Minnesota · Nonprofit
THE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION
THE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $537,092 to it, the largest being DEAL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($257,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $123k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $537k
- Net assets
- $126k
What The Front Line Foundation does
Mission
The mission of The Front Line Foundation, a minnesota nonprofit organization, is to back the badge and support our fallen heroes including law enforcement officers, swat team members, firefighters, emts, and minnesota national guard members. The foundation works to provide: financial support to those who have died while in the line of duty while serving in the state of minnesota, by awarding benefit payments to dependents of the fallen first responder(s); and underwriting scholarships and training registration costs for members of law enforcement and swat teams, as well as support preparedness training for safety officers in hospitals, schools, and churches; assistance with the purchase of needed safety and tactical equipment not currently within the budget of the local unit of government; and financial support to those who have been injuried while in the line of duty to help with their recovery.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Financial support to those who have died while in the line of duty while serving the state of minnesota, by awarding benefit payments to dependents of fallen first responder(s). Underwriting scholarships and ttraining registration costs of members of law enforcement and swat teams, as well as support for preparedness training for safety officers in hospitals, schools, and churches. Assitance with the purchased of needed safety and tactical equipment not currently within the budget of the local unit of government.
$153,684 spentof which $31,500 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $153,684.
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 2020 to 2021, from $198k to $289k (+46%).
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.
49% of THE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 6 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $39k → $82k.
2 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 THE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
THE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 89%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 51% · 2019 67% · 2020 90% · 2021 52% · 2022 79% · 2023 73% — 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
60% of THE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 1 year after their first grant; 40% 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
95% of THE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
THE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION is better cushioned than half of the 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like THE FRONT LINE 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
100% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE FRONT LINE 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 THE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION?
- THE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION (Minnesota) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $537,092 to it, the largest being DEAL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($257,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $537,092 in grants to THE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FRONT LINE FOUNDATION?
- DEAL FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $257,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FRONT LINE 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 10 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