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Sue Anne Gelatt Foundation

Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$475k
Granted FY2026(still arriving)
50
Grants FY2026
50
Organizations funded FY2025
8%
First-time grantees FY2025
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Median grant, FY2026
$4,000
Largest grant, FY2026
$57,000
Organizations funded a year
41 to 50
FY2019 to FY2025
States reached, FY2026
3
Total assets, FY2026
$8.5M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2025, 8% of the organizations Sue Anne Gelatt Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 15% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 85% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
HealthHuman ServicesPhilanthropyCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureEducationOther
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
FY2026still arriving50$475k6%
FY202550$445k8%
FY202447$438k4%
FY202345$496k11%
FY202241$481k2%
FY202144$420k16%
FY202043$436k14%
FY201943$417k21%
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$899kHealth$541kEducation$507kYouth Development$405kFood & Nutrition$399kArts & Culture$273kPhilanthropy$153kRecreation & Sports$150kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison$380,000100%
Viterbo University$337,00070%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater la Cross$319,000103%
Coulee Council on Addictions Inc$230,000911%
Hunger Task Force Inc$177,000100%
La Crosse Promise Inc$162,000726%
St Clare Health Mission Inc$116,0001024%
Great Rivers United Way Inc$113,000101%
Friends of Riverside Park Inc$110,000216%
Diocese of la Crosse$100,0001n/a
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All grantees of Sue Anne Gelatt Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison$380,000100%
Viterbo University$337,00070%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater la Cross$319,000103%
Coulee Council on Addictions Inc$230,000911%
Hunger Task Force Inc$177,000100%
La Crosse Promise Inc$162,000726%
St Clare Health Mission Inc$116,0001024%
Great Rivers United Way Inc$113,000101%
Friends of Riverside Park Inc$110,000216%
Diocese of la Crosse$100,0001n/a
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc$82,00030%
Haven for Special People$75,000250%
La Crosse Area Family Young Men's Christian Association Inc$70,000100%
Mississippi Valley Conservancy Inc$60,000101%
The Parenting Place Inc$52,00071%
La Crosse Neighborhoods Inc$51,000213%
Give Kids the World Inc$50,00050%
Sustainable Driftless Inc$50,000428%
Double H Hole in the Woods Ranch Inc$45,00030%
Women's Fund of Greater la Crosse Inc$41,000103%
Family and Children's Center Inc$32,000100%
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Green County Inc$29,00094%
Couleecap Inc$27,00060%
Chileda Institute Inc$25,00040%
Friends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc$20,00020%
Kids Beating Cancer Inc$20,00011%
First Congregational Church Endowment Trust$20,000101%
Aptiv Foundation Inc$17,00080%
La Crosse Symphony Orchestra Inc$16,000100%
Rotary Works Foundation Inc$16,00025%
La Crosse Community Theatre$14,00080%
Endalz Fest Foundation Inc$13,00043%
La Crosse County Historical Society$12,000101%
La Crosse City Vision Foundation Inc$10,000108%
Onalaska Enhancement Foundation Inc$10,00015%
Winn Inc$10,00023%
United Campus Ministry Inc$10,00010n/a
Mobile Meals of la Crosse Inc$10,00042%
Wyatts Wings Inc$8,0001n/a
Heart of Florida United Way Inc$5,00010%
United Way of Central Oklahoma Inc$5,00010%
Grow la Crosse Inc$3,0001n/a
Next Steps for Change Inc$3,00020%
Karunainc$2,0001n/a
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals$2,00010%
La Crosse Jazz Orchestra Inc$1,0001n/a
Lake Forest Academy$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Sue Anne Gelatt Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 41 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCatholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison: $380,000 over 10y, 0.5% of budgetViterbo University: $337,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBoys and Girls Clubs of Greater la Cross: $319,000 over 10y, 3.0% of budgetCoulee Council on Addictions Inc: $230,000 over 9y, 11% of budgetHunger Task Force Inc: $177,000 over 10y, 0.1% of budgetLa Crosse Promise Inc: $162,000 over 7y, 26% of budgetSt Clare Health Mission Inc: $116,000 over 10y, 24% of budgetGreat Rivers United Way Inc: $113,000 over 10y, 0.7% of budgetFriends of Riverside Park Inc: $110,000 over 2y, 16% of budgetGundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc: $82,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHaven for Special People: $75,000 over 2y, 50% of budgetLa Crosse Area Family Young Men's Christian Association Inc: $70,000 over 10y, 0.1% of budgetMississippi Valley Conservancy Inc: $60,000 over 10y, 1.4% of budgetThe Parenting Place Inc: $52,000 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetLa Crosse Neighborhoods Inc: $51,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetGive Kids the World Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSustainable Driftless Inc: $50,000 over 4y, 28% of budgetDouble H Hole in the Woods Ranch Inc: $45,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWomen's Fund of Greater la Crosse Inc: $41,000 over 10y, 3.3% of budgetFamily and Children's Center Inc: $32,000 over 10y, 0.1% of budgetBig Brothers Big Sisters of Green County Inc: $29,000 over 9y, 3.8% of budgetCouleecap Inc: $27,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetChileda Institute Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of Pbs Wisconsin Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKids Beating Cancer Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetFirst Congregational Church Endowment Trust: $20,000 over 10y, 1.1% of budgetAptiv Foundation Inc: $17,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetLa Crosse Symphony Orchestra Inc: $16,000 over 10y, 0.3% of budgetRotary Works Foundation Inc: $16,000 over 2y, 4.6% of budgetLa Crosse Community Theatre: $14,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetEndalz Fest Foundation Inc: $13,000 over 4y, 2.5% of budgetLa Crosse County Historical Society: $12,000 over 10y, 0.9% of budgetLa Crosse City Vision Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 10y, 7.5% of budgetOnalaska Enhancement Foundation Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetWinn Inc: $10,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetMobile Meals of la Crosse Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetHeart of Florida United Way Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of Central Oklahoma Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNext Steps for Change Inc: $3,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLake Forest Academy: $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 41.

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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.

La Crosse Community FoundationWI57.3× affinity25 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: La Crosse Community Foundation · Smith Russell & Vera Private Fdn Xxxxxx4172 · Mayo Clinic Group Return · Lyche Family Foundation Inc · John & Kathy Reinhart Family Foundation · Cleary-Kumm Foundation Inc · Trust Point Foundation Inc Xxxxxx2342 · Alm Charities Inc · The Pmg Foundation Inc Agy - Uma 1035017881 · Gundersen Lutheran Administrative Services Inc · Otto Bremer Trust · Xcel Energy Foundation

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 Sue Anne Gelatt Foundation

How much does Sue Anne Gelatt Foundation give?
Sue Anne Gelatt Foundation reported 50 grants totaling $475,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 41 and 50 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2025.
What does Sue Anne Gelatt Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Human Services (23%), Health (14%), Education (13%).
Who are Sue Anne Gelatt Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison ($380k), Viterbo University ($337k), Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater la Cross ($319k).
Does Sue Anne Gelatt Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2025, 8% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Sue Anne Gelatt 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 Sue Anne Gelatt Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include La Crosse Community Foundation, Smith Russell & Vera Private Fdn Xxxxxx4172, Mayo Clinic Group Return.
Where is Sue Anne Gelatt Foundation based?
Sue Anne Gelatt Foundation is based in WI.

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 78 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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