· Private foundation
The Casper Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k18 grants · $53k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $241k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $283k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| McDonell Area Catholic Schools | $100,000 |
| Boys and Girls Club | $100,000 |
| Northern Wisconsin State Fair Association | $83,333 |
| Edward & Hannah M. Rutledge Charities, Inc. | $40,000 |
| St. Charles Music Fund | $35,000 |
| Hope Gospel Mission | $35,000 |
| Chippewa Valley Cultural Association, Inc. | $25,000 |
| Family Support Center | $25,000 |
| Trinity Equestrian Center | $15,000 |
| Cornell Food Pantry | $12,000 |
| Barnabas Table Emergency Food Pantry | $12,000 |
| Fruit of the Vine Food Pantry | $12,000 |
| St. Charles Inspired by the Spirit Campaign | $10,000 |
| Chippewa Valley Free Clinic | $10,000 |
| Chippewa Valley Boy Scouts of America | $10,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY19–20) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +30% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
31 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 17 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 38% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $356k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CVCHIPPEWA VALLEY CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC3× · 2019–2024 · $93k · revenue +30%
- HGHOPE GOSPEL MISSION INC2× · 2020–2024 · $50k · revenue +29%
- CMCHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF EAU CLAIRE INC2× · 2019–2020 · $23k · revenue +8%
Funded once
- CFCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OFone grant, 2019 · $200k
- COCITY OF CHIPPEWA FALLSone grant, 2019 · $83k
- UOUNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - EAU CLAIREone grant, 2020 · $74k
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.
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.
Saint xavier university, a catholic institution inspired by the heritage of the sisters of mercy, educates persons to search for truth, think critically, communicate effectively and serve wisely and compassionately in support of human…
Steadfast in jesus christ as revealed in the holy scriptures, concordia university chicago promotes academic rigor in its liberal arts and professional programs; grounds students in objective truth, integrity, and excellence; and practices…
Capital university transforms lives by empowering an inclusive community of learners through engaging academic, co-curricular, and professional experiences.
Mission statement: an inclusive, catholic, and diocesan community of learners, st. ambrose university empowers all ambrosians to act courageously, to seek wisdom through faith and reason, to work for justice, and to lead lives of service.…
The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.
Through innovative learning opportunities, individual student attention, and an unwavering commitment to inclusive educational access, simpson college cultivates a diverse community of learners to lead lives of meaning and purpose.
Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
Augsburg university educates students to be informed citizens, thoughtful stewards, critical thinkers, and responsible leaders.the augsburg experience is supported by an engaged community that is committed to intentional diversity in its…
Cornell college offers an innovative and rigorous learning community where faculty and staff collaborate with students to develop the intellectual curiosity, creativity and moral courage necessary for a lifetime of learning and engaged…
Hilbert college is an independent institution of higher learning that embraces its catholic franciscan heritage and values. students from diverse backgrounds are educated in liberal arts and professional programs to become informed…
As an institution of higher education committed to the reformed christian perspective, dordt university equips students, alumni, and the broader community to work effectively toward christ-centered renewal in all aspects of contemporary…
How this is measured
46 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.
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 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 46 of the 145 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 CHIPPEWA VALLEY CULTURAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds NORTHERN WISCONSIN STATE FAIR ASSOC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF CHIPPEWA CO ↗
- Who funds HOPE GOSPEL MISSION INC ↗
- Who funds Edward & Hannah M. Rutledge Charities, Inc. ↗
- Who funds CHIPPEWA VALLEY FAMILY YMCA INC ↗
- Who funds FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER ↗
- Who funds CHIPPEWA FALLS AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
- Who funds CHIPPEWA FALLS YOUTH FOOTBALL ↗
- Who funds CHILDREN'S MUSEUM OF EAU CLAIRE INC ↗
- Who funds VITERBO UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds FEED MY PEOPLE INC ↗
- Who funds LAKELAND UNIVERSITY ↗
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: Edward and Hannah M Rutledge Charities Inc · Pablo Foundation Inc · Xcel Energy Foundation · Ba Mason Trust · Eau Claire Community Foundation · Mayo Clinic Group Return · The Jamf Nation Global Foundation · Green Bay Packers Foundation · Community Foundation of Chippewa Co · Annmarie Foundation Inc · The Nordson Corporation Foundation · Herbert H Kohl Charities Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Casper Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Casper Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
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