Wisconsin · Public charity
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc
The mission of gundersen lutheran medical foundation, inc. Is to improve the lives of patients and our larger community through medical education, research, outreach, and the philanthropic support of gundersen health system.
- $5.8M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $5.3M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $1,512,214
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,011,254
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 8
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $105M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc 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 | 3 | $5.3M | 0% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $2.8M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $1.7M | 0% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $1.3M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $1.4M | 20% |
| FY2020 | 7 | $2.1M | 29% |
| FY2019 | 8 | $1.7M | 38% |
| FY2018 | 6 | $1.9M | 33% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center Inc | $14,742,078 | 9 | 0% |
| Gundersen Clinic Ltd | $2,661,627 | 9 | 0% |
| Gundersen Lutheran Administrative Services Inc | $2,406,380 | 9 | 0% |
| La Crosse Area Family Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $152,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Tri-State Ambulance Inc | $113,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Great Rivers United Way Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 3% |
| La Crosse Area Autism Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Joseph's Health Services Inc | $39,090 | 3 | 0% |
| Memorial Hospital of Boscobel | $31,401 | 1 | 0% |
| St Clare Health Mission Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center Inc | $14,742,078 | 9 | 0% |
| Gundersen Clinic Ltd | $2,661,627 | 9 | 0% |
| Gundersen Lutheran Administrative Services Inc | $2,406,380 | 9 | 0% |
| La Crosse Area Family Young Men's Christian Association Inc | $152,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Tri-State Ambulance Inc | $113,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Great Rivers United Way Inc | $75,000 | 1 | 3% |
| La Crosse Area Autism Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| St Joseph's Health Services Inc | $39,090 | 3 | 0% |
| Memorial Hospital of Boscobel | $31,401 | 1 | 0% |
| St Clare Health Mission Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| St Joseph's Memorial Foundation Inc | $18,404 | 1 | 25% |
| Palmer Lutheran Health Center Inc | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family and Children's Center Inc | $5,509 | 1 | 0% |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc 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.
Open a dossier: Lyche Family Foundation Inc · Gundersen Lutheran Administrative Services Inc · La Crosse Community Foundation · Mayo Clinic Group Return · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc
- How much does Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc give?
- Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc reported 4 itemized grants totaling $5,338,145, out of $5,775,848 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 8 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (98%), Human Services (1%), Philanthropy (1%).
- Who are Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center Inc ($15M), Gundersen Clinic Ltd ($2.7M), Gundersen Lutheran Administrative Services Inc ($2.4M).
- Does Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Lyche Family Foundation Inc, Gundersen Lutheran Administrative Services Inc, La Crosse Community Foundation.
- Where is Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc based?
- Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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