Wisconsin · Private foundation
Dr David & Karen Olson Family 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.
- $205k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 18
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Dr David & Karen Olson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 | 14 | $205k | 7% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $190k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $215k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 16 | $235k | 19% |
| FY2021 | 18 | $186k | 33% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $195k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Harvest Heartland | $105,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society | $92,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media | $90,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota | $90,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Ujamaa Place | $87,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Twin Cities Public Television Inc | $85,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Concordia University St Paul | $65,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| People Incorporated | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Minnesota Orchestral Association | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Harvest Heartland | $105,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society | $92,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media | $90,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota | $90,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Ujamaa Place | $87,500 | 6 | 1% |
| Twin Cities Public Television Inc | $85,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Concordia University St Paul | $65,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library | $60,000 | 3 | 1% |
| People Incorporated | $45,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Minnesota Orchestral Association | $40,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Saint Paul Police Foundation | $30,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Guthrie Theater Foundation | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Planned Parenthood North Central States | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Penumbra Theatre Company Inc | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Park Square Theatre | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Salvation Army | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Clare Housing | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($345k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Dr David & Karen Olson Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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
Compare Dr David & Karen Olson Family Foundation with peer funders
About Dr David & Karen Olson Family Foundation
- How much does Dr David & Karen Olson Family Foundation give?
- Dr David & Karen Olson Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $205,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 18 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Dr David & Karen Olson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Education (15%), Housing & Shelter (11%).
- Who are Dr David & Karen Olson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Second Harvest Heartland ($105k), The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Society ($93k), Minnesota Public Radio American Public Media ($90k).
- Does Dr David & Karen Olson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Dr David & Karen Olson Family 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 Dr David & Karen Olson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation.
- Where is Dr David & Karen Olson Family Foundation based?
- Dr David & Karen Olson Family Foundation is based in WI.
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