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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 20-3635940

Cossack Foundation

A private foundation in Hugo, MN. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 8 grants and $869,814 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

3 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $869,814

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $657,917
  • Tax year 2024

    $133,177

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $1,167,778
  • Tax year 2023

    $63,500

    Grants listed
    3
    Assets, end of year
    $842,531

Grants paid in 2025

8 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. St Jude of the Lake Catholic SchoolMahtomedi, MN

    Jack gunderson memorial gym

    $613,908
  2. Mahtomedi High SchoolMahtomedi, MN

    Equipment and support

    $99,191
  3. Celtic Junction Arts CenterSaint Paul, MN

    General support

    $90,000
  4. Mayo Clinic Department of DevelopmentRochester, MN

    General support

    $30,000
  5. The Man Up ClubMinneapolis, MN

    General support

    $25,000
  6. For Those Without HomesMaplewood, MN

    General support

    $5,846
  7. St Jude of the Lake Catholic ChurchMahtomedi, MN

    General support

    $4,869
  8. Greater White Bear Lake Community FoundationWhite Bear LK, MN

    White bear lake fireworks fund

    $1,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Arts and culture1 grant $90,00074% of the total
  2. Human services2 grants $30,84625% of the total
  3. Philanthropy and grantmaking1 grant $1,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Minnesota8 grants $869,814

Officers, directors and trustees

1 person as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Steve CossackPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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