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Frank & Susan Huettner Educ Fd at a glance

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Frank & Susan Huettner Educ Fd

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.

$58k
Granted FY2025still arriving
15
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Education$519k
02FY2025 · 15 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $34k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $24k
$2,900
Median grant
3
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE$12,400
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE$11,500
CVTC - CHIPPEWA VALLEY TECH COLLEGE$7,600
ST MARY'S UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA$3,000
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH$3,000
VITERBO UNIVERSITY$3,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR$3,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-RIVER FALLS$2,900
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY$2,500
STOUT UNIVERSITY$2,400
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STOUT$2,400
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON$1,500
NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$1,400
NORTHWOOD TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION$1,000
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE$500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 89% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES: $6k → 11%ITASCA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $4k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS: $4k → 14%WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $7k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS: $13k → 16%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-RIVER FALLS: $8k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - WHITEWATER: $4k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON: $12k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STOUT: $9k → 11%CVTC - CHIPPEWA VALLEY TECH COLLEGE: $15k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE: $12k → 12%NORTHWOOD TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $5k → 13%UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO: $4k → 9%ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY: $4k → 14%S DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES & TECHNOLOGY: $4k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES: $6k → 11%BETHEL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $4k → 14%WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 14%FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FDN INC: $4k → 7%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-RIVER FALLS: $5k → 9%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON: $7k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STOUT: $8k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE: $15k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE: $10k → 12%SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES: $4k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES: $4k → 11%WINONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $5k → 14%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON: $7k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STOUT: $5k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE: $15k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE: $8k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES: $4k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON: $6k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STOUT: $4k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE: $14k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE: $7k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON: $5k → 10%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STOUT: $4k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE: $12k → 12%WESTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE: $5k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-STOUT: $4k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE: $12k → 12%VITERBO UNIVERSITY: $4k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE: $10k → 12%CHIPPEWA VALLEY TECHNOLOICAL: $8k → 12%CVTC - CHIPPEWA VALLEY TECH COLLEGE: $8k → 12%CVTC - CHIPPEWA VALLEY TECH COLLEGE: $7k → 12%UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE: $5k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

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MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
WY
SD
IA
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
MS
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

82%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$424k · 24 repeat orgs$93k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +28% since the first grant, against +15% for those funded once.

24 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

24
31

Total granted

$424k
$86k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+15%

Still filing today

38%
61%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • VU
    VITERBO UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2018–2025 · $13k · revenue +8%
  • SO
    ST OLAF COLLEGE
    3× · 2018–2021 · $9k · revenue +17%
  • FV
    FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC
    2× · 2021–2022 · $6k · revenue +60%

Funded once

  • UO
    University of St Thomasgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue +69%
  • WT
    WESTERN TECHNICAL COLLEGE
    one grant, 2021 · $5k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO
    one grant, 2020 · $4k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
2
St Mary's University

St. marys university, as a catholic marianist university, fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence.

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3
Saint John's University

To foster the vitality of community through learning and the pursuit of wisdom.

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4
Dordt University

As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…

Education
5
Saint Martin's University

Saint martin's students learn to make a positive difference in their lives and in the lives of others through the interaction of faith, reason, and service. the university honors both the sacredness of the individual and the significance…

Education
6
Saint Xavier University

Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…

Education
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
Luther College

Founded by the norwegian evangelical lutheran church in 1861, luther college is a four-year, residential liberal arts institution. luther welcomes students of all backgrounds to engage in a way of learning that moves beyond immediate…

Education
9
Augustana University Association

Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.

Education
10
St Ambrose University

Mission statement: an inclusive, catholic, and diocesan community of learners, st. ambrose university empowers all ambrosians to act courageously, to seek wisdom through faith and reason, to work for justice, and to lead lives of service.…

Education
11
Trinity University

Trinity university is an independent co-educational university whose mission is excellence in the interrelated areas of teaching, research and services.

Education
12
Furman University

The primary mission of furman as a liberal arts institution is to provide a distinctive education in fine arts, humanities, social sciences, mathematics and the sciences, as well as selected professional disciplines.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Bethany Lutheran College Inc; the most unlike its peers is University of Wisconsin-Superior Alumni Assoc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 60 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
22/30
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIRE: $81,620 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-EAU CLAIREUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-LA CROSSE: $48,415 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-LA CROSSEUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $42,905 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSINUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON: $42,030 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISONCVTC - CHIPPEWA VALLEY TECH COLLEGE: $37,850 · OtherCVTC - CHIPPEWA VALLEY TECH COLLEGEUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-RIVER FALLS: $24,900 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-RIVER FALLSUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES: $22,755 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIESWINONA STATE UNIVERSITY: $19,450 · Other+28 more: $105,490 · Other+28 moreUniversity of St Thomas: $13,200 · EducationUniversity of St Tho…VITERBO UNIVERSITY: $13,000 · EducationVITERBO UNIVERSITYST OLAF COLLEGE: $8,990 · EducationST OLAF COLLEGEST MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $6,500 · EducationST MARYS UNIVERSITY …University of Mary: $5,200 · EducationUniversity of MaryItasca Community College Foundation: $4,000 · EducationBETHEL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $3,800 · EducationUniversity of St Thomas: $3,600 · EducationSDSM&T CENTER FOR ALUMNI RELATIONS & ADVANCEMENT: $3,600 · EducationBETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE INC: $3,500 · EducationSt Edwards University: $3,300 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE: $3,300 · Education+12 more: $21,030 · Education+12 more
Other$425,415Education$93,020

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $13,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVITERBO UNIVERSITY: $13,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetST OLAF COLLEGE: $8,990 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetST MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA: $6,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetFOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWOOD TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $5,700 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR ALUMNI ASSOC: $5,400 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetUniversity of Mary: $5,200 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetItasca Community College Foundation: $4,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBETHEL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $3,800 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSDSM&T CENTER FOR ALUMNI RELATIONS & ADVANCEMENT: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRoosevelt University: $3,600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE INC: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSt Edwards University: $3,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE: $3,300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $2,700 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHCENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $2,700 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPATRICK HENRY COLLEGE: $2,330 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOUGHTON UNIVERSITY: $2,200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE OF ST SCHOLASTICA INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBenedictine University: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST LOUIS UNIVERSITY: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCULINARY INSTITUTE OF AMERICA: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF WYOMING FOUNDATION: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNorthern State University Foundation: $1,400 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLAWRENCE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN: $800 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds University of St Thomas ↗
  • Who funds VITERBO UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds ST OLAF COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds ST MARYS UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA ↗
  • Who funds FOX VALLEY TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWOOD TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR ALUMNI ASSOC ↗
  • Who funds University of Mary ↗
  • Who funds Itasca Community College Foundation ↗
  • Who funds BETHEL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of St Thomas ↗
  • Who funds SDSM&T CENTER FOR ALUMNI RELATIONS & ADVANCEMENT ↗
  • Who funds Roosevelt University ↗
  • Who funds BETHANY LUTHERAN COLLEGE INC ↗
  • Who funds St Edwards University ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF DUBUQUE ↗
  • Who funds IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHCENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC ↗

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.

Tulsa Community Found…Culver's Foundation I…Council of Independen…Ibm International Fou…National Collegiate A…United Way WorldwideXcel Energy FoundationThe Blackbaud Giving …CommunitygivingThe Casper FoundationThe Eagle FoundationDelta Dental of Wisco…
Tulsa Community FoundationOK21.3× affinity9 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Tulsa Community Foundation · Culver's Foundation Inc · Council of Independent Colleges · Ibm International Foundation · National Collegiate Athletic Association · United Way Worldwide · Xcel Energy Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Communitygiving · The Casper Foundation · The Eagle Foundation · Delta Dental of Wisconsin Foundation Inc

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Frank & Susan Huettner Educ Fd funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Frank & Susan Huettner Educ Fd. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    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 60 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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