Funding search · EIN 411796283 · Prior Lake, MN

Bakken Family Wrc Foundation

Name: Bakken Family Wrc Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

117
grants reported: $4.2M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Top recipients

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Pavek Museum of Broadcasting4 grants · $913,600
The Bakken Museum4 grants · $555,100
Norway House4 grants · $475,600
First Lutheran Church4 grants · $432,000
Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church4 grants · $298,600
Allina Health Foundation4 grants · $175,000
Northern Star Council Boy Scouts of America4 grants · $165,000
Southern Valley Alliance for Battered Women4 grants · $133,600
Trinity Lutheran Church Foundation4 grants · $125,000
Dodoma Tanzania Health Development4 grants · $100,000

Giving over time

$1.2M

2022

$1.0M

2023

$969,500

2024

$1.1M

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 117 grants.

$268,600
Pavek Museum of Broadcasting · St Louis Park, MN · 2025
General support
$265,000
Pavek Museum of Broadcasting · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
General support
$255,000
Pavek Museum of Broadcasting · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
General support
$173,100
The Bakken Museum · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General support
$165,000
The Bakken Museum · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support
$155,000
First Lutheran Church · Columbia Heights, MN · 2022
General support
$150,000
Norway House · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General support
$142,000
Norway House · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support
$125,000
Pavek Museum of Broadcasting · St Louis Park, MN · 2023
General support
$112,000
The Bakken Museum · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support
$105,000
The Bakken Museum · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General support
$98,600
Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church · Prior Lake, MN · 2025
General support
$97,000
First Lutheran Church · Columbia Heights, MN · 2024
General support
$95,000
First Lutheran Church · Columbia Heights, MN · 2023
General support
$92,500
Norway House · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support
$91,100
Norway House · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General support
$85,000
First Lutheran Church · Columbia Heights, MN · 2025
General support
$75,000
Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church · Prior Lake, MN · 2024
General support
$75,000
Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church · Prior Lake, MN · 2023
General support
$55,000
Allina Health Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General support
$55,000
Trinity Lutheran Church Foundation · Long Lake Rd, MN · 2025
General support
$53,600
Southern Valley Alliance for Battered Women · Belle Plaine, MN · 2025
General support
$50,000
Northern Star Council Boy Scouts of America · St Paul, MN · 2025
General support
$50,000
Northern Star Council Boy Scouts of America · St Paul, MN · 2024
General support
$50,000
Snowmass Chapel · Snowmass Village, CO · 2023
General support
$50,000
Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church · Prior Lake, MN · 2022
General support
$40,000
Allina Health Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support
$40,000
Allina Health Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support
$40,000
Allina Health Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General support
$35,000
Northern Star Council Boy Scouts of America · St Paul, MN · 2023
General support
$30,000
Southern Valley Alliance for Battered Women · Belle Plaine, MN · 2024
General support
$30,000
Trinity Lutheran Church Foundation · Long Lake Rd, MN · 2024
General support
$30,000
Northern Star Council Boy Scouts of America · St Paul, MN · 2022
General support
$25,000
Dodoma Tanzania Health Development · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General support
$25,000
Gillette Children'S Hospital Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2025
General support
$25,000
Dodoma Tanzania Health Development · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support
$25,000
Dodoma Tanzania Health Development · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support
$25,000
Mitchell Hamline School of Law · St Paul, MN · 2023
General support
$25,000
Southern Valley Alliance for Battered Women · Belle Plaine, MN · 2023
General support
$25,000
Alzheimers Association of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General support
$25,000
Dodoma Tanzania Health Development · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General support
$25,000
Mitchell Hamline School of Law · St Paul, MN · 2022
General support
$25,000
Southern Valley Alliance for Battered Women · Belle Plaine, MN · 2022
General support
$25,000
St Louis Park Emergency Program (Step) · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
General support
$20,000
Children'S Law Center of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2025
General support
$20,000
Children'S Law Center of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2024
General support
$20,000
Columbia Heights High School Alumni Scholarship Fund · Columbia Heights, MN · 2023
General support
$20,000
Trinity Lutheran Church Foundation · Long Lake Rd, MN · 2023
General support
$20,000
Columbia Heights High School Alumni Scholarship Fund · Columbia Heights, MN · 2022
General support
$20,000
River Valley Ymca · Prior Lake, MN · 2022
General support
$20,000
The Link · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General support
$20,000
Trinity Lutheran Church Foundation · Long Lake Rd, MN · 2022
General support
$20,000
University of St Thomas · St Paul, MN · 2022
General support
$15,000
Second Harvest Heartland · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2025
General support
$15,000
Mitchell Hamline School of Law · St Paul, MN · 2024
General support
$15,000
St Louis Park Emergency Program (Step) · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
General support
$15,000
Alzheimers Association of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support
$15,000
Children'S Law Center of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2023
General support
$15,000
Second Harvest Heartland · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2023
General support
$15,000
University of St Thomas · St Paul, MN · 2023
General support
$15,000
Children'S Law Center of Minnesota · St Paul, MN · 2022
General support
$15,000
Ecumenical Community of Chautauqua · Chautauqua, NY · 2022
General support
$15,000
Gillette Children'S Hospital Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2022
General support
$14,000
Aspca · New York, NY · 2023
General support
$14,000
Prior Lake Fire Department · Prior Lake, MN · 2023
General support
$10,000
Ecumenical Community of Chautauqua · Chautauqua, NY · 2025
General support
$10,000
St Louis Park Emergency Program (Step) · St Louis Park, MN · 2025
General support
$10,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
General support
$10,000
American Red Cross · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support
$10,000
Ecumenical Community of Chautauqua · Chautauqua, NY · 2024
General support
$10,000
Gillette Children'S Hospital Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2024
General support
$10,000
Jobs Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2024
General support
$10,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support
$10,000
Als Association · Arlington, VA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Crescent Cove · St Louis Park, MN · 2023
General support
$10,000
St Louis Park Emergency Program (Step) · St Louis Park, MN · 2023
General support
$10,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support
$10,000
Wishes and More · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
General support
$10,000
Als Association · Arlington, VA · 2022
General support
$10,000
American Red Cross · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General support
$10,000
Aspca · New York, NY · 2022
General support
$10,000
Children First · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
General support
$10,000
Crescent Cove · St Louis Park, MN · 2022
General support
$10,000
Snowmass Chapel · Snowmass Village, CO · 2022
General support
$10,000
University of Minnesota Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
General support
$8,000
Prior Lake Fire Department · Prior Lake, MN · 2024
General support
$7,500
Prior Lake Vfw · Prior Lake, MN · 2024
General support
$7,500
Snowmass Chapel · Snowmass Village, CO · 2024
General support
$7,500
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts · St Paul, MN · 2022
General support
$7,500
Twin Cities Public Television · St Paul, MN · 2022
General support
$5,000
Bricks To Bread · St Louis Park, MN · 2025
General support
$5,000
Hats & Mittens · Minnetonka, MN · 2025
General support
$5,000
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts · St Paul, MN · 2025
General support
$5,000
Saca Food Shelf · Columbia Heights, MN · 2025
General support
$5,000
Twin Cities Public Television · St Paul, MN · 2025
General support
$5,000
Als Association · Arlington, VA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Alzheimers Association of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
General support
$5,000
American Cancer Socity · Atlanta, GA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Aspen Mountain Rescue · Aspen, CO · 2024
General support
$5,000
Crescent Cove · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
General support

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