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Bakken Family Wrc Foundation

EIN 41-1796283 · files IRS 990-PF

Given, as filed$6.5m2020–2025 · 180 grants
2020: $1.0m · 25 grants20202021: $1.2m · 34 grants2021$1.2m2022: $1.2m · 35 grants20222023: $1.0m · 32 grants20232024: $1.0m · 30 grants20242025: $1.1m · 24 grants2025$1.1m
Grantees19funded more than once, matching gifts aside
11 of 1911of 19
Assets, year endnot on file
Board and officers4on its latest return

Where it gives

By cause and by place, from its own returns.

By cause

The cause each recipient registered with the IRS

Arts and culture$941.1k
Education$212.0k
Health care$175.0k
Food and agriculture$45.0k
Human services$45.0k
Religion$45.0k
Employment$10.0k
Public safety and disaster relief$10.0k
Animals$5.0k
Cause not on file$5.0m

Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.

By place

Dollars received, by the recipient's state

half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%

Grants abroad and place not on file: 120 grants · $5.0m

Who it funds most

11 of its 19 grantees were funded in more than one year.

Bakken Family Wrc Foundation's own IRS 990-PF returns, as filed, in USD

Who funds the same organisations

Counted over its 19 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.

Its board and officers

From its latest return.

Pamela B PetersmeyerPresident
Bradley BakkenTreasurer
Jeffrey BakkenSecretary
Wendy K WatsonVice President

Form 990PF Part VIII, tax year 2023, filing 202411299349103201

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Its money

What it gave, held and paid, by year.

Giving by year

2020: $1.0m · 25 grants20202021: $1.2m · 34 grants2021$1.2m2022: $1.2m · 35 grants20222023: $1.0m · 32 grants20232024: $1.0m · 30 grants20242025: $1.1m · 24 grants2025$1.1m
Its returns6 filings
Tax yearFormFilingWhere to read it
2025IRS 990-PF202601259349100635IRS batch file
2024IRS 990-PF202501219349101415IRS batch file
2023IRS 990-PF202411299349103201IRS batch file
2022IRS 990-PF202303199349106015IRS batch file
2021IRS 990-PF202241319349105864IRS batch file
2020IRS 990-PF202103149349100205IRS batch file

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Bakken Family Wrc Foundation made 180 grants across 2020–2025, totalling $6.5m as filed.

Grants
180
Total, as filed
$6.5m
Years
2020–2025
Filed in
USD

Who it funds

OrganisationGrantsTotal
PAVEK MUSEUM OF BROADCASTING6$1.4m
THE BAKKEN MUSEUM6$753.1k
NORWAY HOUSE6$730.6k
FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH6$702.0k
SHEPHERD OF THE LAKE LUTHERAN CHURCH6$398.6k
SOUTHERN VALLEY ALLIANCE FOR BATTERED WOMEN6$233.6k
NORTHERN STAR COUNCIL BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA6$225.0k
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH FOUNDATION6$205.0k
ALLINA HEALTH FOUNDATION4$175.0k
ATTACH6$145.5k
DODOMA TANZANIA HEALTH DEVELOPMENT6$135.0k
MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW5$115.0k
CHILDREN'S LAW CENTER OF MINNESOTA6$100.0k
RIVER VALLEY YMCA3$95.0k
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION6$95.0k

By year

YearGrantsTotal
202025$1.0m
202134$1.2m
202235$1.2m
202332$1.0m
202430$1.0m
202524$1.1m

Where this came from

Identifier US-EIN-411796283. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.

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  • What they say they exist to do
  • What each grant was for
  • What they fund, by theme
  • Balance sheet and financials
  • Who runs it
  • Whether they accept proposals
  • Their own record on the register
  • No website on file
  • Leadership not yet identified
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