Peter & Minnie Hietpas Scholarship

Private foundation · Grantmaker Little Chute, WI EIN: 39-1831060

Peter & Minnie Hietpas Scholarship is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Little Chute, WI. IRS filing data is available from 2020 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $23K in total assets. Net investment income was $893.

Peter & Minnie Hietpas Scholarship at a glance

Total assets
$23,189
+6.4% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$1,393
-51.4% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$893
+3.0% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Peter & Minnie Hietpas Scholarship funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

2 grants across all recorded years

2<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 2 grants of 2 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

KaukaunaLittle Chute

How Peter & Minnie Hietpas Scholarship gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2021 to 2024 (+0%). Method
  • In 2024 it paid out 50% of its IRS minimum distribution (the 5% rule). Foundations have until the end of the next year to meet it. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990-PF filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$100$200$300$4000 grants2020 1 grant2021 0 grants2022 0 grants2023 1 grant2024 0 grants2025

From 2021 to 2024, annual grant giving ranged from $400 (2021) to $400 (2024). In 2024 it made 1 grant totaling $400.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
1 individual scholarship Recipients not named —$400
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsQualifying DistributionsNet Investment IncomeDistributable Amount
2025$23,189$1,393————$893$1,093
2024$21,796$2,867$500$4001$500$867$993
2023$19,429$581$87——$87$381$940
2022$18,935$243———$77$143$926
2021$18,769$259$400$4001—$159$926
2020$18,710$391$31———$360$908

Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Peter & Minnie Hietpas Scholarship reported a distributable amount of $1K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Peter & Minnie Hietpas Scholarship's 2025 filing lists 2 officers; none of the 2 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Leroy Hietpas

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Hermsen

    Trustee

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (1)
  • Former: Mike Hietpas (2021–2024) — Turstee

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2020–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Frequently asked questions about Peter & Minnie Hietpas Scholarship

How large is Peter & Minnie Hietpas Scholarship?

Peter & Minnie Hietpas Scholarship reported $23K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. Its revenue that year was $1K.

What is Peter & Minnie Hietpas Scholarship?

Peter & Minnie Hietpas Scholarship is a private foundation focused on Education, based in Little Chute, WI. It holds $23K in total assets as of 2025.

Where does Peter & Minnie Hietpas Scholarship operate?

Peter & Minnie Hietpas Scholarship has awarded grants in Wisconsin.

How much is Peter & Minnie Hietpas Scholarship required to give away each year?

Private foundations must generally distribute about 5% of their assets annually. For 2025, Peter & Minnie Hietpas Scholarship reported a distributable amount of $1K on its IRS Form 990-PF — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.

What is Peter & Minnie Hietpas Scholarship's EIN?

Peter & Minnie Hietpas Scholarship's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 39-1831060. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2020–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 7, 2022)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 23, 2022)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 30, 2023)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 9, 2024)
  5. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 13, 2025)
  6. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 7, 2026)
  7. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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