Funding search · EIN 391598681 · La Crosse, WI

Paul E Stry Foundation

Name: Paul E Stry 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: $380,889
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $3,040
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.

City of La Crescent1 grant · $50,000
Wisconsin Dnr1 grant · $40,000
Mississippi Valley Conservancy1 grant · $35,000
The Prairie Enthusiasts2 grants · $22,500
Bureau of Natural Heritage1 grant · $20,000
Wisconsin Dnr Natural Areas1 grant · $20,000
Norskedalen2 grants · $20,000
Wiscorps2 grants · $19,800
Friends of the Blufflands3 grants · $19,550
University of Wisconsin La Crosse Foundation Music Department3 grants · $13,227

Giving over time

$99,137

2022

$1,550

2023

$120,168

2024

$160,034

2025

Grant history

All 56 reported grants, largest first.

$50,000
City of La Crescent · La Crescent, MN · 2025
Donation
$40,000
Wisconsin Dnr · Madison, WI · 2025
Donation
$35,000
Mississippi Valley Conservancy · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Donation
$20,000
Bureau of Natural Heritage · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Donation
$20,000
Wisconsin Dnr Natural Areas · Madison, WI · 2022
Donation
$15,000
The Prairie Enthusiasts · Viroqua, WI · 2024
Donation
$12,000
Friends of the La Crosse River Marsh · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Donation
$10,000
Friends of the Blufflands · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Donation
$10,000
Norskedalen · Coon Valley, WI · 2025
Donation
$10,000
Wiscorps · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Donation
$10,000
Norskedalen · Coon Valley, WI · 2024
Donation
$10,000
La Crosse Parks · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Donation
$10,000
Norskedalen Nature and Heritage Center · Coon Valley, WI · 2022
Donation
$9,800
Wiscorps · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Donation
$9,275
Wiscorps 2022 · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Donation
$8,000
Friends of the Blufflands · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Donation
$7,702
Uw-La Crosse Foundation Music Department · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Donation
$7,500
The Prairie Enthusiasts · Viroqua, WI · 2025
Donation
$7,250
University of Wisconsin La Crosse Foundation Music Department · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Donation
$7,000
Western Technical College · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Donation
$6,200
Grow La Crosse · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Donation
$5,394
Driftless Birds · Onalaska, WI · 2025
Donation
$5,000
Riverside International Friendship Gardens · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Donation
$5,000
Boy Scouts of America · Irving, TX · 2022
Donation
$5,000
Hunger Task Force · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Donation
$5,000
International Owl Center · Houston, MN · 2022
Donation
$3,300
University of Wisconsin La Crosse Foundation Music Department · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Donation
$3,080
Ablelight · Watertown, WI · 2022
Donation
$3,000
Pleasant Ridge Waldorf School · Viroqua, WI · 2025
Donation
$2,900
Ablelight · Watertown, WI · 2024
Donation
$2,677
University of Wisconsin La Crosse Foundation Music Department · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Donation
$2,500
Coulee Region Humane Society · Onalaska, WI · 2024
Donation
$2,500
United Fund for the Arts and Humanities · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Donation
$2,500
Youth Initiative High School · Viroqua, WI · 2024
Donation
$2,500
United Fund for the Arts · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Donation
$2,000
Coulee Wildlife Rehabilitation · Chaseburg, WI · 2022
Donation
$1,550
Friends of the Blufflands · La Crosse, WI · 2023
Donation
$1,540
The Nature Conservancy · Arlington, VA · 2022
Donation
$1,500
Youth Initiative High School · Viroqua, WI · 2022
Donation
$1,450
Nature Conservancy · Onalaska, WI · 2024
Donation
$1,320
Ablelight · Watertown, WI · 2025
Donation
$1,071
Ablelight Lutheran Home · Wauwatosa, WI · 2024
Donation
$770
First Evangelical Lutheran Church · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Donation
$725
First Evangelical Lutheran Church · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Donation
$660
Nature Conservancy · Onalaska, WI · 2025
Donation
$535
Nature Conservancy · Onalaska, WI · 2024
Donation
$385
Coulee Region Sierra Club · Madison, WI · 2022
Donation
$385
La Crossse Family and Children'S Center · La Crosse, WI · 2022
Donation
$363
Coulee Region Sierra Club · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Donation
$363
La Crosse Family & Childrens Center · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Donation
$330
First Evangelical Lutheran Church · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Donation
$268
First Evangelical Lutheran Church · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Donation
$165
Coulee Region Sierra Club · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Donation
$165
La Crosse Family & Childrens Center · La Crosse, WI · 2025
Donation
$133
Coulee Region Sierra Club · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Donation
$133
La Crosse Family & Childrens Center · La Crosse, WI · 2024
Donation

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