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Abbybank Foundation Inc

Abbotsford, WI · EIN 39-1540288. Reported 94 grants totalling $379,564 to 77 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$1,000median grant
$379,564granted, 2021-2024
77organizations funded
21%of grantees funded again the next year
$670,650assets, latest filing

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. Abbybank Foundation 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.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $1,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $500 and $2,000; the smallest was $250 and the largest $100,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
34 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
46 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
5 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
5 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
2 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
1 grant

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Children's ImaginariumWausau, WI$100,000112021
School District of AbbotsfordAbbotsford, WI$60,000212022
City of Abbotsford - Red Arrow ParkAbbotsford, WI$30,000112023
DC Everest Education FoundationSchofield, WI$25,000112022
Rec Center IncMedford, WI$20,000112024
Bridge Street MissionWausau, WI$10,000112024
Community Campus PartnersWausau, WI$10,000112021
St Joseph Food ProgramMenasha, WI$10,000112024
Taylor County Supportive HousingMedford, WI$9,000112021
Medford Area for Tomorrow IncMedford, WI$6,500222024
Sara's Storybook GardenWausau, WI$5,000112021
Shawano Menominee Resiliency CoalitionShawano, WI$5,000112024
Vets and Friends of WisconsinAppleton, WI$5,000112022
Shepherd's Watch Community CenterMattoon, WI$3,700322023
Little Lamb Academy of MedfordMedford, WI$3,500112021
Veterans 1ST of Northeast WisconsinGreen Bay, WI$3,080112024
Colby Community LibraryColby, WI$3,050442024
Boys and Girls Club of the Wausau AreaWausau, WI$2,800222022
Junior Achievement of Ne WisconsinAppleton, WI$2,700222024
Gresham School DistrictGresham, WI$2,500112022
Heart of the Valley Chamber of CommerceKaukauna, WI$2,500112022
Shawano Police DepartmentShawano, WI$2,500112022
DC Everest School DistrictSchofield, WI$2,400112023
Community Benefit Tree IncKaukauna, WI$2,050222024
Abbotsford Fire & EmsAbbotsford, WI$2,000112021
Catholic CharitiesWausau, WI$2,000112021
Compassionate Home Health CareAppleton, WI$2,000222022
Soar Fox CitiesAppleton, WI$2,000112021
Bridge the Gap IncShawano, WI$1,892332023
Zion Lutheran Early Childhood CenterColby, WI$1,525222022
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin IncWausau, WI$1,500112023
Dorchester American LegionDorchester, WI$1,500112022
Everest Metro Police DepartmentWeston, WI$1,500112022
Gigi's Playhouse WausauWausau, WI$1,500112024
Hmong American Center IncWausau, WI$1,500112022
Keep Area Teens SafeWausau, WI$1,500112022
Opportunity of North Central Wisconsin IncWausau, WI$1,500112024
Wausau West Archery ClubWausau, WI$1,215112023
Town of RingleRingle, WI$1,200112023
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northcentral WisconsinWausau, WI$1,100112024
Catalpa Health IncAppleton, WI$1,000112023
Community Clothes ClosetMenasha, WI$1,000112021
Community Foundation of North Central Wisconsin IncSchofield, WI$1,000112023
Friends of Vincent FoundationMerrill, WI$1,000222023
Holy Rosary Catholic SchoolMedford, WI$1,000112022
Hope CenterColby, WI$1,000112023
Huey's Hideaway Children's MuseumMedford, WI$1,000112021
Open DoorWausau, WI$1,000112022
Operation Horses Heal IncWestboro, WI$1,000112023
Peyton's PromiseSchofield, WI$1,000112024
Rainbow GymnasticsMedford, WI$1,000222024
Rib Lake Ski and Snowshoe ClubRib Lake, WI$1,000112022
Riverview GardensAppleton, WI$1,000112021
Sand Box IncMedford, WI$1,000112023
St Anthony De Padua Catholic SchoolAthens, WI$1,000112024
The HighgroundNeillsville, WI$1,000112021
United Way of Marathon CountyWausau, WI$1,000112024
Marathon County Literacy CouncilWausau, WI$979222024
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northeast WisconsinGreen Bay, WI$973112024
Junior Achievement of Wisconsin- NorthcentralWausau, WI$800112022
Middle GroundsWausau, WI$750112022
Girls on the Run North Central WisconsinMinocqua, WI$650112023
Abbycolby Crossings Chamber of Commerce IncAbbotsford, WI$500112023
Abiding CareMedford, WI$500112022
Adaptive Communities IncWausau, WI$500112022
Christmas in July CharityRothschild, WI$500112021
Clark County Association for Home and Community EducationNeillsville, WI$500112022
Colby School District - Colby Archery ClubColby, WI$500112024
Hope Center of Central WisconsinAbbotsford, WI$500112023
Old Glory Honor Flight IncAppleton, WI$500112021
Page Forward Adult Literacy Clark CoGreenwood, WI$500112022
Samoset Council Boyscouts of AmericaWeston, WI$500112023
Colby Rural Arts MuseumColby, WI$400112023
Mattoon Area Historical SocietyMattoon, WI$400112022
Medford Youth Soccer AssociationMedford, WI$350112021
MatiMedford, WI$300112023
Friends of Black Creek Rural Fire and RescueBlack Creek, WI$250112024

12 of 77 (16%) 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 21%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

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.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 36 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
6 grants
Philanthropy & Grantmaking
6 grants
Community Improvement
4 grants
Diseases & Disorders
4 grants
Recreation & Sports
4 grants
Arts & Culture
2 grants
Public & Societal Benefit
2 grants
Housing & Shelter
2 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202122$145,304$1,025
202228$117,224$1,000
202324$55,183$1,000
202420$61,853$1,025

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

Wausau, WI
$145K
Abbotsford, WI
$93K
Medford, WI
$44K
Schofield, WI
$29K
Appleton, WI
$14K
Menasha, WI
$11K
Shawano, WI
$9K
Colby, WI
$6K

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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 the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Wisconsin.
  3. 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.
  4. 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 Abbybank Foundation Inc's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 401 East Spruce Street, Abbotsford, WI, 54405. 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.

EIN 39-1540288 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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