Funding search · EIN 273297454 · Maple Grove, MN

The Joel and Teresa Pfister Foundation

Name: The Joel and Teresa Pfister Foundation grants, 2022–2025
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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.

55
grants reported: $321,800
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $4,500
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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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.

Boys and Girls Club of the Twin Cities3 grants · $51,000
Open Arms of Minnesota3 grants · $30,000
Upstate Nevada2 grants · $25,000
Eddy House2 grants · $20,000
Preston Historical Society1 grant · $15,000
Vail Place2 grants · $15,000
Rise Up Ninja Foundation2 grants · $13,000
Mobile Hope1 grant · $12,000
Center for a Non Violent Community1 grant · $10,000
We Can Ride1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$55,500

2022

$64,300

2023

$87,000

2024

$115,000

2025

Grant history

All 55 reported grants, largest first.

$21,000
Boys and Girls Club of the Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2025
Charitable contribution
$20,000
Boys and Girls Club of the Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2024
Charitable contribution
$15,000
Preston Historical Society · Preston, MN · 2024
Charitable contribution
$15,000
Upstate Nevada · Reno, NV · 2023
Charitable contribution
$12,000
Mobile Hope · Corcoran, MN · 2025
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Crescent Cove · Brooklyn Center, MN · 2025
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Eddy House · Reno, NV · 2025
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Rise Up Ninja Foundation · St Louis Park, MN · 2025
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Eddy House · Reno, NV · 2024
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Open Arms of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Upstate Nevada · Reno, NV · 2024
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Boys and Girls Club of the Twin Cities · St Paul, MN · 2023
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Center for a Non Violent Community · Sonora, CA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Open Arms of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Open Arms of Minnesota · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Charitable contribution
$10,000
Vail Place · Hopkins, MN · 2022
Charitable contribution
$10,000
We Can Ride · Maple Plain, MN · 2022
Charitable contribution
$6,000
Compassion Ministries · Burnsville, MN · 2025
Charitable contribution
$5,500
Yellow Tree Theater · Osseo, MN · 2022
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Bras for Girls · Seattle, WA · 2025
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Kaleidoscope Performing Arts · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2025
Charitable contribution
$5,000
The Advocates for Human Rights · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Freed Center for Independent Living · Grass Valley, CA · 2024
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Prevent 22 Task Force · Preston, MN · 2024
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Robin'S Next Foundation · Castle Rock, CO · 2024
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Hope Rides · Mayer, MN · 2023
Charitable contribution
$5,000
Vail Place · Hopkins, MN · 2023
Charitable contribution
$4,500
Gillette Children'S Hospital Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2022
Charitable contribution
$4,500
St David'S Center · Minnetonka, MN · 2022
Charitable contribution
$4,000
Southwest Carver County Food Shelf · Norwood Young America, MN · 2025
Charitable contribution
$4,000
Waconia United Food Shelf (Gather & Grow) · Waconia, MN · 2025
Charitable contribution
$4,000
Giving Womn Co St Paul & Mn Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2023
Charitable contribution
$4,000
Bio Girls · Fargo, ND · 2022
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Project Sunshine · New York, NY · 2024
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Rise Up Ninja Foundation · St Louis Park, MN · 2024
Charitable contribution
$3,000
Zion Originated Outreach Ministry · Minneapolis, MN · 2022
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency Food Bank · Jackson, CA · 2025
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Bountiful Basket Food Shelf of Eastern Carver County · Chaska, MN · 2025
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Caring Hearts in Action Mn · Farmington, MN · 2025
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Castle Rock Community Inter-Church Task Force · Castle Rock, CO · 2025
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Center for Family Life in Sunset Park · Brooklyn, NY · 2025
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Groveland Emergency Food Shelf · Minneapolis, MN · 2025
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Interfaith Food Bank · Clute, TX · 2025
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Ruby'S Heart · North Branch, MN · 2025
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Second Harvest Heartland · Brooklyn Park, MN · 2025
Charitable contribution
$2,000
The Food Bank of Nevada County · Grass Valley, CA · 2025
Charitable contribution
$2,000
The Food Bank of Northern Nevada · Sparks, NV · 2025
Charitable contribution
$2,000
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - Nevada Chapter · New York, NY · 2023
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Summerville Parent Nursery School · Tuolumne, CA · 2023
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Huntington'S Disease Society of America · New York, NY · 2022
Charitable contribution
$2,000
Sanneh Foundation · St Paul, MN · 2022
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Preston Serviceman'S Club · Preston, MN · 2025
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Preston Serviceman'S Club · Preston, MN · 2024
Charitable contribution
$1,000
Preston Serviceman'S Club · Preston, MN · 2023
Charitable contribution
$300
Just for Kids Foundation · Maple Grove, MN · 2023
Charitable contribution

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