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Bill Stroecker Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.2M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
74
Grants FY2025
63
Organizations funded FY2024
6%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$5,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$200,000
Organizations funded a year
51 to 63
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
13
Total assets, FY2025
$24M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Bill Stroecker Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthArts & CultureEnvironmentRecreation & SportsEducationPublic Safety & DisasterOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving62$901k2%
FY202463$1.1M6%
FY202361$897k13%
FY202255$1.0M4%
FY202151$1.3M4%
FY202060$699k7%
FY201958$677k0%
FY201859$516k3%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$3.5MHuman Services$1.1MArts & Culture$934kFood & Nutrition$715kRecreation & Sports$383kHousing & Shelter$320kReligion$231kAnimals$205kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
WA
MN
MI
CA
CO
VA
MD
NM
TN
DC
AL
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 61 grantees
All grantees of Bill Stroecker Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
University of Alaska Foundation$2,262,41792%
Fairbanks Community Food Bank Service Inc$316,09192%
Fairbanks Rescue Mission Inc$295,44992%
Alaska Goldpanner Baseball Inc$224,500418%
The Bread Line Inc$192,53596%
Fairbanks Concert Association$159,35096%
Alaska Airmens Association Inc$140,00035%
Monroe Foundation Inc$138,05082%
North Star Council on Aging Inc$129,61692%
Fairbanks Curling Foundation Inc$106,950832%
Judicial Watch Inc$106,40090%
The Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation Incorporated$101,94950%
Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival$85,30095%
Fairbanks Arts Association$75,22595%
Interior and Arctic Alaska Aeronautical Foundation$72,873835%
North Star Dance Foundation North Star Ballet$69,35093%
Helping Alaska$68,30266%
Literacy Council of Alaska$62,12393%
Pioneer Memorial Park Inc$56,607920%
Yukon Quest International Ltd$55,50092%
Fairbanks Drama Association Fairbanks Childrens Theatre Inc$54,95093%
Fairbanks Symphony Association Inc$47,50092%
Second Amendment Foundation$44,32590%
Friends of Creamers Field$41,10097%
Fairbanks Resource Agency$40,05090%
Farthest North Girl Scout Council$37,90054%
Accuracy in Media Inc$36,20092%
Alaska Mining Hall of Fame Foundation$34,350626%
Eagle Historical Society of Alaska$34,000973%
The Aopa Foundation Inc$30,00030%
World Ice Association Inc$27,12596%
Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund$26,85080%
Family Centered Services of Alaska$26,34590%
Acca Inc$25,28351%
Rotary Cares Alaska$25,0001n/a
Covenant House Alaska$25,00090%
Fairbanks Native Association$25,00010%
Festival Fairbanks Inc$24,55082%
Fairbanks Light Opera Theatre$24,200911%
Fairbanks Curling Club Inc$23,00018%
Alaska Association of Conservation Districts Inc$22,50011%
North Star Community Foundation$20,70062%
Alaska Farmland Trust Corporation$20,00022%
Alaska Fish & Wildlife Conservation Fund Inc$19,700616%
Mountain States Legal Foundation$17,52580%
Midnight Sun Boy Scout Council Boy Scouts of America$16,47522%
Ludwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics Inc$16,10080%
Junior Achievement USA$15,85080%
Washington Legal Foundation$15,35080%
Spinal Cord Society$15,25081%
Southeastern Legal Foundation Inc$15,07580%
Kuac Friends Group$15,00030%
American Diabetes Association$14,00080%
Foundation of Praise$13,95080%
The Fairbanks Community Museum$13,5003n/a
The Heritage Foundation$12,50060%
Fairbanks School of Talent Education Inc$10,0003n/a
Tanana Yukon Historical Society$10,000319%
Fairbanks North Star Borough School$8,0002n/a
Feed the Ducks$6,0002n/a
Fairbanks Community Band Inc$2,5001n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 20 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.1M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Bill Stroecker Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 55 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of Alaska Foundation: $2,262,417 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetFairbanks Community Food Bank Service Inc: $316,091 over 9y, 2.5% of budgetFairbanks Rescue Mission Inc: $295,449 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetAlaska Goldpanner Baseball Inc: $224,500 over 4y, 18% of budgetThe Bread Line Inc: $192,535 over 9y, 5.9% of budgetFairbanks Concert Association: $159,350 over 9y, 5.8% of budgetAlaska Airmens Association Inc: $140,000 over 3y, 5.4% of budgetMonroe Foundation Inc: $138,050 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetNorth Star Council on Aging Inc: $129,616 over 9y, 1.6% of budgetFairbanks Curling Foundation Inc: $106,950 over 8y, 32% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $106,400 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetThe Greater Fairbanks Community Hospital Foundation Incorporated: $101,949 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetFairbanks Summer Arts Festival: $85,300 over 9y, 5.0% of budgetFairbanks Arts Association: $75,225 over 9y, 5.4% of budgetInterior and Arctic Alaska Aeronautical Foundation: $72,873 over 8y, 35% of budgetNorth Star Dance Foundation North Star Ballet: $69,350 over 9y, 2.7% of budgetHelping Alaska: $68,302 over 6y, 5.8% of budgetLiteracy Council of Alaska: $62,123 over 9y, 3.3% of budgetPioneer Memorial Park Inc: $56,607 over 9y, 20% of budgetYukon Quest International Ltd: $55,500 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetFairbanks Drama Association Fairbanks Childrens Theatre Inc: $54,950 over 9y, 2.9% of budgetFairbanks Symphony Association Inc: $47,500 over 9y, 2.4% of budgetSecond Amendment Foundation: $44,325 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Creamers Field: $41,100 over 9y, 6.8% of budgetFairbanks Resource Agency: $40,050 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFarthest North Girl Scout Council: $37,900 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetAccuracy in Media Inc: $36,200 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetAlaska Mining Hall of Fame Foundation: $34,350 over 6y, 26% of budgetEagle Historical Society of Alaska: $34,000 over 9y, 73% of budgetThe Aopa Foundation Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Ice Association Inc: $27,125 over 9y, 6.0% of budgetLaw Enforcement Legal Defense Fund: $26,850 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetFamily Centered Services of Alaska: $26,345 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetAcca Inc: $25,283 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetCovenant House Alaska: $25,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetFairbanks Native Association: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFestival Fairbanks Inc: $24,550 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetFairbanks Light Opera Theatre: $24,200 over 9y, 11% of budgetFairbanks Curling Club Inc: $23,000 over 1y, 8.0% of budgetAlaska Association of Conservation Districts Inc: $22,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNorth Star Community Foundation: $20,700 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetAlaska Farmland Trust Corporation: $20,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetAlaska Fish & Wildlife Conservation Fund Inc: $19,700 over 6y, 16% of budgetMountain States Legal Foundation: $17,525 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMidnight Sun Boy Scout Council Boy Scouts of America: $16,475 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetLudwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics Inc: $16,100 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetJunior Achievement USA: $15,850 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetWashington Legal Foundation: $15,350 over 8y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 55.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Rasmuson FoundationAK54.6× affinity26 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Rasmuson Foundation · The Usibelli Foundation · The Alaska Community Foundation · United Way of the Tanana Valley Inc · Richard L and Diane M Block Foundation · Marion G Weeks Foundation · Fairbanks Arts Association · Dan and Gwen Ramras Charitable Trust Dated 5/17/04 · Tim and Barb Cerny Foundation · The Norman Foundation · Valley Hospital Association Inc Dba Mat-Su Health Foundation · Igloo #4 Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Compare Bill Stroecker Foundation with peer funders

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How do I get to Bill Stroecker Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Bill Stroecker Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

About Bill Stroecker Foundation

How much does Bill Stroecker Foundation give?
Bill Stroecker Foundation reported 74 grants totaling $1,189,448 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 51 and 63 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Bill Stroecker Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (42%), Human Services (13%), Arts & Culture (11%).
Who are Bill Stroecker Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: University of Alaska Foundation ($2.3M), Fairbanks Community Food Bank Service Inc ($316k), Fairbanks Rescue Mission Inc ($295k).
Does Bill Stroecker Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Bill Stroecker Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Which funders back the same organizations as Bill Stroecker Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Rasmuson Foundation, The Usibelli Foundation, The Alaska Community Foundation.
Where is Bill Stroecker Foundation based?
Bill Stroecker Foundation is based in AK.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 83 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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