 · EnvironmentUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · EducationMUSIC THAT HEALS INC: $2,500 · Health
Arts & Culture$1,022,000Other$389,500International$309,300Community Improvement$35,000Environment$30,000Education$10,000Health$2,500

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 budgetSTERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE: $577,000 over 3y, 4.4% of budgetMYRIAD USA INC: $304,300 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetST LUKES CHAMBER ENSEMBLE INC: $302,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetAMERICAN FRIENDS OF THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY (LONDON) FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetTHE OLANA PARTNERSHIP: $35,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF DUANE PARK INC: $30,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetCHURCH STREET SCHOOL FOR MUSIC AND ART: $30,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NETHERLAND-AMERICA FOUNDATION INC: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHUDSON VALLEY SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBALBOA ART CONSERVATION CENTER: $5,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetMUSIC THAT HEALS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetBindlestiff Family Variety Arts Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

National Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
National Philanthropic TrustPA9.5× affinity6 shared granteesties to 4 of 4Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · 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 The Asbjorn Lunde Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Asbjorn Lunde Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get 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 · 0–30%
    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.
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    How do I get to The Asbjorn Lunde Foundation Inc?

    Find your warmest path to The Asbjorn Lunde Foundation Inc 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 22 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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