Funding search · EIN 261405199 · Burlington, WI

Wagner-Essman Care Foundation

Name: Wagner-Essman Care Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

83
grants reported: $1.1M
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $5,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

4 grants matching “kathy” · $30,000

$10,000
Kathy'S House · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Kathy'S House · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Kathy'S House · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Kathy'S House · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operating

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Kelch Aviation Museum4 grants · $186,458
Cat Lake Superior Squadro1 grant · $125,000
Catholic Central Hs of Burlington3 grants · $105,000
St Mary'S Parish4 grants · $100,000
Friends of Catholic Central4 grants · $78,300
St Monica'S Parish3 grants · $73,000
St Joseph'S Parish4 grants · $60,000
St Jude School2 grants · $52,687
Geneva Lake Conservancy3 grants · $52,500
Love One Another Campaign2 grants · $40,000

Giving over time

$158,958

2022

$399,187

2023

$369,350

2024

$168,800

2025

Grant history

All 83 reported grants, largest first.

$125,000
Cat Lake Superior Squadro · Superior, WI · 2023
General operating
$75,000
Kelch Aviation Museum · Brodhead, WI · 2024
General operating
$55,000
Catholic Central Hs of Burlington · Burlington, WI · 2024
General operating
$50,000
Kelch Aviation Museum · Brodhead, WI · 2025
General operating
$50,000
Kelch Aviation Museum · Broadhead, WI · 2023
General operating
$38,000
St Monica'S Parish · Whitefish Bay, WI · 2024
General operating
$35,000
St Mary'S Parish · Burlington, WI · 2023
General operating
$32,500
St Jude School · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Catholic Central Hs of Burlington · Burlington, WI · 2025
General operating
$25,000
Geneva Lake Conservancy · Fontana, WI · 2024
General operating
$25,000
Catholic Central Hs of Burlington · Burlington, WI · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Friends of Catholic Central · Burlington, WI · 2023
General operating
$25,000
Geneva Lake Conservancy · Fontana, WI · 2023
General operating
$25,000
St Mary'S Parish · Burlington, WI · 2022
General operating
$23,300
Friends of Catholic Central · Burlington, WI · 2025
General operating
$20,187
St Jude School · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operating
$20,000
Love One Another Campaign · Burlington, WI · 2025
General operating
$20,000
St Mary'S Parish · Burlington, WI · 2025
General operating
$20,000
Love One Another Campaign · Burlington, WI · 2024
General operating
$20,000
St Mary'S Parish · Burlington, WI · 2024
General operating
$20,000
St Monica'S Parish · Whitefish Bay, WI · 2023
General operating
$18,850
Mid-Continent Railway Museum · North Freedom, WI · 2024
General operating
$15,000
St Joseph'S Parish · Lyons, WI · 2025
General operating
$15,000
Friends of Catholic Central · Burlington, WI · 2024
General operating
$15,000
St Joseph'S Parish · Lyons, WI · 2024
General operating
$15,000
St Joseph'S Parish · Lyons, WI · 2023
General operating
$15,000
Friends of Catholic Central · Burlington, WI · 2022
General operating
$15,000
St Joseph'S Parish · Lyons, WI · 2022
General operating
$15,000
St Monica'S Parish · Whitefish Bay, WI · 2022
General operating
$15,000
Wauwatosa Catholic School · Wauwatosa, WI · 2022
General operating
$11,458
Kelch Aviation Museum · Broadhead, WI · 2022
General operating
$10,000
Kathy'S House · Milwaukee, WI · 2025
General operating
$10,000
Kathy'S House · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating
$7,500
Smiles Therapeutic Riding · Darien, WI · 2024
General operating
$7,500
Smiles Therapeutic Riding · Darien, WI · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Yerkes Future Foundation · Williams Bay, WI · 2025
General operating
$5,000
Burlington Transitional Living · Burlington, WI · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Carmelite Sisters Dvj · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Kinship Mke · Milwaukee, WI · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Life'S Connections · Mukwonago, WI · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Mel'S Pig Roast · Cedarburg, WI · 2024
General operating
$5,000
Burlington Transitional Living · Burlington, WI · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Carmelite Sisters Dvj · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Kathy'S House · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Kinship Mke · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Life'S Connections · Mukwonago, WI · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Mel'S Pig Roast · Grafton, WI · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Mid-Continent Railway Museum · North Freedom, WI · 2023
General operating
$5,000
Burlington Transitional Living · Burlington, WI · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Carmelite Sisters Dvj · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Children'S Hospital and Health Syst · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Kathy'S House · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Kinship Mke · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Life'S Connections · Mukwonago, WI · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Mel'S Pig Roast · Grafton, WI · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Mid-Continent Railway Museum · North Freedom, WI · 2022
General operating
$5,000
Smiles Therapeutic Riding · Darien, WI · 2022
General operating
$4,500
St Johns Lutheran School · Racine, WI · 2023
General operating
$3,000
St Peter'S School · East Troy, WI · 2024
General operating
$3,000
St Peter'S School · East Troy, WI · 2023
General operating
$3,000
St Peter'S School · East Troy, WI · 2022
General operating
$2,500
Basilica National Shrine of Mary · Hubertus, WI · 2024
General operating
$2,500
Yerkes Future Foundation · Williams Bay, WI · 2024
General operating
$2,500
Basilica National Shrine of Mary · Hubertus, WI · 2023
General operating
$2,500
Basilica National Shrine of Mary · Hubertus, WI · 2022
General operating
$2,500
Geneva Lake Conservancy · Fontana, WI · 2022
General operating
$2,000
International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2024
General operating
$2,000
Racine Zoological Society · Racine, WI · 2024
General operating
$2,000
International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2023
General operating
$2,000
Racine Zoological Society · Racine, WI · 2023
General operating
$2,000
Yerkes Future Foundation · Williams Bay, WI · 2023
General operating
$2,000
Our Lady of the Lake Parish · Lake Havasu City, AZ · 2022
General operating
$2,000
Yerkes Future Foundation · Williams Bay, WI · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Feast of Crispian · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
General operating
$1,000
International Crane Foundation · Baraboo, WI · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Kade'S Klassic · Elkhorn, WI · 2022
General operating
$1,000
Racine Zoological Society · Racine, WI · 2022
General operating
$500
Seno K Rlt Conservancy · Burlington, WI · 2025
General operating
$500
National Alliance On Metal Illness · Racine, WI · 2024
General operating
$500
National Alliance On Metal Illness · Racine, WI · 2023
General operating
$500
Bong Naturalist Association · Kansasville, WI · 2022
General operating
$500
Invasive Plant Association of Wi · Madison, WI · 2022
General operating
$500
National Alliance On Metal Illness · Racine, WI · 2022
General operating

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.