Wisconsin · Private foundation
Castlerock Foundation Inc
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.
- $39k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 22
- Grants FY2025
- 44
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $150
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $24,200
- Organizations funded a year
- 41 to 77
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $952k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations Castlerock Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 21 | $38k | 29% |
| FY2024 | 44 | $54k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 56 | $112k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 62 | $100k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 41 | $114k | 24% |
| FY2020 | 43 | $167k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 59 | $159k | 47% |
| FY2018 | 77 | $148k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castlerock Museum Inc | $491,876 | 6 | 36% |
| Buffalo County Historical Society Inc | $190,199 | 8 | 73% |
| Hope Gospel Mission Inc | $4,555 | 7 | 0% |
| Bluffview Montessori School | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aptiv Foundation Inc | $2,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America 624 Gateway Area Council | $2,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Mondovi Area Historical Society Inc | $1,275 | 5 | n/a |
| Buffalo Pepin Literacy Alliance Inc | $1,200 | 5 | n/a |
| Abundant Life Church | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Cato Institute | $1,200 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 57 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castlerock Museum Inc | $491,876 | 6 | 36% |
| Buffalo County Historical Society Inc | $190,199 | 8 | 73% |
| Hope Gospel Mission Inc | $4,555 | 7 | 0% |
| Bluffview Montessori School | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Aptiv Foundation Inc | $2,400 | 4 | 0% |
| Boy Scouts of America 624 Gateway Area Council | $2,250 | 6 | 0% |
| Mondovi Area Historical Society Inc | $1,275 | 5 | n/a |
| Buffalo Pepin Literacy Alliance Inc | $1,200 | 5 | n/a |
| Abundant Life Church | $1,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Cato Institute | $1,200 | 6 | 0% |
| Friends of Buffalo County 4-H Inc | $1,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Minnesota State College Southeast Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Badger Institute Inc | $900 | 4 | 0% |
| Eaglewatch Inc | $835 | 4 | 0% |
| Alma Historical Society Inc | $750 | 8 | n/a |
| Minnesota Marine Art Museum | $600 | 6 | 0% |
| Wings Over Alma Inc | $600 | 6 | n/a |
| Judicial Watch Inc | $585 | 6 | 0% |
| Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Mn Minnesotanorth Dakotasouth Dakota | $500 | 5 | 0% |
| Students for Life of America Inc | $474 | 3 | 0% |
| Pepin County Historical Society Inc | $450 | 5 | n/a |
| Friends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc | $415 | 3 | 0% |
| St Lawrence Catholic Church | $400 | 2 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Historical Foundation Inc | $325 | 2 | 0% |
| The Heritage Foundation | $300 | 5 | 0% |
| Hope 4 U Inc | $300 | 2 | n/a |
| Alice Lloyd College | $300 | 3 | 0% |
| Christ Lutheran Church | $260 | 2 | n/a |
| The Lutheran Home Association | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Modena Lutheran Church | $250 | 2 | n/a |
| Aptiv Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| Round Hill Corporation | $250 | 1 | n/a |
| Garden of Eden Preservation Society Inc | $250 | 3 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Inc | $200 | 2 | 0% |
| Paralyzed Veterans of America | $195 | 4 | 0% |
| Christ Lutheran Church | $170 | 2 | n/a |
| Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund | $150 | 2 | 0% |
| Father Flanagan's Boys' Home | $106 | 2 | 0% |
| Luther Park Bible Camp Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Wisconsin Right to Life Foundation Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| The American Legion | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Enhance Alma Inc | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Turning Point USA Inc | $100 | 1 | 0% |
| Heritage Arms Society | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church | $100 | 1 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity Inc | $90 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Research Council | $85 | 2 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Live Action | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Zion Lutheran Church | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| Disabled Veterans National Foundation | $50 | 1 | 0% |
| Immanuel Lutheran Church | $50 | 1 | n/a |
| The American Legion Department of Wisconsin | $40 | 1 | 0% |
| First Liberty Institute | $35 | 1 | 0% |
| Amvets National Service Foundation | $35 | 1 | 0% |
| Fountain City Area Historical Society Inc | $25 | 1 | n/a |
| River Junctions Arts Council | $20 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 133 recipients with no EIN on record ($179k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Castlerock Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 35 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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.
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How this is measured
About Castlerock Foundation Inc
- How much does Castlerock Foundation Inc give?
- Castlerock Foundation Inc reported 22 grants totaling $38,847 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 77 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Castlerock Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (78%), Religion (10%), Education (3%).
- Who are Castlerock Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Castlerock Museum Inc ($492k), Buffalo County Historical Society Inc ($190k), Hope Gospel Mission Inc ($5k).
- Does Castlerock Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Castlerock Foundation Inc 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 Castlerock Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc, Xcel Energy Foundation, Mayo Clinic Group Return.
- Where is Castlerock Foundation Inc based?
- Castlerock Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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