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Frank G Andres Charitable Trust

Tomah, WI · EIN 51-0172405. Reported 137 grants totalling $546,450 to 55 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,500median grant
$546,450granted, 2021-2024
55organizations funded
76%of grantees funded again the next year
$2,385,793assets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Frank G Andres Charitable Trust did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $2,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,000 and $4,260; the smallest was $500 and the largest $40,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
3 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
106 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
23 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
1 grant
$25,000 - $50,000
4 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Boys and Girls Clubs of West Central WisconsinTomah, WI$135,000442024
Tomah Area School DistrictTomah, WI$33,079442024
Families First of Monroe County IncTomah, WI$24,000442024
Learning Independent Future Environmentgoodwill IndustriesMenasha, WI$21,500332024
Handishop Industries IncTomah, WI$21,355442024
Veterans Assistance Foundation IncTomah, WI$19,450442024
Tomah Youth HockeyTomah, WI$14,500442024
Area Community Theatre IncTomah, WI$14,000332024
Coats for KidsTomah, WI$14,000332024
City of Tomah - Police DeptTomah, WI$13,000442024
Monroe County Crime Stoppers IncTomah, WI$12,000442024
Family Promise of Monroe CountySparta, WI$11,000332024
Neighbor for Neighbor IncTomah, WI$11,000332023
Tomah Rotary Foundation IncTomah, WI$11,000332024
City of Tomah Kupper Ratsch Senior CenterTomah, WI$10,800442024
Caring Closet IncTomah, WI$10,500332024
City of Tomah - Fire DepartmentTomah, WI$9,800442024
City of Tomah - Tomah Area Ambulance ServicesTomah, WI$9,770442024
Treasured Chests IncTomah, WI$9,000442024
Tomah Area Historical Society IncTomah, WI$8,788442024
Bluff and Ridge Equine Assisted Therapies IncKendall, WI$8,582222024
The Aging and Disability Resource Center of Monroe CountySparta, WI$8,500332024
City of Tomah - Our Town Tomah CommitteeTomah, WI$8,000442024
Faith in Action Volunteers of Monroe CountyTomah, WI$7,500332024
Goodwill Industries of Nc Wi IncMenasha, WI$7,500112021
Tomah Public LibraryTomah, WI$7,469442024
American Legion Post 201Tomah, WI$6,000222022
Tomah Concert AssociationTomah, WI$5,500332024
American Legion Auxilary Unit 201Tomah, WI$5,000112024
City of Tomah - Parks and Recreation DepartmentTomah, WI$5,000222024
Tomah Area Community Theatre IncTomah, WI$5,000112021
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the 7 Rivers RegionLa Crosse, WI$4,000112024
Junior Achievement of Wisconsin IncMilwaukee, WI$4,000222022
Tomah School of Childhood IncTomah, WI$4,000222024
Western Technical College Foundation IncLa Crosse, WI$4,000442024
VFW Post 1382Tomah, WI$3,500112021
Acres of Hope MinistryNorwalk, WI$3,000332024
Lighthouse Assembly of GodTomah, WI$3,000112021
The Parenting PlaceLa Crosse, WI$3,000332024
Tomah High School Regional Rodeo Association IncTomah, WI$3,000332023
City of TomahTomah, WI$2,848222022
Family Promis of Monroe CountySparta, WI$2,500112021
Monroe County Agricultural SocietyTomah, WI$2,500222024
Monroe County Housing AuthoritySparta, WI$2,500112021
St Clare Health Mission of Monroe County IncSparta, WI$2,500112021
City of Tomah - Clerk's OfficeTomah, WI$2,115112022
Tomah Sports Booster Club IncTomah, WI$2,000112023
Chasing Daylight Animal ShelterTomah, WI$1,500112022
City of Tomah - Parks and RecTomah, WI$1,500112021
City of Tomah - Public Works DepartmentTomah, WI$1,500112021
Monroe County Agriculture SocietyTomah, WI$1,500112021
Monroe County Association for Home and Community EducationSparta, WI$1,394222022
Junior Achievement of Wi Coulee RegionLa Crosse, WI$1,000112024
Tomah Holiday Lights IncTomah, WI$1,000112021
Tomah Youth Soccer IncTomah, WI$1,000112021

37 of 55 (67%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 76%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 57 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
7 grants
Crime & Legal
7 grants
Arts & Culture
7 grants
Youth Development
6 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
5 grants
Community Improvement
4 grants
Diseases & Disorders
4 grants
Education
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202138$128,265$2,500
202233$127,113$2,500
202332$135,052$2,500
202434$156,020$2,900

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Tomah, WI
$461K
Menasha, WI
$29K
Sparta, WI
$28K
La Crosse, WI
$12K
Kendall, WI
$9K
Milwaukee, WI
$4K
Norwalk, WI
$3K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $2,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Wisconsin.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Frank G Andres Charitable Trust's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: Po Box 753, Tomah, WI, 54660. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 51-0172405 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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