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Sue Anne Gelatt Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2026still arriving
50
Grants FY2026still arriving
3
States reached
$57k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

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
02FY2026 · 50 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • Under $10k33 grants · $91k
  • $10k–50k15 grants · $277k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $107k
$4,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$8.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST CLAIRE HEALTH MISSION$57,000
Individual grant recipient$50,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$40,000
LA CROSSE PROMISE$27,000
HUNGER TASK FORCE$25,000
SALVATION ARMY$25,000
WAFER FOOD PANTRY$25,000
HAVEN FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE$25,000
VITERBO UNIVERSITY$20,000
COULEE COUNCIL ON ADDICTIONS$15,000
GREAT RIVERS UNITED WAY$15,000
FRIENDS OF PBS WISCONSIN$10,000
YWCA OF THE COULEE REGION$10,000
NEW HORIZONS$10,000
LA CROSSE AREA YMCA$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–26, $526k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%KIDS BEATING CANCER: $20k → 13%HAVEN FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE: $50k → 12%HAVEN FOR SPECIAL PEOPLE: $25k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $55k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $55k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $55k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $50k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $40k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $35k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $30k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $20k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $20k → 12%CATHOLIC CHARITIES: $20k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S CENTER: $6k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S CENTER: $5k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S CENTER: $5k → 12%APTIV FOUNDATION: $4k → 12%APTIV FOUNDATION: $4k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S CENTER: $3k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S CENTER: $3k → 12%APTIV FOUNDATION: $3k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S CENTER: $3k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S CENTER: $2k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S CENTER: $2k → 12%APTIV FOUNDATION: $2k → 12%KARUNA INC: $2k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S CENTER: $2k → 12%APTIV FOUNDATION: $1k → 12%FAMILY & CHILDREN'S CENTER: $1k → 12%APTIV FOUNDATION: $1k → 12%APTIV FOUNDATION: $1k → 12%APTIV FOUNDATION: $1k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.0M · 56 repeat orgs$373k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against +14% for those funded once.

56 repeat relationships: 47 still active in FY2026, 9 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

56
19

Total granted

$4.0M
$318k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
+14%

Still filing today

63%
32%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 88% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $55k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
Human ServicesHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • VU
    VITERBO UNIVERSITY
    7× · 2019–2026 · $337k · revenue +5%
  • BA
    BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER LA CROSS
    10× · 2017–2026 · $319k · revenue +299%
  • HUNGER TASK FORCE INC
    10× · 2017–2026 · $177k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • DO
    DIOCESE OF LA CROSSE
    one grant, 2021 · $100k
  • VO
    VILLAGE OF HOLMEN
    one grant, 2017 · $50k
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF WEST SALEM
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
University of Wisconsin La Crosse - Alumni Association

To support university of wisconsin la crosse by building and maintaining relationships among students, alumni, friends and the university.

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2
Greater La Crosse Area Chamber of Commerce Foundation Inc
Education
3
La Crosse Community Foundation

Connecting people, passion, and giving in the la crosse area forever.

Philanthropy
4
Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center Inc

Gundersen lutheran medical center (glmc) a physician led, not-for-profit healthcare system, established in 1899, provides acute and tertiary care for 21 counties located throughout western wisconsin, northeastern iowa and southeastern…

Health
5
The Medical College of Wisconsin Inc

The medical college of wisconsin (mcw) is a distinguished leader and innovator in the education and development of the next generation of physicians, (continued in schedule o)

Education
6
Lake Area Free Clinic Inc

The lake area free clinic is the medical and dental home to low-income residents of waukesha county. the mission is to provide high-quality comprehensive health care to those in need.

Health
7
Catholic Residential Services Inc Dba Benedictine Living Communities of Wi

We are a catholic, faith-based organization entrusted with advancing the life-enhancing senior care ministry of the benedictine sisters of duluth, minnesota. we witness to god's love by creating inclusive communities, supporting those we…

Human Services
8
Greater La Crosse Area Chamber of Commerce

To be a progressive business resource, growing companies and developing leaders through collaboration, advocacy, information, and services that benefit current and future businesses.

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9
La Crosse Area Development Corp

The purpose of the corporation shall be to actively facilitate and promote economic development and business retention in the la crosse area. this shall be accomplished by focusing on the "triad of development": the attraction of industry,…

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10
Destination Lake Winnebago Region Inc

Dlwr's mission is to market fond du lac, waupun, and the broader lake winnebago region as the ideal destination for a wide range of the traveling public's needs. dlwr will serve as the liaison between the traveler and our region's lodging…

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11
Lutheran Housing of La Crosse Inc

Low income housing facility for elderly, handicapped, or chronically mentally ill residents.

Housing & Shelter
12
The Good Fight Community Center Inc

The good fight community center provides at-risk and disadvantaged youth of the la crosse, wi area with hope, encouragement, and a safe environment to develop personal goals, discipline, and values that helps lift them out of poverty,…

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Catholic Charities Inc Diocese of Madison; the most unlike its peers is The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

43 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 43 of the 78 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
43/43
Grantees still filing
28/43
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SALVATION ARMY: $245,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMYWAFER FOOD PANTRY: $228,000 · OtherWAFER FOOD PANTRYCHILDREN'S MUSEUM: $194,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S MUSEUMHUNGER TASK FORCE INC: $177,000 · OtherHUNGER TASK FORCE INCDIOCESE OF LA CROSSE: $100,000 · OtherHABITAT FOR HUMANITY-LA CROSSE: $84,999 · Other+48 more: $1,184,500 · Other+48 moreCATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON: $380,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHAR…Haven for Special People: $75,000 · Human ServicesHaven for Spe…FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S CENTER INC: $32,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY AND CH…KIDS BEATING CANCER INC: $20,000 · Human Services+3 more: $29,000 · Human Services+3 moreVITERBO UNIVERSITY: $337,000 · EducationVITERBO UNIVE…LA CROSSE PROMISE INC: $162,000 · EducationLA CROSSE PRO…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationCOULEE COUNCIL ON ADDICTIONS INC: $230,000 · HealthCOULEE COUN…ST CLARE HEALTH MISSION INC: $116,000 · HealthST CLARE HE…Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc: $82,000 · HealthGundersen L…+2 more: $16,000 · HealthBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER LA CROSS: $319,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $3,000 · Youth DevelopmentGREAT RIVERS UNITED WAY INC: $113,000 · PhilanthropyWOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER LA CROSSE INC: $41,000 · PhilanthropyONALASKA ENHANCEMENT FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 · Philanthropy+2 more: $10,000 · PhilanthropyFRIENDS OF RIVERSIDE PARK INC: $110,000 · Community ImprovementLA CROSSE NEIGHBORHOODS INC: $51,000 · Community Improvement
Other$2,213,499Human Services$536,000Education$500,000Health$444,000Youth Development$322,000Philanthropy$174,000Community Improvement$161,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

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
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds CATHOLIC CHARITIES INC DIOCESE OF MADISON ↗
  • Who funds VITERBO UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER LA CROSS ↗
  • Who funds COULEE COUNCIL ON ADDICTIONS INC ↗
  • Who funds HUNGER TASK FORCE INC ↗
  • Who funds LA CROSSE PROMISE INC ↗
  • Who funds ST CLARE HEALTH MISSION INC ↗
  • Who funds GREAT RIVERS UNITED WAY INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF RIVERSIDE PARK INC ↗
  • Who funds Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds Haven for Special People ↗
  • Who funds La Crosse Area Family Young Men's Christian Association Inc ↗
  • Who funds MISSISSIPPI VALLEY CONSERVANCY INC ↗
  • Who funds THE PARENTING PLACE INC ↗
  • Who funds LA CROSSE NEIGHBORHOODS INC ↗
  • Who funds GIVE KIDS THE WORLD INC ↗
  • Who funds SUSTAINABLE DRIFTLESS INC ↗
  • Who funds DOUBLE H HOLE IN THE WOODS RANCH INC ↗
  • Who funds WOMEN'S FUND OF GREATER LA CROSSE INC ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF GREEN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds COULEECAP INC ↗
  • Who funds CHILEDA INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF PBS WISCONSIN INC ↗

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 F…Smith Russell & Vera …Mayo Clinic Group Ret…Lyche Family Foundati…John & Kathy Reinhart…Cleary-Kumm Foundatio…Trust Point Foundatio…Alm Charities IncThe Pmg Foundation In…Gundersen Lutheran Ad…Otto Bremer TrustXcel Energy Foundation
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Sue Anne Gelatt Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sue Anne Gelatt Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Heart of Florida United Way Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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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