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The Victor and Christine Anthony

Waupaca, WI · EIN 26-0851891. Reported 163 grants totalling $3,479,005 to 74 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$3,479,005granted, 2021-2024
74organizations funded
82%of grantees funded again the next year
$17.5Massets, 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. The Victor and Christine Anthony 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 $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $166,667. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
4 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
21 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
42 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
46 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
20 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
23 grants
$100,000 and Up
7 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
National Philanthropic TrustJenkintown, PA$333,333222022
International Rescue CommitteeAlbert Lea, MN$300,000332024
Gillette Children's FoundationSaint Paul, MN$200,000442024
Friends of Ubs Optimus Foundation FundZurich$166,667112023
Humanity and InclusionSilver Spring, MD$150,000332024
Lutheran Social Services of Wi and Upper MiWest Allis, WI$150,000332024
Rawhide Youth ServicesNew London, WI$150,000332024
Second Harvest HeartlandBrooklyn Park, MN$140,000442024
Feeding America Eastern WisconsinAppleton, WI$115,000332024
Minneapolis FoundationMinneapolis, MN$104,320332024
ELCA World Hunger and Disaster AppealChicago, IL$100,000112021
Neighborhood Development CenterSaint Paul, MN$100,000442024
Open Arms Home for ChildrenLitchfield, AZ$100,000442024
World Central KitchenWashington, DC$100,000332024
Cap Services-Skills EnhancementStevens Point, WI$90,000442024
Northside Achievement ZoneMinneapolis, MN$90,000442024
Water MissionN Charleston, SC$60,000442024
Handicap International - Humanity and InclusionSilver Spring, MD$50,000112021
International Rescue CommitteeNew York, NY$50,000112021
Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper MichiganWest Allis, WI$50,000112021
Minneapolis Foundation - Donar Advised FundMinneapolis, MN$50,000112024
Rawhide IncNew London, WI$50,000112021
United Way of Sw FloridaFort Myers, FL$50,000112022
Ronald Mcdonald HouseWauwatosa, WI$45,000332024
Basic Needs Giving Partnership - Community Foundation of the Fox Valley RegAppleton, WI$40,000222023
My Very Own BedMinneapolis, MN$40,000442024
Project for Pride in LivingMinneapolis, MN$40,000222024
Twin Cities RiseMinneapolis, MN$40,000442024
Waupaca County Salvation ArmyNew London, WI$40,000442024
Cap Services-Mental Health NavigationStevens Point, WI$30,000332024
Every MealRoseville, MN$25,000222024
Feeding AmericaAppleton, WI$25,000112021
Greater Minneapolis Crisis NurseryMinneapolis, MN$25,000442024
Baby SpaceMinneapolis, MN$20,000442024
Basic Needs Giving PartnershipAppleton, WI$20,000112021
Community FoundationAppleton, WI$20,000112021
Foundations for LivingWaupaca, WI$20,000442024
Friends of CahootsWaupaca, WI$20,000112024
Loaves and Fishes - MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN$20,000222024
Waupaca Bread BasketWaupaca, WI$20,000332024
Aging and Disability Resource Center - Waupaca County Department of HealthWaupaca, WI$15,000332024
Cap Serivces-Family Crisis CenterStevens Point, WI$15,000332024
Crossways Camping MinistriesClintonville, WI$15,000332024
Project BackpackWaupaca, WI$15,000332024
Ronald Mcdonald House - Eastern WisconsinWauwatosa, WI$15,000112021
Special OlympicsAppleton, WI$15,000332024
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation - Fox Valley Child Advocacy CenNeenah, WI$10,000222024
Mission of Hope HouseNew London, WI$10,000222022
Open Arms of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MN$10,000112024
Salvation ArmyRoseville, MN$10,000112021
The Salvation Army-Twin CitiesRoseville, MN$10,000112022
YouthlinkMinneapolis, MN$10,000112024
Waupaca Area Food Pantry-Miracle TreeWaupaca, WI$9,000332024
Cap Services - Family Crisis CenterStevens Point, WI$5,000112021
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin FoundationNeenah, WI$5,000112022
Fox Valley Child Advocacy CenterNeenah, WI$5,000112021
Milwaukee Rescue MissionMilwaukee, WI$5,000112021
PillarsAppleton, WI$5,000112021
Special Olympics-WisconsinMadison, WI$5,000112021
Tc Food JusticeMinneapolis, MN$5,000112024
The Lakes-Project BackpackWaupaca, WI$5,000112022
Waupaca Bread Basket Meal ProgramWaupaca, WI$5,000112021
Waupaca County - Aging and DisabilityWaupaca, WI$5,000112021
Exponent PhilanthropyWashington, DC$4,185332024
Center for Deaf-Blind PersonsWest Allis, WI$4,000222023
Creative Caring HeartsWaupaca, WI$4,000442024
Winchester AcademyWaupaca, WI$4,000112024
Hce Waupaca County-Bookworm ProjectWaupaca, WI$3,000332024
Waupaca Library FoundationWaupaca, WI$3,000222024
Wi Rural Opportunities FoundationMadison, WI$3,000112022
Waupaca Area Food PantryWaupaca, WI$2,500112021
Iola Food PantryIola, WI$1,500332024
Wisconsin Bookworms-Waupaca CountyWaupaca, WI$1,000112021
Iola Food Pantry - Our Savior's Lutheran ChurchIola, WI$500112021

42 of 74 (57%) 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 82%, 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 70 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
20 grants
Food & Nutrition
9 grants
Housing & Shelter
9 grants
Health Care
8 grants
International Affairs
7 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
6 grants
Employment
4 grants
Crime & Legal
4 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202138$846,667$10,000
202240$928,166$10,000
202341$865,672$10,000
202444$838,500$10,000

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. 37% 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
$1.2M
Wisconsin
$1.1M
Pennsylvania
$333K
Maryland
$200K
District of Columbia
$104K
Arizona
$100K
Illinois
$100K
South Carolina
$60K

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Funders that support the same organizations

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. 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.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from The Victor and Christine Anthony'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 385, Waupaca, WI, 54981. 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 26-0851891 · 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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