Foundations · IRS 990 filings
Foundations in Brookfield, Wisconsin
- 29
- foundations with a Brookfield address
- $21.8M
- grants paid, FY2023–FY2025
- 5
- say they accept unsolicited
- $10,000
- median grant
Grantlas lists 29 private foundations that gave a Brookfield, Wisconsin address on their 990-PF, from filings for FY2023–FY2025. Together they paid out $21.8 million in grants in their latest filing year, and 5 of them (17%) say they accept unsolicited requests.
Not every foundation here is a Brookfield foundation. The city is the mailing address on the foundation’s tax filing, and when a bank or a law firm runs the trust that is the bank’s address, not the place it gives to. Check where a foundation gives before you write.
Top 25 of 29 foundations
Ranked by what they paid in grants in their latest filing, with the ones that accept unsolicited requests first.
| Funder | Unsolicited requests | Median grant | Grants paid, latest filing | Grant range | Filing year | Fit score & contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant T Rowland Foundation Inc | Accepts | $7,500 | $9.2M | $250 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Herman W Ladish Family Foundation Inc | Accepts | $10,000 | $415,000 | $500 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Mallinger Family Foundation | Accepts | $15,000 | $215,500 | $5,000 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Annex Charitable Foundation Inc | Accepts | $1,000 | $155,556 | $100 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Armstrong Family Foundation | Accepts | $750 | $154,080 | $100 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Common Ground Healthcare Foundation | Invitation only | $4.1M | $4.1M | — | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Merkel Foundation Inc | Invitation only | $20,078 | $2.3M | $5,000 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Wilson Family Foundation Inc | Invitation only | $20,000 | $1.1M | $500 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Treffert Family Foundation Inc | Invitation only | $450,000 | $900,000 | $100,000 | FY2023 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Arzbaecher Family Foundation | Invitation only | $5,000 | $707,627 | $250 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Ziegler Family Foundation Inc | Invitation only | $5,000 | $515,700 | $200 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| John & Carolyn Peterson Charitable Foundation Inc | Invitation only | $17,000 | $426,000 | $4,000 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Schumacher-Weiherman Family Foundation | Invitation only | $10,000 | $224,000 | $1,000 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Dorothy C Krawczyk Scholarship Trust | Invitation only | $210,000 | $210,000 | — | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Wilbert & Genevieve Schauer Foundatation Inc | Invitation only | $1,000 | $180,900 | $100 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Wisconsin DeMolay Foundation | Invitation only | $56,600 | $162,400 | $27,400 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| The Cara Foundation | Invitation only | $5,000 | $161,844 | $250 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Briscoe Family Foundation | Invitation only | $87,500 | $125,000 | $50,000 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Wildwood Foundation Inc | Invitation only | $20,000 | $124,106 | $20,000 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Herbert & Katherine Kurth Religious | Invitation only | $10,000 | $100,000 | One amount | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Van Dam-Hug Family Foundation | Invitation only | $3,550 | $76,100 | $2,500 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Community Foundation Inc | Invitation only | $1,000 | $65,100 | $500 | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Robert W & Josephine Pieper Foundation | Invitation only | $22,000 | $57,000 | $13,000 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Ffbw Community Foundation | Invitation only | $2,500 | $42,500 | $1,000 | FY2025 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
| Speedskating United Development Foundation Inc | Invitation only | $38,960 | $38,960 | — | FY2024 | Locked: fit score and contactsLocked |
- Median grant and grant range come from the 990-PF grant schedule; a dash means there is none to report.
- “One grant” means a schedule with a single grant — no median, nothing to range over. “One amount” means several grants, all the same size.
Data from 990-PF filings, FY2023–FY2025. Updated November 8, 2026.