Open Foundations · Minnesota

Hugh J Andersen Foundation

Bayport, Minnesota · EIN 416020914. Its Form 990-PF says giving is not restricted to organizations picked in advance, which is how a private foundation files that it accepts unsolicited requests. It paid $11.2M across 266 grants in 2025, a median of $30K each.

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$11.2M
paid in 2025
266
grants paid
$30K
median grant
16%
to first-time recipients
$277.8M
assets on file

How to apply, as filed

Straight off Part XV of the return. Where the foundation left a line blank, this says so rather than guessing.

Send requests to
HUGH J ANDERSEN FOUNDATION
Address
342 FIFTH AVENUE NORTH SUITE 200, BAYPORT, MN, 550034502
Phone
6514391557
Email
Not stated in the filing
Form the request should take
THE ANNUAL REPORT, APPLICATION FORM AND GUIDELINES FURNISHED UPON REQUEST AND AVAILABLE AT WWW.SRINC.BIZ/FOUNDATIONS/HUGH-J-ANDERSEN-FOUNDATION/PUBLI CATIONS/
Submission deadline
MARCH 15, JUNE 15, AUGUST 15, AND NOVEMBER 15
Restrictions on awards
THE PRIMARY GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS IS THE ST. CROIX VALLEY. THIS AREA INCLUDES WASHINGTON COUNTY IN MINNESOTA AND PIERCE, POLK, AND ST. CROIX COUNTIES IN WISCONSIN. THE SECONDARY GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS IS THE ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA METROPOLITAN AREA.

As filed on the Form 990-PF for tax year 2025, IRS filing object id 202621969349100127. Printed word for word, including the entries that only say to see a website or an attachment.

What it funds, in its own words

The words that come up most often across the purposes it wrote on its 2025 grants. These are the foundation's own words, not a category we assigned.

food

Biggest grants in 2025

The 15 largest of the 266 grants paid in 2025, with the purpose the foundation wrote for each.

#RecipientStateAmountPurpose as filed
1Lutheran Social Service of MnMN$300,000LSS CTR. FOR CHANGING LIVES FROGTOWN
2Our Neighbors' Place IncWI$300,000EVERY NEED,NEIGHBOR CAP CAMPAIGN
3Presbyterian Homes FoundationMN$300,000CROIXDALE COMPREHENSIVE RENOVATION
4Open Door Foundation IncNY$250,000OSSINING COMM HEALTH BUILD RENO
5Women's Foundation of MinnesotaMN$250,000COMP. CAMPAIGN- WOMEN THRIVING
6Children's Health Care FoundationMN$230,000EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT REMODEL
7Face to Face Health and CounselingMN$200,000ARCADE YOUTH HOUSING CAPITAL SUPPORT
8River Falls Library FoundationWI$200,000RENEW & INSPIRE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
9Open Arms of MinnesotaMN$150,000CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
10Women's Advocates IncMN$150,000CLEVELAND HOUSING & SHELTER CAMPAIGN
11St Croix Valley Habitat HumanityWI$140,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
12West Central Wi Community ActionWI$140,000GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
13Twin Cities Habitat for HumanityMN$132,000WOMEN BUILD 2026
14Guthrie Theater FoundationMN$125,000GUTHRIE THEATER ILLUMINATE CAMPAIGN
15Women's Foundation of MinnesotaMN$106,000GIRLSBEST PROGRAM

Giving by year, and who received it

Grants paid by year

Every year of this foundation's grants that Civly holds
Tax yearGrantsPaid
2020253$5.3M
2021260$7.4M
2022253$6.8M
2023272$8.6M
2024264$9.8M
2025 (partial year)266$11.2M

Where the money went

Share of 2025 grant dollars by recipient state
Minnesota68%
Wisconsin18%
New York5%
California2%
District of Columbia1%

Who decides

Officers, directors and trustees as filed, with the year of the return they appeared on.

Ellen B AndersenVICE PRES · 2025
Hunter W WolfsonDIRECTOR · 2025
Jordan C CopelandSECRETARY/TR · 2025
Sarah J AndersenPRESIDENT · 2025
William W RubensteinDIRECTOR · 2025

Every figure on this page is that foundation's own latest filed year, which is 2022 or later. This foundation is listed because its Form 990-PF says it does not restrict giving to preselected organizations and it paid at least 5 grants totaling $100K or more that year. Latest-year grants and terms per foundation from IRS 990-PF e-file returns; the newest tax year is partial until the IRS finishes releasing it. Grants are de-duplicated on funder, year, recipient and amount, so identical repeat grants collapse into one and totals can run low. Full method.

Source: IRS Form 990-PF e-file releases (public domain). Analysis: Civly.

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