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CARLSON FAMILY LIGHTSHIELD FOUNDATION

· ELK RIVER, MN · private_foundation · program funder

40recipients FY2016–24
$2Mgiving on file
2024latest grant year
noaccepts unsolicited
LocalLocal funder, 98% of giving in Minnesota

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A local funder — 98% of its dollars go to MN. It is a candidate for organizations in the 3 states it has funded, whatever their cause: DC, MN, MO.

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Recent recipients

OrganizationStateYearsLatestTotal
COVENANT CHRISTIAN ACADEMYMN12024$350,000
COMMUNITY AID OF ELK RIVERMN52024$91,000
FISHING FOR LIFEMN42024$90,000
HUNTER HOULE MEMORIAL FOUNDATIONMN32024$45,000
BIG LAKE COMMUNITY FOOD SHELFMN42024$40,000
ACHIEVE SERVICES INCMN32024$31,033
ALL NATIONS NEW LIFE CENTERMN22024$30,000
LIVIN FOUNDATIONMN32024$16,000
THUMBS UP HIGH 5KMN52024$16,000
HARVEST NETWORKMN12024$5,000
CHILDRENS CANCER RESEARCH FUNDMN32024$4,500
AMERICAN LEGIONMN32024$3,000
ANOKA-HENNEPIN TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATIONMN12024$2,000
THE FRONT LINE FOUNDATIONMN12024$1,139
VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA INCMD12024$1,000
CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE FOUNDATIONMN12024$1,000
RIVER OF HOPE CHURCH - TWIN CITIESMN12024$1,000
BACKING THE BLUE LINE INCMN12024$500
ZIMMERMAN ARCHERY CLUBMN12024$500
CENTRAL MINNESOTA CHRISTIAN SCHOOLMN12024$500
TURNING POINT INCMN12023$50,000
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ST PAULMN12023$5,000
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGEMN12023$5,000
UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMASMN12023$2,000
CHRIST CHURCHMN12023$500
OAK HILLS FELLOWSHIP INCMN12022$27,500
FELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETESMO12022$15,000
SURVIVAL PACMN12022$5,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCORPORATEDDC12022$1,000
TRUE HOPEMN12022$1,000
BAME FOUNDATIONMN22022$1,000
RACHEL FOUNDATIONMN12022$500
STMA BREAKFAST CLUBMN12021$40,000
THE NAZARENE FUNDUT12021$1,000
SUICIDE AWARENESS-VOICES OF EDUCATIONMN12021$1,000
DYLAN WITSCHEN FOUNDATIONMN12021$500
HARVEST MINISTRIES OF MINNESOTAMN12020$18,500
ABBA CORPORATIONMN12020$10,000
CITYJOYMN12020$8,000
COMMUNITY TABLE INCMN12020$750