The Little Church Inc

Private foundation · Grantmaker Tower, MN EIN: 41-1998121

The Little Church Inc is a private foundation focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Tower, MN. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025.

The Little Church Inc at a glance

Latest 990 filing
Form 990-PF, 2025 View filing

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

Who The Little Church Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

8 grants across all recorded years

8<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 8 grants of 8 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

TowerVirginia

How The Little Church Inc gives

  • Giving held roughly steady from 2019 to 2022 (+0%). 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$250$500$750$1K2 grants2019 2 grants2020 2 grants2021 2 grants2022 0 grants2025

From 2019 to 2022, annual grant giving ranged from $750 (2019) to $825 (2020). In 2022 it made 2 grants totaling $750.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Tower Food Shelf Tower, MNProvide Food for the Hungry$500
Operation Santa Virginia, MNProvide Toys to Needy$250
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrants
2022$49,595$71$8,552$7502
2021$58,076$1,907$3,211$7502
2020$59,380$1,011$3,248$8252
2019$61,617$1,127$3,949$7502

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

The Little Church Inc is led by Leonard Hujanen, President on every filing since 2019; none of the 3 officers listed in 2025 report compensation.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Leonard Hujanen

    President

    On filings since 2019

    3 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Joann Koski

    Secretary

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tim Hughes

    Vice President

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (1)
  • Former: Bruce Sweringa (2019–2022) — Vice President

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 The Little Church Inc

What is The Little Church Inc?

The Little Church Inc is a private foundation focused on Arts, Culture & Humanities, based in Tower, MN.

Where does The Little Church Inc operate?

The Little Church Inc has awarded grants in Minnesota.

What is The Little Church Inc's EIN?

The Little Church Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 41-1998121. 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

(6)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS May 11, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 10, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 9, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 15, 2023)
  5. Added Form 990-PF for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 7, 2026)
  6. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2022

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