Funding search · EIN 464203595 · La Crosse, WI

Dr David & Karen Olson Family Foundation

Name: Dr David & Karen Olson Family 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.

56
grants reported: $845,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $20,000
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.

What they fund

humanitarian education music arts literacy musical medical

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Second Harvest Heartland4 grants · $80,000
Lutheran Social Services4 grants · $75,000
Ujamaa Place4 grants · $72,500
Twin Cities Public Television4 grants · $70,000
Minnesota Public Radio4 grants · $70,000
St Paul Chamber Orchestra2 grants · $62,500
Friends of the St Paul Public Library3 grants · $60,000
Planned Parenthood St Paul3 grants · $60,000
Concordia University4 grants · $55,000
Friends of the St Paul Chamber2 grants · $45,000

Giving over time

$235,000

2022

$215,000

2023

$190,000

2024

$205,000

2025

Grant history

All 56 reported grants, largest first.

$42,500
St Paul Chamber Orchestra · St Paul, MN · 2022
Music and education
$32,500
Ujamaa Place · St Paul, MN · 2022
Funds for new project
$30,000
Friends of St Paul Library · St Paul, MN · 2022
Education
$25,000
Friends of the St Paul Chamber · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Music and education
$20,000
Friends of the St Paul Public Library · Saint Paul, MN · 2025
Education and literacy
$20,000
Lutheran Social Services · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Humanitarian
$20,000
Minnesota Public Radio · St Paul, MN · 2025
Education
$20,000
Planned Parenthood North Central States · St Paul, MN · 2025
Medical
$20,000
Second Harvest Heartland · St Paul, MN · 2025
Humanitarian
$20,000
St Paul Chamber Orchestra · St Paul, MN · 2025
Music and education
$20,000
Twin Cities Public Television · St Paul, MN · 2025
Education
$20,000
Ujamaa Place · St Paul, MN · 2025
Humanitarian
$20,000
Concordia University · St Paul, MN · 2024
Education
$20,000
Friends of the St Paul Chamber · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Music and education
$20,000
Friends of the St Paul Public Library · Saint Paul, MN · 2024
Education and literacy
$20,000
Lutheran Social Services · St Paul, MN · 2024
Humanitarian
$20,000
Minnesota Public Radio · St Paul, MN · 2024
Education
$20,000
Planned Parenthood St Paul · St Paul, MN · 2024
Humanitarian
$20,000
Second Harvest Heartland · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2024
Humanitarian
$20,000
Twin Cities Public Television · St Paul, MN · 2024
Education
$20,000
Concordia University · St Paul, MN · 2023
Education
$20,000
Friends of the St Paul Public Library · Saint Paul, MN · 2023
Education and literacy
$20,000
Lutheran Social Services · St Paul, MN · 2023
Humanitarian
$20,000
Minnesota Public Radio · St Paul, MN · 2023
Education
$20,000
Planned Parenthood St Paul · St Paul, MN · 2023
Humanitarian
$20,000
Second Harvest Heartland · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2023
Humanitarian
$20,000
Twin Cities Public Television · St Paul, MN · 2023
Education
$20,000
Planned Parenthood St Paul · St Paul, MN · 2022
Humanitarian
$20,000
Second Harvest Heartland · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2022
Humanitarian
$15,000
Lutheran Social Services · St Paul, MN · 2022
Humanitarian
$10,000
Concordia University · St Paul, MN · 2025
Education
$10,000
Minnesota Orchestra · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Musical education
$10,000
People Incorporated · Eagan, MN · 2025
Humanitarian
$10,000
Minnesota Orchestra · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Musical education
$10,000
People Incorporated · Eagan, MN · 2024
Humanitarian
$10,000
Ujamaa Place · St Paul, MN · 2024
Humanitarian
$10,000
Minnesota Orchestra · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Musical education
$10,000
People Incorporated · Eagan, MN · 2023
Humanitarian
$10,000
Ujamaa Place · St Paul, MN · 2023
Humanitarian
$10,000
Immigrant Law Center · St Paul, MN · 2022
Humanitarian
$10,000
Maestro'S Circle · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Music and education
$10,000
Minnesota Public Radio · St Paul, MN · 2022
Education
$10,000
People Incorporated #600 · Eagan, MN · 2022
Humanitarian
$10,000
Twin Cities Public Television · St Paul, MN · 2022
Education
$5,000
Guthrie Theater · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Arts
$5,000
Penumbra Theatre · St Paul, MN · 2025
Humanitarian
$5,000
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity · St Paul, MN · 2025
Humanitarian
$5,000
Guthrie Theater · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Arts
$5,000
Immigrant Law Center · St Paul, MN · 2023
Humanitarian
$5,000
Penumbra Theatre · St Paul, MN · 2023
Humanitarian
$5,000
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity · St Paul, MN · 2023
Humanitarian
$5,000
Concordia University · St Paul, MN · 2022
Education
$5,000
Guthrie Theater · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Arts
$5,000
Habitat for Humanity - St Paul · St Paul, MN · 2022
Humanitarian
$5,000
Park Square Theatre · St Paul, MN · 2022
Arts
$5,000
Penumbra Theatre · St Paul, MN · 2022
Humanitarian

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.