South Dakota · Private foundation
Walter and Virginia Hager Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $195k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 77%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $30,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 13
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $4.6M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 77% of the organizations Walter and Virginia Hager Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 56% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 17 | $195k | 24% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $181k | 77% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $25k | n/a |
88% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Religion$128kHealth$55kEducation$36kArts & Culture$22kYouth Development$22kHuman Services$19kCommunity Improvement$17kPublic Benefit$14kOther$0
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Lutheran Church | $95,000 | 3 | n/a |
| New Hope Foundation | $19,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mobridge Youth Organization | $16,500 | 2 | 14% |
| Mobridge Community Development Co | $16,500 | 2 | 7% |
| Mobridge Pink Ladies | $14,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mobridge Rodeo Foundation Inc | $12,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Mobridge Ministerial Association | $11,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Victory Center Bible Conference | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Legion Boys State | $3,000 | 1 | 8% |
| Parents for Positive Changes | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($202k), not named here.
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About Walter and Virginia Hager Foundation
- How much does Walter and Virginia Hager Foundation give?
- Walter and Virginia Hager Foundation reported 17 grants totaling $195,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 13 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Walter and Virginia Hager Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (32%), Health (14%), Education (9%).
- Who are Walter and Virginia Hager Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Trinity Lutheran Church ($95k), New Hope Foundation ($19k), Mobridge Youth Organization ($17k).
- Does Walter and Virginia Hager Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 77% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Walter and Virginia Hager Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Where is Walter and Virginia Hager Foundation based?
- Walter and Virginia Hager Foundation is based in SD.
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