Minnesota · Private foundation
Melvin F and Ellen L Wagner Fdn
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.
- $474k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 11
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $43,050
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $43,050
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 11
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $7.9M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 10% of the organizations Melvin F and Ellen L Wagner Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 10% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $41k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 10 | $431k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $410k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 10 | $386k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $453k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 11 | $473k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 11 | $436k | 9% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $418k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 11 | $448k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeland University | $367,705 | 9 | 0% |
| Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc | $367,705 | 9 | 0% |
| Children's Hospital and Health System Inc | $367,705 | 9 | 0% |
| Humane Society of Sheboygan County Inc | $367,705 | 9 | 4% |
| Salvation Army National Corp | $41,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 8 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.
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About Melvin F and Ellen L Wagner Fdn
- How much does Melvin F and Ellen L Wagner Fdn give?
- Melvin F and Ellen L Wagner Fdn reported 11 grants totaling $473,550 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 11 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Melvin F and Ellen L Wagner Fdn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (34%), Education (24%), Religion (14%).
- Who are Melvin F and Ellen L Wagner Fdn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Lakeland University ($368k), Muscular Dystrophy Association Inc ($368k), Children's Hospital and Health System Inc ($368k).
- Does Melvin F and Ellen L Wagner Fdn fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Melvin F and Ellen L Wagner Fdn 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.
- Where is Melvin F and Ellen L Wagner Fdn based?
- Melvin F and Ellen L Wagner Fdn is based in MN.
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