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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 83-6584655

Z Foundation Trust

A private foundation in Onalaska, WI. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 7 grants and $223,000 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

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

    $223,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $4,892,175
  • Tax year 2024

    $140,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $4,250,972
  • Tax year 2023

    $120,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $3,817,896
  • Tax year 2022

    $122,500

    Grants listed
    8
    Assets, end of year
    $3,464,051
  • Tax year 2021

    $123,000

    Grants listed
    9
    Assets, end of year
    $3,731,488
  • Tax year 2020

    $123,000

    Grants listed
    7
    Assets, end of year
    $2,852,242
  • Tax year 2019

    $82,000

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $2,122,405

Grants paid in 2025

7 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Resurrection & Life Lutheran ChurchRochester, MN

    Program support

    $138,000
  2. Good Samaritan ClinicRochester, MN

    Program support

    $25,000
  3. Salvation Army LacrosseLa Crosse, WI

    Program support

    $15,000
  4. Folds of HonorWayzata, MN

    Program support

    $12,500
  5. Tee It Up for the TroopsBurnsville, MN

    Program support

    $12,500
  6. Gift of Life Transplant HouseRochester, MN

    Program support

    $10,000
  7. Ronald McDonald House - Se MN & Western WiRochester, MN

    Program support

    $10,000

Where the money goes

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

  1. Education1 grant $12,50056% of the total
  2. Health1 grant $10,00044% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Minnesota6 grants $208,000
  2. Wisconsin1 grant $15,000

Officers, directors and trustees

2 people as filed

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

  • Scott ZietlowTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0
  • Jill ZietlowTRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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