Ronald Fingerhut Family Foundation
Ronald Fingerhut Family Foundation is a private foundation, based in Minneapolis, MN. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $40K in total assets. In 2025, it made $573 in qualifying distributions. Net investment income was $727.
Ronald Fingerhut Family Foundation at a glance
- Total assets
- $39,758
- -0.5% vs 2024
- Revenue (2025)
- $1,300
- -95.4% vs 2024
- Qualifying distributions (2025)
- $573
- -0.9% vs 2024
- Expenses (2025)
- $1,515
- -14.2% vs 2024
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990-PF, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Ronald Fingerhut Family Foundation funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Grant Size Distribution
5 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was in the $50–100K range: 3 grants of 5 (60%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Cities
How Ronald Fingerhut Family Foundation gives
- Giving held roughly steady from 2020 to 2023 (−17%). Method
- In 2025 it paid out 22% 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
From 2019 to 2023, annual grant giving ranged from $50K (2023) to $67K (2019). In 2023 it made 1 grant totaling $50K.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Sholom Foundation St Louis Park, MN | Capital Campaign | $50,000 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Qualifying Distributions | Net Investment Income | Distributable Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $39,758 | $1,300 | $1,515 | — | — | $573 | $727 | $2,652 |
| 2024 | $39,973 | $28,011 | $1,765 | — | — | $578 | $22,885 | $1,955 |
| 2023 | $13,727 | $57,500 | $51,405 | $50,000 | 1 | $50,484 | $24,475 | $1,511 |
| 2022 | $7,632 | $58,079 | $61,235 | $60,000 | 2 | $60,432 | $29,634 | $1,176 |
| 2021 | $10,788 | $59,395 | $61,157 | $60,000 | 2 | $60,940 | $26,584 | $661 |
| 2020 | $12,550 | $34,134 | $61,325 | $60,000 | 2 | — | $15,370 | $1,277 |
| 2019 | $39,741 | $100,047 | $68,108 | $67,200 | 5 | — | $22,766 | $1,065 |
Under IRS private-foundation payout rules, Ronald Fingerhut Family Foundation reported a distributable amount of $3K for 2025 — the minimum it must pay out in qualifying distributions.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Ronald Fingerhut Family Foundation is led by Ronald Fingerhut, President & Secretary on every filing since 2019; none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Ronald Fingerhut
President & Secretary
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Beverly Deikel
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Brett Fingerhut
Director
On filings since 2019
No compensation reported
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "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 Ronald Fingerhut Family Foundation
How large is Ronald Fingerhut Family Foundation?
Ronald Fingerhut Family Foundation reported $40K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990-PF. It paid out $573 in qualifying distributions that year, against a required minimum of $3K (roughly 5% of its investment assets). Falling short in one year is not a violation: foundations have until the end of the next year to meet the minimum.
Where does Ronald Fingerhut Family Foundation operate?
Ronald Fingerhut Family Foundation has awarded grants in District of Columbia, Minnesota.
What is Ronald Fingerhut Family Foundation's EIN?
Ronald Fingerhut Family Foundation's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 41-1925838. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990-PF filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS March 24, 2020)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS February 19, 2021)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS February 28, 2022)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS July 11, 2023)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS August 27, 2024)
- Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 8, 2025)
- Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 11, 2026)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024
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