Minnesota · Nonprofit
LIFE TIME FOUNDATION
LIFE TIME FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,640,832 to it, the largest being THE ROE FOUNDATION INC ($552,500). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.6M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $1.6M
- Net assets
- $2.5M
What Life Time Foundation does
Mission
Through financial grants and direct action, we support youth nutrition by helping schools serve wholesome, nourishing, minimally processed food to students; youth movement by championing physical movement programs that get children active and excited to move for life; and a healthy planet by supporting forestation and conservation initiatives, so everyone can live healthy, happy lives.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
In 2023, we incorporated healthy planet into our mission: conserving, preserving, and protecting the environment, so everyone can live healthy, happy lives.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
In 2023, the life time lifts program was ended.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Our nutrition programs work with public k-12 schools is by supporting them in serving delicious, nutrition, minimally-processed food in school. Our collaborative initiatives with school food leaders entail: providing expert guidance related to ingredients in school foods and label analysis with our green onion tool, which is a free online tool for school nutrition professionals. Funding of staff trainings related to the production and distribution of healthy food options. Grantmaking related to kitchen facility, and school food system improvement.
$709,412 spentof which $517,357 as grants33% of program spendingOur youth movement programs funds projects and initiatives so that all kids, specifically those in historically underserved communities, have access to safe, fun, enriching physical activities, with the intention they will choose to stay active for life. Through the youth movement program, Life Time Foundation will provide grants of up to $15,000 for school sites and local non-profit organizations, and up to $100,000 for school districts.
$387,330 spentof which $319,170 as grants18% of program spendingOur healthy planet program , we partner with schools and non-profit organizations to educate and promote reforestation and conservation to help combat the escalating impact of greenhouse gas emissions. From local tree-planting initiatives to broader forestation and conservation programs, the Life Time Foundation is committed to working together to address one of our most urgent challenges, climate change.
$1,010,931 spentof which $1,000,000 as grants48% of program spendingIn addition to our core focus, Life Time Foundation operates life time lifts, a restricted fund that provides emergency assistance to employees of life time group holdings, inc. Who experience unexpected financial hardship circumstances that arise outside of their control.
$10,900 spentof which $10,900 as grants1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,118,573.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $2.8M to $2.2M (−21%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
97% of LIFE TIME FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (48% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Bahram Akradi
Chair and president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 11 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $237k → $538k.
6 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 26% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of LIFE TIME FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
LIFE TIME FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
26% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund LIFE TIME FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 35% · 2018 48% · 2019 33% · 2020 97% · 2021 82% · 2022 94% · 2023 93% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
14% of LIFE TIME FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 39% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
LIFE TIME FOUNDATION draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside Minnesota, across 15 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $419k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
LIFE TIME FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 11,752 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,752 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like LIFE TIME FOUNDATION
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
40%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 31 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Life Time Group Holdings Inc · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LIFE TIME FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds LIFE TIME FOUNDATION?
- LIFE TIME FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,640,832 to it, the largest being THE ROE FOUNDATION INC ($552,500). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LIFE TIME FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $1,640,832 in grants to LIFE TIME FOUNDATION, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LIFE TIME FOUNDATION?
- THE ROE FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $552,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LIFE TIME FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 36 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing