Funding search · EIN 510180842 · Duluth, MN

Lloyd K Johnson Foundation

Name: Lloyd K Johnson Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

303
grants reported: $6.9M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

community scholarships building capacity development duluth youth expansion

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Funding pattern

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Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior3 grants · $1.3M
Cook County Higher Education6 grants · $285,000
Lake Superior College4 grants · $255,668
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic4 grants · $223,808
Wtip Cook County Community Radio4 grants · $180,000
North House Folk School3 grants · $150,000
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning C4 grants · $125,000
Violence Prevention Center3 grants · $106,000
Chum1 grant · $100,000
Cook County Schools- Isd 1661 grant · $100,000

Giving over time

$1.5M

2022

$1.4M

2023

$1.3M

2024

$2.7M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 303 grants.

$1.3M
Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior · Grand Portage, MN · 2025
To support land restoration costs fo
$130,000
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic · Grand Marais, MN · 2025
New electronic health records system
$100,000
Cook County Schools- Isd 166 · Grand Marais, MN · 2025
Playground improvements and ada-comp
$100,000
Chum · Duluth, MN · 2024
Chum shelter expansion project
$100,000
North House Folk School · Grand Marais, MN · 2022
Building the northern crossroads of
$73,527
Lake Superior College · Duluth, MN · 2025
Scholarships
$70,000
Cook County Higher Education · Grand Marais, MN · 2025
Tuition scholarships for cook county
$70,000
Cook County Higher Education · Grand Marais, MN · 2024
Tuition scholarships and the
$70,000
Cook County Higher Education · Grand Marais, MN · 2023
Student support services & scholarsh
$65,000
Wtip Cook County Community Radio · Grand Marais, MN · 2025
General operating expenses as wtip w
$63,500
Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior · Grand Portage, MN · 2023
History project, playground, & pilot
$62,501
Lake Superior College · Duluth, MN · 2022
Scholarships
$62,050
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic · Grand Marais, MN · 2023
Early childhood connections & oral h
$60,608
Lake Superior College · Duluth, MN · 2024
Scholarships
$59,032
Lake Superior College · Duluth, MN · 2023
Scholarships
$53,000
Violence Prevention Center · Grand Marais, MN · 2025
General operating costs to sustain c
$50,000
Divine Konnections · Duluth, MN · 2025
The development and implementation o
$50,000
Maji Ya Chai Land Sanctuary · Two Harbors, MN · 2025
Security and infrastructure improvem
$50,000
National Parks of Lake Superior Fou · St Paul, MN · 2025
An interpretive exhibit at the new g
$50,000
Chester Bowl Improvement Club · Duluth, MN · 2024
Growing up chester chalet expansion
$50,000
Cook County Hra · Cook, MN · 2024
Pre-development funds for new
$50,000
Great Expectations Foundation · Grand Marais, MN · 2023
Great expectations expansion project
$50,000
First Witness Child Advocacy Center · Duluth, MN · 2022
Restoring hope: capital campaign to
$50,000
Safe Haven Shelter & · Duluth, MN · 2022
Shelter remodel
$50,000
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning C · Finland, MN · 2022
Adventure ropes course
$45,000
Wtip Cook County Community Radio · Grand Marais, MN · 2024
Community media expansion & developm
$45,000
Wtip Cook County Community Radio · Grand Marais, MN · 2023
Community media expansion & developm
$45,000
Cook County Higher Education · Grand Marais, MN · 2022
Student support & scholarships
$43,174
Minnesota North College · Virginia, MN · 2025
Scholarships
$40,000
American Indian Community Housing O · Duluth, MN · 2025
Programming and general operations f
$40,000
Mentor North · Duluth, MN · 2025
Mentor north's one-on-one, community
$38,000
Friends of the Finland Community · Finland, MN · 2023
Outdoor oven & awnings at the clair
$35,000
Old Maple Hill Church · Grand Marais, MN · 2025
Exterior renovation and preservation
$31,900
Minnesota Land Trust · St Paul, MN · 2024
North shore land conservation and gr
$30,000
Grand Marais Art Colony · Grand Marais, MN · 2025
Opportunities for arts access and ar
$30,000
Damiano of Duluth · Duluth, MN · 2024
Damiano of duluth
$30,000
Sawtooth Mountain Clinic · Grand Marais, MN · 2024
The oral health task force dental pr
$30,000
Damiano of Duluth · Duluth, MN · 2023
Community kitchen program
$30,000
One Roof Community Housing · Duluth, MN · 2023
Plover place capital
$30,000
Second Harvest Northern Lakes Food · Duluth, MN · 2023
Nourish the northland capital campai
$30,000
Entrepreneur Fund · Duluth, MN · 2022
Capacity building to support econ ju
$30,000
North Shore Area Partners · Silver Bay, MN · 2022
The blossoming of a community
$28,000
Violence Prevention Center · Grand Marais, MN · 2024
Office and development coordinator
$26,500
Finland Community Nature Childcare · Finland, MN · 2022
Nature childcare in finland
$25,000
Care Partners of Cook County · Grand Marais, MN · 2025
Care partners' work to provide gap s
$25,000
Duluth Salvation Army · Duluth, MN · 2025
The plover place pilot housing proje
$25,000
Grand Marais Playhouse · Grand Marais, MN · 2025
Opportunities for members of the loc
$25,000
Gunflint Trail Historical Society · Grand Marais, MN · 2025
The final fabrication phase of a new
$25,000
Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory · Duluth, MN · 2025
The construction of a permanent acce
$25,000
North House Folk School · Grand Marais, MN · 2025
Community event planning and communi
$25,000
Safe Haven Shelter for Battered Wom · Duluth, MN · 2025
General operating costs for comprehe
$25,000
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning C · Finland, MN · 2025
Educational programs, staff training
$25,000
Zeitgeist Center for Arts & Communi · Duluth, MN · 2025
Program costs for a full season of l
$25,000
Duluth Art Institute Association · Duluth, MN · 2024
General operating support
$25,000
Family Freedom Center · Duluth, MN · 2024
Family freedom center general operat
$25,000
Grand Marais Art Colony · Grand Marais, MN · 2024
Ceramics studio improvements
$25,000
Grand Marais Playhouse · Grand Marais, MN · 2024
Provide high quality theater and edu
$25,000
North Shore Area Partners · Silver Bay, MN · 2024
Leadership transition
$25,000
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning C · Finland, MN · 2024
Upgraded student transportation
$25,000
Family Freedom Center · Duluth, MN · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Friends of Silver Bay Public Librar · Silver Bay, MN · 2023
Library expansion & renovation
$25,000
Grand Marais Art Colony · Grand Marais, MN · 2023
Ceramics studio renovation (phase 1)
$25,000
Life House · Duluth, MN · 2023
Youth outreach & engagement
$25,000
Local Initiatives Support Corp · Duluth, MN · 2023
General operating support
$25,000
North House Folk School · Grand Marais, MN · 2023
Advancing emering craft & nonprofit
$25,000
North Shore Health Care Foundation · Grand Marais, MN · 2023
Capacity for incubator programs & he
$25,000
Pavsa · Duluth, MN · 2023
Mental health services & outreach
$25,000
Violence Prevention Center · Grand Marais, MN · 2023
Capacity building
$25,000
Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning C · Finland, MN · 2023
Science center roof
$25,000
Children'S Dental Services · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Panoramic x-ray machince for duluth
$25,000
Churches United in Ministry · Duluth, MN · 2022
Support for youth programs
$25,000
Family Rise Together · Duluth, MN · 2022
Growing kinship connection
$25,000
Friends of the Finland Community · Finland, MN · 2022
Development opportunity
$25,000
Grand Marais Playhouse · Grand Marais, MN · 2022
Operational support school
$25,000
Green New Deal Housing · Duluth, MN · 2022
Community engagement campaign
$25,000
Gunflint Trail Historical Society · Grand Marais, MN · 2022
Anishinaabe exhibit for chik-wauk mu
$25,000
Life House · Duluth, MN · 2022
Life house youth center
$25,000
Loaves & Fishes Housing · Duluth, MN · 2022
Olive branch capital project
$25,000
Local Initiatives Support Corp · Duluth, MN · 2022
Building wealth & equity
$25,000
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesot · Duluth, MN · 2022
Another door emergency shelter
$25,000
Men As Peacemakers · Duluth, MN · 2022
Youth programming support
$25,000
North Shore Health Care Foundation · Grand Marais, MN · 2022
Capacity building
$25,000
One Roof Community Housing · Duluth, MN · 2022
Operating support
$25,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Educational initiative
$25,000
Wtip Cook County Community Radio · Grand Marais, MN · 2022
General operating support
$23,500
Care Partners of Cook County · Grand Marais, MN · 2024
Build out and general for cook count
$21,269
Fond Du Lac Tribal Community Colleg · Cloquet, MN · 2025
Scholarships
$21,225
Minnesota North College · Virginia, MN · 2024
Scholarships
$21,000
Minnesota Land Trust · St Paul, MN · 2025
Lake superior headwaters sustainabil
$20,000
Duluth Art Institute Association · Duluth, MN · 2025
The general operations of the dai, i
$20,000
Duluth Playhouse · Duluth, MN · 2025
Opportunities for creative expressio
$20,000
Lifehouse · Duluth, MN · 2025
The futures program, which provides
$20,000
Men As Peacemakers · Duluth, MN · 2025
Map's best (be equal safe and trustw
$20,000
Pavsa · Duluth, MN · 2025
Supportive services within residenti
$20,000
We Health Clinic · Duluth, MN · 2025
General operating costs to sustain a
$20,000
Armory Arts and Music Center · Duluth, MN · 2024
Building capacity through a comprehe
$20,000
Boys & Girls Club of the Northland · Duluth, MN · 2024
Capacity building
$20,000
Center City Housing Corp · Duluth, MN · 2024
Cchc family supportive housing
$20,000
Cook County Ymca · Grand Marais, MN · 2024
Early childhood support
$20,000
Divine Konnections · Duluth, MN · 2024
Annie's house capital expansion

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