Living Springs Foundation
Minneapolis, MN · EIN 41-1904085. Reported 350 grants totalling $2,776,527 to 138 recipients across tax years 2021-2025. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Living Springs Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $5,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $277,112. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jp Morgan Charitable Gifting Fund | Jenkintown, PA | $277,112 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Kestrel Land Trust | Amherst, MA | $180,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Hitchcock Center for the Environment Inc | Amherst, MA | $130,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Franklin Land Trust Inc | Shelburne Falls, MA | $123,915 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Natural Resources Defense Council | New York, NY | $112,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $95,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| New England Public Media Inc | Springfield, MA | $86,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | Montgomery, AL | $81,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Corporate Accountability | Boston, MA | $75,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Earthjustice | Washington, DC | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Center for Biological Diversity | Tucson, AZ | $67,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts Inc | Chicopoee, MA | $66,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts | Springfield, MA | $61,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Indian College Fund | Denver, CO | $58,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc | New York, NY | $52,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Howard University | Washington, DC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | Topeka, KS | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Voorhees University | Denmark, SC | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture | South Deerfield, MA | $49,500 | 6 | 5 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc | Lincoln, MA | $40,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Hilltown Land Trust Inc | Ashfield, MA | $31,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Oxmoor Farm Foundation Inc | Louisville, KY | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Grow Food Northampton Inc | Florence, MA | $28,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| The Bts Center | Portland, ME | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Grand Canyon Trust | Flagstaff, AZ | $23,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Sunrise Movement Education Fund | Washington, DC | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Northampton Survival Center | Northampton, MA | $22,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Greenfaith | New York, NY | $20,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Massachusetts Interfaith Power and Light | Newton, MA | $19,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| United Way of Pioneer Valley Inc | Springfield, MA | $19,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Eagle Eye Institute | Peru, MA | $19,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Better Future Project Inc | Cambridge, MA | $18,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts | Springfield, MA | $18,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Conway School of Landscape Design | Northampton, MA | $17,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| 350ORG | Boston, MA | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $16,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Episcopal Relief and Development | Harlan, IA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Historic Northampton | Northampton, MA | $15,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Society of Saint John the Evangelist | Cambridge, MA | $15,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| St John's Episcopical Church | Ashfield, MA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Way of Franklin & Hampshire Region | Northampton, MA | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Third Sector New England Inc | Springfield, MA | $14,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | Washington, DC | $14,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Agape Community Inc | Ware, MA | $13,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Amherst Survival Center | North Amherst, MA | $12,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Finca International Inc | Washington, DC | $11,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts | Boston, MA | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Trustees of the Reservations | Boston, MA | $11,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Alliance for Tompotika Conservation | Vashon, WA | $10,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Sojourner Truth School for Social Change Leadership Inc | Springfield, MA | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists Inc | Cambridge, MA | $10,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Cooley Dickinson Hospital | Northampton, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Episcopal Relief and Development | Merrifield, VA | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Greenpeace Fund Inc | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund Inc | New York, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Native American Rights Fund | Boulder, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Rainforest Action Network | San Francisco, CA | $10,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| The Trust for Public Land | Boston, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Wilderness Society | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Third Act Education Fund Inc | Nassau, NY | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| United Negro College Fund | Washington, DC | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Woodwell Climate Research Center | Falmouth, MA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Conservation International Foundation | Boston, MA | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Epiphany School Inc | Dorchester, MA | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts Inc | Boston, MA | $9,000 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| Karuna Center for Peacebuilding | Greenfield, MA | $8,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Earth | Merrifield, VA | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| New England Grassroots Environmental Fund Inc | Newmarket, NH | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Arise for Social Justice | Springfield, MA | $7,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Equal Justice Initiative | Montgomery, AL | $6,500 | 5 | 5 | 2025 |
| New England Grassroots Environment Fund Inc | Newmarket, NH | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood International | Washington, DC | $6,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| The Sierra Club Foundation | Oakland, CA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| World Stewardship Institute | Santa Rosa, CA | $6,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Connecticut River Conservancy | Greenfield, MA | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Orion Society | Great Barrington, MA | $5,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Wild Earth Society Inc | Salt Lake City, UT | $5,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| A Network for Grateful Living | Amherst, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Barbara C Harris Center | Greenfield, NH | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Center for Action and Contemplation | Albuquerque, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Citizen's Climate Education Corp | Coronado, CA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Climate Mobilization Project Inc | New York, NY | $5,000 | 3 | 3 | 2025 |
| Conservation Law Foundation | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Creation Justice Ministries | Indianapolis, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Doctors Without Borders | Hagerstown, MD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Episcopal City Mission | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| First Congregational Church of Ashfield | Ashfield, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Friends of the Earth | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Highstead Foundation | Redding, CT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hilltown Community Health Centers Inc | Worthington, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Inside Climate News | Brooklyn, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| International Rescue Committee Inc | Albert Lea, MN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Metanoia of Vermont | Strafford, VT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Mongabayorg | Menlo Park, CA | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| National Parks Conservation Association | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Ocean Conservancy | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Oxfam America | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity Inc | Florence, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Project Hope | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Red Cloud Indian School | Pine Ridge, SD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Red Cloud Renewable | Timnath, CO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Repairers of the Breach Inc | Goldsboro, NC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Servicenet Inc | Northampton, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Springfield Rescue Mission | Springfield, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Bonaventure Indian Mission & School | Thoreau, NM | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| St Joseph's Indian School | Chamberlain, SD | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Climate Reality Project | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| The Episcopal Church | St Louis, MO | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| United National Indian Tribal Youth Inc | Mesa, AZ | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| United Way of Hampshire County | Northampton, MA | $5,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wild Earth Society Dba Wildlands Network | Salt Lake City, UT | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Women for Women International | Central Islip, NY | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Andes Amazon Conservancy | Montague, MA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Toxics Action Center Inc | Boston, MA | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Appalachian Mountain Club | Boston, MA | $3,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| All Saints Parish | Brookline, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Amnesty International | New York, NY | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Genesis Spiritual Life Center | Westfield, MA | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Knoll Farm Via the Learning Journey Inc | Waitsfield, VT | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pascommuck Conservation Trust Inc | Easthampton, MA | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Shalem Institute for Spiritual Formation Inc | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2025 |
| Family Diversity Projects Inc | Northampton, MA | $2,500 | 4 | 4 | 2025 |
| Lost Lights Project Inc (dba Inside Climate News) | Brooklyn, NY | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Prosperity Catalyst Inc | Beverly, MA | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rainforest Action Network | Carol Stream, IL | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Breathing Space Inc | Easthampton, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Ecotechnology | Dalton, MA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Conservation International Foundation | Arlington, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Evangelicals for Democracy | Fredericksburg, VA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Henri Nouwen Society | St Louis, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| National Religious Coalition on Creation Care - World Stewardship Institute | Santa Rosa, CA | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2025 |
| Pascommuck Conservaction Trust | Easthampton, MA | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Planned Parenthood International | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Population Connection | Washington, DC | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Sustainable Markets Foundation | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Center for Eco Technology | Northampton, MA | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Population Connection | Topeka, KS | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
77 of 138 (56%) received money in more than one year over the 5 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 88%, across 4 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Kestrel Land Trust
30,000 OPERATING EXPENSE, 3 OF 3 YEAR PLEDGE100,000 50 YEAR CAMPAIGN, 3 OF 3 YEAR PLEDGE - Hitchcock Center for the Environment Inc
GENERAL OPERATING - $10,000; CLIMATE CHG, SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EDUCATION & CAPACITY BLDG INITIATIVE (YR 3 OF 3 PLDG) - $25,000 - Oxmoor Farm Foundation Inc
DESIGNATED TO SUPPORT MUSEUM EDUCATION AND OUTREACH - Hitchcock Center for the Environment
GENRAL FUND SUPPORT - $2,500CLIMATE CHANGE, SUSTAINABILITY & ENVIRONMENTAL CAPACITY BLDG INITIATIVE - $25,000 - Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture Inc
ANNUAL FUND - 1-YEAR PLEDGE $23,000; ANNUAL FUND YEAR 3 OF 3-YEAR PLEDGE $2,000 - The Bts Center
SPECIAL GIFT INTENDED TO FULFILL A 3-YR PLEDGE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 260 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64 | $405,000 | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 68 | $275,415 | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 70 | $247,000 | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 37 | $314,000 | $2,000 |
| 2025 | 111 | $1,535,112 | $5,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Living Springs Foundation has 9 of them, worth $149,500. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| Hitchcock Center for the Environment | Amherst, MA | $50,000 |
| Franklin Land Trust Inc | Shelburne Falls, MA | $50,000 |
| Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts | Springfield, MA | $12,500 |
| Conway School of Landscape Design | Northampton, MA | $10,000 |
| St John's Episcopical Church | Ashfield, MA | $10,000 |
| St John's Episcopical Church | Ashfield, MA | $5,000 |
| Conway School of Landscape Design | Northampton, MA | $5,000 |
| Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture | South Deerfield, MA | $5,000 |
| Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture | South Deerfield, MA | $2,000 |
Where its money goes
48% of its giving went to organizations in Massachusetts. If your organization is based elsewhere, look in the recipient list for grants to your area before writing.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Massachusetts.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Living Springs Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 5 returns (tax years 2021-2025). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: 275 Market Street Suite 274A, Minneapolis, MN, 55405. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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