Minnesota · Nonprofit
Hunter Houle Memorial Foundation
Hunter Houle Memorial Foundation (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,800 to it, the largest being CARLSON FAMILY LIGHTSHIELD FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $171k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $22k
- Net assets
- $127k
What Hunter Houle Memorial Foundation does
Mission
Hunter Houle was an 18-year old snowmobile racer from Forest Lake, MN, who lost his life in a practice accident in January of 2017. The Hunter Houle Memorial Foundation is dedicated to helping those in need, the advancement of education, and engaging in other charitable purposes. The Foundation arose out of Hunter Houle's true love of racing and strong passion for helping others. Combining these passions, the Foundation strives to benefit the community and those in need.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
As part of their Making A Difference campaign, the foundation donated $186,851 in grants to 18 local organizations.
$197,952 spentof which $186,851 as grants100% of program spendingThe organization brought attention to the charities receiving grants and taught racing safety to youth.
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $197,952.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $100k to $163k (+63%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
83% of Hunter Houle Memorial Foundation’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Ryan Olson
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $300 → $10k.
From the IRS filings of Hunter Houle Memorial Foundation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
Hunter Houle Memorial Foundation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 92% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2020 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of Hunter Houle Memorial Foundation's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
Hunter Houle Memorial Foundation has grown faster than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Hunter Houle Memorial Foundation
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
96% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Hunter Houle Memorial Foundation: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Hunter Houle Memorial Foundation?
- Hunter Houle Memorial Foundation (Minnesota) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $21,800 to it, the largest being CARLSON FAMILY LIGHTSHIELD FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Hunter Houle Memorial Foundation have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $21,800 in grants to Hunter Houle Memorial Foundation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Hunter Houle Memorial Foundation?
- CARLSON FAMILY LIGHTSHIELD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Hunter Houle Memorial Foundation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 3 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing