Watts Family Foundation
Private foundation · Rochester, MN · EIN 71-0882769 · reported 2023–2025
65grants reported
$1,000median award
$660lower quartile
$77smallest grant
$257Ktotal paid
8states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 17 of its 65 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $107K in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
3641 44TH Ave NW
Rochester, MN 55901-8389
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| MN Adult & Teen Challenge | Rochester, MN | $33,300 |
| MN Adult & Teen Challenge | Rochester, MN | $25,800 |
| Christ Community Church | Rochester, MN | $11,575 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Kansas City, MO | $11,200 |
| Possabilities | Rochester, MN | $11,000 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Kansas City, MO | $10,900 |
| MN Adult & Teen Challenge | Rochester, MN | $10,800 |
| Christ Community Church | Rochester, MN | $10,800 |
| Christ Community Church | Rochester, MN | $10,700 |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Kansas City, MO | $10,050 |
| Read Ministries | St Cloud, MN | $10,000 |
| Read Ministries | St Cloud, MN | $10,000 |
| Read Ministries | St Cloud, MN | $10,000 |
| Campus Crusade for Christ | Orlando, FL | $8,160 |
| Campus Crusade for Christ | Orlando, FL | $7,660 |
| Campus Crusade for Christ | Orlando, FL | $6,660 |
| Steiger International | Minneapolis, MN | $5,000 |
| American Helper | Apple Valley, MN | $3,600 |
| American Helper | Apple Valley, MN | $3,600 |
| American Helper | Apple Valley, MN | $3,600 |
| Ironwood Springs Christian Ranch | Stewartville, MN | $3,500 |
| Christian Missionary Alliance | Reynoldsburg, OH | $2,000 |
| Southwest Community Church | Indian Wells, CA | $2,000 |
| Fathers for the Fatherless | Burnsville, MN | $1,700 |
| Assemblies of God | Springfield, MO | $1,600 |
| Ten20 | St Paul, MN | $1,500 |
| Live Dead | Springfield, MO | $1,250 |
| Focus on the Family | Colorado Springs, CO | $1,200 |
| Friends of the Great Commission | Colorado Springs, CO | $1,200 |
| Focus on the Family | Colorado Springs, CO | $1,200 |
| Focus on the Family | Colorado Springs, CO | $1,200 |
| Bear Creek Services | Rochester, MN | $1,000 |
| Camp Victory | Zumbro Falls, MN | $1,000 |
| Crystal Women's Clinic | Crystal, MN | $1,000 |
| Hockey Ministries International | White Bear Lake, MN | $1,000 |
| Salvation Army | Rochester, MN | $1,000 |
| Samaritan's Purse | Boone, NC | $1,000 |
| Bear Creek Services | Rochester, MN | $1,000 |
| Camp Victory | Zumbro Falls, MN | $1,000 |
| Intervarsity Christian Fellowship | Madison, WI | $1,000 |
| Possabilities | Rochester, MN | $1,000 |
| Special Olympics Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $1,000 |
| Bear Creek Services | Rochester, MN | $1,000 |
| Doc's Recovery House | Rochester, MN | $1,000 |
| Fathers for the Fatherless | Burnsville, MN | $1,000 |
| Kfsi Christian Radio | Rochester, MN | $1,000 |
| Possabilities | Rochester, MN | $1,000 |
| One Child Matters | Colorado Springs, CO | $765 |
| One Child Matters | Colorado Springs, CO | $660 |
| One Child Matters | Colorado Springs, CO | $660 |
| Next Chapter Ministries | Rochester, MN | $600 |
| Special Olympics Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $551 |
| National Community Resource Center | Rochester, MN | $500 |
| Special Olympics Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | $500 |
| National Community Resource Center | Rochester, MN | $500 |
| New Life Family Services | Richfield, MN | $500 |
| Channel One | Rochester, MN | $500 |
| Crystal Women's Clinic | Crystal, MN | $500 |
| Hockey Ministries International | White Bear Lake, MN | $500 |
| National Community Resource Center | Rochester, MN | $500 |
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