Wisconsin · Private foundation
Paul E Stry Foundation Inc
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.
- $160k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 16
- Grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 60%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,200
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 19
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 60% of the organizations Paul E Stry Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 44% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k 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 | 15 | $159k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 15 | $118k | 60% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $2k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $98k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $236k | 15% |
| FY2020 | 19 | $207k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Valley Conservancy Inc | $135,000 | 3 | 4% |
| City of la Crescent | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Conservation Inc | $39,075 | 4 | 1% |
| Norskedalen Nature & Heritage Center Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| St Joseph the Workman Cathedral | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| THE PRAIRIE ENTHUSIASTs INC | $22,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Friends of the Blufflands Inc | $21,550 | 4 | n/a |
| Hunger Task Force Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the la Crosse River Marsh Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wafer Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi Valley Conservancy Inc | $135,000 | 3 | 4% |
| City of la Crescent | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Central Conservation Inc | $39,075 | 4 | 1% |
| Norskedalen Nature & Heritage Center Inc | $30,000 | 3 | 2% |
| St Joseph the Workman Cathedral | $30,000 | 1 | n/a |
| THE PRAIRIE ENTHUSIASTs INC | $22,500 | 2 | 3% |
| Friends of the Blufflands Inc | $21,550 | 4 | n/a |
| Hunger Task Force Inc | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends of the la Crosse River Marsh Inc | $12,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Wafer Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Ablelight Inc | $7,300 | 3 | 0% |
| Western Technical College | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Grow la Crosse Inc | $6,200 | 1 | 4% |
| Pleasant Ridge School Inc | $5,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Driftless Birds Inc | $5,394 | 1 | n/a |
| International Owl Center | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Riverside International Friendship Gardens Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
| First Evangelical Lutheran Church | $3,987 | 5 | n/a |
| Coulee Region Humane Society Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| United Fund for the Arts and Humanities | $2,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Crawford Stewardship Project Ltd | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Coulee Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Inc | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 18 recipients with no EIN on record ($400k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Paul E Stry 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: La Crosse Community Foundation · Cleary-Kumm Foundation Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · Mayo Clinic Group Return · Locher Family Foundation Trust Xxxxxx1227 · Smith Russell & Vera Private Fdn Xxxxxx4172 · Gundersen Lutheran Administrative Services Inc · Baird Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About Paul E Stry Foundation Inc
- How much does Paul E Stry Foundation Inc give?
- Paul E Stry Foundation Inc reported 16 grants totaling $160,034 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 19 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Paul E Stry Foundation Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (45%), Youth Development (11%), Arts & Culture (6%).
- Who are Paul E Stry Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Mississippi Valley Conservancy Inc ($135k), City of la Crescent ($50k), Central Conservation Inc ($39k).
- Does Paul E Stry Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 60% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Paul E Stry Foundation Inc 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 Paul E Stry Foundation Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include La Crosse Community Foundation, Cleary-Kumm Foundation Inc, Xcel Energy Foundation.
- Where is Paul E Stry Foundation Inc based?
- Paul E Stry Foundation Inc is based in WI.
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