Hallberg Family Foundation
The Hallberg Family Foundation is a private family foundation based in the Forest Lake/Wyoming, MN area that supports local education, performing arts, youth programs, public safety, and community development. The foundation provides annual scholarships (partnering with the Forest Lake Area Community Scholarship Foundation) and makes local grants, and is presented on the Hallberg Marine website as the foundation’s official page. Contact details and donation request instructions are published on the page.
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
A Minnesota-based 501(c)(3) (preferably serving Forest Lake/Wyoming and nearby communities) working in education, youth development, performing arts, parks/public safety, or community development with clear local impact.
Good Fit
- • Located in Forest Lake/Wyoming area or demonstrating clear service to that community
- • Programs focused on education, youth services, arts, community parks or public safety
- • Ability to submit the required letter request and provide IRS tax‑exempt proof
- • Projects with clear, local, measurable impact or scholarship programming
- • Willingness to accept modest one‑time grants and to build a local relationship
Geography
In the latest year all grants were made to organizations in Minnesota; the foundation is based in MN and focuses its giving on the local Forest Lake/Wyoming area.
Recipient Variety
The foundation funded 19 distinct recipients in 2023 (25 in 2022) showing a broad set of independent local grantees, even though most dollars flowed to a few large local beneficiaries.
New Applicants
Direct evidence of access exists: a public application page with letter requirements and proof‑of‑status instructions, plus eight new grantees in 2023, indicating unfamiliar applicants can plausibly enter the portfolio.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
