Lunda Charitable Fund Inc
Black River Falls, WI · EIN 46-0836946. Reported 88 grants totalling $4,128,056 to 47 recipients across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Lunda Charitable Fund Inc did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $5,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $2,284 and $11,760; the smallest was $300 and the largest $1,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by name and state as they were written on the returns, so an organization entered under two different names appears twice. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which that name received money.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunda Community Center Inc | Black River Falls, WI | $2,000,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jackson County Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers Inc | Black River Falls, WI | $827,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| City of Black River Falls | Black River Falls, WI | $420,133 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| School District of Black River Falls | Black River Falls, WI | $307,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club | Black River Falls, WI | $106,399 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Melrose-Mindoro School District | Melrose, WI | $55,471 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Club - Lunda Center | Black River Falls, WI | $55,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black River Falls Fire Department | Black River Falls, WI | $48,684 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Karner Blue Garden Club | Black River Falls, WI | $33,033 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hatfield Fire & Rescue | Hatfield, WI | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Alma Center Community Fire District | Alma Center, WI | $18,995 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lincoln Jrsr High School | Alma Center, WI | $17,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Bolton Refuge House | Eau Claire, WI | $15,300 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jackson County Fair | Black River Falls, WI | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Melrose Fire Department | Melrose, WI | $14,800 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Project Christmas | Black River Falls, WI | $12,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jackson County Emergency Medical Association | Black River Falls, WI | $12,480 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Aptiv | Lacrosse, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Melrose Area Pool | Melrose, WI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Melrose-Mindoro Youth Ball | Melrose, WI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Uw-Eau Claire Foundation | Eau Claire, WI | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Whitehall Public Library | Whitehall, WI | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black River Falls Area Foundation | Black River Falls, WI | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Children's Wisconsin | Black River Falls, WI | $5,879 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jackson County Hce | Black River Falls, WI | $5,600 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jackson County Public Health | Black River Falls, WI | $5,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Family Promise of Monroe County | Sparta, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jackson County Ag Society | Black River Falls, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jackson County Interfaith | Black River Falls, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Taylor Fire & Rescue Department | Taylor, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire | Eau Claire, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| VFW Post 8494 - Alma Center | Alma Center, WI | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Friends of the Black River Falls Library | Black River Falls, WI | $4,065 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Melrose First Responders Inc | Melrose, WI | $3,583 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Friends Sharing Food | Black River Falls, WI | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Wazee Riders Horse Club | Black River Falls, WI | $2,879 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Melrose Pool | Melrose, WI | $2,680 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black River Area Community Band Inc | Black River Falls, WI | $2,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jackson County Historical Society | Black River Falls, WI | $2,442 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Hilltop Neighborhood Garden | Black River Falls, WI | $2,300 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black River Falls Middle School | Black River Falls, WI | $2,284 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black River Youth Swimming | Black River Falls, WI | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Black River Falls United Methodist Church | Black River Falls, WI | $1,649 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Black River Falls Athletic Boosters Inc | Black River Falls, WI | $1,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Black River Falls Figure Skating Club Inc | Black River Falls, WI | $900 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Riverbend Party Animals | Melrose, WI | $900 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Black River Memorial Hospital | Black River Falls, WI | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
23 of 47 (49%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 62%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. This measures how often it paid the same organizations again. It says nothing about whether it would consider a new one.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- City of Black River Falls
CITY OPERATIONS, FESTIVAL IN THE PARK - School District of Black River Falls
SCHOLARSHIPS AND LUNDA THEATRE LIGHTING UPDATE - Karner Blue Garden Club
GENERAL OPERATIONS - LABOR - Hatfield Fire & Rescue
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT - Black River Falls Area Foundation
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CAMPAIGN - Melrose-Mindoro Youth Ball
ENHANCE PRACTICE FACILITY
What kind of organizations it funds
By the activity category the IRS assigns each recipient, for the 30 grants where we could match the recipient to a registered organization. The categories are the IRS's. The match, made from the name and address on the return, is ours.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 | $247,376 | $9,000 |
| 2022 | 23 | $1,115,444 | $5,000 |
| 2023 | 24 | $1,538,760 | $4,595 |
| 2024 | 25 | $1,226,476 | $4,200 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are a sign of overlapping priorities and nothing more: they do not show that any of these funders would consider a new organization. Each page says what its filings show.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $5,000. A request many times that size asks for something it has rarely or never given.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Wisconsin.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Lunda Charitable Fund Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Grant figures are from its returns. Matching recipients to registered organizations, their IRS classifications, the retention rate and the funders that support the same organizations are our own calculations, described in how we build this.
Address of record on the latest return: N7142 Waters Edge Rd, Black River Falls, WI, 54615. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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