Minnesota · Private foundation
The Huelsmann Foundation
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.
- $577k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 10
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 10%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $275,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 12
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.9M
- 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 The Huelsmann Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 5% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k 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 | 8 | $577k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 10 | $501k | 10% |
| FY2023 | 9 | $392k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 12 | $609k | 42% |
| FY2021 | 12 | $250k | 75% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $221k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Manogue Catholic School | $314,342 | 4 | n/a |
| Central Cross Country Skiing Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Stillwater Public Library Foundation | $175,000 | 5 | 11% |
| Seeley Trails Foundation | $70,930 | 1 | n/a |
| Stillwater Area Public Schools | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Partnership Plan for Stillwater Area Public Schools | $54,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Chequamegon Area Mountain Bike Associati | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington County Historical Society | $50,000 | 1 | 12% |
| The Loppet Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Thread | $45,000 | 4 | 1% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Manogue Catholic School | $314,342 | 4 | n/a |
| Central Cross Country Skiing Inc | $200,000 | 4 | 5% |
| Stillwater Public Library Foundation | $175,000 | 5 | 11% |
| Seeley Trails Foundation | $70,930 | 1 | n/a |
| Stillwater Area Public Schools | $60,000 | 3 | n/a |
| The Partnership Plan for Stillwater Area Public Schools | $54,000 | 5 | 4% |
| Chequamegon Area Mountain Bike Associati | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington County Historical Society | $50,000 | 1 | 12% |
| The Loppet Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Thread | $45,000 | 4 | 1% |
| American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Thomas E & Edna D Carpenter Foundation | $15,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Familymeans | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Croix Valley Chamber Chorale Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Huelsmann Foundation 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: Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation · Xcel Energy Foundation · St Croix Valley Foundation · The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation · Hardenbergh Foundation · Fred C and Katherine B Andersen Foundation · The Raleigh Foundation · Andersen Corporate Foundation · Hugh J Andersen Foundation · The Minneapolis Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
About The Huelsmann Foundation
- How much does The Huelsmann Foundation give?
- The Huelsmann Foundation reported 8 grants totaling $577,253 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 12 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Huelsmann Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (42%), Recreation & Sports (29%), Arts & Culture (14%).
- Who are The Huelsmann Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Bishop Manogue Catholic School ($314k), Central Cross Country Skiing Inc ($200k), Stillwater Public Library Foundation ($175k).
- Does The Huelsmann Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 10% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Huelsmann 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 The Huelsmann Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation, Xcel Energy Foundation, St Croix Valley Foundation.
- Where is The Huelsmann Foundation based?
- The Huelsmann Foundation is based in MN.
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