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Hallberg Family Foundation

Forest Lake, MN · EIN 41-1989115. Reported 129 grants totalling $1,058,102 to 79 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$2,500median grant
$1,058,102granted, 2021-2024
79organizations funded
45%of grantees funded again the next year
$5,451,309assets, 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. Hallberg Family Foundation 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 $1,045 and $5,000; the smallest was $200 and the largest $171,594. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
20 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
68 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
17 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
13 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
6 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
3 grants
$100,000 and Up
2 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
Forest Lake School District 831Forest Lake, MN$229,074442024
Fogerty Ice ArenaBlaine, MN$127,000442024
Community Scholarship FoundationForest Lake, MN$100,000222024
Csf Scholarship FundNew York, NY$95,000222022
Wyoming Creative ArtsWyoming, MN$80,500442024
Chisago Lakes Ice ArenaLindstrom, MN$59,000442024
TeflaForest Lake, MN$34,800442024
City of Wyoming ParksForest Lake, MN$34,750112023
Ordway Arts CenterSt Paul, MN$30,000442024
Lake Center for Youth and FamiliesForest Lake, MN$25,800332023
City of WyomingWyoming, MN$25,000112024
American LegionForest Lake, MN$17,500332024
Forest Lake Lake AssociationForest Lake, MN$16,500332024
Forest Lake Rotary ClubForest Lake, MN$15,250332024
Forest Lake Police DepartmentForest Lake, MN$10,000112024
Grace Alliance ChurchForest Lake, MN$7,500112024
Down Syndrome AssociationSt Paul, MN$7,070332024
St Pauls Lutheran ChurchWyoming, MN$6,700222024
Linwood Covenant ChurchWyoming, MN$6,500332024
St John's Evangelical Lutheran ChurchStacy, MN$6,500332024
Masquers TheatreForest Lake, MN$5,500222024
Angel FoundationMendota Heights, MN$5,000222022
Forest Hills United MethodistForest Lake, MN$5,000222024
Literacy MattersMinneapolis, MN$5,000112021
St Peter's Catholic ChurchForest Lake, MN$5,000332023
Willowbrook Community ChurchForest Lake, MN$5,000112021
American Red CrossMinneapolis, MN$4,500442024
St Peters ChurchForest Lake, MN$4,300112024
Wyoming Methodist ChurchWyoming, MN$4,000222024
Muska Community Support FoundationForest Lake, MN$3,960222022
Alzheimer's Disease & Related Disorders Association IncChicago, IL$3,000112022
St Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphis, TN$3,000222024
Amborella HouseWyoming, MN$2,500112021
Chisago Lakes Baptist ChurchChisago City, MN$2,500112024
Church of ChristMinneapolis, MN$2,500112024
Crossroads ChurchColumbus, MN$2,500112024
Eagle Brook ChurchLino Lakes, MN$2,500112024
Elim Lutheran ChurchRobbinsdale, MN$2,500112024
Faith Lutheran ChurchForest Lake, MN$2,500112024
Hosanna Lutheran ChurchForest Lake, MN$2,500112024
Immanuel ChurchForest Lake, MN$2,500112024
Lord of the Lakes Lutheran ChurchForest Lake, MN$2,500112024
Marantha Assembly of GodForest Lake, MN$2,500112024
Messiah Lutheran ChurchForest Lake, MN$2,500112024
Scandia Heritage AllianceScandia, MN$2,500112024
The Community ChurchForest Lake, MN$2,500112024
Washington County Historical SocietyStillwater, MN$2,500112021
Wyoming Fire DepartmentWyoming, MN$2,500112021
Forest Lake Fishing TeamForest Lake, MN$2,045222024
Neighborhood HouseSt Paul, MN$2,000112021
Red CrossWashington, DC$2,000112024
Shelter BoxLakewood Ranch, FL$2,000112024
Alzheimer's AssociationMinnetonka, MN$1,500112024
Muske Community Support FoundationForest Lake, MN$1,500112024
Shriners Hospital for ChildrenWoodbury, MN$1,500112022
Stomp Out Suicide IncWyoming, MN$1,500112024
Wyoming Stagecoach DaysWyoming, MN$1,500112024
Billy Graham AssociationCharlotte, NC$1,000112024
Chisago Lakes High School Fishing TeamChisago City, MN$1,000222023
Columbus ElementaryForest Lake, MN$1,000112022
Community Health Initiative HaitiCedar Rapids, IA$1,000112022
Hallberg Center for the ArtsWyoming, MN$1,000112021
Living Word Christian CenterBrooklyn Park, MN$1,000112024
Partners for Breast Cancer IncFort Myers, FL$1,000112021
Salvation ArmyAlexandria, VA$1,000112024
Linwood TownshipStacy, MN$800222024
Canvas HealthWyoming, MN$750112021
Stacy Lions ClubStacy, MN$750222024
Forest Lake CampForest Lake, MN$650112022
Andover Wrestling ClubAndover, MN$600112024
Chisago Lakes Fishing TeamChisago City, MN$545112024
Ham Lake Sportsmans ClubHam Lake, MN$500112021
Roxie's HopePine City, MN$500112024
Union Gospel MissionSt Paul, MN$500112024
City of Wyoming Stagecoach DayWyoming, MN$300112023
Chanhassen School District 112Chanhassen, MN$258112021
Forest Lake Safety CampForest Lake, MN$250112023
Minnesota Sheriffs' AssociationSt Paul, MN$250112022
Lakes International Language AcademyForest Lake, MN$200112022

28 of 79 (35%) 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 45%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 19 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
5 grants
Diseases & Disorders
3 grants
Environment
3 grants
Education
2 grants
Religion
1 grant
Recreation & Sports
1 grant
Arts & Culture
1 grant
Health Care
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202133$221,058$2,500
202225$262,990$2,500
202319$300,514$2,000
202452$273,540$2,500

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

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 90% of this one's giving went to organizations in Minnesota. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Minnesota
$949K
New York
$95K
Florida
$3K
Tennessee
$3K
Illinois
$3K
District of Columbia
$2K
North Carolina
$1K
Virginia
$1K

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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.

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund10 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc8 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc7 shared recipientsSaint Paul & Minnesota Foundation6 shared recipientsThe Blackbaud Giving Fund6 shared recipientsVanguard Charitable Endowment Program5 shared recipients

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 Minnesota.
  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 Hallberg Family Foundation'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 130, Forest Lake, MN, 55025. 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 41-1989115 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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