Minnesota · Private foundation
The Lundeen Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $113k
- Granted FY2021
- 30
- Itemized grants FY2021
- 29
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 38%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Itemized, FY2021
- $103k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2021
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $12,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 29 to 32
- FY2018 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 3
- Total assets, FY2021
- $3.5M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 38% of the organizations The Lundeen Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 48% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $47k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 29 | $98k | 38% |
| FY2019 | 32 | $118k | 6% |
| FY2018 | 30 | $117k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fergus Falls Center for the Arts Inc | $24,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Otter Tail County Historical Society | $17,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Fergus Falls Concert Association | $15,000 | 3 | 22% |
| Fergus Falls Community Food Shelf | $15,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Fergus Area College Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Fergus Falls 544 Education Foundati | $12,000 | 3 | 2% |
| LB Homes Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Otter Cove Childrens Museum | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fergus Falls Area Family YMCA | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fergus Falls Center for the Arts Inc | $24,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Otter Tail County Historical Society | $17,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Fergus Falls Concert Association | $15,000 | 3 | 22% |
| Fergus Falls Community Food Shelf | $15,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Fergus Area College Foundation | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Fergus Falls 544 Education Foundati | $12,000 | 3 | 2% |
| LB Homes Foundation Inc | $7,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Otter Cove Childrens Museum | $6,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Fergus Falls Area Family YMCA | $6,000 | 1 | 0% |
| West Central Mn Educ Television | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Otter Tail County | $6,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Prairie Public Broadcasting Inc | $6,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Fergus Falls Rotary Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lutheran Brethren Homes Inc | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Claire Ann Shover Nursery School | $3,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Someplace Safe | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Kaddatz Galleries Ltd | $3,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Fergus Falls Area Habitat for Humanity | $2,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Hillcrest Lutheran Academy | $1,500 | 3 | n/a |
| Girl Scouts - Dakota Horizons | $1,500 | 3 | 0% |
| The Welcome House Inc | $500 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 21 recipients with no EIN on record ($159k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Lundeen Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Otter Tail Power Company Foundation · West Central Initiative · Roger L & Agnes C Dell Charitable Trust · Frank W Veden Charitable Trust · Otto Bremer Trust · Otter Tail Corporation Foundation · John and Kim Erickson Family Founda · Lake Region Arts Council · The Barry Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Lundeen Foundation
- How much does The Lundeen Foundation give?
- The Lundeen Foundation reported 30 itemized grants totaling $102,500, out of $113,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 29 and 32 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2021.
- What does The Lundeen Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2021, its largest causes are Education (10%), Arts & Culture (10%), Human Services (7%).
- Who are The Lundeen Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2021: Fergus Falls Center for the Arts Inc ($24k), Otter Tail County Historical Society ($18k), Fergus Falls Concert Association ($15k).
- Does The Lundeen Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 38% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Lundeen Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Lundeen Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Otter Tail Power Company Foundation, West Central Initiative, Roger L & Agnes C Dell Charitable Trust.
- Where is The Lundeen Foundation based?
- The Lundeen Foundation is based in MN.
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