The Antioch Foundation

Private foundation · EIN 36-3779525 · since 1992antiochfoundation.org·Minnesota, Wisconsin·Updated 13 October 2026

At a glance

$1.1M
Annual giving, 2024 tax year
From the Form 990-PF filing
Up to $40,000
Grant range
From the funder's website
$20,000
Typical grant (median)
49 grants in the latest filing
Open to applications
Fixed application deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

  • If your organisation is a federal 501(c)(3) working in faith, education, medicine or humanitarian need, and especially in Wisconsin or Minnesota, which the foundation names as priorities, it is worth considering.
  • A request of about $18,000 or less suits a typical grant, since half of its grants to organisations were $18,000 or less, and it states that grants can go up to $40,000.
  • Pilot programmes, start-up costs and building projects are favoured over operating budget items, and evidence of other donors supporting the project is highly desirable, so show that funding in your proposal.
  • If you have not received a grant in the previous three years, send a letter of inquiry between April 15 and July 15 before the main application period of September 15 to October 15, and note that 53% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in one of the two years before.
  • Do not apply if you are not a 501(c)(3), and do not apply for faith-related funding unless you are the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod or a church body in fellowship with it, or receive no operating budget subsidies directly from WELS corporate.

Overview

The Antioch Foundation is a US private foundation administered by its trustee, Trust Point Inc, in La Crosse, WI.

What they fund

Profile derived from the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings (TY2024, TY2023, TY2022) and its website, with every statement checked against those sources. Sources read on 7 October 2026.

Priority Areas

The Antioch Foundation provides financial support to innovative people and institutions across the United States in faith, education, medicine and humanitarian need. Grants are made only to federal tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organisations. Faith-related grants are reserved for the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod and church bodies in fellowship with it. Examples include church construction and youth programmes; classroom technology, tuition assistance and special education; hospital and clinic expansion, research and community health outreach; and disaster relief, water purification, temporary housing and food distribution. Pilot programmes, start-up costs and building projects receive priority over operating budget items, and evidence of project support from other donors is highly desirable.

Themes

  • Faith
  • Education
  • Medicine
  • Humanitarian need

Geographic Focus

Priority: Wisconsin; Minnesota.

What They Don't Fund

  • Organizations other than federal tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organizations
  • Organizations or programs that also receive operating budget subsidies directly from WELS corporate
  • Faith-related grants will only be given to the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) and other church bodies in fellowship with it, such as, Evangelical Lutheran Synod

How to apply

Organisations that have not received a grant in the previous three years first submit a letter of inquiry; suitable projects are invited to submit a complete proposal.

Deadlines:

  • The main grant application period runs from September 15 to October 15 each year.
  • Letters of inquiry are submitted between April 15 and July 15.

Application success factors

  • Repeat giving: In its TY2024 filing, 53% of its grant dollars to organisations went to organisations it had also funded in its TY2022 or TY2023 filing.
  • Grant size: Across its TY2022, TY2023 and TY2024 filings, half of its 157 grants to organisations were $18,000 or less.

What the foundation says:

  • The foundation gives priority to pilot programmes, start-up costs and building projects over operating budget items.
  • The foundation regards evidence of project support from other donors as highly desirable.
  • The grant evaluation committee scores applications using the rubric included with the application instructions.
  • Recipients are expected to submit a status report and document that funds were spent for the specified purpose within twelve months of receipt.

Where grants go

From grants to organisations in the foundation’s filings for tax years 2022–2024.

Grant dollars by state

Wisconsin61%
Minnesota13%
Idaho4%
Colorado3%
Arizona3%
Washington3%

6 other states: 11%

Outside the US or with no state on the filing: 4%

  • The largest single recipient received 6% of grant dollars to organisations.
  • In tax year 2024, 53% of grant dollars went to organisations The Antioch Foundation had funded in earlier filings.
  • No grants were paid directly to organisations outside the US.

Grants

49 grants in the latest filing analysed · median $20,000

How much do they typically give?

Share of 49 grants in tax year 2024 by size

$1k–$2.5k2%
$2.5k–$5k4%
$5k–$10k12%
$10k–$25k47%
$25k–$50k31%
$50k–$100k4%

Median $20,000 (tax year 2024)

The largest grants to organisations in the foundation’s latest filing:

  • Kingdom Workers · Community
    $80,0002024 tax year
  • Institutional Ministries · Ministry
    $50,0002024 tax year
  • Christian Family Solutions · Ministry
    $47,0242024 tax year
  • Saint Paul Lutheran Church · Ministry
    $45,0002024 tax year
  • Kingdom Prep Lutheran High School · Education
    $40,0002024 tax year
  • Saint Marcus Lutheran School · Second campus
    $40,0002024 tax year
  • Gloria Dei Lutheran Church · Education
    $40,0002024 tax year
  • God's Treasures Childcare Learning Center · Education
    $40,0002024 tax year

Grants to organisations listed in the foundation’s Form 990-PF filings. Grants to individuals are not shown.

Officers and directors

  • Daniel L Kunz — Trustee
  • Jill A Swanson Zietlow — Trustee
  • Vicky L Kunz — Trustee
  • Jesse Kunz-Renneberg — Trustee
  • Rachel Donovan — Trustee
  • Matthew Zietlow — Trustee
  • Scott P Zietlow — Trustee

From the latest Form 990-PF filing

3 years of tax filings

YearTotal expensesGrants paidAssetsFiling document
2022 tax year$1,438,980$1,287,016$13,319,133Filing for 2022 tax year
2023 tax year$989,462$821,000$14,682,572Filing for 2023 tax year
2024 tax year$1,231,963$1,072,024$15,857,505Filing for 2024 tax year

Figures from the foundation’s IRS Form 990-PF filings. Assets are at fair market value at year end. The document icon links to each year’s filing on ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer.

Sources

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