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Rosenau Family Research Foundation

Accepts applications Waseca, Minnesota · EIN 263070514

Rosenau Family Research Foundation is a private foundation in Waseca, Minnesota. In tax year 2024 it gave $1.7 million in 15 grants; the typical grant was $125,000 and the largest $250,000. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $1.3 million the year before.

50% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, a sign it is open to new organizations.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2023$1.3 million10$32.1 million
2024$1.7 million15$38.1 million

How to apply

ContactPaul Rosenau
104 10th Avenue SE, Waseca, MN 56093
Phone or email(507) 833-8144, info@dufaultcpa.com
What to submitLetter Outlining Project - Including Financial Data
RestrictionsChildhood Diseases and Newborn Screening for Disease - Particularly Krabbe's and Cystic Fibrosis

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

What Rosenau Family Research Foundation funds

Where it gives

Its grants went to recipients in 9 states, the most to Illinois.

StateGrantsAmount
Illinois4$330,000
Minnesota3$306,341
North Carolina1$250,000
Pennsylvania2$185,000
Connecticut1$175,049
New Jersey1$149,154
New York1$125,000
Ohio1$125,000
Kansas1$59,593

Grants paid in 2024

All 15 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
Duke University
Durham, NC
Immune Responses in Peripheral Nerves after Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplants for KD$250,000
University of Connecticut Health Ce
Farmington, CT
Evaluation of Immunomodulatory Therapy for the Treatment of KD$175,049
Biomedical Research Institute of NJ
Cedar Knools, NJ
Psychosine Profiling and Evaluation as a Therapeutic for KD$149,154
University of Illinois
Chicago, IL
A Maladaptive Pathway Involved In Early Pathogenesis of KD$125,000
University of Buffalo
Amherst, NY
Modulating Oligodendroglial NFkB as a Therapeutic Strategy for KD$125,000
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, OH
Evaluation of In Utero Gene Therapy in Canine KD$125,000
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Disclosure of Newborn Screening Results for KD in Pennsylvania$125,000
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
GenoKrabbe: A Comprehensive Genotype-Phenotype Database for KD$125,000
KrabbeConnect
Rosemount, MN
Parent-Reported Disease Burden in Infantile & Late Infantile KD$123,982
University of Illinois
Chicago, IL
Challenging the Capacity of AAV-GALC Gene Therapy to Cope with Modifiers of Adult Brain Function$85,000
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Elucidating the Mechanisms Underlying Macrophage Dysfunction in KD$60,000
University of Illinois
Chicago, IL
Dysfunction of Brain Synapsis in KD$60,000
University of Illinois
Chicago, IL
Effects of Motor Learning on Efficacy and Safety of AAV-Gene Therapy in KD$60,000
University of Kansas
Kansas City, KS
Improving Developmental Outcomes in Mouse Models of KD$59,593
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Elucidating the Metabolic Signature of KD Plasma, Dried Blood Spots, and Cerebrospinal Fluid Using Flux Analysis$57,359

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Rosenau Family Research Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications.

How much does Rosenau Family Research Foundation give?

$1.7 million in tax year 2024, across 15 grants, with a typical grant of $125,000.

Who runs Rosenau Family Research Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists Paul Rosenau (President), Gillian Hauboldt (Treasurer), Mary Kay Delvo Amanda Post (Secretary) and Heather Techmeier (Director) among 10 officers and trustees.

What does Rosenau Family Research Foundation fund?

Based on its grants, mainly education and health.

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