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12 funders with a record of paying for “rhinelander”
Where the money went
Largest: $9,480 to RHINELANDER DISTRICT LIBRARY — for their exempt purpose
Hodag Schools FoundationRhinelander, WICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $611,474 to SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RHINELANDER — district improvement
Largest: $20,512 to RHINELANDER DISTRICT LIBRARY — program support
Hodag Sports ClubRhinelander, WICharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $39,000 · through 2025Largest: $17,000 to RHINELANDER HIGH SCHOOL TRAP TEAM — organization support
Community Foundation ofWausau, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $486,869 · through 2024Largest: $472,369 to RHINELANDER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — community giving (community foundations, united ways, etc.)
Largest: $5,000 to RHINELANDER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION — general operating
Midway USA FoundationColumbia, MOCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $45,635 · through 2024Largest: $18,648 to RHINELANDER HIGH SCHOOL TRAP TEAM — to fund youth shoothing sports
Rhinelander Community FoundationRhinelander, WICharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $28,518 · through 2024Largest: $13,370 to SCHOOL DISTRICT OF RHINELANDER — various needs
First Children'S FinanceMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to RHINELANDER AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — wi provider paticipant stipend
Madison Community FoundationMadison, WICharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $15,073 · through 2024Largest: $15,073 to RHINELANDER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC — taylor-rhinelander centennial endowment fund / semi-centennial celebration for the city of rhinelander
Charlotte and William HinsonWest Des Moines, IA
3 matching grants · $3,000 · through 2024Largest: $1,000 to ARTSTART INC - RHINELANDER — northwoods jazz camp program
Largest: $4,000 to RHINELANDER AREA FOOD PANTRY — hodag kids consists of three main programs: weekend food for kids, the hodag snack attack, and the hodag food wagon
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →