Minnesota · Private foundation
Wallestad Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $337k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2024
- 18
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 22%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $200,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 19
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $7.6M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 22% of the organizations Wallestad Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 59% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 41% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $260k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 12 | $337k | 25% |
| FY2023 | 18 | $443k | 22% |
| FY2022 | 15 | $315k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $427k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 12 | $351k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 19 | $338k | 32% |
| FY2018 | 15 | $419k | 40% |
| FY2017 | 13 | $589k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $1,500,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Hope Academy Inc | $222,900 | 8 | 0% |
| Halftime Institute | $205,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Stairstep Foundation | $163,500 | 6 | 3% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $134,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pulse Outreach | $85,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mobile Hope | $65,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Redeemer Bible Church | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvin Christian School of Minneapolis | $43,000 | 3 | 0% |
| River Valley Church | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Christian Foundation Inc | $1,500,000 | 7 | 3% |
| Hope Academy Inc | $222,900 | 8 | 0% |
| Halftime Institute | $205,000 | 4 | 4% |
| Stairstep Foundation | $163,500 | 6 | 3% |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Inc | $134,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pulse Outreach | $85,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Mobile Hope | $65,000 | 2 | 10% |
| Redeemer Bible Church | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Calvin Christian School of Minneapolis | $43,000 | 3 | 0% |
| River Valley Church | $35,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Lower East Side Tenement Museum | $35,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Helping Hands Ministries Inc | $34,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Young Life Foundation | $28,500 | 7 | n/a |
| Forever Adventure | $25,000 | 5 | 8% |
| City Vision | $20,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Amplify Mission Network | $20,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Unseen | $20,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Servant Leaders Support Inc | $20,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Treehouse Inc | $17,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Wayzata Community Church Foundation | $15,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New Life Family Services | $10,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Civilization Research Initiative | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Edina Sting Baseball Club Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Minnesota Prayer Breakfast Inc | $8,500 | 3 | 4% |
| Hope Farm School | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Eden Prairie Lions Club Foundation Inc | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Karen Wyckoff Rein in Sarcoma | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| St Lukes Episcopal Church | $2,000 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 14 recipients with no EIN on record ($420k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Wallestad 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: The Minneapolis Foundation · Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Christian Community Foundation Inc · The US Charitable Gift Trust · American Gift Fund · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America
How this is measured
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About Wallestad Foundation
- How much does Wallestad Foundation give?
- Wallestad Foundation reported 12 grants totaling $337,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 19 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Wallestad Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Philanthropy (53%), Religion (21%), Education (8%).
- Who are Wallestad Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: National Christian Foundation Inc ($1.5M), Hope Academy Inc ($223k), Halftime Institute ($205k).
- Does Wallestad Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 22% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Wallestad Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Wallestad Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Minneapolis Foundation, Thrivent Charitable Impact & Investing, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Wallestad Foundation based?
- Wallestad Foundation is based in MN.
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