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Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel 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.

$361k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
27
Grants FY2025
30
Organizations funded FY2024
20%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$10,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$40,000
Organizations funded a year
20 to 32
FY2019 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$2.8M
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 Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $30k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EducationYouth DevelopmentHealthPublic BenefitCrime & LegalHuman ServicesOther
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 arriving26$336k4%
FY202430$263k20%
FY202331$333k13%
FY202230$304k20%
FY202132$228k31%
FY202027$222k44%
FY201920$96kn/a
93% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$620kPublic Benefit$237kRecreation & Sports$198kHealth$180kYouth Development$131kCommunity Improvement$100kCrime & Legal$88kReligion$62kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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IL
WI
NY
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CA
CO
VA
AZ
DC
AL

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 42 grantees
All grantees of Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel Family Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Fellowship of Christian Athletes$185,00070%
Treehouse Inc$140,00063%
Fuller Theological Seminary$97,50050%
Carroll University Inc$76,00070%
Center of the American Experiment$75,00060%
Turning Point USA Inc$74,00040%
Dunwoody College of Technology$67,50070%
Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation$65,00040%
Young Life$65,00040%
Ludwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics Inc$61,00070%
Just in Time for Foster Youth$56,00070%
Judicial Watch Inc$55,00060%
Junior League of Minneapolis Inc$54,50074%
Legacy Christian Academy$49,31050%
Upper Midwest Law Center$45,00041%
Crime Prevention Fund$42,500593%
Santa Fe Christian Schools$35,00050%
United Through Reading$32,50040%
Prager University Foundation$30,00060%
Zion Lutheran Church$25,0003n/a
St Ann School$25,0005n/a
Every Meal$18,50050%
One World Surgery$17,50050%
Western Communities Action Network Inc$15,00031%
The Langdon Inc$15,00034%
Long Lake Volunteer Firemen's Relief Association$15,00042%
Minnesota Business Foundation$15,0001n/a
University of Minnesota Foundation$13,00030%
University of St Thomas$12,50030%
Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners$12,50020%
Minnetonka Center for the Arts$11,00050%
Missing Grace Foundation$10,000214%
American Cancer Society Inc$10,00010%
The Church of Saint Peter Claver of Saint Paul Minnesota$5,0001n/a
Jeremiah Program$5,00010%
Eagle Brook Church$5,0001n/a
Guild$2,50010%
Alamitos Bay Sailing Foundation$2,50013%
Uc San Diego Foundation$2,50010%
The Overcomer Foundation$2,00011%
Indiana University Foundation$2,00010%
Internet Archive$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($233k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 37 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFellowship of Christian Athletes: $185,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetTreehouse Inc: $140,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetFuller Theological Seminary: $97,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCarroll University Inc: $76,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCenter of the American Experiment: $75,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTurning Point USA Inc: $74,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetDunwoody College of Technology: $67,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetStephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetYoung Life: $65,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetLudwig Von Mises Institute for Austrian Economics Inc: $61,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetJust in Time for Foster Youth: $56,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetJudicial Watch Inc: $55,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetJunior League of Minneapolis Inc: $54,500 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetLegacy Christian Academy: $49,310 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUpper Midwest Law Center: $45,000 over 4y, 1.4% of budgetCrime Prevention Fund: $42,500 over 5y, 93% of budgetSanta Fe Christian Schools: $35,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Through Reading: $32,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPrager University Foundation: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEvery Meal: $18,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetOne World Surgery: $17,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWestern Communities Action Network Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetThe Langdon Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 4.1% of budgetLong Lake Volunteer Firemen's Relief Association: $15,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetUniversity of Minnesota Foundation: $13,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of St Thomas: $12,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInterfaith Outreach and Community Partners: $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMinnetonka Center for the Arts: $11,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMissing Grace Foundation: $10,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetAmerican Cancer Society Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetJeremiah Program: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuild: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlamitos Bay Sailing Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetUc San Diego Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Overcomer Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetIndiana University Foundation: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternet Archive: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% 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 37.

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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.

The Minneapolis FoundationMN19.4× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Minneapolis Foundation · Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota · Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · H William Lurton Foundation · Caridad Corporation · The Head Family Foundation · The K Foundation · American Gift Fund · United Way Worldwide · National Philanthropic Trust

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.

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About Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel Family Foundation

How much does Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel Family Foundation give?
Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel Family Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $361,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 32 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
What does Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel Family Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (33%), Public Benefit (12%), Recreation & Sports (10%).
Who are Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel Family Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Fellowship of Christian Athletes ($185k), Treehouse Inc ($140k), Fuller Theological Seminary ($98k).
Does Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel Family Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel 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 Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel Family Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota, Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation.
Where is Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel Family Foundation based?
Gregg W & Denise E Steinhafel Family Foundation is based in MN.

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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